[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7597 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7597

To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require 
     that the annual report of the Department of Housing and Urban 
    Development include an identification of significant regulatory 
                    barriers to affordable housing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 2026

  Mr. Lawler introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to require 
     that the annual report of the Department of Housing and Urban 
    Development include an identification of significant regulatory 
                    barriers to affordable housing.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Housing Barriers 
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION OF REGULATORY BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 
              HUD ANNUAL REPORT.

    Section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act 
(42 U.S.C. 3536) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Each 
such annual report shall include an identification of significant 
regulatory barriers to affordable housing, within the meaning of such 
term as provided in the first sentence of section 1203 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 12705b), and a 
discussion and analysis of how to reduce or remove such barriers.''.
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