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This bill aims to comprehensively address homelessness and housing instability through multiple interconnected strategies. The bill creates a new Community Development Block Grant Plus (CDBG Plus) Program to provide significant funding for housing and support services, authorizes grants to help prevent penalization of homelessness, establishes new voting access programs for homeless individuals, and introduces tax measures targeting luxury real estate transfers and large corporate landlords. Key provisions include expanding definitions of homelessness and housing instability, creating alternatives to criminalizing homelessness, facilitating access to permanent supportive housing, and establishing an advisory board within the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness that includes a majority of members who have experienced homelessness. The bill also requires agencies receiving funding to implement non-discrimination policies, prioritize Housing First approaches, and develop strategies to address disparities faced by populations at higher risk of homelessness, such as communities of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, foster youth, and justice-system-involved persons. Additionally, the bill includes provisions for studying voting barriers for homeless individuals and creating grants to help them participate in elections, while also introducing new tax mechanisms to generate revenue for housing programs by taxing luxury property transfers and large-scale rental properties.

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