ms. hamilton: that is correct. the universe of localities that should be eligible for a federal caret should be all of the localities that are in the building permits survey conducted by the census bureau and hud. those are all of the localities that currently engage in land spanning and issue building permits. cbbg's exclude high wage suburbs of high wage regions. rep. hill: that is something that came out in our hearing. we had i think 40 housing stock issues that date from the 1970's in the formula. it really does not reflect reality. i mean, at the time, we were looking at 1930 and 1940 data, because we wanted to offer the ability to improve housing stock. but now we are 50 years later and it seems to me a rule like that would absolutely be prejudiced against a city like los angeles, for example, whose 1940 housing stock would not reflect one iota of 2021 housing stock. it is very interesting. one other question i have for you and your research -- land banks that a lot of cities are trying to revitalize urban a

you share that frustration, it sounds like, ms. hamilton. >> i do. that you think. >> maybe just add a little more color in particular on what we could be doing on the zoning side as it relates to this government funding, if you would. >> i would support a flexible grant program that gives a local policy makers wide freedom in what they spend the grant money on. that's nonetheless, defensible purposes, the purpose of the grants is to encourage regulatory reform, not to fund specific programmatic output. >> i appreciate your time. mr. chairman, i appreciate you holding today's hearing, and i will yield back. >> let me just make a correction just for the record. in 2019, military published the island divided cities, it was an exhaustive three years investigation into racial discrimination in home buying on long island, and they deployed actors, their testing which involved the use of hidden cameras. maybe you have seen this on tv. they recorded meetings with real estate agents. this is one of the many fair housing investigations. it confirmed longstand

ms. hamilton, i was very interested in your study, and your formula idea. and your research shows how local zoning and regulatory decisions can raise the cost of new housing that i address in my opening statement. and in the baltimore, washington, region, for example, your research shows that a price increase of 1% for a year in localities that have adopted inclusionary zoning policy. can you explain that, and give us some background. >> thank you, ranking member hill. i appreciate the question. i'm not optimistic about the potential for inclusionary zoning to solve the problems of exclusionary zoning. typically inclusionary zoning relies on density bonuses that localities provide to developments that include below market rate units. the problem with using inclusionary zoning as a solution to exclusionary zoning is that the tool that gives these density bonuses their value is exclusionary zoning itself. without underlining exclusionary zoning, inclusionary zoning would be a clear tax on new housing construction, and taxing what we're trying to see in more a

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