Contact Congress about H.R. 4810: BUILD Housing Act

Some HUD-backed housing projects could go through an existing environmental review process. States, local governments, and federally recognized Tribes could handle some reviews that HUD now does.

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BUILD Housing Act is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Latest action on H.R. 4810: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people and governments involved in HUD-backed housing projects. That includes developers, residents waiting on housing, state and local officials, Tribal governments, and communities near project sites. The bill could change who runs the environmental review and how the review process is organized.

Why this matters: Environmental reviews can affect when HUD-backed housing projects get approved and who controls the review. This bill could shift some of that work from HUD to states, local governments, or federally recognized Tribes. It keeps the basic NEPA duty to study environmental effects, but changes the process for some projects. The bill’s real-world impact would depend on which programs HUD chooses and how each government carries out the work.

Key provisions in H.R. 4810

• HUD could treat some housing aid it runs as special project funds for environmental review. That would use rules from the 1994 law on multifamily housing property disposition.
• The bill applies to NEPA reviews, decisions, and actions. NEPA is the federal law that requires review of environmental effects, and the bill also covers laws with similar goals.
• HUD could not use this new path when another federal law already gives that housing aid a different NEPA review process.
• States, federally recognized Tribes, and local governments could take over some environmental review duties that HUD would otherwise handle.
• The bill defines Indian Tribe by using the definition in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. That means only federally recognized Tribes count.

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What is H.R. 4810?

Some HUD-backed housing projects could go through an existing environmental review process. States, local governments, and federally recognized Tribes could handle some reviews that HUD now does.

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