Housing And Community Development
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Housing Innovation Act of 2019 [HB-4756]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishes the Office of Housing Innovation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The office must establish grant programs to support (1) planning efforts that address housing needs in urban areas; (2) research and studies to support, inform, and advise local governments on their plans for new housing and community development; and (3) outreach programs focused on issues related to housing, community development, and regional planning. The Government Accountability Office must report on the effectiveness of the grant programs.
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Ending Homelessness Act of 2019 [S.2613]
[Housing ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
Provides additional funding for, and otherwise addresses, assistance to homeless individuals and families. The funding provided by the bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. Specifically, the bill provides additional FY2020-FY2024 funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to (1) award emergency relief grants to address unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with the highest need, and (2) provide additional incremental rental voucher assistance for individuals
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Condemning Secretary Ben Carson's bigoted comments regarding transgender people and decrying the Department of Housing and Urban Development's continued effort, under Secretary Carson's leadership, to single out and discriminate against LGBTQ individuals. [HR-613]
[Housing ]
[Human Rights ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
This resolution condemns certain comments by Secretary Ben Carson regarding transgender people and decries the Department of Housing and Urban Development's continued effort, under his leadership, to single out and discriminate against LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) individuals.
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Public Housing Emergency Response Act [HB-4546]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizes additional assistance from the Public Housing Capital Fund to public housing agencies for the development, financing, and modernization of public housing developments and for management improvements.
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Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019 [S.2567]
[Housing ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
A bill to provide rental assistance to low-income tenants of certain multifamily rural housing projects, and for other purposes.
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FHA Loan Affordability Act of 2019 [S.2572]
[Housing ]
[Finance ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requires Federal Housing Administration mortgage borrowers to pay mortgage insurance premiums only when their remaining principal balance exceeds 78% or more of the home value or sales price.
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Disaster Assistance Simplification Act [S.2575]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Addresses the interaction of disaster recovery relief assistance provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Specifically, the bill prohibits HUD and recipients of HUD disaster relief grants from (1) considering whether an applicant for assistance rejected a separate disaster loan from the SBA, or (2) reducing the amount of assistance by the amount of a rejected SBA loan.
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Lead-Free Future Act of 2019 [HB-4416]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Healthcare ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Addresses lead-based hazards, and their abatement, in residential properties. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award grants to state and local governments and certain nonprofit organizations for the purpose of evaluating and reducing lead-based hazards in residential properties constructed before 1978. Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to state and local governments to monitor blood lead levels in infants, children, and pregnant women and to educate
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Yes In My Backyard Act [HB-4351]
[Community Development ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Grants ]
Requires certain Community Development Block Grant program recipients to submit to the Department of Housing and Urban Development information regarding their implementation of certain land-use policies (e.g., policies for reducing minimum lot size).
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Prevent Evictions Act of 2019 [S.2486]
[Housing ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
[Community Development ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Creates a grant program, administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for states, local governments, tribal governments, and other public or nonprofit entities to establish or administer landlord-tenant mediation programs in which tenants may participate at no cost. In addition, HUD must propose a demonstration project to test an insurance model for preventing evictions.
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Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2019 [HB-4300]
[Housing ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Requires public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer housing choice voucher programs to, in coordination with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, extend tenant-based assistance for youth aging out of foster care under specified circumstances. Under current law, public housing assistance is available for up to 36 months for low-income youth who are 18 to 24 years old, left foster care at age 16 or older (or will soon leave foster care), and are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. The bill requires PHAs to extend such housing
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GET THE LEAD OUT Act of 2019 Grants for Eliminating the Toxic Hazard of Environmental Lead in Our Towns Act of 2019 [HB-4321]
[Environmental ]
[Finance ]
[Housing ]
[Taxes ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Property Tax ]
Addresses the reduction of lead-based hazards. It also modifies the tax treatment of carried interest (i.e., compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity or hedge fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits) and the estate tax. With respect to lead-based hazards, the bill allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants to state and local governments to reduce lead-based pipe hazards in housing. Additionally, HUD must require risk assessments, inspections, interim controls, and abatement
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Homeless Assistance Act of 2019 [HB-4302]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizes public housing agencies to disclose to certain entities information regarding individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Such disclosure is limited to the confidential use of the information to facilitate, identify, assess, and link housing and supportive services to ensure continuity of care for such individuals and their families.
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FHA Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2019 [S.2279]
[Housing ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Finance ]
[Real Estate ]
Revises foreclosure-prevention measures for single-family homes insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Specifically, the bill requires documentation from mortgage servicers of loss mitigation efforts, provides the Department of Housing and Urban Development with oversight responsibilities over mortgage servicers, establishes a complaint procedure for borrowers regarding mortgage servicers, and requires a mortgage servicer to provide notice to borrowers regarding the loss mitigation process.
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Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2019 [S.2076]
[Housing ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Limits the authority of public housing agencies (PHAs) to deny or terminate federally assisted housing based on criminal conduct by the applicant or tenant. Specifically, PHAs may deny or terminate assistance based only on criminal conduct that threatens the health or safety of other tenants or the employees or owner of the PHA, excluding misdemeanors and certain other lesser criminal offenses. Furthermore, with respect to applicants, a denial may be based only on a felony conviction other than a conviction for a drug offense for which the individual
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Get the Lead Out of Assisted Housing Act of 2019 [S.2087]
[Housing ]
[Water ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Environmental ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Addresses the removal of lead from drinking water in federally assisted housing. Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to require specified testing and remediation with respect to water service lines containing lead; authorizes HUD to inspect all sources of lead contamination in federally assisted housing and to mitigate sources of lead exposure; establishes a grant program for states and local governments to create inventories of water service lines containing lead and to test for lead in the drinking
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HUD Inspection Oversight Act of 2019 [HB-3745]
[Housing ]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
To provide physical standards and reform the inspection process for housing assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and for other purposes.
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Home for the Brave Act of 2019 [HB-4191]
[Veterans ]
[Housing ]
[Human Services ]
Excludes veterans' service-connected disability or death benefits from income for purposes of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's assisted-housing programs determinations.
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Veteran Housing Opportunities and Unemployment Support Extension Act of 2019 [S.2061]
[Housing ]
[Veterans ]
[Unemployment ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 and title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for the HUD-VASH program, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit annual reports to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding homeless veterans, and for other purposes.
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ADVANCE Act of 2019 Aiding Development of Vital Assets in Native Communities and Environments Act of 2019 [HB-3664]
[Community Development ]
[Native American Affairs ]
[Taxes ]
[Economic Development ]
[Finance ]
Directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a program under which the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund shall provide outreach and training with respect to the new markets tax credit in low-income communities (including Indian country) with a disproportionately low amount of investment by community development entities.