H.R. 4576

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4576 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4576

To amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing 
incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 21, 2025

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Moore of Utah) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure

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A BILL

To amend title 49, United States Code, to include affordable housing 
incentives in certain capital investment grants, and for other 
purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Build More Housing Near Transit Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING INCENTIVES IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS.

Section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
(7); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) Pro-housing policy.--The term `pro-housing policy'--
``(A) means any State or local action that will 
remove regulatory barriers to the construction or 
preservation of housing units, including affordable 
housing units; and
``(B) shall include any State or local action 
that--
``(i) reduces or eliminates parking 
minimums;
``(ii) establishes a by-right approval 
process for multi-family housing under which 
land use development approval is limited to 
determining that the development meets 
objective zoning and design standards that--
``(I) involve no subjective 
judgment by a public official;
``(II) are uniformly verifiable by 
reference to an external and uniform 
benchmark or criterion available to 
both the land use developer and the 
public official prior to submission; 
and
``(III) include only such standards 
as are published and adopted by 
ordinance or resolution by a 
jurisdiction before submission of a 
development application;
``(iii) reduces or eliminates minimum lot 
sizes;
``(iv) commits substantial publicly-held 
real property to the development or 
preservation of housing that includes a 
substantial number of dwelling units affordable 
to low-income households;
``(v) eliminates or raises residential 
property height limits or increases the number 
of dwelling units permitted to be constructed 
under a by-right approval process; and
``(vi) carries out other policies as 
determined by the Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.'';
(2) in subsection (g)(2), by adding at the end the 
following:
``(D) Eligibility for adjustment of rating for 
project justification criteria for pro-housing 
policies.--In evaluating and rating a project as a 
whole for project justification under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary may increase 1 point on the 5-point scale 
(high, medium-high, medium, medium-low, or low) the 
rating of a project if the applicant submits documented 
evidence of pro-housing policies for areas located 
within walking distance of, and accessible to, transit 
facilities along the project route.
``(E) Consultation.--In awarding the increased 
rating described in subparagraph (D), the Secretary 
shall consult with the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development to develop the methodology to evaluate, as 
feasible, the extent to which the pro-housing policies 
documented by the applicant will result, through new 
production and preservation, in an amount of housing 
units, including housing units affordable below the 
area median income, that is appropriate to expected 
housing demand in the project area over the life of the 
project.''; and
(3) in subsection (o)--
(A) in paragraph (1)--
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
``and'' at the end;
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) information concerning projects for which the 
applicant submitted pro-housing policies under 
subsection (g)(2)(D) and received an adjustment of 
rating for project justification, including the pro-
housing policies submitted and the amount of housing 
units expected through new production and preservation, 
including affordable housing, as a result of the 
expected results of the policies, as measured under 
subsection (g)(2)(E).''.
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