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[CITE: 42USC12705b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES
 
Sec. 12705b. Definition of regulatory barriers to affordable 
        housing
        
    For purposes of sections 12705a to 12705d of this title, the terms 
``regulatory barriers to affordable housing'' and ``regulatory 
barriers'' mean any public policies (including policies embodied in 
statutes, ordinances, regulations, or administrative procedures or 
processes) required to be identified by a jurisdiction in connection 
with its comprehensive housing affordability strategy under section 
12705(b)(4) of this title. Such terms do not include policies relating 
to rents imposed on a structure by a jurisdiction or policies that have 
served to create or preserve, or can be shown to create or preserve, 
housing for low- and very low-income families, including displacement 
protections, demolition controls, replacement housing requirements, 
relocation benefits, housing trust funds, dedicated funding sources, 
waiver of local property taxes and builder fees, inclusionary zoning, 
rental zoning overlays, long-term use restrictions, and rights of first 
refusal.

(Pub. L. 102-550, title XII, Sec. 1203, 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 notes under section 12705a of 
this title.

                          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.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 12705a, 12705c of this 
title.
