Housing Supply And Affordability

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US Congress 116th Congress

Manufactured Housing Community Preservation Act of 2020 [HB-5547] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Nonprofit ] [Real Estate ]
Requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to nonprofit organizations, public housing agencies, and other entities for the preservation of manufactured housing communities. Such funds may be used to (1) acquire and preserve manufactured housing communities; (2) make improvements to common areas and community property in such communities; and (3) demolish, remove, and replace dilapidated homes in such communities. A grantee that uses funds to acquire a manufactured housing community must agree to maintain the community (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ro Khanna Introduced In House on 01/07/2020

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Community Energy Savings Program Act of 2019 [HB-5514] [Energy ] [Finance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Community Development ] [Environmental ]
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish a program to provide loans to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy. on 12/20/2019

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Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2019 [HB-5319] [Housing ] [Native American Affairs ] [Community Development ]
To reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 12/05/2019

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Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act [S.2946] [Housing ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
A bill to provide direct appropriations for certain housing programs, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 11/21/2019

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Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019 [S.2951] [Housing ] [Infrastructure ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Economic Development ] [Senior Citizens ] [Disabilities ] [Construction ] [Budget and Spending ]
Authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs. Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings; states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing; very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing; Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services; nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development; state housing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kamala Harris Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 11/21/2019

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Homes for All Act of 2019 [HB-5244] [Housing ] [Construction ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Real Estate ] [Public Health ]
Provides funding for the construction of new public housing units, authorizes additional assistance for the construction of new affordable housing units, and otherwise addresses housing affordability. Specifically, the bill provides permanent, mandatory funding for the capital and operating funds available to public housing agencies (PHAs) and allows PHAs to use such funds to construct new public housing units. Under current law, a PHA generally may not use such funds to construct public housing units if doing so would result in a net increase of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H9283) on 12/05/2019

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GROW Affordable Housing Act Generating Resources and Opportunities Within Affordable Housing Act [HB-5223] [Housing ] [Finance ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ]
Increases the amount of funds the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) must allocate each year to the Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Fund, both of which support affordable housing and are administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joyce Beatty Introduced In House on 11/21/2019

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Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2020 [HB-5187] [Housing ] [Infrastructure ] [Community Development ] [Energy ] [Water ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Construction ] [Small Business ] [Economic Development ]
Authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs. Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings; states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing; very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing; Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services; nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development; state housing (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Reported (amended) By The Committee On Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-686. on 12/24/2020

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Recognizing that the United States has a moral obligation to meet its foundational promise of guaranteed justice for all. [HR-702] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ]
This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the federal government should begin a large-scale effort to reduce incarceration rates and reshape the American legal system by consulting with communities and individuals directly impacted by the justice system; decriminalizing certain behaviors, increasing diversion opportunities, revising sentencing laws, and reducing practices that contribute to recidivism; ending practices that advantage the wealthy and prohibiting private companies from profiting from the criminal justice (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, And Homeland Security. on 12/18/2019

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A Just Society: A Place to Prosper Act of 2019 [HB-5072] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
To create an equitable and stable rental housing market, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution, Civil Rights, And Civil Liberties. on 12/18/2019

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Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-5038] [Agriculture ] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Housing ] [Food ]
Contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may grant CAW status to an applying alien who (1) performed at least 1,035 hours of agricultural labor during the two-year period prior to November 12, 2019, (2) on that date was inadmissible, deportable, or under a grant of deferred enforced departure or temporary protected status, and (3) has been continuously present in the United (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 12/12/2019

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Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2019 [HB-4984] [Housing ] [Taxes ] [Budget and Spending ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ] [Property Tax ]
Modifies the means by which eligibility for low-income housing assistance and tax credits is determined. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is prohibited from considering the New York counties of Westchester and Rockland as within the New York City metropolitan area when determining or establishing area median incomes and income ceilings and limits for the purposes of eligibility for low-income housing assistance. HUD must also assess alternative methods for calculating area median income as well as alternative metrics for use (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee Introduced In House on 11/05/2019

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Finding Market-Based and Local Solutions to Ensure Access to Housing Act [HB-4956] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ]
Provides statutory authority for the White House Council on Eliminating Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ann Wagner Introduced In House on 10/31/2019

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Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 [HB-4916] [Agriculture ] [Immigration ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Housing ] [Food ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Crime ]
Contains provisions related to alien farmworkers, including provisions establishing a certified agricultural worker (CAW) status and changing the H-2A temporary worker program. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may grant CAW status to an applying alien who (1) performed at least 1,035 hours of agricultural labor during the two-year period prior to October 30, 2019, (2) was inadmissible or deportable on that date, and (3) has been continuously present in the United States from that date until receiving CAW status. The bill imposes additional (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Citizenship. on 11/15/2019

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Rebuild Rural America Act of 2019 [HB-4874] [Agriculture ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Small Business ]
To amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish the Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish the Rural Future Partnership Fund to invest in the rural areas of the United States to achieve their preferred future while maximizing their contribution to the well-being of the United States, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright Referred To The Subcommittee On Commodity Exchanges, Energy, And Credit. on 11/14/2019

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Rebuild Rural America Act of 2019 [S.2704] [Agriculture ] [Community Development ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Small Business ]
A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish the Rural Innovation and Partnership Administration and to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to establish the Rural Future Partnership Fund to invest in the rural areas of the United States to achieve their preferred future while maximizing their contribution to the well-being of the United States, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry. on 10/24/2019

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Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2019 [HB-4808] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
To require Community Development Block Grant and Surface Transportation Block Grant recipients to develop a strategy to support inclusive zoning policies, to allow for a credit to support housing affordability, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Clyburn Introduced In House on 10/23/2019

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Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2019 [S.2684] [Housing ] [Community Development ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Construction ] [Economic Development ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
A bill to require Community Development Block Grant and Surface Transportation Block Grant recipients to develop a strategy to support inclusive zoning policies, to allow for a credit to support housing affordability, and for other purposes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 10/23/2019

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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.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier Introduced In House on 10/18/2019

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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.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 09/26/2019

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