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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 2945
To address the homelessness and housing crises, to move toward the goal
of providing for a home for all Americans, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL17, 2025
Mr. L
IEU(for himself, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. FIELDS, Mrs. RAMI-
REZ, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PANETTA, Mrs.
C
HERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Mr.
T
HANEDAR, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SIMON, and Mr. MAGAZINER) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy
and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To address the homelessness and housing crises, to move
toward the goal of providing for a home for all Ameri-
cans, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Housing for All Act of 2025’’. 5
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(b) TABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 1
this Act is as follows: 2
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—ADDRESSING THE HOUSING SHORTAGE
Sec. 101. Housing Trust Fund.
Sec. 102. Section 202 supportive housing for the elderly program.
Sec. 103. Section 811 supportive housing for people with disabilities.
Sec. 104. HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
Sec. 105. Technical assistance for navigating Federal and State housing fund-
ing sources.
Sec. 106. Permanent authorization of United States Interagency Council on
Homelessness and establishment of racial equity commission.
TITLE II—ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS
Sec. 201. Expansion of housing choice voucher program.
Sec. 202. Project-based rental assistance.
Sec. 203. Emergency solutions grant program.
Sec. 204. Continuum of care grant program.
Sec. 205. Program administration, training, technical assistance, and capacity
building.
Sec. 206. GAO report on eviction data.
TITLE III—INVESTING IN INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN
SOLUTIONS
Sec. 301. Safe parking program grants.
Sec. 302. Hotel, motel, and commercial acquisitions and conversions to perma-
nent housing.
Sec. 303. Eviction protection grant program.
Sec. 304. Mobile crisis intervention teams grants.
Sec. 305. Library consortium pilot grants.
Sec. 306. Report on inclusive transit-oriented development to enhance climate
mitigation and disaster resiliency.
Sec. 307. Establishing an innovation pilot within the carbon reduction program.
Sec. 308. Making infill housing and other transportation efficiency projects eli-
gible for RAISE grants.
Sec. 309. Homelessness and behavioral health care coordination.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
3
In this Act: 4
(1) A
T RISK OF HOMELESSNESS .—The term 5
‘‘at risk of homelessness’’ has the meaning given the 6
term in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Home-7
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 8
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(2) HOMELESS; HOMELESS PERSON .—The 1
terms ‘‘homeless’’ and ‘‘homeless person’’ have the 2
meanings given those terms in section 103 of the 3
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 4
U.S.C. 11302). 5
(3) I
NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBALLY DESIGNATED 6
HOUSING ENTITY.—The terms ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ and 7
‘‘tribally designated housing entity’’ have the mean-8
ings given those terms in section 4 of the Native 9
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-10
tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 11
(4) J
USTICE SYSTEM-INVOLVED.—The term 12
‘‘justice system-involved’’ includes individuals who 13
are or have been incarcerated or held in municipal, 14
State, or Federal jails, prisons, juvenile facilities, or 15
other types of detention facilities, who have been 16
held in pre-trial or post-conviction detention, who 17
have an arrest or conviction regardless of whether 18
they were detained or incarcerated, who have been 19
held in immigration detention, or, with respect to 20
youth, who are or have been held in the custody of 21
the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Depart-22
ment of Health and Human Services. 23
(5) P
OPULATION AT HIGHER RISK OF HOME -24
LESSNESS.— 25
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘population 1
at higher risk of homelessness’’ means a group 2
of individuals that is defined by a common 3
characteristic and that has been found to expe-4
rience homelessness, housing instability, or to 5
be cost-burdened at a rate higher than that of 6
the general public. 7
(B) H
IGHER RATE.—Information that may 8
be used in demonstrating such a higher rate in-9
cludes data generated by the Federal Govern-10
ment, by State or municipal governments, by 11
peer-reviewed research, and by organizations 12
having expertise in working with or advocating 13
on behalf of homeless, housing unstable, or 14
cost-burdened groups. 15
(C) I
NCLUDED POPULATIONS .—Such term 16
shall include populations for which such higher 17
rate has already been demonstrated, including 18
Asian, Black, Latino, Native American, Native 19
Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and other commu-20
nities of color, individuals with disabilities, in-21
cluding mental health disabilities, elderly indi-22
viduals, foster and former foster youth, lesbian, 23
gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individ-24
uals, gender non-binary and gender non-con-25
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forming individuals, veterans, and such addi-1
tional communities and individuals as the Sec-2
retary may include after receiving public com-3
ment. 4
(6) P
UBLIC HOUSING AGENCY .—The term 5
‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given the 6
term in section 3(b)(6) of the United States Hous-7
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6)). 8
(7) S
ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 9
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 10
TITLE I—ADDRESSING THE 11
HOUSING SHORTAGE 12
SEC. 101. HOUSING TRUST FUND. 13
Section 1338(a) of the Federal Housing Enterprises 14
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 15
4568(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 16
‘‘(3) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS .— 17
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Hous-18
ing Trust Fund $45,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 19
years 2025 through 2034.’’. 20
SEC. 102. SECTION 202 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE EL-21
DERLY PROGRAM. 22
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-23
retary for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep-24
tember 30, 2034— 25
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(1) $2,500,000,000 for the supportive housing 1
for the elderly program authorized under section 202 2
of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), 3
which shall be used— 4
(A) for capital advance awards in accord-5
ance with section 202(c)(1) of the Housing Act 6
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(1)) to recipients 7
that are eligible under that Act; 8
(B) for section 8 project-based rental as-9
sistance contracts in accordance with section 8 10
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 11
U.S.C. 1437f), for capital advance projects; and 12
(C) for service coordinators; 13
(2) $15,000,000, to provide technical assistance 14
to support State-level efforts to improve the design 15
and delivery of voluntary supportive services for resi-16
dents of any housing assisted under the Housing Act 17
of 1959 (Public Law 101–625) and other housing 18
supporting low-income older adults; and 19
(3) $125,000,000 for the costs to the Secretary 20
of administration and oversight. 21
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SEC. 103. SECTION 811 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE 1
WITH DISABILITIES. 2
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-3
retary for fiscal year 2025, to remain available until Sep-4
tember 30, 2034— 5
(1) $900,000,000 for capital advances, includ-6
ing amendments to capital advance contracts, for 7
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as 8
authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 9
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), 10
for project rental assistance for supportive housing 11
for persons with disabilities under subsection (d)(2) 12
of such section 811 (42 U.S.C. 8013), for project as-13
sistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the 14
Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(h)), and for 15
project rental assistance to State housing finance 16
agencies and other appropriate entities as authorized 17
under subsection (b)(3) of such section 811 (42 18
U.S.C. 8013); 19
(2) $15,000,000 for providing technical assist-20
ance to support State-level efforts to integrate hous-21
ing assistance and voluntary supportive services for 22
residents of housing receiving such assistance; and 23
(3) $87,000,000 for the costs to the Secretary 24
of administration and oversight. 25
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SEC. 104. HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM. 1
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 2
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 3
year 2025, to remain available until September 30, 4
2034— 5
(1) $40,000,000,000 for activities and assist-6
ance for the HOME Investment Partnerships Pro-7
gram (in this section referred to as the ‘‘HOME 8
program’’), as authorized under title II of the Cran-9
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 10
U.S. 12721 et seq.); 11
(2) $100,000,000 to make new awards to or in-12
crease prior awards to existing technical assistance 13
providers, including for technical assistance to 14
grantees regarding best practices for coordination of 15
available funds provided under this section with 16
other forms of assistance, such as with project-based 17
rental assistance; and 18
(3) $360,000,000 for the costs to the Secretary 19
of administration and oversight of the HOME pro-20
gram and the Housing Trust Fund established 21
under section 1338(a) of the Federal Housing En-22
terprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 23
1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568(a)). 24
(b) A
DMINISTRATION.—Notwithstanding subsections 25
(c) and (d)(1) of section 212 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 26
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National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12742), eligi-1
ble grantees may use not more than 15 percent of their 2
allocations under this section for administrative and plan-3
ning costs. 4
SEC. 105. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR NAVIGATING FED-5
ERAL AND STATE HOUSING FUNDING 6
SOURCES. 7
(a) E
STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 8
a grant program to provide technical assistance to States 9
relating to the understanding of the relationship between 10
Federal and State housing funding sources and how to 11
best use those sources to finance housing projects in the 12
State, such as permanent supportive housing, including 13
resources, tools, and products that— 14
(1) provide assistance on coordinating a single 15
application for multiple funding sources; 16
(2) provide assistance on consolidating funding 17
sources and implementing reporting requirements at 18
the State level; and 19
(3) support staff capacity within State housing 20
finance agencies to maintain the collaborations and 21
systems necessary to better align types of funding 22
with need and expand access to housing stability. 23
(b) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 24
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 25
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as may be necessary, to remain available until expended, 1
to carry out this section. 2
SEC. 106. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF UNITED STATES 3
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS 4
AND ESTABLISHMENT OF RACIAL EQUITY 5
COMMISSION. 6
Title II of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 7
Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) is amended— 8
(1) in section 208 (42 U.S.C. 11318), by strik-9
ing the first sentence and inserting the following: 10
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated for each fis-11
cal year $10,000,000 to carry out this title.’’; and 12
(2) by striking section 209 (42 U.S.C. 11319) 13
and inserting the following: 14
‘‘SEC. 209. RACIAL EQUITY COMMISSION. 15
‘‘(a) E
STABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION.— 16
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—There is established a com-17
mission to be known as the Commission on Racial 18
Equity in Housing (in this section referred to as the 19
‘Commission’) to support the Council with efforts to 20
conduct research into, collect, analyze, and make 21
publicly available data on, and provide leadership 22
and coordination for furthering racial equity in 23
housing, examining the impacts of structural racism 24
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on housing and homelessness, and the effectiveness 1
of intervention strategies to address these impacts. 2
‘‘(2) R
EPORTING.—The Commission shall re-3
port to the Executive Director of the Council and 4
work in partnership with employees of the Council. 5
‘‘(b) M
EMBERSHIP.— 6
‘‘(1) C
OMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be 7
composed of 14 members, who shall be— 8
‘‘(A) appointed by the Executive Director 9
of the Council not later than January 1, 2026; 10
and 11
‘‘(B) fairly balanced in terms of points of 12
view represented and background experience. 13
‘‘(2) Q
UALIFICATIONS.—Each member of the 14
Commission shall have— 15
‘‘(A) proven expertise in directing, assem-16
bling, or applying capital resources from a vari-17
ety of sources to the successful development of 18
affordable housing, assisted living facilities, or 19
health care facilities; 20
‘‘(B) lived experience with homelessness; or 21
‘‘(C) demonstrated experience in— 22
‘‘(i) homeless services, affordable 23
housing, or housing law; and 24
‘‘(ii) racial equity work. 25
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‘‘(3) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.—The Executive Direc-1
tor shall appoint 2 co-chairpersons of the Commis-2
sion from among the members of the Commission. 3
‘‘(4) V
ACANCIES.—Any vacancy on the Com-4
mission shall not affect its powers and shall be filled 5
in the manner in which the original appointment was 6
made. 7
‘‘(5) P
ROHIBITION OF PAY.—Members of the 8
Commission shall serve without pay. 9
‘‘(6) T
RAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member of the 10
Commission shall receive travel expenses, including 11
per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with 12
sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States 13
Code. 14
‘‘(7) Q
UORUM.—A majority of the members of 15
the Commission shall constitute a quorum but a 16
lesser number may hold hearings. 17
‘‘(8) M
EETINGS.—The Commission shall meet 18
at the call of the co-chairpersons of the Commission. 19
‘‘(c) D
IRECTOR ANDSTAFF.— 20
‘‘(1) D
IRECTOR.—The Commission shall have a 21
Director who shall be— 22
‘‘(A) appointed by the co-chairpersons of 23
the Commission; and 24
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‘‘(B) paid at a rate not to exceed the rate 1
of basic pay payable for level V of the Executive 2
Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United 3
States Code. 4
‘‘(2) S
TAFF.—The Commission may appoint 5
personnel as appropriate subject to the provisions of 6
title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 7
in the competitive service, and who shall be paid in 8
accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and 9
subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to 10
classification and General Schedule pay rates. 11
‘‘(3) E
XPERTS AND CONSULTANTS .—The Coun-12
cil may procure temporary and intermittent services 13
to support the work of the Commission under sec-14
tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 15
rates for individuals not to exceed the daily equiva-16
lent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay pay-17
able for the General Schedule. 18
‘‘(4) S
TAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES .—Upon re-19
quest of the Council and the Commission, the head 20
of any Federal department or agency may detail, on 21
a reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that 22
department or agency to the Commission to assist it 23
in carrying out its duties under this section. 24
‘‘(d) D
UTIES.—The Commission shall— 25
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‘‘(1) work with the Council to make rec-1
ommendations, inform, and participate in efforts to 2
conduct research into, collect, analyze, and make 3
publicly available data on, and provide leadership 4
and coordination for furthering racial equity in 5
housing, examining the impacts of structural racism 6
on housing and homelessness, and the effectiveness 7
of intervention strategies to address these impacts; 8
and 9
‘‘(2) work with the Council to implement the 10
Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Home-11
lessness. 12
‘‘(e) R
EPORTS.—The Council shall submit to Con-13
gress, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 14
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Sec-15
retary of Transportation, the Secretary of Education, the 16
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-17
retary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 18
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the 19
Secretary of the Interior, the Chair of the Federal Re-20
serve, the Comptroller of the Currency, the Director of 21
the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Chair of the Federal 22
Deposit Insurance Corporation, and such other individuals 23
as the Commission determines relevant an annual report 24
on research findings with recommendations to improve ra-25
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cial equity in housing and to disrupt processes that pre-1
serve and reinforce racism and racial disparities in hous-2
ing and homelessness services. 3
‘‘(f) T
ERMINATION.—Section 1013 of title 5, United 4
States Code, shall not apply to the Commission. 5
‘‘(g) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 6
is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-7
essary to carry out this section.’’. 8
TITLE II—ADDRESSING 9
HOMELESSNESS 10
SEC. 201. EXPANSION OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PRO-11
GRAM. 12
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
(1) E
LIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD .—The term ‘‘eligible 14
household’’ means a family who initially— 15
(A) has an income that does not exceed 50 16
percent of the maximum income limitation for 17
extremely low-income families established by the 18
Secretary pursuant to section 3(b)(2)(C) of the 19
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 20
1437a(b)(2)(C)); or 21
(B) is an extremely low-income family that 22
includes an individual who is an individual who 23
is a recipient of supplemental security income 24
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benefits under title XVI of the Social Security 1
Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). 2
(2) E
XTREMELY LOW -INCOME FAMILY ; 3
STATE.—The terms ‘‘extremely low-income family’’ 4
and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given those terms in 5
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 6
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 7
(b) E
XPANDEDVOUCHERS.— 8
(1) F
UNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 9
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-10
priated, for providing incremental vouchers for rent-11
al assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 12
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in ac-13
cordance with this section for each of fiscal years 14
2025 through 2028, the amount necessary to fund— 15
(A) the number of incremental vouchers 16
required to be allocated under paragraph (2); 17
(B) annual renewals of the vouchers allo-18
cated under paragraph (2); and 19
(C) administrative fees for vouchers allo-20
cated under paragraph (2). 21
(2) A
LLOCATION.— 22
(A) I
NCREMENTAL VOUCHERS .—The Sec-23
retary shall allocate 500,000 incremental vouch-24
ers in fiscal year 2025 and 1,000,000 incre-25
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mental vouchers in increments of 500,000 in 1
each calendar year from 2026 through 2028 2
under this section to public housing agencies 3
pursuant to section 213(d) of the Housing and 4
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 5
U.S.C. 1439(d)). 6
(B) S
ELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary 7
shall, by notice in the Federal Register, estab-8
lish selection criteria under section 213(d) of 9
the Housing and Community Development Act 10
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439(d)) that prioritizes 11
housing needs among eligible households and 12
severe housing hardship, such as experiencing 13
homelessness, overcrowding, or evictions. 14
(c) E
NTITLEMENT TOVOUCHERS.— 15
(1) I
N GENERAL.—On and after the date that 16
is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 17
any family that is otherwise eligible for tenant-based 18
rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United 19
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 20
shall be entitled to that rental assistance during any 21
period that the family is an eligible household. 22
(2) F
UNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 23
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-24
priated, such sums as may be necessary— 25
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(A) to provide assistance under section 1
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 2
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) in accordance with the en-3
titlement under paragraph (1) of this sub-4
section for each eligible household in the 5
amount determined under such section 8(o); 6
and 7
(B) to provide administrative fees under 8
section 8(q) of the United States Housing Act 9
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)) in connection 10
with each voucher for assistance provided pur-11
suant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. 12
SEC. 202. PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 13
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi-14
tion to amounts otherwise available, there is authorized 15
to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2025, 16
to remain available until September 30, 2034— 17
(1) $14,500,000,000 for the project-based rent-18
al assistance program, as authorized under section 19
8(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 20
U.S.C. 1437f(b)), subject to the terms and condi-21
tions of subsection (b) of this section; 22
(2) $40,000,000 for providing technical assist-23
ance to recipients of or applicants for project-based 24
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rental assistance or to States allocating the project- 1
based rental assistance; and 2
(3) $200,000,000 for the costs to the Secretary 3
of administration and oversight. 4
(b) T
ERMS ANDCONDITIONS.— 5
(1) A
UTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 8(a) 6
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 7
U.S.C. 1437f(a)), the Secretary may use amounts 8
made available under this section— 9
(A) to provide assistance payments with 10
respect to newly constructed housing, existing 11
housing, or substantially rehabilitated non-hous-12
ing structures for use as new multifamily hous-13
ing in accordance with this section and the pro-14
visions of section 8 of the United States Hous-15
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); and 16
(B) for performance-based contract admin-17
istrators for project-based assistance under sec-18
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 19
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), for carrying out this 20
section and section 8 of the United States 21
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). 22
(2) P
ROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE .— 23
(A) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary may 24
make assistance payments using amounts made 25
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available under this section pursuant to con-1
tracts with owners or prospective owners who 2
agree to construct housing, to substantially re-3
habilitate existing housing, to substantially re-4
habilitate non-housing structures for use as new 5
multifamily housing, or to attach the assistance 6
to newly constructed housing in which some or 7
all of the units shall be available for occupancy 8
by very low-income families in accordance with 9
the provisions of section 8 of the United States 10
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), under 11
terms determined by the Secretary. 12
(B) P
RIORITY.—In awarding contracts 13
pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall 14
give priority to owners or prospective owners of 15
multifamily housing projects located or to be lo-16
cated in areas of high opportunity, as defined 17
by the Secretary, in areas experiencing eco-18
nomic growth or rising housing prices to pre-19
vent displacement or secure affordable housing 20
for low-income households, or that serve people 21
at risk of homelessness or that integrate addi-22
tional units that are accessible for persons with 23
mobility impairments and persons with hearing 24
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or visual impairments beyond those required by 1
applicable Federal accessibility standards. 2
SEC. 203. EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT PROGRAM. 3
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 4
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 5
year 2025 $5,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-6
tember 30, 2034, to make grants under the emergency so-7
lutions grant program authorized under subtitle B of title 8
IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 9
U.S.C. 11371 et seq.). 10
(b) M
AXIMUMALLOCATION FOREMERGENCYSHEL-11
TERACTIVITIES.—A recipient of a grant using amounts 12
appropriated under subsection (a) in any fiscal year may 13
not use an amount of the assistance for emergency shelter 14
activities that exceeds the greater of— 15
(1) 40 percent of the aggregate amount of that 16
assistance provided for the grantee for that fiscal 17
year; or 18
(2) the amount expended by the grantee for 19
emergency shelter activities during fiscal year 2010. 20
SEC. 204. CONTINUUM OF CARE GRANT PROGRAM. 21
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 22
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 23
year 2025 $15,000,000,000, to remain available until the 24
end of fiscal year 2034, to make grants under the Con-25
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tinuum of Care Program authorized under subtitle C of 1
title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 2
(42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). 3
(b) M
INIMUMALLOCATION FORPERMANENTHOUS-4
ING FORHOMELESSINDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIESWITH 5
D
ISABILITIES.—Of amounts appropriated under sub-6
section (a) for a fiscal year, not less than 50 percent shall 7
be used for permanent housing for homeless individuals 8
with disabilities and homeless families that include such 9
an individual who is an adult or a minor head of household 10
if no adult is present in the household. 11
(c) P
RIORITIZATION OFCONTINUUM OF CARE.—In 12
awarding grants using amounts appropriated under sub-13
section (a), the Secretary shall prioritize funding for appli-14
cants that provide documentation of coordination with cer-15
tain systems serving young people and can answer ques-16
tions regarding how the applicant works with child welfare 17
organizations, the juvenile and adult justice system, and 18
institutions of mental and physical health to ensure that 19
participants in the programs are not released into home-20
lessness. 21
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SEC. 205. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION, TRAINING, TECH-1
NICAL ASSISTANCE, AND CAPACITY BUILD-2
ING. 3
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 4
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2025, to re-5
main available until expended— 6
(1) $1,000,000,000 to the Secretary for the 7
costs to the Secretary of administering and over-8
seeing the implementation of this title and the pro-9
grams of the Department of Housing and Urban 10
Development generally and new awards or increasing 11
prior awards to provide training, technical assist-12
ance, and capacity building related to the programs 13
of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-14
ment; 15
(2) $5,000,000 to the United States Inter-16
agency Council on Homelessness for necessary ex-17
penses in carrying out the functions of the Council 18
pursuant to title II of the McKinney-Vento Home-19
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.); and 20
(3) $10,000,000 to the Secretary for necessary 21
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 22
General of the Department of Housing and Urban 23
Development in carrying out chapter 4 of title 5, 24
United States Code. 25
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SEC. 206. GAO REPORT ON EVICTION DATA. 1
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 2
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 3
shall submit to Congress a report that examines— 4
(1) with respect to eviction moratoriums during 5
the COVID–19 pandemic— 6
(A) how eviction moratoriums have con-7
tributed to housing stability; 8
(B) an analysis of formal and informal 9
evictions during the periods in which the mora-10
toriums were in effect; and 11
(C) an economic analysis of how the evic-12
tion moratoriums saved public funds, such as 13
by reducing shelter costs; 14
(2) whether women, Black, Hispanic, and other 15
minority renters disproportionately faced eviction 16
during the COVID–19 pandemic, and an accounting 17
of the disproportionate risk of eviction faced by vet-18
erans, children, the elderly, and individuals living 19
with disabilities during the COVID–19 pandemic; 20
(3) the barriers that exist to collecting the data 21
related to paragraphs (1) and (2); 22
(4) the barriers that exist to collecting, 23
digitizing, and standardizing data from the begin-24
ning to the end of the eviction process, such as pre- 25
eviction information, the renter’s race or ethnicity, 26
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age and gender, as well as the composition of the 1
household and landlord data; and 2
(5) a study of the relationship between emer-3
gency rental assistance distribution and eviction pat-4
terns, as well as how emergency rental assistance af-5
fected evictions, during the periods in which the 6
eviction moratoriums were in effect during the 7
COVID–19 pandemic. 8
TITLE III—INVESTING IN INNO-9
VATIVE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN 10
SOLUTIONS 11
SEC. 301. SAFE PARKING PROGRAM GRANTS. 12
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 13
(1) E
LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-14
ty’’ means— 15
(A) a unit of general purpose local govern-16
ment; 17
(B) an Indian Tribe or a tribally des-18
ignated housing entity; 19
(C) a nonprofit organization that provides 20
services to homeless persons; or 21
(D) a collaborative applicant or other orga-22
nization or entity funded under the Continuum 23
of Care Program under subtitle C of title IV of 24
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the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 1
(42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). 2
(2) E
SSENTIAL SERVICE.—The term ‘‘essential 3
service’’ means an essential service described in sec-4
tion 576.102 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-5
tions, or any successor regulation. 6
(3) S
AFE PARKING PROGRAM .—The term ‘‘safe 7
parking program’’ means a program that— 8
(A) provides a homeless person living in a 9
vehicle, including a motor home, with a safe 10
place to park the vehicle overnight to facilitate 11
a transition to more stable housing; and 12
(B) provides permanent rehousing services 13
and essential services. 14
(b) E
STABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 15
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-16
retary shall establish a grant program to provide amounts 17
to eligible entities for costs associated with— 18
(1) the establishment and operation of a new 19
safe parking program; or 20
(2) the operation of a safe parking program in 21
existence as of the date on which amounts are pro-22
vided. 23
(c) G
RANTTERM.—The term of a grant awarded 24
under subsection (b) shall be 5 years. 25
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(d) AMOUNT.— 1
(1) I
N GENERAL.—During the 5-year term of a 2
grant awarded under subsection (b), the Secretary 3
shall distribute 20 percent of the grant amounts 4
each year. 5
(2) C
AP.—An eligible entity may not receive 6
more than $5,000,000 in grant amounts under sub-7
section (b). 8
(e) A
PPLICATIONS.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 10
grant under subsection (b), an eligible entity shall 11
submit an application to the Secretary at the time, 12
in the manner, and containing the information that 13
the Secretary requires, including a description of 14
how the eligible entity will use any amounts received. 15
(2) P
RIORITY.—The Secretary shall give pri-16
ority to applications from eligible entities that serve 17
homeless persons in underserved areas (as defined in 18
section 81.2 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-19
tions, or any successor regulation). 20
(f) U
SE OFFUNDS.—Except as provided in sub-21
section (h), any eligible entity that is awarded a grant 22
under subsection (b) shall use the grant amounts for costs 23
associated with— 24
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(1) establishing and operating a safe parking 1
program; 2
(2) providing permanent rehousing assistance to 3
families using the safe parking program, such as 4
case management services; 5
(3) employing staff who maintain the safety 6
and health of participants in the safe parking pro-7
gram and monitor program compliance with subtitle 8
C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-9
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.), if applicable; 10
(4) establishing and maintaining the operation 11
of hygiene facilities and restrooms for homeless per-12
sons; 13
(5) maintaining the vehicles of homeless per-14
sons using a safe parking program and providing 15
gas for those persons to use their vehicles for activi-16
ties that will help them obtain or maintain housing, 17
including— 18
(A) driving to work, school, or medical ap-19
pointments; and 20
(B) searching for a home; or 21
(6) entering data and information into a home-22
less management information system (as that term 23
is used in section 402(f)(3) of the McKinney-Vento 24
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360a(f)(3))). 25
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(g) MULTIPLELOCATIONS.—An eligible entity may 1
use amounts provided under subsection (b) to establish or 2
continue operating a safe parking program at multiple lo-3
cations. 4
(h) A
LTERNATIVEUSE OFFUNDS.—If an eligible en-5
tity determines that a safe parking program is no longer 6
necessary, the eligible entity may, after approval from the 7
Secretary, use amounts provided under subsection (b) for 8
activities that are eligible for the use of Emergency Solu-9
tions Grants Program amounts under section 415 of the 10
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11
11374). 12
(i) R
EHOUSING AND CASEMANAGEMENT SERV-13
ICES.—A homeless person who makes use of a safe park-14
ing program established or operated using amounts 15
awarded under subsection (b) shall not be required to ac-16
cept case management or rehousing services offered as 17
part of the program. 18
(j) R
EPORTS TOCONGRESS.— 19
(1) I
NITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 20
after the last day of the second fiscal year beginning 21
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-22
retary shall submit to Congress an initial report on 23
the impact of grants awarded under subsection (b), 24
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including, to the extent determinable, any data 1
about— 2
(A) the number of homeless persons living 3
in vehicles in the geographic region over which 4
the eligible entity has jurisdiction, or in which 5
the eligible entity operates, during each of the 6
7 previous years; 7
(B) the demographics and number of 8
homeless persons who choose to participate in a 9
safe parking program; and 10
(C) the number of homeless persons who 11
choose to participate in a safe parking program 12
and exit into permanent housing. 13
(2) F
INAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 14
after the last day of the fifth fiscal year beginning 15
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-16
retary shall submit to Congress a final report on the 17
impact of grants awarded under subsection (b), in-18
cluding, to the extent determinable, any data de-19
scribed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of para-20
graph (1) of this subsection. 21
(k) T
ERMINATION OF GRANTPROGRAM.—The Sec-22
retary may not award a grant under subsection (b) after 23
the last day of the fifth fiscal year beginning after the 24
date of enactment of this Act. 25
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(l) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 2
$25,000,000 for each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning 3
after the date of enactment of this Act. 4
SEC. 302. HOTEL, MOTEL, AND COMMERCIAL ACQUISITIONS 5
AND CONVERSIONS TO PERMANENT HOUS-6
ING. 7
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 8
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 9
year 2025, $500,000,000, to remain available until Sep-10
tember 30, 2033, for— 11
(1) projects related to the acquisition, rehabili-12
tation, renovation, or conversion of transitional 13
housing, temporary shelters, and other spaces, such 14
as hotels, motels, government-owned properties, and 15
commercial business spaces such as shopping malls, 16
to address urgent safety and public health needs for 17
individuals experiencing homelessness and housing 18
instability, provided that the funds are used for non- 19
congregate shelter or creating more permanent sup-20
portive housing; and 21
(2) supportive services for individuals housed in 22
the spaces described in paragraph (1), including— 23
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(A) activities listed in section 401(29) of 1
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 2
(42 U.S.C. 11360(29)); 3
(B) housing counseling; and 4
(C) homeless prevention services. 5
(b) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall have au-6
thority to issue such regulations or other notices, guid-7
ance, forms, instructions, and publications as may be nec-8
essary or appropriate to carry out the programs, projects, 9
or activities authorized under this section, including to en-10
sure that such programs, projects, or activities are com-11
pleted in a timely and effective manner. 12
SEC. 303. EVICTION PROTECTION GRANT PROGRAM. 13
(a) A
UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 14
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 15
year 2025, $800,000,000, to remain available until Sep-16
tember 30, 2033, for an eviction protection grant program 17
established by the Secretary to support experienced legal 18
service providers in providing legal assistance at no cost 19
to low-income tenants at risk of or subject to eviction. 20
(b) I
MPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall have au-21
thority to issue such regulations or other notices, guid-22
ance, forms, instructions, and publications as may be nec-23
essary or appropriate to carry out the programs, projects, 24
or activities authorized under this section, including to en-25
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sure that such programs, projects, or activities are com-1
pleted in a timely and effective manner. 2
SEC. 304. MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS GRANTS. 3
(a) G
RANTAUTHORIZATION.—The Attorney General 4
may make grants to States, units of local government, 5
public and community defender systems, and nonprofit or-6
ganizations to create or expand mobile crisis intervention 7
teams to address homelessness and reduce recidivism. 8
(b) A
PPLICATION.— 9
(1) I
N GENERAL.—An entity seeking a grant 10
under this section shall submit to the Attorney Gen-11
eral an application at such time, in such manner, 12
and containing such information as the Attorney 13
General may reasonably require, including an assur-14
ance described in paragraph (2). 15
(2) A
SSURANCE DESCRIBED .—An assurance de-16
scribed in this paragraph is an assurance that— 17
(A) the entity has in place a policy pro-18
tecting employees, individuals, and communities 19
served by the entity from discrimination under 20
applicable civil rights laws; and 21
(B) the policy described in subparagraph 22
(A) includes protection from discrimination on 23
the basis of gender-related identity, appearance, 24
mannerisms, or other gender-related character-25
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istics of an individual, regardless of the individ-1
ual’s designated sex at birth. 2
(3) N
ONPROFIT EXPERTISE.—In addition to the 3
assurance described in paragraph (2), a nonprofit 4
organization seeking a grant under this section shall 5
demonstrate in the application submitted under this 6
subsection that the organization has a proven his-7
tory of— 8
(A) successful engagement with popu-9
lations experiencing homelessness and housing 10
instability, including members of a population 11
at higher risk of homelessness; or 12
(B) assisting communities to engage in al-13
ternatives to penalizing homelessness. 14
(c) U
SE OFFUNDS.—An entity that receives a grant 15
under this section may use funds received under this sec-16
tion for creating, supporting, expanding, or studying mo-17
bile crisis intervention teams that are trained to provide 18
stabilization services to individuals with an urgent medical 19
or psychological need, as an alternative to a law enforce-20
ment response, which teams may include healthcare pro-21
fessionals, mental health professionals, addiction coun-22
selors, housing referral specialists, groups serving or rep-23
resenting justice system-involved or homeless individuals, 24
and other related resource providers. 25
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 1
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 2
$50,000,000 for the first fiscal year beginning after the 3
date of enactment of this Act and for each of the 9 suc-4
ceeding fiscal years thereafter. 5
SEC. 305. LIBRARY CONSORTIUM PILOT GRANTS. 6
Part A of title V of the Public Health Service Act 7
(42 U.S.C. 290aa et seq.) is amended by adding at the 8
end the following: 9
‘‘SEC. 506B. LIBRARY CONSORTIUM PILOT GRANTS. 10
‘‘(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
‘‘(1) E
LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-12
tity’ means— 13
‘‘(A) an eligible library; 14
‘‘(B) a library agency that is an official 15
agency of a State or other unit of government 16
and is charged by the law governing it with the 17
extension and development of public library 18
services within its jurisdiction; 19
‘‘(C) an eligible library consortium; or 20
‘‘(D) a library association that exists on a 21
permanent basis, serves libraries or library pro-22
fessionals on a national, regional, State, or local 23
level, and engages in activities designed to ad-24
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vance the well-being of libraries and the library 1
profession. 2
‘‘(2) E
LIGIBLE LIBRARY.—The term ‘eligible li-3
brary’ means— 4
‘‘(A) a public library; 5
‘‘(B) an elementary or secondary school li-6
brary; 7
‘‘(C) a library that is operated by an insti-8
tution of higher education; 9
‘‘(D) a research library or archive that is 10
not an integral part of an institution of higher 11
education and that makes publicly available li-12
brary services and materials that are suitable 13
for scholarly research and not otherwise avail-14
able; or 15
‘‘(E) a Tribal library. 16
‘‘(3) E
LIGIBLE LIBRARY CONSORTIUM .—The 17
term ‘eligible library consortium’ means a local, 18
statewide, regional, interstate, or international coop-19
erative association of library entities that provides 20
for the systematic and effective coordination of the 21
resources of eligible libraries, and information cen-22
ters that work to improve the services delivered to 23
the clientele of these libraries. 24
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‘‘(b) GRANTPROGRAM.—From amounts made avail-1
able under this section for a fiscal year, the Assistant Sec-2
retary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligi-3
ble entities to enable those eligible entities to carry out 4
pilot programs to address the needs of homeless individ-5
uals or individuals at risk of homelessness. 6
‘‘(c) U
SE OFFUNDS.— 7
‘‘(1) I
N GENERAL.—Each eligible entity receiv-8
ing funds under this section may use such funds to 9
provide programs or resources that address the 10
needs of homeless individuals or individuals at risk 11
of homelessness by— 12
‘‘(A) connecting them with resources to 13
help them transition to stable, independent or 14
supported living, through the eligible entity’s 15
own activities or through subgrants to eligible 16
libraries, as appropriate; 17
‘‘(B) providing homeless individuals or in-18
dividuals at risk of homelessness with programs 19
on issues such as health, mortgage or rental as-20
sistance, and applying for government benefits; 21
or 22
‘‘(C) partnering with other community or-23
ganizations or the locality’s department of pub-24
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lic health for outreach activities and connec-1
tions to other relevant services. 2
‘‘(2) C
RITERIA FOR SUBGRANTS .—In awarding 3
a subgrant under this section, an eligible entity 4
shall— 5
‘‘(A) require eligible libraries desiring a 6
subgrant to submit an application containing— 7
‘‘(i) the estimated number of homeless 8
individuals or individuals at risk of home-9
lessness that will be served under the 10
homelessness-related programs to be fund-11
ed by the subgrant; and 12
‘‘(ii) any other criteria established by 13
the grantee in the application submitted 14
under subsection (d); and 15
‘‘(B) give preference to eligible libraries 16
that propose to carry out programs or develop 17
resources that integrate existing Federal or 18
State programs that serve homeless individuals 19
or individuals at risk of homelessness. 20
‘‘(d) A
PPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a 21
grant under this section shall submit an application at 22
such time, in such manner, and containing such informa-23
tion as the Assistant Secretary may require. Each applica-24
tion shall include— 25
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‘‘(1) a description of the homelessness-related 1
programs or resources that the eligible entity will 2
support (in accordance with subsection (c)(1)) either 3
through its own activities or through subgrants to 4
eligible libraries; 5
‘‘(2) a description of how community or govern-6
mental partners will be involved in the homelessness- 7
related programs or resources provided by the eligi-8
ble entity; and 9
‘‘(3) in the case of projects that the eligible en-10
tity intends to carry out through subgrants— 11
‘‘(A) a description of how the eligible enti-12
ty will make subgrants, including any priorities 13
or considerations that will be applied in making 14
such subgrants; 15
‘‘(B) a description of how the eligible enti-16
ty will disseminate, in a timely manner, infor-17
mation regarding the subgrants, and the appli-18
cation process for such subgrants; 19
‘‘(C) a description of the criteria that the 20
eligible entity will require for the programs car-21
ried out by subgrantees with funds awarded by 22
that eligible entity; and 23
‘‘(D) an assurance that each eligible li-24
brary that receives a subgrant will use the 25
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funds from that subgrant to provide programs 1
that primarily serve homeless individuals or in-2
dividuals at risk of homelessness. 3
‘‘(e) C
ONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section, 4
the Assistant Secretary— 5
‘‘(1) shall consult with the Director of the Insti-6
tute of Museum and Library Services and the Sec-7
retary of Housing and Urban Development; and 8
‘‘(2) may consult with the Interagency Council 9
on Homelessness or any other appropriate Federal 10
agency or office to help ensure that funds are dis-11
bursed and utilized effectively. 12
‘‘(f) R
EPORTS.—Each eligible entity receiving a grant 13
under this section for a fiscal year shall prepare and sub-14
mit a report to the Assistant Secretary, in such form and 15
containing such information, as the Assistant Secretary 16
may reasonably require to determine the extent to which 17
funds provided under this section have been effective in 18
carrying out the purposes of this section. 19
‘‘(g) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 20
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 21
$10,000,000 for the first fiscal year beginning after the 22
date of enactment of this section and for each of the 9 23
succeeding fiscal years thereafter.’’. 24
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SEC. 306. REPORT ON INCLUSIVE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DE-1
VELOPMENT TO ENHANCE CLIMATE MITIGA-2
TION AND DISASTER RESILIENCY. 3
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 4
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re-5
port on how to add a focus to housing programs of the 6
Department of Housing and Urban Development on— 7
(1) infill projects that better connect people to 8
jobs and transit and reduce greenhouse gas emis-9
sions; and 10
(2) supporting developers and local govern-11
ments constructing units on existing or underused 12
urban land close to city amenities and transpor-13
tation. 14
SEC. 307. ESTABLISHING AN INNOVATION PILOT WITHIN 15
THE CARBON REDUCTION PROGRAM. 16
Section 175(c) of title 23, United States Code, is 17
amended— 18
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 19
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 20
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 21
(2) by adding at the end the following: 22
‘‘(3) I
NNOVATION PILOT.— 23
‘‘(A) I
N GENERAL.—In addition to eligible 24
projects under paragraphs (1) and (2), funds 25
apportioned to a State under section 104(b)(7) 26
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may be used for innovative strategies to reduce 1
transportation emissions, including associated 2
infrastructure improvements that will increase 3
the share of nonmotorized trips and improve 4
the efficiency of existing surface transportation 5
infrastructure to address carbon reduction. 6
‘‘(B) N
OTICE.—Not later than 120 days 7
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 8
the Secretary shall provide notice and guidance 9
for interested entities to participate in activities 10
under subparagraph (A). 11
‘‘(C) E
XCLUSION.—Funds used to carry 12
out a project under subparagraph (A) may not 13
be used on a project that increases net capacity 14
for vehicular travel.’’. 15
SEC. 308. MAKING INFILL HOUSING AND OTHER TRANS-16
PORTATION EFFICIENCY PROJECTS ELIGI-17
BLE FOR RAISE GRANTS. 18
Section 6702(a)(3) of title 49, United States Code, 19
is amended— 20
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 21
the end; 22
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as sub-23
paragraph (I); and 24
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(3) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the fol-1
lowing: 2
‘‘(H) a project or series of projects to re-3
duce transportation emissions, including associ-4
ated infrastructure improvements to support 5
infill development or transit-oriented develop-6
ment, and to increase nonmotorized trips, sub-7
ject to the conditions that— 8
‘‘(i) the project or series of projects 9
shall directly improve the efficiency of ex-10
isting surface transportation infrastruc-11
ture; and 12
‘‘(ii) the Federal share for the project 13
or series of projects shall be used to fund 14
only the elements of the project or series 15
that provide public benefits; and’’. 16
SEC. 309. HOMELESSNESS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE 17
COORDINATION. 18
(a) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19
(1) B
EHAVIORAL HEALTH .—The term ‘‘behav-20
ioral health’’ includes mental health and substance 21
use. 22
(2) E
LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-23
ty’’ means an entity described in section 402(c)(4) 24
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that is eligible for a competitive grant under sub-1
section (b). 2
(3) P
ERSON EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS .— 3
The term ‘‘person experiencing homelessness’’ has 4
the same meaning as the terms ‘‘homeless’’, ‘‘home-5
less individual’’, and ‘‘homeless person’’, as defined 6
in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-7
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302). 8
(4) S
UBSTANCE USE DISORDER .—The term 9
‘‘substance use disorder’’ means the disorder that 10
occurs when the recurrent use of alcohol or drugs, 11
or both, causes clinically significant impairment, in-12
cluding health problems, disability, and failure to 13
meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home. 14
(5) T
RIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘Tribal 15
organization’’— 16
(A) has the meaning given the term in sec-17
tion 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 18
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 3504); 19
and 20
(B) includes entities that serve Native Ha-21
waiians, as defined in section 338K(c) of the 22
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254s(c)). 23
(b) E
STABLISHMENT OF GRANTPROGRAM.—The 24
Secretary, in consultation with the working group estab-25
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lished under subsection (c), shall establish a grant pro-1
gram to award competitive grants to eligible entities to 2
build or increase the capacity of the eligible entity for the 3
better coordination of health care and homelessness serv-4
ices for people— 5
(1) experiencing homelessness and significant 6
behavioral health issues, including substance use dis-7
order; and 8
(2) who are voluntarily seeking assistance. 9
(c) W
ORKINGGROUP.— 10
(1) E
STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es-11
tablish an interagency working group to provide ad-12
vice to the Secretary in carrying out the program es-13
tablished under subsection (b). 14
(2) C
OMPOSITION.—The working group estab-15
lished under paragraph (1) shall include representa-16
tives from the Department of Housing and Urban 17
Development, the United States Interagency Council 18
on Homelessness, the Department of Health and 19
Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, 20
and Bureau of Indian Affairs, to be appointed by 21
the heads of such agencies. 22
(3) D
EVELOPMENT OF ASSISTANCE TOOLS .— 23
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 24
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of this Act, the working group established under 1
paragraph (1) shall— 2
(A) develop training, tools, and other tech-3
nical assistance materials that simplify home-4
lessness services for providers of health care 5
and simplify health care services for providers 6
of homelessness services by identifying the basic 7
elements the health and homelessness sectors 8
need to understand about the other; and 9
(B) circulate the materials described in 10
subparagraph (A) to interested entities, particu-11
larly eligible entities that apply for grants 12
awarded pursuant to this section. 13
(d) C
APACITY-BUILDINGGRANTS.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 15
5-year grants to eligible entities, which shall be used 16
only to build or increase capacities to coordinate 17
health care and homelessness services. 18
(2) P
ROHIBITION.—None of the proceeds from 19
the grants awarded pursuant to this subsection may 20
be used to pay for— 21
(A) health care, with the exception of ef-22
forts to increase the availability of Naloxone 23
and provide training for the administration of 24
Naloxone; or 25
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(B) rent. 1
(3) A
MOUNT.—The amount awarded to an eligi-2
ble entity under a grant under this subsection shall 3
not exceed $500,000. 4
(4) E
LIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 5
grant under this subsection, an entity shall— 6
(A) be— 7
(i) a governmental entity at the coun-8
ty, city, regional, or locality level; 9
(ii) an Indian Tribe, a tribally des-10
ignated housing entity, a Tribal organiza-11
tion, or an urban Indian organization; 12
(iii) a public housing agency admin-13
istering housing choice vouchers; or 14
(iv) a continuum of care or nonprofit 15
organization designated by the continuum 16
of care; 17
(B) be responsible for homelessness serv-18
ices; 19
(C) provide such assurances as the Sec-20
retary shall require that, in carrying out activi-21
ties with amounts from the grant, the entity 22
will ensure that services are culturally com-23
petent, meet the needs of the people being 24
served, and follow trauma-informed best prac-25
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tices to address those needs using a harm re-1
duction approach; and 2
(D) demonstrate how the capacity of the 3
entity to coordinate health care and homeless-4
ness services to better serve people experiencing 5
homelessness and significant behavioral health 6
issues, including substance use disorder, can be 7
increased through— 8
(i) the designation of a governmental 9
official as a coordinator for making con-10
nections between health and homelessness 11
services and developing a strategy for 12
using those services in a holistic way to 13
help people experiencing homelessness and 14
behavioral health conditions such as sub-15
stance use disorder, including those with 16
co-occurring conditions; 17
(ii) improvements in infrastructure at 18
the systems level; 19
(iii) improvements in technology for 20
voluntary remote monitoring capabilities, 21
including internet and video, which can 22
allow for more home- and community- 23
based behavioral health care services and 24
ensure such improvements maintain effec-25
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tive communication requirements for per-1
sons with disabilities and program access 2
for persons with limited English pro-3
ficiency; 4
(iv) improvements in connections to 5
health care services delivered by providers 6
experienced in behavioral health care and 7
people experiencing homelessness; 8
(v) efforts to increase the availability 9
of Naloxone and provide training for the 10
administration of Naloxone; and 11
(vi) any additional activities identified 12
by the Secretary that will advance the co-13
ordination of homelessness assistance, 14
housing, and behavioral health care serv-15
ices and other health care services. 16
(5) E
LIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity 17
receiving a grant under this subsection may use the 18
grant to cover costs related to— 19
(A) hiring system coordinators; and 20
(B) administrative costs, including staffing 21
costs, technology costs, and other such costs 22
identified by the Secretary. 23
(6) D
ISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—An eligible enti-24
ty receiving a grant under this subsection may dis-25
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tribute all or a portion of the grant amounts to pri-1
vate nonprofit organizations, other government enti-2
ties, public housing agencies, tribally designated 3
housing entities, or other entities as determined by 4
the Secretary to carry out programs and activities in 5
accordance with this section. 6
(7) O
VERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS .— 7
(A) A
NNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 6 8
years after the date on which grant amounts 9
are first received by an eligible entity under this 10
subsection, the eligible entity shall submit to 11
the Secretary a report on the activities carried 12
out under the grant, which shall include, with 13
respect to activities carried out with grant 14
amounts in the community served— 15
(i) measures of outcomes relating to 16
whether people experiencing homelessness 17
and significant behavioral health issues, in-18
cluding substance use disorder, who sought 19
help from an entity that received a grant— 20
(I) were housed and did not ex-21
perience intermittent periods of home-22
lessness; 23
(II) were voluntarily enrolled in 24
treatment and recovery programs; 25
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(III) experienced improvements 1
in their health; 2
(IV) obtained access to specific 3
primary care providers; and 4
(V) have health care plans that 5
meet their individual needs, including 6
access to mental health and substance 7
use disorder treatment and recovery 8
services; 9
(ii) how grant funds were used; and 10
(iii) any other matters determined ap-11
propriate by the Secretary. 12
(B) R
ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 13
this paragraph may be construed to condition 14
the receipt of future housing and other services 15
by individuals assisted with activities and serv-16
ices provided with grant amounts on the out-17
comes detailed in the reports submitted under 18
this paragraph. 19
(e) A
UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 20
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 21
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2030, 22
of which not less than 5 percent of such funds shall be 23
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awarded to Indian Tribes, tribally designated housing en-1
tities, and Tribal organizations. 2
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