Affordable Housing Through Common-Sense Standards Act

This bill would require the Comptroller General of the United States, who leads the Government Accountability Office, to study the costs and benefits of creating a single federal building code for homes. The study and a report to Congress would be due within 1 year after the bill becomes law. The report would look at whether such a code could shorten the time local governments take to approve new construction, lower the cost of building homes, or improve the quality of available and affordable housing. The bill does not itself create a federal building code.

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Sponsors

• Sylvia R. Garcia Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors