SEC-919 -- STUDY REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING PROXIMATE TO PLACES 

 
OF EMPLOYMENT.
 
 (a) In General.-The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall
conduct a study regarding the availability of housing within reasonable
proximity of places of employment. The study shall-
 
 (1) identify causes of, and factors relating to, the geographic
divergence of available housing for low- and moderate-income families
from places of employment for working members of such families; and
 
 (2) propose methods for preventing such divergence and for providing
housing within reasonable proximity of places of employment, without
promoting establishment of cottage industries or housing developments
for employees owned or controlled by the employer.
 
 (b) Study Requirements.-In carrying out the study under this section
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall-
 
 (1) use, to the extent available and practicable, existing regional
plans and strategies developed or implemented by public, private, and
nonprofit environmental organizations and regulatory entities;
 
 (2) select and analyze one particular region of the Nation or one State
in which employment opportunities are available, relative to the
remainder of the Nation, but for which lack of available housing is an
acute problem; and
 
 (3) give priority to analysis of regions and metropolitan areas not
complying with Federal laws and regulations relating to clean air
standards.
 
 (c) Report.-Not later than the expiration of the 1-year period
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Committee on Banking,
Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report
containing the results and conclusions of the study conducted under this
section. The report shall also contain proposed strategies for adoption
by local, regional, and State governmental agencies, in consultation
with nonprofit organizations, to increase the availability of housing
for low- and moderate-income families within reasonable proximity of
places of employment for working members of such families and prevent
the geographical divergence of such housing and places of employment.