Their agreement is a requirement of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act.
According to a recent memorandum of understanding, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. The Department of Agriculture have agreed on a framework to start simplifying regulation, physical inspection standards and environmental review related to housing, Ryan Kushner writes for Smart Cities Dive.
“The Streamlining Rural Housing Act section tasks HUD and USDA to work together to streamline environmental reviews for housing projects they fund while maintaining compliance with environmental regulations, as well as to evaluate whether a joint physical inspection process for housing projects overseen by both agencies might be feasible,” Smart Cities Dive reports.
The MOU is a requirement of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, a bipartisan housing bill that is the largest federal housing legislation in decades.
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