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[CITE: 42USC12705a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES
 
Sec. 12705a. Purposes of Removal of Regulatory Barriers to 
        Affordable Housing Act
        
    The purposes of sections 12705a to 12705d of this title are--
        (1) to encourage State and local governments to further identify 
    and remove regulatory barriers to affordable housing (including 
    barriers that are excessive, unnecessary, duplicative, or 
    exclusionary) that significantly increase housing costs and limit 
    the supply of affordable housing; and
        (2) to strengthen the connection between Federal housing 
    assistance and State and local efforts to identify and eliminate 
    regulatory barriers.

(Pub. L. 102-550, title XII, Sec. 1202, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3938.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 12705a to 12705d of this title, referred to in text, were 
in the original ``this title'', meaning title XII of Pub. L. 102-550, 
Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3938, known as the Removal of Regulatory 
Barriers to Affordable Housing Act of 1992, which enacted sections 
12705a to 12705d of this title, amended sections 5306 and 12705 of this 
title, and enacted provisions set out as a note below.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Removal of Regulatory Barriers to 
Affordable Housing Act of 1992, and also as part of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1992, and not as part of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act which comprises this chapter.


                               Short Title

    Section 1201 of title XII of Pub. L. 102-550 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this section and sections 12705b to 12705d of this 
title, amending sections 5306 and 12705 of this title, and enacting 
provisions set out as a note below] may be cited as the `Removal of 
Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act of 1992'.''


                           Report by Secretary

    Pub. L. 102-550, title XII, Sec. 1207, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 
3941, provided that not later than 2 years after Oct. 28, 1992, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development submit a report to Congress 
describing any successful State and local strategies for removal of 
barriers to affordable housing, assessing impact of identified 
regulatory barriers on housing patterns of minorities, and describing 
any strategies developed or implemented by Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for reducing barriers to affordable housing imposed by 
Federal Government, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105-362, title VII, 
Sec. 701(b), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3287.

                    Act Referred to in Other Sections

    The Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act of 1992 
is referred to in section 5307 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 12705b of this title.
