Making more land and local resources available for housing The bills also include proposals to help communities identify publicly owned land that could be used for housing, strengthen regional housing planning, and give state and local governments greater flexibility to use existing federal resources to support new development.
Support legislation to identify publicly owned land and strengthen local housing planning to enable new housing development.
Occurrences
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act includes measures to streamline permitting and environmental reviews, support manufactured and modular housing development, strengthen regional housing planning, expand access to small-dollar mortgages, improve financing tools for community lenders, and modernize federal housing programs.
Evidence
Bera said he is cosponsoring 25 housing-related bills. The release specifically names H.R. 6773, the Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act, and says the package includes proposals to help communities identify publicly owned land and strengthen regional housing planning.
Roll Call 176 shows the House passed H. Res. 1299, which provided for concurrence in the Senate amendment to H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, by a 396-13 vote. The roll call record lists Bera voting Yea.
Assessments
Bera publicly backed housing legislation that directly matched the claim, including the Databases of Publicly Owned Land Act and related proposals to help communities identify publicly owned land and strengthen regional housing planning. He also voted for the broader housing package carrying those provisions, so the promise was fulfilled in his current term.