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US HR816

US HR816
Restoring Communities Left Behind Act


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Introduced
02/04/2021
In Committee
02/04/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023

Introduced Session

117th Congress

Bill Summary

A BILL To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant program to help revitalize certain localities, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill would establish a competitive grant program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide funding for local partnerships to carry out neighborhood revitalization activities in economically distressed areas. The bill defines eligible localities based on factors like low home prices, high vacancy rates, and racial disparities in homeownership. Eligible activities include homeowner assistance, property redevelopment, housing counseling, and community improvements. The bill also authorizes additional funding for the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program to support self-help homebuilding. The goal is to support equitable economic recovery and close racial wealth gaps through targeted neighborhood investments.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (54)

Marcy Kaptur (D)* Nanette Barragán (D),  Joyce Beatty (D),  Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  Cori Bush (D),  André Carson (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Antonio Delgado (D),  Debbie Dingell (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  Lizzie Fletcher (D),  Chuy García (D),  Vicente Gonzalez (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jahana Hayes (D),  Brian Higgins (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Mondaire Jones (D),  Ann Kirkpatrick (D),  Brenda Lawrence (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Lucy McBath (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Richard Neal (D),  Joe Neguse (D),  Marie Newman (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Ed Perlmutter (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Dutch Ruppersberger (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Michael San Nicolas (D),  Mary Gay Scanlon (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Ritchie Torres (D),  Fred Upton (R),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Peter Welch (D),  Nikema Williams (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (on 02/04/2021)

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