Removing Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Home Construction
Reduces federal regulatory barriers to residential construction, including environmental review and zoning-related requirements.
Section by Section
What each section does, and how they differ.
Establishes that housing market requires dynamic inventory of new homes; identifies regulatory barriers, slow permitting, and government mandates as obstacles to affordability; commits to reduce barriers while stewarding taxpayer resources.
Directs Army Secretary and EPA to review and revise stormwater, wetlands, and water body requirements; directs Commerce, HUD, Transportation, and FHFA to eliminate burdensome rules affecting residential development.
Directs Council on Environmental Quality to provide guidance maximizing exemptions from NEPA for housing; directs Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to reduce section 106 review burdens for housing projects.
Within 60 days, directs HUD to develop best practices for state and local governments to streamline permitting, curtail mandates, and remove development limitations.
Directs Treasury and HUD to evaluate aligning programs with Opportunity Zone tax incentives for single-family home investment.
Standard boilerplate: preserves existing agency authority, conditions the order on appropriations, and creates no enforceable private rights; includes severability clause.