The Secretary keeps the power to revise high-cost area indexing
To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 211, Sec. 211.
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The Secretary keeps the power to revise high-cost area indexing
The document says “may not be construed”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 211 in the PDF
What the document says
“Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section may be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to revise the statutory exceptions for high-cost percentage and high-cost areas annual indexing.”
The section states that nothing in it or its amendments may be read as limiting the Secretary's authority to revise the statutory exceptions for high-cost percentage and high-cost areas annual indexing.
What the document actually says
“Nothing in this section or the amendments made by this section may be construed to limit the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to revise the statutory exceptions for high-cost percentage and high-cost areas annual indexing.”
That sentence, in plain words
This part does not cut back a power the housing agency already has. That power is to change the rules for high-cost areas each year.
What this is about
Building costs more in some places than others. The law allows for that with exceptions. Those exceptions stay in the agency's hands.
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Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 211, 140 Stat. 881 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm
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“The Secretary keeps the power to revise high-cost area indexing,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 211, Sec. 211. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec211-rule-of-construction/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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