This bill would create a competitive grant program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Grants would go to eligible entities such as States, insular areas, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and regional planning agencies. The money must be used for planning and implementing housing plans and related activities that increase housing supply, affordability, accessibility for people with disabilities, and coordination with transportation. Grants may not pay for construction, alteration, or repair work. The bill lists allowed uses for regional planning agencies (for example, developing housing plans, updating zoning, and building planning capacity) and for States and local governments (for example, implementing housing strategies, funding community investments, and reforming zoning processes). An eligible entity may use up to 10 percent of a grant for administrative costs. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development must set up the program within one year of enactment, coordinate with the Federal Transit Administration where practicable, and the program would end five years after enactment. After five years from enactment, the Secretary could not newly establish the program.
If you work for or are part of a State, metropolitan city, urban county, insular area, or regional planning agency, your organization could apply for a grant to develop or carry out housing plans. The grants are for planning, policy changes, and capacity building, not for building or repairing homes. No specific projects, grant amounts, or direct effects on individual households are stated in the bill text.
The bill text does not specify total funding amounts or appropriations. It does state that recipients may not use more than 10 percent of grant funds for administrative costs. The text also prohibits using grant funds for construction, alteration, or repair work.
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