A State or locality that declines a guideline may not be penalized
To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 107, Sec. 107.
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A State or locality that declines a guideline may not be penalized
The document says “may not be construed”Who acts: Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 107 in the PDF
What the document says
“Nothing in this section may be construed to permit the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take an adverse action against or fail to provide otherwise offered actions or services for any State or locality if the State or locality declines to adopt a guideline or best practice under subsection (b).”
The section states that nothing in it may be read as letting the Department of Housing and Urban Development take adverse action against a State or locality, or withhold actions or services it otherwise offers, because that State or locality declined to adopt a guideline or best practice.
What the document actually says
“Nothing in this section may be construed to permit the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take an adverse action against or fail to provide otherwise offered actions or services for any State or locality if the State or locality declines to adopt a guideline or best practice under subsection (b).”
That sentence, in plain words
A state or town may say no to the advice. If it does, the housing agency may not punish it. It may not hold back help it would give anyway.
What this is about
This makes clear the guide is advice only. A place that ignores it keeps what it had. The rule stops the guide from becoming a hidden condition.
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Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 107, 140 Stat. 856 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm
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“A State or locality that declines a guideline may not be penalized,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 107, Sec. 107. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec107-no-adverse-action/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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