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“Projects should qualify for lighter HUD environmental review only when they stay within the required limits, such as not materially changing environmental conditions, not going beyond the original project scope, keeping the same use where required, and meeting size, density, unit, or spacing caps.”
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“Federal housing projects should use a faster environmental review process without weakening environmental protections.”
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“Some HUD-, USDA-, and HOME-supported housing projects should move through less federal environmental review when they are smaller, built on infill sites, rehabilitate existing buildings, convert buildings to housing, or have already been reviewed through another federal funding source.”
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“Federal housing agencies should coordinate shared housing projects so the process is easier to manage and residents stay protected.”
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“Federal housing reviews should move faster through better agency coordination, simpler environmental review for some lower-risk HUD-assisted housing work, voluntary tribal review authority, five years of reporting, and less duplicate HUD-USDA rural review work.”
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“HUD should use its lightest environmental review for vouchers, housing support services, routine housing program costs, some business aid, and homebuyer assistance when the aid does not pay for new construction or physical development.”
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“HUD should have to use the public rulemaking process to update which housing activities can skip detailed federal environmental review or use a faster review path, based on HUD's review categories as they existed on January 1, 2025.”
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“HUD should report to Congress on whether lighter environmental review reduces review time and administrative costs for housing, especially affordable housing, and should be allowed to recommend future changes to HUD environmental review categories.”
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“HUD should be able to send some HUD-administered housing assistance through an existing special project environmental review path for NEPA and similar environmental laws, unless Congress already set a specific review process for that assistance.”
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“HUD and USDA should coordinate environmental review for housing projects they both fund, including studying simpler review categories, choosing one lead agency, sharing approved review documents, and keeping HUD environmental-review protections in place.”
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“Homeowners and renters should be able to get emergency HUD help to fix heating, cooling, hot water, or legally required utility-related needs without going through regular environmental review steps.”
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“Federally recognized Tribal governments, using the federal housing-law definition of Tribe, should be able to handle certain environmental reviews for covered HUD housing projects instead of HUD, similar to the role states and local governments can have.”
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