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Reports and agency plans must stay publicly searchable for five years

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 505, Sec. 505. Written by .

Reports and agency plans must stay publicly searchable for five years

The document says “shallWho acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 505 in the PDF
What the document says

“The Secretary shall maintain all reports submitted pursuant to this section in a manner that is publicly available, accessible, and searchable on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for not less than 5 years.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 505

The section requires the Secretary to keep every report submitted under it publicly available, accessible, and searchable on the Department website for at least five years, and to publish each agency's annual Moving to Work plan, section 8 administrative plan, and admission and continued occupancy policy in one place for at least five years. The Secretary may also set up a searchable database tracking which flexibilities agencies have taken up or been granted, broken out by year.

What the document actually says

“The Secretary shall maintain all reports submitted pursuant to this section in a manner that is publicly available, accessible, and searchable on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for not less than 5 years.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 505
That sentence, in plain words

The housing agency must keep every report on its website. People must be able to find and search them. They must stay up for at least five years.

What this is about

Three kinds of agency plan must also be posted. They go in one place, not scattered. The agency may build a database of the waivers in use.

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  1. The document itself

    Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 505, 140 Stat. 948 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm

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    “Reports and agency plans must stay publicly searchable for five years,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 505, Sec. 505. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec505-public-availability/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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