Easing Housing Construction: Fewer Barriers, More Homes
New rules aim to facilitate the construction of more housing by identifying and reducing barriers in land use regulations. This is intended to help lower housing costs and increase availability for citizens, especially in areas with housing shortages.
Key points
Requires cities and towns receiving federal development grants to submit plans for removing regulations that hinder housing construction.
Encourages changes in regulations, such as allowing multi-family housing, duplexes, triplexes, or fourplexes, and manufactured homes in single-family areas.
Promotes streamlining permitting processes and reducing requirements for minimum lot sizes or parking spaces.
The goal is to increase housing supply, which could lead to lower prices and rents, improving the financial situation of many households.
Introduced
Citizen Poll