Sec. 7. Pro-Growth requirement
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Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Undersecretary for Policy Development and Research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Undersecretary for Policy at the Department of Transportation shall establish a funding condition to be known as the Pro-Growth Requirement , which shall be applied as a required funding condition in order for a State or unit of general local government to receive Federal block grant funding, such as surface transportation block grant program funding under section 133 of title 23, United States Code, during the period that a national emergency described in section 2 is in effect.
The following factors shall be met in order for a grantee to be in compliance with the Pro-Growth Requirement described in subsection (a): A positive level of housing growth measured against the previous year based on the Building Permit Survey and the Address Count Listing Files published by the Bureau of the Census within the jurisdiction of the grantee. The grantee has taken action to remove barriers to housing development and rehabilitation, such as— reducing minimum lot size requirements; allowing manufactured homes in areas zoned for single-family residential homes; eliminating or reducing off-street parking requirements; allowing duplexes, triplexes, or fourplexes in areas zoned for single-family residential homes; establishing density bonuses; allowing a single staircase for residential structures up to 5 stories; enacting high-density single-family and multifamily zoning; streamlining or shortening permitting processes and timelines; allowing the conversion of office units into residential units; donating vacant public land for affordable housing development; allowing accessory dwelling units, including detached accessory dwelling units, on all lots with single-family homes; establishing transit-oriented development zones; using property tax abatements to enable higher residential density; or enacting and implementing other laws or rules with a positive anticipated impact on housing supply.
The comprehensive housing affordability strategy and community development plan issued by the grantee under part 91 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation (commonly referred to as a consolidated plan ) identifies clear, measurable objectives for housing growth. A grantee described in subsection
(a)is allowed an appeal process relating to compliance with the Pro-Growth Requirement described in that subsection with the agency distributing an applicable grant if the recipient can display measurable actions taken to increase housing supply and growth within their jurisdiction.