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Streamlining Rural Housing Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Senator Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced
Summary
Would streamline environmental review and agency coordination for rural housing projects that receive both HUD and USDA funding. It aims to cut duplicate reviews and speed projects while protecting resident safety and environmental standards.
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- Residents: Residents in HUD- or USDA-assisted housing would be protected by a required report showing recommended changes do not materially reduce safety, shift long-term costs onto residents, or weaken environmental protections.
- Developers and owners: Builders and property owners could face fewer duplicate environmental reviews if HUD and USDA agree on a single lead agency and accept each other's environmental assessments and impact statements.
- Federal process and inspections: HUD and USDA would have to evaluate NEPA categorical exclusions, maintain compliance with 24 CFR part 58 as of Jan 1, 2025, and study a joint physical inspection process.
- Stakeholders and timeline: The bill would create an advisory working group that includes nonprofits, state housing agencies, builders, property managers, owners, public housing agencies, residents, and contract administrators, and would require the interagency MOU within 180 days and a recommendations report within 1 year.
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Faster housing reviews for HUD and USDA
This bill would require HUD and USDA to sign an agreement within 180 days. The agreement would coordinate housing projects funded by both agencies. It would evaluate NEPA categorical exclusions. It would keep compliance with 24 C.F.R. part 58 as of January 1, 2025. The agencies would set a lead-agency process and streamline adoption of environmental impact statements and assessments approved by the other agency. They would also study a joint physical inspection process. An advisory working group with rural and non-rural housing stakeholders and residents would be created within 180 days. Within one year the agencies would send a report to the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee with recommendations that would not materially reduce resident safety, shift long-term costs to residents, or weaken environmental standards.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
KS • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ]
AZ • D
Sponsored 7/23/2025
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
VA • D
Sponsored 7/28/2025
Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
NE • R
Sponsored 7/28/2025
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
NV • D
Sponsored 7/30/2025
Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
ID • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
NM • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
NH • D
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
IN • R
Sponsored 1/14/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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