Utilizing National Land for Opportunities and Community Key (UNLOCK) Housing Act
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- In committee
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- House
- Latest action
- May 6, 2025
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What it does
The UNLOCK Housing Act would facilitate the use of federal lands for affordable housing by amending the Recreation and Public Purposes Act to classify the development, operation, and maintenance of affordable housing for extremely low-, very low-, and low-income families as a public purpose. It would establish a Joint Task Force between the Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development and the Interior to identify underutilized federal land suitable for residential development, streamline land transfers, promote affordable housing policies, and evaluate the costs of housing shortages, with annual reporting to Congress and termination after 10 years. The bill affects federal land management agencies and aims to increase affordable housing availability through coordinated federal action.
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