Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program; created, report, sunset.

Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program created; affordable dwelling unit policy incentives; report. Creates the Zoning for Housing Production Pilot Program to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development. To be eligible for a grant from the Program, an eligible locality, as named in the bill, is required to make a change to its zoning policies to allow for by-right development that is expected to further the goal of creating and maintaining mixed-income communities, affordable housing, and moderately priced housing, as those terms are defined in the bill. The Department is required to establish certain guidelines for the Program no later than December 31, 2025, and to notify eligible localities of the existence and purpose of the Program no later than February 1, 2026. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2028.