Affordability and Fairness for Mountain Communities Act of 2025

This bill would require the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to create a waiver program within 90 days that lets county governments calculate area median income for certain federal housing programs using a ZIP Code or a group of neighboring counties instead of the usual method. HUD would have to grant a waiver to every county that applies. The covered programs include public housing, Section 8 rental assistance, HOME, the Housing Trust Fund, elderly and disability housing, Native American and Native Hawaiian housing, and rural rental housing. HUD would also study other ways to calculate area median income for rural mountain communities in the western U.S., and report to Congress and the public within 2 years.

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Sponsors

• Joe Neguse Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors