Bill > S2820

This bill, the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for all Act or the DASH Act, provides several key provisions to address the nation's housing challenges: 1. It creates a new rental voucher program for individuals and families experiencing or at risk of homelessness, providing vouchers and supportive services to help them access and maintain stable housing. 2. It authorizes significant new funding for the Housing Trust Fund to acquire land and construct or preserve affordable rental housing, with a focus on rural areas and housing for farm laborers. 3. It establishes a pilot program to promote the use of modular construction to build affordable housing more quickly and cost-effectively. 4. It provides grants to encourage jurisdictions to adopt zoning and planning policies that enable the development of more diverse and affordable housing types like duplexes, accessory dwelling units, and mixed-use buildings. 5. It permanently authorizes appropriations for McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act grants to address homelessness. 6. It makes several changes to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to increase the supply of affordable housing, including provisions to incentivize the construction of units for extremely low-income households and the conversion of commercial properties to affordable housing. 7. It creates a new Renters Credit and Middle-Income Housing Tax Credit to provide direct rental assistance and homeownership support. 8. It establishes a new Neighborhood Homes Credit to encourage the construction and rehabilitation of homes for moderate-income homebuyers in distressed communities. 9. It extends and enhances the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit to help more families achieve homeownership.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2820/all-info