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This bill, the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, aims to provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Establishing grant programs to facilitate workforce development projects, conduct deep energy retrofits, upgrade energy efficiency and water quality, generate community energy, and support climate adaptation and disaster response in public housing. 2. Amending the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to encourage good architectural design in government housing programs that maximizes environmental performance and accessibility. 3. Expanding the Section 3 program to increase hiring and contracting requirements for low- and very low-income persons and public housing resident-owned businesses in public housing projects. 4. Enhancing the Family Self-Sufficiency program to better coordinate with Section 3 requirements and provide additional resources for public housing residents. 5. Requiring the formation of resident councils in public housing projects with 50 or more units to improve residents' quality of life and enable resident participation in public housing operations. 6. Repealing the Faircloth Amendment, which limits the construction of new public housing units.