H.R. 10194House118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Flexibility in Housing Act of 2024

Sponsored by Bob GoodRep. Bob Good (R-VA)
Introduced November 21, 2024

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The Flexibility in Housing Act of 2024 stops the Department of Housing and Urban Development from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” rule released in February 2023, and bars any substantially similar rule unless later authorized by law. It also restores the 2020 “Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice” rule, giving it full legal effect. The bill mainly affects HUD’s rulemaking and the housing policies that would have been guided by the blocked rule.

Key Provisions

  • Prohibits HUD from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the February 2023 “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing” proposed rule, and prevents reissuing a substantially similar rule without new congressional authorization.
  • Restores the 2020 “Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice” rule, giving it full force and effect as law.

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

November 21, 2024

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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

November 21, 2024

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Introduced in HouseIssued November 21, 2024

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118th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10194

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 21, 2024

Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Babin, and Mr. Cline) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing the proposed rule entitled Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, which was published on February 9, 2023.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Flexibility in Housing Act of 2024.

2.

Application of certain rules by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

(a)

Prohibition

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, which was published on February 9, 2023, nor may such rule be reissued in substantially the same form, and a new rule that is substantially the same as such a rule may not be issued, unless the reissued or new rule is specifically authorized by a law enacted thereafter.

(b)

Reinstatement

The final rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled, Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice (85 Fed Reg 47899, August 7, 2020) shall have the full force and effect of law.