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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2747 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish |
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| 6 | 6 | | a grant and loan program that provides amounts to eligible entities |
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| 7 | 7 | | to use to develop, create, or preserve qualifying affordable dwelling units, |
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| 8 | 8 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | APRIL8, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | TEVENS(for herself and Mr. TORRESof New York) introduced the |
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| 13 | 13 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
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| 16 | 16 | | to establish a grant and loan program that provides |
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| 17 | 17 | | amounts to eligible entities to use to develop, create, |
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| 18 | 18 | | or preserve qualifying affordable dwelling units, and for |
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| 19 | 19 | | other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Healthy Affordable 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Housing Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | DWELLING UNITS. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Urban Development shall, not later than 1 year after the 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | date of the enactment of this section, establish a grant 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | and loan program that provides amounts to eligible enti-6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ties to use to develop, create, or preserve qualifying afford-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | able dwelling units in neighborhoods that the Secretary 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | has determined have shortages of affordable housing. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (b) A |
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| 39 | 39 | | PPLICATION ANDSELECTION.— 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) I |
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| 41 | 41 | | N GENERAL.—To apply for a grant or loan 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | application to the Secretary at such time and in 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | such manner as the Secretary may reasonably re-14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | quire. 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) L |
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| 47 | 47 | | OCATION REQUIREMENT .— 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) I |
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| 49 | 49 | | N GENERAL.—Grants and loans may 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | only be awarded to applicants that propose to 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | develop, create, or preserve qualifying afford-19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | able dwelling units that are in a neighborhood 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | with— 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (i) a Federally qualified health center; 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (ii) a health care provider who, as de-23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | termined by the Secretary accepts Med-24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | icaid and provides primary care services; 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (iii) a grocery store that accepts Sup-1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | plemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | or the Nutrition Assistance Program, bene-3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | fits and Special Supplemental Nutrition 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | dren benefits; 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (iv) a State licensed child care pro-7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | vider or an eligible child care provider 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | under the Child Care and Development 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Block Grant Act that cares for at least one 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | child to whom the provider is not related; 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (v) a pharmacy; or 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (vi) public transportation, as such 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | term is defined in paragraph (15) of sec-14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tion 5302 of title 49, United States Code. 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (B) P |
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| 77 | 77 | | REFERENCE.—The Secretary shall 16 |
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| 78 | 78 | | give preference to applicants that are— 17 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (i) developing, creating, or preserving 18 |
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| 80 | 80 | | qualifying affordable dwelling units that 19 |
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| 81 | 81 | | are not more than a mile from 2 or more 20 |
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| 82 | 82 | | of the types of amenities listed in subpara-21 |
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| 83 | 83 | | graph (A); or 22 |
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| 84 | 84 | | (ii) developing, creating, or pre-23 |
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| 85 | 85 | | serving, with or without the assistance of 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | a partnering entity, qualifying affordable 25 |
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| 90 | 90 | | dwelling units that are located in buildings 1 |
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| 91 | 91 | | that have or will contain any of the amen-2 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ities listed in subparagraph (A). 3 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (C) S |
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| 94 | 94 | | ELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary, 4 |
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| 95 | 95 | | in administering the grant and loan program, 5 |
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| 96 | 96 | | may establish selection criteria relating to— 6 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (i) how many qualifying affordable 7 |
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| 98 | 98 | | housing units will be developed, created, or 8 |
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| 99 | 99 | | preserved; 9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (ii) the boundaries of the neighbor-10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | hood in which the qualifying affordable 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | dwelling units are to be developed, created, 12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | or preserved; and 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (iii) the area median income in the 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | area in which the qualifying affordable 15 |
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| 106 | 106 | | housing units are to be developed, created, 16 |
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| 107 | 107 | | or preserved. 17 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (c) S |
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| 109 | 109 | | URVEY.— 18 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (1) I |
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| 111 | 111 | | N GENERAL.— 19 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (A) I |
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| 113 | 113 | | N GENERAL.—Two years after the 20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | date that any qualifying affordable dwelling 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | unit is first occupied after being developed, cre-22 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ated, or preserved using amounts provided 23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | under this section, and every 2 years thereafter 24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | for 10 years, the Secretary shall conduct a vol-25 |
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| 122 | 122 | | untary survey of residents in such dwelling unit 1 |
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| 123 | 123 | | about any benefits they perceive associated with 2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | being physically near the amenities listed in 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | subsection (b)(2)(A). 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (B) C |
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| 127 | 127 | | ONTROL GROUP PERMITTED .—The 5 |
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| 128 | 128 | | Secretary may, if the Secretary determines ap-6 |
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| 129 | 129 | | propriate, survey persons who are not residents 7 |
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| 130 | 130 | | in a qualifying affordable dwelling unit that re-8 |
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| 131 | 131 | | ceived amounts under this section as part of a 9 |
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| 132 | 132 | | control group for the survey required under 10 |
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| 133 | 133 | | subparagraph (A). 11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (2) R |
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| 135 | 135 | | EPORT.— 12 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (A) I |
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| 137 | 137 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | not later than 1 year after the date on which 14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | the Secretary completes a survey required 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | under paragraph (1), compile the results of 16 |
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| 141 | 141 | | each survey conducted under paragraph (1) and 17 |
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| 142 | 142 | | submit a report about such results to the Com-18 |
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| 143 | 143 | | mittees on Appropriations and Financial Serv-19 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ices of the House of Representatives and the 20 |
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| 145 | 145 | | Committees on Appropriations and Banking, 21 |
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| 146 | 146 | | Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 22 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (B) R |
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| 148 | 148 | | EQUIREMENT.—Each report sub-23 |
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| 149 | 149 | | mitted under subparagraph (A) shall evaluate, 24 |
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| 150 | 150 | | with respect to each qualifying affordable dwell-25 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ing unit developed, created, or preserved using 1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | amounts provided under this section, whether 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | nearby the amenities identified in subsection 3 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (b)(2)(A) have closed or changed location in the 4 |
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| 158 | 158 | | time since the previous report submitted under 5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | subparagraph (A). 6 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (d) R |
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| 161 | 161 | | ULES OFCONSTRUCTION.— 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (1) I |
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| 163 | 163 | | N GENERAL.—Nothing in this section may 8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | be construed to prohibit the Secretary from award-9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | ing a grant or loan under this section to a person 10 |
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| 166 | 166 | | who has applied for another funding opportunity ad-11 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ministered by the Secretary relating to the develop-12 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ment, creation, or preservation of affordable housing 13 |
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| 169 | 169 | | units. 14 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (2) R |
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| 171 | 171 | | ENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Nothing in this sec-15 |
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| 172 | 172 | | tion may be construed to prohibit a qualifying af-16 |
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| 173 | 173 | | fordable dwelling unit that is developed, created, or 17 |
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| 174 | 174 | | preserved using amounts provided under this section 18 |
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| 175 | 175 | | from receiving tenant-based assistance or project- 19 |
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| 176 | 176 | | based assistance under section 8(o) of the United 20 |
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| 177 | 177 | | States Housing Act of 1937. 21 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (e) A |
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| 179 | 179 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 22 |
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| 180 | 180 | | authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 23 |
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| 181 | 181 | | $100,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2025 to 2029 carry 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | out this section. 25 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | (1) E |
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| 188 | 188 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-2 |
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| 189 | 189 | | ty’’ means— 3 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (A) a unit of general local government, in-4 |
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| 191 | 191 | | cluding county government; 5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (B) a tribe, tribal entity or tribally des-6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | ignated housing entity; 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (C) an owner or developer of a qualifying 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | affordable dwelling unit; 9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (D) a public housing agency; 10 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (E) an organization with a mission that in-11 |
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| 198 | 198 | | volves the development, creation, preservation, 12 |
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| 199 | 199 | | renovation, operation, or maintenance of afford-13 |
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| 200 | 200 | | able housing; or 14 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (F) any combination of the entities de-15 |
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| 202 | 202 | | scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (E). 16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (2) F |
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| 204 | 204 | | EDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CEN -17 |
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| 205 | 205 | | TER.—The term ‘‘Federally qualified health center’’ 18 |
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| 206 | 206 | | has the meaning given the term in section 19 |
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| 207 | 207 | | 1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security 22 Act (42 20 |
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| 208 | 208 | | U.S.C. 1395x(aa)). 21 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (3) Q |
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| 210 | 210 | | UALIFYING AFFORDABLE DWELLING 22 |
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| 211 | 211 | | UNIT.—The term ‘‘qualifying affordable dwelling 23 |
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| 212 | 212 | | unit’’ means a dwelling unit that— 24 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (A) qualifies as affordable housing under 1 |
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| 217 | 217 | | 215(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-2 |
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| 218 | 218 | | fordable Housing Act; and 3 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (B) meets the income targeting require-4 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ments described in section 214(1) of such Act. 5 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (4) S |
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| 222 | 222 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 6 |
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| 223 | 223 | | the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 7 |
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