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[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document affected by Public Law 106-569 Section 103]
[CITE: 42USC12705d]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES
 
Sec. 12705d. Regulatory barriers clearinghouse


(a) Establishment

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish a 
clearinghouse to receive, collect, process, and assemble information 
regarding--
        (1) State and local laws, regulations, and policies affecting 
    the development, maintenance, improvement, availability, or cost of 
    affordable housing, including tax policies affecting land and other 
    property, land use controls, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees 
    and charges, growth limits, and policies that affect the return on 
    investment in residential property;
        (2) State and local activities, strategies, and plans to remove 
    or ameliorate the negative effects, if any, of such laws, 
    regulations, and policies; and
        (3) State and local strategies, activities and plans that 
    promote affordable housing and housing desegregation.

(b) Functions

    The clearinghouse established under subsection (a) of this section 
shall--
        (1) respond to inquiries from State and local governments, other 
    organizations, and individuals requesting information regarding 
    State and local laws, regulations, policies, activities, strategies, 
    and plans described in subsection (a) of this section; and
        (2) provide assistance in identifying, examining, and 
    understanding such laws, regulations, policies, activities, 
    strategies, and plans.

(Pub. L. 102-550, title XII, Sec. 1205, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3940.)

                          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, 12705b, 12705c of 
this title.
