Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
The bill nullifies specific HUD rules and notices implementing "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" (2015 final rule, 2021 interim final rule, and the 2015 AFFH Assessment Tool notice). It bars Federal funds from creating or maintaining a federal geospatial database on community racial or affordable-housing disparities.
Use of geospatial data: liberals see it as essential; conservatives see it as intrusive.
Narrow regulatory rollback often advances in the House, but ideological controversy reduces ease.
The bill nullifies specific HUD rules and notices implementing "Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing" (2015 final rule, 2021 interim final rule, and the 2015 AFFH Assessment Tool notice).
It bars Federal funds from creating or maintaining a federal geospatial database on community racial or affordable-housing disparities.
The bill also requires HUD to consult with State, local, and public housing officials, seek consensus recommendations consistent with Supreme Court rulings, publish a draft report for 180-day public comment, and issue a final report within a year.
Contentious subject and rollback of federal tools lowers chances; procedural hurdles and litigation risk remain high.
How solid the drafting looks.
Use of geospatial data: liberals see it as essential; conservatives see it as intrusive.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Use of geospatial data: liberals see it as essential; conservatives see it as intrusive.
Likely views the bill as a rollback of federal tools used to identify and remedy housing segregation and disparities.
Sees nullification of AFFH rules and a ban on geospatial data as weakening civil-rights enforcement and evidence-based policymaking.
Likely has mixed views: supports improved federalism and stakeholder consultation, but worries nullifying rules and banning a database could impede enforcement and planning.
Would weigh procedural improvements against loss of HUD tools.
Likely supports the bill as restoring local zoning autonomy and preventing HUD from imposing or coercing local land-use changes.
Views banning a federal racial-disparities map as protecting local discretion and privacy.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
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Still ahead
Contentious subject and rollback of federal tools lowers chances; procedural hurdles and litigation risk remain high.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Use of geospatial data: liberals see it as essential; conservatives see it as intrusive.
Contentious subject and rollback of federal tools lowers chances; procedural hurdles and litigation risk remain high.
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