To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to annually submit to the Congress a report that analyzes State and local strategies, activities, and plans that promote affordable housing, and for other purposes.

HR 2494 requires the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to annually submit a report to Congress analyzing state and local strategies for promoting affordable housing. The bill directs HUD to use data from the existing regulatory barriers clearinghouse - which tracks state/local housing policies - to assess which approaches are working. The report must include an analysis of these strategies and specific policy recommendations Congress could use to support effective state and local efforts. This directly affects states and local governments by requiring them to provide data for the analysis, while Congress receives actionable insights to inform federal housing policy. The bill focuses on gathering and sharing existing state-level solutions rather than creating new federal mandates.