S.Amdt. 4317

SA 4317. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Mr. Schatz) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4308 proposed by Mr.
Scott of South Carolina (for himself and Ms. Warren) to the bill H.R.
6644, a bill to increase the supply of housing in America, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. IDENTIFYING REGULATORY BARRIERS TO HOUSING SUPPLY.

Section 104 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(n) Plan to Track and Reduce Overly Burdensome Land Use
Policies.--
``(1) In general.--Beginning 1 year after the date of
enactment of this subsection, prior to receipt in any fiscal
year of a grant from the Secretary under subsection (b),
(d)(1), or (d)(2)(B) of section 106, each recipient shall
have prepared and submitted, not less frequently than once
during the preceding 5-year period, a description of--
``(A) whether the jurisdiction served by the recipient has
adopted any of the types of land use policies described in
paragraph (2) during the preceding 5-year period;
``(B) the plans the jurisdiction served by the recipient
has to adopt and implement any of the types of land use
policies described in paragraph (2); and
``(C) any ways in which the jurisdiction served by the
recipient expects the planned adoption of any of the types of
land use policies described in paragraph (2) would benefit
the jurisdiction.
``(2) Types of land use policies.--The types of policies to
be considered for the purposes of the submission of
information required under paragraph (1) include the
following:
``(A) Expanding by-right multifamily zoned areas.
``(B) Allowing duplexes, triplexes, or fourplexes in areas
zoned primarily for single-family residential homes.
``(C) Allowing manufactured homes in areas zoned primarily
for single-family residential homes.
``(D) Allowing multifamily development in retail, office,
and light manufacturing zones.
``(E) Allowing single-room occupancy development wherever
multifamily housing is allowed.
``(F) Reducing minimum lot size.
``(G) Ensuring historic preservation requirements and other
land use policies or requirements are coordinated to
encourage creation of housing in historic buildings and
historic districts.
``(H) Increasing the allowable floor area ratio by allowing
a higher ratio of total floor area in a building in
comparison to its lot size.
``(I) Creating transit-oriented development zones.
``(J) Streamlining or shortening permitting processes and
timelines, including through one-stop and parallel-process
permitting.
``(K) Eliminating or reducing off-street parking
requirements.
``(L) Ensuring impact and utility investment fees
accurately reflect required infrastructure needs and related
impacts on housing affordability are otherwise mitigated.
``(M) Allowing off-site construction, including
prefabricated construction.
``(N) Reducing or eliminating minimum unit square footage
requirements.
``(O) Allowing the conversion of office units to
apartments.
``(P) Allowing the subdivision of single-family homes into
duplexes.
``(Q) Allowing accessory dwelling units, including detached
accessory dwelling units, on all lots with single-family
homes.
``(R) Establishing density bonuses.
``(S) Eliminating or relaxing residential property height
limitations.
``(T) Using property tax abatements to enable higher
density and mixed-income communities.
``(U) Donating vacant land for affordable housing
development.
``(V) Enacting other relevant high-density, single-family,
and multifamily zoning policies that the recipient chooses to
report.
``(3) Effect of submission.--A submission under this
subsection shall not be binding with respect to the use or
distribution of amounts received under section 106.
``(4) Acceptance or nonacceptance of plan.--The acceptance
or nonacceptance of any plan submitted under this subsection
in which the information required under this subsection is
provided may not be considered an endorsement or approval of
the plan, policies, or methodologies, or lack thereof.
``(5) Non-preemption.--Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to authorize the Secretary to mandate, supersede,
or preempt any local zoning or land use policy.
``(6) Prohibition on use of information for enforcement.--
Information provided by a recipient to the Secretary under
this subsection may not be used as the basis for any
enforcement action.''.
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