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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 and high-income employment transition at public housing, as well as grants to rehabilitate, upgrade, and transition public housing to highly energy-efficient "zero-carbon homes." 2. Amending the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to encourage good architectural design and environmental performance in government housing programs. 3. Amending the United States Housing Act of 1937 to modernize the policy objectives of public housing, such as guaranteeing the right to housing for every individual and protecting, maintaining, and expanding public housing. 4. Requiring contractors and subcontractors for projects funded under the bill to comply with various labor and "Buy American" provisions, such as paying prevailing wages and using a certain percentage of low- and very low-income workers. 5. Expanding the Section 3 program to increase economic opportunities for low- and very low-income persons and public housing resident-owned businesses. 6. Enhancing the Family Self-Sufficiency program to provide additional resources and coordination for public housing residents. 7. Repealing the "Faircloth Amendment" to allow for the construction of new public housing units.

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