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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1042
5	5	To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to establish a Project
6	6	Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels and motels for housing and
7	7	enhance shelter capacity nationally, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY6, 2025
10	10	Ms. B
11	11	ONAMICI(for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. GAR-
12	12	CIAof California, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. AMO, Ms.
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14	14	ACOBS, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. ANSARI, and Ms. HOYLEof
15	15	Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
16	16	mittee on Financial Services
17	17	A BILL
18	18	To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to estab-
19	19	lish a Project Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels
20	20	and motels for housing and enhance shelter capacity
21	21	nationally, and for other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
25	25	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Turnkey Act’’. 4
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29	29	SEC. 2. PROJECT TURNKEY PROGRAM. 1
30	30	Subtitle E of the HOME Investment Partnerships 2
31	31	Act (42 U.S.C. 12821) is amended by adding at the end 3
32	32	the following: 4
33	33	‘‘SEC. 272. PROJECT TURNKEY PROGRAM. 5
34	34	‘‘(a) I
35	35	NGENERAL.—There is established a Project 6
36	36	Turnkey Program through which the Secretary shall 7
37	37	award amounts to eligible entities to use for eligible activi-8
38	38	ties. 9
39	39	‘‘(b) U
40	40	SE OFAMOUNTS BYELIGIBLEENTITIES.— 10
41	41	‘‘(1) A
42	42	DMINISTRATIVE AND PLANNING COSTS .— 11
43	43	An eligible entity that receives amounts under this 12
44	44	section may use not more than 15 percent of such 13
45	45	amounts for administrative and planning costs. 14
46	46	‘‘(2) O
47	47	PERATING EXPENSES OF OTHER ORGANI -15
48	48	ZATIONS.— 16
49	49	‘‘(A) I
50	50	N GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 17
51	51	receives amounts under this section may use 18
52	52	not more than 5 percent of such amounts to 19
53	53	cover the operating expenses of community 20
54	54	housing development organizations and non-21
55	55	profit organizations carrying out activities au-22
56	56	thorized under this section. 23
57	57	‘‘(B) An eligible entity may only use 24
58	58	amounts in the manner described in subpara-25
59	59	graph (A) if— 26
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63	63	‘‘(i) such funds are used to develop 1
64	64	the capacity of the community housing de-2
65	65	velopment organization or nonprofit orga-3
66	66	nization in the jurisdiction or insular area 4
67	67	to carry out activities authorized under 5
68	68	this section; and 6
69	69	‘‘(ii) the community housing develop-7
70	70	ment organization or nonprofit organiza-8
71	71	tion complies with the limitation on assist-9
72	72	ance in section 234(b). 10
73	73	‘‘(3) C
74	74	ONTRACTING.—A grantee, when con-11
75	75	tracting with service providers engaged directly in 12
76	76	the provision of supportive services as defined by 13
77	77	section 578.53 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-14
78	78	tions shall, to the extent practicable, enter into con-15
79	79	tracts in amounts that cover the actual total pro-16
80	80	gram costs and administrative overhead to provide 17
81	81	the services contracted. 18
82	82	‘‘(c) S
83	83	UBGRANTS.—Any eligible entity that is a public 19
84	84	entity may subgrant any amounts received under this sec-20
85	85	tion. 21
86	86	‘‘(d) S
87	87	UPPLEMENTNOTSUPPLANT.—As a condition 22
88	88	of receiving amounts under this section, an eligible entity 23
89	89	shall use such funds received under this section only to 24
90	90	supplement the level of State or local funds that would, 25
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94	94	in the absence of the receipt of funds under this section, 1
95	95	be made available for activities described in this section. 2
96	96	‘‘(e) A
97	97	UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-3
98	98	dition to amounts otherwise available under this Act, there 4
99	99	is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 5
100	100	$1,000,000,000 annually. 6
101	101	‘‘(f) A
102	102	VAILABILITY OFAMOUNTS.—Amounts appro-7
103	103	priated pursuant to this section shall remain available 8
104	104	until 2035. 9
105	105	‘‘(g) A
106	106	LLOCATION OFAMOUNTS.— 10
107	107	‘‘(1) F
108	108	ORMULA ASSISTANCE .—Except as pro-11
109	109	vided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall 12
110	110	allocate amounts appropriated under this section to 13
111	111	grantees that received allocations under section 217 14
112	112	in fiscal year 2025. 15
113	113	‘‘(2) T
114	114	ECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—$25,000,000 of 16
115	115	any amounts appropriated under this section may be 17
116	116	provided by the Secretary to be used to increase ca-18
117	117	pacity building and technical assistance available to 19
118	118	grantees receiving amounts under this section. 20
119	119	‘‘(3) A
120	120	DMINISTRATION.—Not more than 21
121	121	$50,000,000 of any amounts appropriated under 22
122	122	this section may be used by the Secretary to cover 23
123	123	costs related to the administration and implementa-24
124	124	tion of this section. 25
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128	128	‘‘(4) WAIVERS AND ALTERNATIVE REQUIRE -1
129	129	MENTS.—The Secretary may waive or specify alter-2
130	130	native requirements for any provision of the Cran-3
131	131	ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 4
132	132	U.S.C. 12701 et seq.) and titles I and IV of the 5
133	133	McKinney-Vento Homelessness Act (42 U.S.C. 6
134	134	11301 et seq., 11360 et seq.) or regulation for the 7
135	135	administration of the amounts made available under 8
136	136	this section other than requirements related to fair 9
137	137	housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 10
138	138	environment, upon a finding that the waiver or alter-11
139	139	native requirement is necessary to expedite or facili-12
140	140	tate the use of amounts made available under this 13
141	141	section. 14
142	142	‘‘(h) S
143	143	PECIALRULES.—The cost limits described in 15
144	144	section 212(e), the commitment requirements described in 16
145	145	section 218(g), the matching requirements described in 17
146	146	section 220, and the set-aside for housing developed, spon-18
147	147	sored, or owned by community housing development orga-19
148	148	nizations required in section 231 shall not apply for any 20
149	149	amounts appropriated under this section. 21
150	150	‘‘(i) D
151	151	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 22
152	152	‘‘(1) Q
153	153	UALIFYING INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY DE -23
154	154	FINED.—The term ‘qualifying individual or family’ 24
155	155	means an individual or family that is— 25
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159	159	‘‘(A) homeless, as such term defined in 1
160	160	section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home-2
161	161	less Assistance Act; 3
162	162	‘‘(B) at-risk of homelessness, as defined in 4
163	163	section 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento Home-5
164	164	less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1); 6
165	165	‘‘(C) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domes-7
166	166	tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 8
167	167	stalking, or human trafficking, as such terms 9
168	168	are defined by the Secretary; 10
169	169	‘‘(D) a homeless children or youth, as that 11
170	170	term is defined in section 725 of McKinney- 12
171	171	Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 13
172	172	11434a); or 14
173	173	‘‘(E) a youth experiencing homelessness as 15
174	174	that term is defined in section 38723 of the 16
175	175	Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (34 U.S.C. 17
176	176	11279). 18
177	177	‘‘(2) E
178	178	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-19
179	179	tity’ means— 20
180	180	‘‘(A) a State, city, county, regional govern-21
181	181	ment, or territory government; 22
182	182	‘‘(B) a public housing agency; 23
183	183	‘‘(C) a project sponsor receiving amounts 24
184	184	under the Continuum of Care program under 25
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188	188	title IV of this Act, or any combination of such 1
189	189	entities; 2
190	190	‘‘(D) a nonprofit that provides housing; 3
191	191	‘‘(E) a Community Development Corpora-4
192	192	tion; or 5
193	193	‘‘(F) a Community Development Financial 6
194	194	Institution. 7
195	195	‘‘(3) E
196	196	LIGIBLE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘eligible 8
197	197	activity’ means— 9
198	198	‘‘(A) rental assistance, including— 10
199	199	‘‘(i) providing rent payment assist-11
200	200	ance; 12
201	201	‘‘(ii) providing security deposit assist-13
202	202	ance; and 14
203	203	‘‘(iii) providing utility deposits and 15
204	204	utility payments; 16
205	205	‘‘(B) any eligible use of investments de-17
206	206	scribed under section 212(a); 18
207	207	‘‘(C) supportive services as defined in sec-19
208	208	tion 578.53 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-20
209	209	tions including— 21
210	210	‘‘(i) activities listed in section 401(29) 22
211	211	of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-23
212	212	ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(29)); 24
213	213	‘‘(ii) housing counseling; and 25
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217	217	‘‘(iii) homeless prevention services; 1
218	218	‘‘(D) the acquisition, development, and op-2
219	219	eration of non-congregate shelter units or af-3
220	220	fordable rental housing; 4
221	221	‘‘(E) the rehabilitation, retrofitting, and 5
222	222	conversion of newly acquired or vacant prop-6
223	223	erties, including motels, hotels, schools, hos-7
224	224	pitals, and office buildings, for the purposes of 8
225	225	providing affordable housing or shelter; 9
226	226	‘‘(F) the repair and expansion of shelters 10
227	227	and preservation of bed capacity; and 11
228	228	‘‘(G) any other purpose as determined ap-12
229	229	propriate by the Secretary. 13
230	230	‘‘(4) H
231	231	OTEL.—The term ‘hotel’ has the mean-14
232	232	ing given the term in section 301(7)(A) of the Amer-15
233	233	icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 16
234	234	12181(7)(A)), that are no longer affecting commerce 17
235	235	(as such term is defined in such section 301). 18
236	236	‘‘(5) M
237	237	OTEL.—The term ‘motel’ has the mean-19
238	238	ing given the term in section 301(7)(A) of the Amer-20
239	239	icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 21
240	240	12181(7)(A)), that are no longer affecting commerce 22
241	241	(as such term is defined in such section 301).’’. 23
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