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Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse

HUD established the Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse (RBC) to collect, process, assemble, and disseminate information on state and local regulations and policies affecting the creation and maintenance of affordable housing.





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Improving the energy efficiency of housing is an important component of reducing carbon emissions in the United States. Lower-income households disproportionately live in units and buildings that lack energy-efficient features and spend more than 6 percent of their income on energy bills, the threshold for having a high energy burden. 
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Did you know?

The Virginia legislature amended its fair housing law in 2020 to define discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity as an unlawful discriminatory housing practice.







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