A Secret Housing Grab You’re Not Supposed to Notice to Override Your Local Zoning Laws!

The US Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates steady, with investors on edge for the latest decision. The House Oversight Committee rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s plea for immunity in exchange for explosive testimony. Tsunami waves strike US shores after a major Pacific quake, sparking chaos in Hawaii. Amid these distractions, a bipartisan Senate housing bill, the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025, pushes federal control over local zoning and land use. Backed by Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren, it includes a $1B “innovation fund” and HUD guidelines to override community zoning laws, prioritizing workforce housing and Section 8 projects. This is a federal power grab, using grants to control local communities while ignoring local needs. Critics warn it could bypass community zoning laws, prioritize non-residents, and burden local governments with strings-attached grants, and threaten local control over development.

The US Fed expected to hold interest rates steady. Investors await the Fed interest rate decision.
The House oversight committee rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s requisition for immunity in exchange for her testimony.
Tsunami waves hit US shores after major pacific quake. Surf is up in Hawaii.
They want you to focus on all these distractions.
Affordable housing, they don’t want you to talk about Section 8 anymore. Anytime the government puts money into something they control it. You can’t put federal money into a project and guarantee your community that it will for your community. Section 8 housing will be full with people that don’t even live in the community.
Senate Banking advances first largest, bipartisan housing package in a decade. The committee unanimously advanced landmark housing legislation on Tuesday marking a rare area of overwhelming bipartisanship in a divided Congress. This is a federal government grab and it will not stop. All you hear is that we have such a housing shortage and we need affordable housing and workforce housing. These grants are going into your community, this is not private grants. They have set you up for workforce housing. The renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act of 2025, sponsored by Tim Scott and ranking member Elizabeth Warren… They will have the right to supersede your zoning laws and rules. If they want to put a federal housing project right in your backyard they will. They cut the red tape around zoning and building standards and the need for deregulation. Do you remember when Kamala campaigned that she was going to build 3 million houses. One provision would direct HUD to come up with new guidelines around zoning and land-use policies to encourage more constructions. The government will say that they will withhold if you don’t do this and this. Another would stand-up a pilot program where HUD offers grants and loans to low and moderate income homeowners and certain landlords. It authorizes $1B over five years for an “innovation fund” for local communities (mayor and commissioners) would get money if they come up with new ways to build more housing. Most cities and counties have a full time grant writer on staff. The innovation fund was part of the YIMBY (Yes In My Back Yard) movement which used funds from the American rescue plan to change zoning laws. They are getting ready to take over the zoning in your communities. There is not a group of commissioners and city counsel members that doesn’t love a good government grant with strings attached that mean money. Most communities have a full time grant writer just for these grants.