Faith in Housing Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5601 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5601 To preempt State and local laws that prevent the construction of affordable housing on faith lands, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 26, 2025 Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To preempt State and local laws that prevent the construction of affordable housing on faith lands, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Faith in Housing Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) An underproduction in housing units relative to demand has led to a housing shortage of millions of homes in the United States. (2) Lack of housing supply and rising rent costs exacerbate inequality a…