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Introduced
11/20/2019
11/20/2019
In Committee
02/28/2020
02/28/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
To facilitate the development of affordable housing, and for other purposes. This bill authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs. Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings; states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing; very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing; Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services; nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development; state housing finance agencies to provide supportive housing for individuals with disabilities; private nonprofit organizations to provide supportive housing for the elderly; and states, counties, and cities to develop and preserve affordable housing. The bill also requires that specified portions of funding made available under the bill be used for water and energy efficiency. In administering such funding made available under the bill, the relevant federal agencies must consult with grantees and recipients and meet with state and local government officials for the purpose of recommending and promoting funding opportunities and initiatives to include minority and women's business enterprises in such grant activities.
AI Summary
This bill aims to facilitate the development of affordable housing in the United States. It authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs, including the Public Housing Capital Fund, the Rural Multifamily Preservation and Revitalization Demonstration Program, the Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant Program, the Housing Trust Fund, the Single-Family Housing Repair Loans and Grants, the Native American Housing Block Grant Program, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the Supportive Housing Program for Persons with Disabilities, the Supportive Housing Program for the Elderly, and the Capital Magnet Fund. The bill also provides funding for the Community Development Block Grant program to support the development and preservation of affordable housing and related infrastructure. Additionally, the bill requires that a portion of the funding made available under the bill be used for water and energy efficiency initiatives, and it includes provisions to promote the inclusion of minority and women's business enterprises in the grant activities funded by the bill.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry
Sponsors (57)
Maxine Waters (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
André Carson (D),
Ed Case (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Lacy Clay (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Joe Courtney (D),
Peter DeFazio (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Eliot Engel (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
Adriano Espaillat (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Tulsi Gabbard (D),
John Garamendi (D),
Chuy García (D),
Vicente Gonzalez (D),
Al Green (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Debra Haaland (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Steven Horsford (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Jerry McNerney (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Jerry Nadler (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Ilhan Omar (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Michael San Nicolas (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Adam Schiff (D),
Bobby Scott (D),
Brad Sherman (D),
Jackie Speier (D),
Bennie Thompson (D),
Mike Thompson (D),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
Filemón Vela (D),
Nydia Velázquez (D),
Frederica Wilson (D),
Last Action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569. (on 12/24/2020)
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