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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 891 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Adminis- |
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| 6 | 6 | | trator of the General Services Administration to establish programs for |
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| 7 | 7 | | the development of affordable housing, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. R |
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| 11 | 11 | | YANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transpor- |
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| 13 | 13 | | tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by |
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| 14 | 14 | | the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with- |
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| 15 | 15 | | in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
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| 18 | 18 | | and the Administrator of the General Services Adminis- |
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| 19 | 19 | | tration to establish programs for the development of |
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| 20 | 20 | | affordable housing, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pro-Housing Act of 4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2025’’. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. LOCAL HOUSING POLICY GRANT AND LOAN PILOT 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | PROGRAM. 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) P |
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| 32 | 32 | | LANNINGGRANTS.—Beginning not later than 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | to eligible entities for the purpose of developing and evalu-6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ating housing policy plans. 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) I |
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| 38 | 38 | | MPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—Beginning not later 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | tion, the Secretary shall award grants on a competitive 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | basis to eligible entities for the purpose of implementing 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | housing policy plans. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) D |
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| 44 | 44 | | IRECTLOANS.— 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) I |
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| 46 | 46 | | N GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 120 days after the date of the enactment of this sec-15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tion, the Secretary shall provide direct loans to eligi-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ble entities for the purpose of implementing housing 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | policy plans. 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) T |
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| 52 | 52 | | ERMS AND LIMITATIONS.— 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (A) I |
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| 54 | 54 | | N GENERAL.—A direct loan provided 20 |
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| 55 | 55 | | under this section shall be subject to such 21 |
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| 56 | 56 | | terms and conditions as the Secretary deter-22 |
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| 57 | 57 | | mines appropriate. 23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (B) I |
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| 59 | 59 | | NTEREST RATE.—The interest rate on 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | a direct loan provided under this section shall 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | be less than the yield on United States Treas-26 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ury obligations of a similar maturity to the ma-1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | turity of the direct loan on the date of execu-2 |
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| 67 | 67 | | tion of the loan agreement, at a rate deter-3 |
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| 68 | 68 | | mined by the Secretary, for the purpose of pro-4 |
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| 69 | 69 | | viding low-cost credit to eligible entities. 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (d) R |
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| 71 | 71 | | URAL ANDEXURBANAREAMINIMUM.—The 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Secretary shall provide not less than 20 percent of the 7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | amounts awarded or loaned under this section to eligible 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | entities that plan to use them to assist an area that is 9 |
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| 75 | 75 | | rural or exurban, as determined by the Secretary in con-10 |
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| 76 | 76 | | sultation the Director of the United States Census Bu-11 |
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| 77 | 77 | | reau. 12 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (e) A |
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| 79 | 79 | | PPLICATIONS.— 13 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (1) I |
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| 81 | 81 | | N GENERAL.—An eligible entity seeking a 14 |
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| 82 | 82 | | planning grant, implementation grant, or direct loan 15 |
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| 83 | 83 | | provided under this section shall submit to the Sec-16 |
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| 84 | 84 | | retary an application at such time, in such manner, 17 |
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| 85 | 85 | | and containing such information as the Secretary 18 |
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| 86 | 86 | | may require. 19 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (2) P |
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| 88 | 88 | | RIORITY.—In awarding a planning grant, 20 |
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| 89 | 89 | | implementation grant, or direct loan provided under 21 |
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| 90 | 90 | | this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligi-22 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ble entities that— 23 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (A) have developed or are likely to develop 24 |
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| 93 | 93 | | a housing policy plan that will— 25 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (i) improve housing supply, afford-1 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ability, and accessibility for all individuals 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | of every race and income level; 3 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (ii) reduce barriers to affordable hous-4 |
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| 101 | 101 | | ing development; and 5 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (iii) avoid the displacement of resi-6 |
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| 103 | 103 | | dents by new housing developments in the 7 |
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| 104 | 104 | | area under the jurisdiction of the eligible 8 |
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| 105 | 105 | | entity; 9 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (B) in developing or implementing a hous-10 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ing policy plan, intend to leverage and effi-11 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ciently use amounts from— 12 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (i) another Federal, State, or local as-13 |
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| 110 | 110 | | sistance program relating to housing; or 14 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (ii) a private funding source; 15 |
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| 112 | 112 | | (C) intend to— 16 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (i) increase the supply and afford-17 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ability of housing that is located— 18 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (I) near local transit options; and 19 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (II) in areas in which a signifi-20 |
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| 117 | 117 | | cant or expanding supply of jobs or 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | demand for employment is con-22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | centrated; 23 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (ii) coordinate with local transpor-24 |
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| 121 | 121 | | tation and workforce agencies in accom-25 |
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| 125 | 125 | | plishing the increase described in clause 1 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (i); 2 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (iii) leverage existing infrastructure by 3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | rehabilitating or converting existing prop-4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | erties when developing or implementing a 5 |
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| 130 | 130 | | housing policy plan; and 6 |
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| 131 | 131 | | (iv) where appropriate, coordinate pol-7 |
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| 132 | 132 | | icy development for, and analysis and im-8 |
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| 133 | 133 | | plementation of, the housing policy plan of 9 |
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| 134 | 134 | | the eligible entity at a regional scale to 10 |
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| 135 | 135 | | achieve a more equitable distribution of af-11 |
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| 136 | 136 | | fordable housing across jurisdictional 12 |
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| 137 | 137 | | boundaries; or 13 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (D) are a coalition of States or political 14 |
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| 139 | 139 | | subdivisions of States. 15 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (3) S |
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| 141 | 141 | | CORING.—The Secretary shall base the de-16 |
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| 142 | 142 | | gree of priority given to an eligible entity that satis-17 |
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| 143 | 143 | | fies 1 or more subparagraphs under paragraph (2) 18 |
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| 144 | 144 | | on a scoring system established by the Secretary. 19 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (f) M |
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| 146 | 146 | | ATCHINGREQUIREMENT FOR GRANTS.— 20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (1) I |
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| 148 | 148 | | N GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-21 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ceives a planning grant or implementation grant 22 |
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| 150 | 150 | | shall contribute non-Federal amounts for developing 23 |
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| 151 | 151 | | or implementing a housing policy plan financed 24 |
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| 155 | 155 | | using amounts provided in such grant in the fol-1 |
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| 156 | 156 | | lowing amounts: 2 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (A) If the area under the jurisdiction of an 3 |
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| 158 | 158 | | eligible entity has a population of 15,000 or 4 |
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| 159 | 159 | | fewer, the eligible entity shall provide non-Fed-5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | eral contributions in an amount equal to 15 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | percent of the amount of the grant. 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (B) If the area under the jurisdiction of an 8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | eligible entity has a population between 15,001 9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | and 30,000, the eligible entity shall provide 10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | non-Federal contributions in an amount equal 11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | to 25 percent of the amount of the grant. 12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (C) If the area under the jurisdiction of an 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | eligible entity has a population between 30,001 14 |
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| 169 | 169 | | and 40,000, the eligible entity shall provide 15 |
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| 170 | 170 | | non-Federal contributions in an amount equal 16 |
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| 171 | 171 | | to 35 percent of the amount of the grant. 17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (D) If the area under the jurisdiction of an 18 |
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| 173 | 173 | | eligible entity has a population between 40,001 19 |
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| 174 | 174 | | and 70,000, the eligible entity shall provide 20 |
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| 175 | 175 | | non-Federal contributions in an amount equal 21 |
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| 176 | 176 | | to 45 percent of the amount of the grant. 22 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (E) If the area under the jurisdiction of an 23 |
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| 178 | 178 | | eligible entity has a population of 70,001 or 24 |
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| 179 | 179 | | more, the eligible entity shall provide non-Fed-25 |
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| 183 | 183 | | eral contributions in an amount equal to 45 1 |
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| 184 | 184 | | percent of the amount of the grant. 2 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (2) E |
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| 186 | 186 | | LIGIBLE MATCHING AMOUNTS .—If an eli-3 |
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| 187 | 187 | | gible entity uses amounts provided by the Federal 4 |
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| 188 | 188 | | Government not under this section to develop or im-5 |
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| 189 | 189 | | plement a housing policy plan for which the eligible 6 |
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| 190 | 190 | | entity also receives a grant under this section, any 7 |
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| 191 | 191 | | non-Federal contribution made by the eligible entity 8 |
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| 192 | 192 | | as part of that Federal assistance program shall be 9 |
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| 193 | 193 | | counted towards the requirements under paragraph 10 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (1). 11 |
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| 195 | 195 | | (3) R |
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| 196 | 196 | | EDUCED MATCHING REQUIREMENT .— 12 |
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| 197 | 197 | | Based on the available resources of an eligible enti-13 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ty, the Secretary may, at the discretion of the Sec-14 |
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| 199 | 199 | | retary, reduce the amount of non-Federal contribu-15 |
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| 200 | 200 | | tions required to be provided by the eligible entity 16 |
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| 201 | 201 | | under paragraphs (1) and (2). 17 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (g) U |
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| 203 | 203 | | SE OFFUNDS.— 18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (1) I |
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| 205 | 205 | | N GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re-19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ceives a planning grant, implementation grant, or di-20 |
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| 207 | 207 | | rect loan provided under this section shall use a por-21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | tion of the amounts from such grant or loan to sub-22 |
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| 209 | 209 | | mit the report required under subsection (j)(1). 23 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (2) P |
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| 211 | 211 | | LANNING GRANTS.—An eligible entity that 24 |
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| 212 | 212 | | receives a planning grant shall use amounts from 25 |
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| 216 | 216 | | such grant to finance activities to develop and evalu-1 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ate a housing policy plan for the area under the ju-2 |
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| 218 | 218 | | risdiction of the eligible entity, including— 3 |
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| 219 | 219 | | (A) quantifying existing and projected 4 |
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| 220 | 220 | | housing needs for households of every income 5 |
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| 221 | 221 | | level, including extremely low-income families, 6 |
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| 222 | 222 | | as defined in section 3(b) of the United States 7 |
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| 223 | 223 | | Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)); 8 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (B) documenting the characteristics of— 9 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (i) the housing in the area; 10 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (ii) the households of the area, includ-11 |
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| 227 | 227 | | ing cost-burdened households; and 12 |
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| 228 | 228 | | (iii) housing underproduction in the 13 |
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| 229 | 229 | | area; 14 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (C) developing strategies to increase the 15 |
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| 231 | 231 | | housing supply and the variety of housing types 16 |
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| 232 | 232 | | in the area to satisfy the housing needs of the 17 |
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| 233 | 233 | | population of the area; 18 |
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| 234 | 234 | | (D) analyzing population and employment 19 |
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| 235 | 235 | | trends in the area and documenting projections 20 |
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| 236 | 236 | | of those trends; 21 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (E) considering strategies to minimize dis-22 |
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| 238 | 238 | | placement of low-income families, as defined in 23 |
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| 239 | 239 | | section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act 24 |
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| 243 | 243 | | of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)), as a result of re-1 |
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| 244 | 244 | | development in the area; 2 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (F) providing for participation and input 3 |
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| 246 | 246 | | from community members, community groups, 4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | local builders, local realtors, nonprofit housing 5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | advocates, and local religious groups; and 6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | (G) creating a schedule of programs and 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | actions to implement the recommendations of 8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | the housing policy plan, including a plan for 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | adopting actions through a local implementing 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ordinance or another regulatory process, such 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | as a land use plan or a comprehensive plan. 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (h) H |
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| 256 | 256 | | OUSINGPOLICYPLANGUIDANCE.— 13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | (1) I |
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| 258 | 258 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | the date of the enactment of this section, the Sec-15 |
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| 260 | 260 | | retary shall issue guidance that includes rec-16 |
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| 261 | 261 | | ommended policies, strategies, and reforms for eligi-17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ble entities to adopt in housing policy plans to— 18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | (A) improve the elasticity of housing sup-19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ply; 20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (B) expand the supply and affordability of 21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | housing; 22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (C) reduce barriers to housing develop-23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ment; and 24 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (D) meaningfully reduce housing segrega-1 |
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| 273 | 273 | | tion by income and race. 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (2) P |
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| 275 | 275 | | OLICIES.—The guidance issued under 3 |
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| 276 | 276 | | paragraph (1) shall include recommendations for 4 |
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| 277 | 277 | | policies, strategies, and reforms to— 5 |
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| 278 | 278 | | (A) encourage and support the repurposing 6 |
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| 279 | 279 | | of land or structures for housing development; 7 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (B) allow for a greater variety of housing 8 |
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| 281 | 281 | | types; 9 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (C) revise land use policies to allow for the 10 |
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| 283 | 283 | | development of more housing; 11 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (D) streamline approval processes for 12 |
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| 285 | 285 | | housing development; 13 |
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| 286 | 286 | | (E) provide financial incentives to support 14 |
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| 287 | 287 | | affordable housing development; and 15 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (F) support inclusive engagement with 16 |
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| 289 | 289 | | community members relating to reforms to ex-17 |
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| 290 | 290 | | pand housing supply. 18 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (3) A |
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| 292 | 292 | | REAS.—The guidance issued under para-19 |
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| 293 | 293 | | graph (1) shall include recommendations for policies, 20 |
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| 294 | 294 | | strategies, and reforms for urban, suburban, 21 |
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| 295 | 295 | | exurban, and rural areas. 22 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (i) L |
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| 297 | 297 | | EARNINGNETWORK.— 23 |
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| 299 | 299 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 24 |
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| 300 | 300 | | the date on which the Secretary awards the first 25 |
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| 304 | 304 | | planning grant, implementation grant, or direct loan 1 |
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| 305 | 305 | | provided under this section, the Secretary shall es-2 |
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| 306 | 306 | | tablish a learning network to— 3 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (A) facilitate problem solving relating to 4 |
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| 308 | 308 | | the development and implementation of housing 5 |
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| 309 | 309 | | policy plans; and 6 |
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| 310 | 310 | | (B) disseminate best practices and effec-7 |
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| 311 | 311 | | tive strategies and policies to improve local 8 |
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| 312 | 312 | | housing supply and affordability. 9 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (2) A |
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| 314 | 314 | | CCESSIBILITY.—The learning network es-10 |
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| 315 | 315 | | tablished under paragraph (1) shall be accessible 11 |
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| 316 | 316 | | to— 12 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (A) eligible entities that receive a grant or 13 |
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| 318 | 318 | | loan under this section; and 14 |
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| 319 | 319 | | (B) eligible entities that submit an applica-15 |
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| 320 | 320 | | tion under subsection (e). 16 |
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| 321 | 321 | | (j) R |
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| 322 | 322 | | EPORTS ANDSTUDY.— 17 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (1) G |
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| 324 | 324 | | RANT AND LOAN RECIPIENT REPORTS .— 18 |
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| 325 | 325 | | Not later than 180 days after the date on which an 19 |
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| 326 | 326 | | eligible entity receives a planning grant, implementa-20 |
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| 327 | 327 | | tion grant, or direct loan provided under this sec-21 |
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| 328 | 328 | | tion, and not less frequently than quarterly there-22 |
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| 329 | 329 | | after for a 3-year period, the eligible entity shall 23 |
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| 330 | 330 | | submit to the Secretary a report that includes— 24 |
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| 334 | 334 | | (A) a description of the expenditures the 1 |
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| 335 | 335 | | eligible entity has made with amounts from 2 |
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| 336 | 336 | | such grant or loan; 3 |
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| 337 | 337 | | (B) for an eligible entity receiving a plan-4 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ning grant, a summary of the progress of the 5 |
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| 339 | 339 | | eligibility entity towards finalizing a housing 6 |
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| 340 | 340 | | policy plan; and 7 |
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| 341 | 341 | | (C) for an eligible entity receiving an im-8 |
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| 342 | 342 | | plementation grant, data relating to the success 9 |
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| 343 | 343 | | of the implementation of the housing policy 10 |
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| 344 | 344 | | plan of the eligible entity. 11 |
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| 345 | 345 | | (2) S |
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| 346 | 346 | | ECRETARY STUDY AND REPORT .— 12 |
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| 347 | 347 | | (A) I |
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| 348 | 348 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 13 |
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| 349 | 349 | | after the date of the enactment of this section, 14 |
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| 350 | 350 | | the Secretary shall conduct a study with respect 15 |
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| 351 | 351 | | to— 16 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (i) the impact of implementation 17 |
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| 353 | 353 | | grants, planning grants, and direct loans 18 |
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| 354 | 354 | | provided under this section on the areas 19 |
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| 355 | 355 | | under the jurisdiction of eligible entities re-20 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ceiving those grants or loans; and 21 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (ii) successful strategies from housing 22 |
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| 358 | 358 | | policy plans that were impactful in— 23 |
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| 359 | 359 | | (I) expanding the housing supply; 24 |
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| 366 | 366 | | avoiding the displacement of the resi-3 |
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| 369 | 369 | | EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 5 |
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| 370 | 370 | | the date on which the Secretary completes the 6 |
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| 371 | 371 | | study required under subparagraph (A), the 7 |
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| 372 | 372 | | Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com-8 |
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| 373 | 373 | | mittees of the Congress a report on the study. 9 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (k) A |
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| 375 | 375 | | PPROPRIATIONS.— 10 |
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| 376 | 376 | | (1) I |
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| 377 | 377 | | N GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | appropriated to the Secretary $200,000,000 for each 12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | of fiscal years 2026 through 2031 to carry out this 13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | section. 14 |
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| 381 | 381 | | (2) C |
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| 382 | 382 | | OSTS OF DIRECT LOANS .—The Secretary 15 |
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| 383 | 383 | | may use any amounts made available under para-16 |
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| 384 | 384 | | graph (1) to pay the costs of providing direct loans 17 |
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| 385 | 385 | | under this section. 18 |
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| 386 | 386 | | (l) D |
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| 387 | 387 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 19 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (1) C |
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| 389 | 389 | | OST-BURDENED HOUSEHOLD .—The term 20 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ‘‘cost-burdened household’’ means a household that 21 |
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| 391 | 391 | | spends not less than 30 percent of the income of the 22 |
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| 392 | 392 | | household on housing. 23 |
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| 397 | 397 | | means the Department of Housing and Urban De-2 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (3) D |
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| 400 | 400 | | IRECT LOAN.—The term ‘‘direct loan’’ has 4 |
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| 401 | 401 | | the meaning given the term in section 502 of the 5 |
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| 402 | 402 | | Federal Credit Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 661a). 6 |
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| 403 | 403 | | (4) E |
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| 404 | 404 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-7 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ty’’ means a State, a political subdivision of a State, 8 |
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| 406 | 406 | | a coalition of States or political subdivisions of 9 |
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| 407 | 407 | | States, an Indian Tribe, or a Native Hawaiian orga-10 |
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| 408 | 408 | | nization that— 11 |
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| 409 | 409 | | (A) demonstrates, with respect to the area 12 |
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| 410 | 410 | | under the jurisdiction of the State, political 13 |
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| 411 | 411 | | subdivision, coalition, Indian Tribe, or organiza-14 |
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| 412 | 412 | | tion— 15 |
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| 413 | 413 | | (i) rising housing costs or a reason-16 |
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| 414 | 414 | | able expectation that housing costs will rise 17 |
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| 415 | 415 | | in the area; and 18 |
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| 416 | 416 | | (ii) a housing supply shortage; 19 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (B) if applying for a planning grant— 20 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (i) intends to develop, or is in the 21 |
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| 419 | 419 | | process of developing, a housing policy 22 |
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| 420 | 420 | | plan; and 23 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (ii) demonstrates an intent to use a 24 |
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| 428 | 428 | | plan; and 3 |
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| 429 | 429 | | (C) if applying for an implementation 4 |
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| 430 | 430 | | grant or direct loan under this section— 5 |
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| 431 | 431 | | (i) has adopted and plans to imple-6 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ment, or is in the process of implementing, 7 |
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| 433 | 433 | | a housing policy plan; and 8 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (ii) demonstrates the engagement of 9 |
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| 437 | 437 | | plan. 12 |
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| 438 | 438 | | (5) H |
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| 439 | 439 | | OUSING POLICY PLAN.—The term ‘‘hous-13 |
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| 440 | 440 | | ing policy plan’’ means a comprehensive plan of an 14 |
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| 441 | 441 | | eligible entity to, with respect to the area under the 15 |
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| 442 | 442 | | jurisdiction of the eligible entity— 16 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (A) increase the housing supply in the 17 |
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| 444 | 444 | | area, while avoiding the displacement of the 18 |
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| 445 | 445 | | residents of the area; 19 |
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| 446 | 446 | | (B) increase the affordability of housing in 20 |
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| 447 | 447 | | the area; and 21 |
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| 448 | 448 | | (C) reduce barriers to housing development 22 |
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| 449 | 449 | | in the area. 23 |
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| 454 | 454 | | plementation grant’’ means a grant awarded under 2 |
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| 455 | 455 | | subsection (b). 3 |
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| 456 | 456 | | (7) I |
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| 457 | 457 | | NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 4 |
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| 458 | 458 | | has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 5 |
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| 459 | 459 | | Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 6 |
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| 460 | 460 | | Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 7 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (8) N |
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| 462 | 462 | | ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .—The 8 |
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| 463 | 463 | | term ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization’’ has the mean-9 |
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| 464 | 464 | | ing given the term in section 2 of the Native Amer-10 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ican Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 11 |
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| 466 | 466 | | U.S.C. 3001). 12 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (9) P |
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| 468 | 468 | | LANNING GRANT.—The term ‘‘planning 13 |
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| 469 | 469 | | grant’’ means a grant awarded under subsection (a). 14 |
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| 470 | 470 | | (10) S |
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| 471 | 471 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 15 |
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| 472 | 472 | | means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-16 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ment, acting through the Assistant Secretary for 17 |
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| 474 | 474 | | Community Planning and Development, in coordina-18 |
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| 475 | 475 | | tion with— 19 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (A) the Office of Economic Resilience of 20 |
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| 477 | 477 | | the Office of Community Planning and Develop-21 |
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| 478 | 478 | | ment of the Department; 22 |
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| 479 | 479 | | (B) the Office of Policy Development and 23 |
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| 480 | 480 | | Research of the Department; 24 |
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| 485 | 485 | | Opportunity of the Department; 2 |
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| 486 | 486 | | (D) the Office of Housing of the Depart-3 |
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| 487 | 487 | | ment; and 4 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (E) the Office of Public and Indian Hous-5 |
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| 489 | 489 | | ing of the Department. 6 |
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| 490 | 490 | | (11) S |
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| 491 | 491 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 7 |
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| 492 | 492 | | State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 8 |
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| 493 | 493 | | the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-9 |
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| 494 | 494 | | lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 10 |
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| 495 | 495 | | of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession 11 |
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| 496 | 496 | | of the United States. 12 |
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| 497 | 497 | | SEC. 3. TRANSFER OF UNUSED FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY 13 |
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| 498 | 498 | | TO STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR DE-14 |
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| 499 | 499 | | VELOPMENT. 15 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (a) I |
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| 502 | 502 | | date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator 17 |
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| 503 | 503 | | of General Services shall establish a pilot program under 18 |
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| 504 | 504 | | which unused Federal real property is transferred in ac-19 |
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| 505 | 505 | | cordance with subsection (b)(2) to eligible entities for the 20 |
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| 506 | 506 | | development of mixed-use neighborhoods or affordable 21 |
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| 507 | 507 | | housing. 22 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (b) T |
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| 514 | 514 | | property shall be transferred by the head of the 2 |
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| 515 | 515 | | agency concerned to the Administrator. 3 |
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| 516 | 516 | | (2) T |
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| 517 | 517 | | RANSFER TO ELIGIBLE ENTITY .—The Ad-4 |
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| 518 | 518 | | ministrator shall transfer to eligible entities any un-5 |
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| 519 | 519 | | used Federal real property transferred to the Ad-6 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ministrator under paragraph (1). 7 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (c) S |
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| 523 | 523 | | subsection (b) shall terminate on the date that is 5 years 9 |
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| 524 | 524 | | after the date of the enactment of this section. 10 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (d) D |
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| 526 | 526 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11 |
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| 527 | 527 | | (1) A |
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| 528 | 528 | | DMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-12 |
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| 529 | 529 | | trator’’ means the Administrator of the General 13 |
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| 530 | 530 | | Services. 14 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (2) A |
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| 532 | 532 | | FFORDABLE HOUSING .—The term ‘‘afford-15 |
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| 533 | 533 | | able housing’’ means housing that qualifies as af-16 |
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| 534 | 534 | | fordable housing under section 215 of the Cranston- 17 |
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| 535 | 535 | | Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 18 |
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| 536 | 536 | | U.S.C. 12745). 19 |
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| 537 | 537 | | (3) A |
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| 538 | 538 | | GENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 20 |
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| 539 | 539 | | meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ in sec-21 |
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| 540 | 540 | | tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 22 |
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| 541 | 541 | | (4) E |
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| 542 | 542 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-23 |
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| 549 | 549 | | (5) U |
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| 550 | 550 | | NUSED FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY .—The 3 |
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| 552 | 552 | | a building— 5 |
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| 553 | 553 | | (A) owned by the Federal Government; 6 |
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| 554 | 554 | | and 7 |
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