(1) to encourage State and local governments to further identify and remove regulatory barriers to affordable housing (including barriers that are excessive, unnecessary, duplicative, or exclusionary) that significantly increase housing costs and limit the supply of affordable housing; and
(2) to strengthen the connection between Federal housing assistance and State and local efforts to identify and eliminate regulatory barriers.
Structure US Code
Title 42— THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 130— NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES
§ 12701. National housing goal
§ 12702. Objective of national housing policy
§ 12703. Purposes of Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
§ 12705. State and local housing strategies
§ 12705a. Purposes of Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act
§ 12705b. Definition of regulatory barriers to affordable housing
§ 12705c. Grants for regulatory barrier removal strategies and implementation
§ 12705d. Regulatory barriers clearinghouse
§ 12707. Citizen participation
§ 12709. Energy efficiency standards
§ 12711. Protection of State and local authority
§ 12712. 5-year energy efficiency plan