Identification of regulatory barriers to affordable housing in HUD annual report

Section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3536) is amended by adding at the end the following: Each such annual report shall include an identification of significant regulatory barriers to affordable housing, within the meaning of such term as provided in the first sentence of section 1203 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 12705b), and a discussion and analysis of how to reduce or remove such barriers..