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Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] · R–AZ
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-03-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The bill would block specified federal fair-housing rules and a related notice and restrict federal spending on databases that map racial or affordable-housing disparities. It would also require the Department of Housing and Urban Development to consult state, local, and public-housing officials about how to advance fair-housing goals. The proposed changes concern federal housing administration, information systems, and government participation in developing recommendations.
The proposed rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 8516; Docket No. FR–6250–P–01), and any successor rule that is substantially similar to such proposed rule shall have no force or effect.
The notice of the Department of Housing and Urban Development relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool, published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 81840; Docket No. FR–5173–N–07), and any successor notice or rule substantially similar to such notice shall have no force or effect.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a Federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall jointly consult with State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies to develop recommendations, consistent with applicable rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States, to further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act.
Section 1 would name the legislation the Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2025.
This Act may be cited as the Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2025.
Section 2 would give no legal force or effect to the department’s February 9, 2023 proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, or any substantially similar successor rule.
The proposed rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, published in the Federal Register on February 9, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 8516; Docket No. FR–6250–P–01), and any successor rule that is substantially similar to such proposed rule shall have no force or effect.
The bill would also give no legal force or effect to the June 10, 2021 interim final rule restoring fair-housing definitions and certifications and the July 16, 2015 final Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. Each restriction would extend to substantially similar successor rules.
The interim final rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications, published in the Federal Register on June 10, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 30779; Docket No. FR–6249–I–01), and any successor rule that is substantially similar to such interim final rule shall have no force or effect.
The final rule of the Department of Housing and Urban Development entitled Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing, published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 42272; Docket No. FR–5173–F–04), and any successor rule that is substantially similar to such final rule shall have no force or effect.
The December 31, 2015 notice concerning the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool would also have no legal force or effect. This restriction would cover substantially similar successor notices or rules.
The notice of the Department of Housing and Urban Development relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool, published in the Federal Register on December 31, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 81840; Docket No. FR–5173–N–07), and any successor notice or rule substantially similar to such notice shall have no force or effect.
Section 3 would prohibit federal money from being used to design, build, maintain, use, or provide access to a federal database containing location-based information about community racial disparities or unequal access to affordable housing. The prohibition would apply notwithstanding other laws.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a Federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing.
Section 4 would require the housing secretary to consult jointly with state, local-government, and public-housing-agency officials on recommendations to advance the Fair Housing Act’s purposes and policies. Recommendations would have to be consistent with applicable Supreme Court rulings.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall jointly consult with State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies to develop recommendations, consistent with applicable rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States, to further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act.
The secretary would have to give these officials notice and an opportunity to participate, seek diverse regional, economic, and geographic perspectives, encourage collaboration, allow meaningful and timely input, and promote transparency. The consultation would also have to explore ways to meet federal fair-housing objectives without new regulations.
the Secretary shall— (1) provide State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies with notice and an opportunity to participate in the consultation process required under subsection (a); (2) seek to consult with State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies that represent a broad cross-section of regional, economic, and geographic perspectives in the United States; (3) emphasize the importance of collaboration with and among the State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies; (4) allow for meaningful and timely input by State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies; (5) promote transparency in the consultation process required under subsection (a); and (6) explore with State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies whether Federal objectives under the Fair Housing Act can be attained by means other than through new regulations.
Within 12 months after enactment, the secretary would have to publish a draft recommendations report in the Federal Register. A recommendation could appear only if the secretary and the consulted officials had reached consensus on it.
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a draft report describing the recommendations developed pursuant to subsection (a).
The Secretary may include a recommendation in the draft report only if consensus has been reached with regard to the recommendation among the Secretary, the State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies consulted pursuant to subsection (a).
If participants did not reach consensus on a regulatory proposal, the draft report would have to disclose that failure, describe the areas of agreement and continuing disagreement, and explain the reasons for the disagreements.
If the Secretary, State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies consulted under subsection (a) fail to reach consensus on a regulatory proposal, the draft report shall identify that consensus was not reached and shall describe— (A) the areas and issues with regard to which consensus was reached; (B) the areas and issues of continuing disagreement that resulted in the failure to reach consensus; and (C) the reasons for the continuing disagreements.
The draft report would be open for public review and comment for at least 180 days. The secretary would then have to address comments in consultation with the participating officials and prepare a final report describing the consultation’s results.
The Secretary shall make the draft report available for public review and comment for a period of not fewer than 180 days.
The Secretary shall, in consultation with the State officials, local government officials, and officials of public housing agencies, address any comments received pursuant to paragraph (4) and shall prepare a final report describing the final results of the consultation process under subsection (a).
The final report would have to be publicly available online within 12 months after enactment—the same outer deadline given for publishing the draft report, despite the required public-comment period between them.
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make publicly available online the final report prepared pursuant to subsection (c)(5).
Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a draft report describing the recommendations developed pursuant to subsection (a).
The Secretary shall make the draft report available for public review and comment for a period of not fewer than 180 days.
Eligible state and local officials would include elected officials, professional government officials, and officials of regional or national organizations representing those governments or officials. The bill would use an existing statutory definition of public housing agency.
The term local government official means an elected or professional official of a local government or an official of a regional or national organization representing local governments or officials.
The term State official means an elected or professional official of a State government or an official of a regional or national organization representing State governments or officials.
The term public housing agency has the meaning given such term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
The supplied actions snapshot, updated September 19, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 3, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-19T23:37:23Z. 2025-03-03: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-03-03: Introduced in House
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