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An application must show three years of housing supply data and how it fits the local plan

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 208, Sec. 208. Written by .

An application must show three years of housing supply data and how it fits the local plan

The document says “shallWho acts: eligible entitiesHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says

“data on characteristics of increased housing supply during the 3-year period ending on the date on which the application is submitted, which may include whether such housing--”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 208

An eligible entity seeking a grant must apply to the Secretary with a description of each purpose the grant will serve and an attestation that it will be used only for eligible purposes, data on the characteristics of increased housing supply over the three years ending on the application date, a description of how each purpose addresses a community need or advances an objective in the entity's consolidated plan under part 91 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and a description of the initiatives it has carried out or has under way. Those initiatives may include allowing duplex through multifamily building by right, revising or dropping off-street parking requirements, changing lot size, floor area, set-back and height rules, incentives for denser development, zoning overlays for mixed-income housing, streamlined regulation and permitting, allowing accessory dwelling units, local tax incentives or public financing, streamlined environmental regulation, dropping unnecessary manufactured or cooperative housing rules, and limiting the effect of energy and water standards on housing costs.

What the document actually says

“data on characteristics of increased housing supply during the 3-year period ending on the date on which the application is submitted, which may include whether such housing--”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 208
That sentence, in plain words

The application must show what new housing went up. It covers the three years up to the day the form is sent in. It can say who the homes serve and whether housing got better and cheaper.

What this is about

The application must also fit the town's own plan. That plan is called a consolidated plan. It is filed with the housing agency already.

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  1. The document itself

    Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 208, 140 Stat. 875 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm

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    “An application must show three years of housing supply data and how it fits the local plan,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 208, Sec. 208. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec208-application/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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