This bill directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to withdraw a final determination titled "Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing" (89 Fed. Reg. 33112). It forbids HUD and USDA from taking action or using Federal funds to implement or enforce that determination or any substantially similar determination, and requires that energy efficiency standards for covered programs revert to the standards that applied before the withdrawn determination. The bill also says the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not implement a substantially similar determination, and it prevents the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any determination or rule related to energy efficiency standards for single- and multifamily housing. Finally, it amends section 109(d) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to add a condition that at least 26 States must have adopted an energy efficiency code or standard that meets or exceeds the revised code or standard.
If you build, finance, or live in HUD- or USDA-financed housing, this bill would stop those agencies from applying the specified new energy efficiency standards and would return covered programs to the earlier standards. It would also limit similar actions by the Department of Veterans Affairs and block FHFA from issuing or enforcing related rules.
No publicly available information on estimated costs, savings, or budgetary effects is included in the bill text. The bill does direct agencies not to use Federal funds to implement or enforce the withdrawn determination.
The bill was introduced by Representatives listed in the metadata and its short title is the "Helping Owners with Unaffordable Shoddy Edicts Act of 2025." The text requires agencies to withdraw and not enforce the specified energy efficiency determination and to revert to prior standards, indicating sponsors want to block the new standard and return to earlier requirements.
No publicly available information.