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4	4	STSESSION S. 310
5	5	To establish a grant program to address the crises in accessing affordable
6	6	housing and child care through the co-location of housing and child
7	7	care, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	JANUARY29, 2025
10	10	Mr. W
11	11	YDEN(for himself, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. PADILLA, Ms.
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13	13	IRONO, Ms. ROSEN, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill;
14	14	which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Hous-
15	15	ing, and Urban Affairs
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To establish a grant program to address the crises in access-
18	18	ing affordable housing and child care through the co-
19	19	location of housing and child care, and for other pur-
20	20	poses.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
22	22	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
23	23	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
24	24	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Build Housing with 4
25	25	Care Act of 2025’’. 5
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29	29	SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 1
30	30	The purpose of this Act is to expand access to afford-2
31	31	able housing and child care through the establishment of 3
32	32	a grant program to promote the co-location of housing and 4
33	33	child care providers. 5
34	34	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 6
35	35	In this Act: 7
36	36	(1) A
37	37	PPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT -8
38	38	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-9
39	39	mittees’’ means— 10
40	40	(A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 11
41	41	and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 12
42	42	(B) the Committee on Health, Education, 13
43	43	Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 14
44	44	(C) the Committee on Financial Services of 15
45	45	the House of Representatives; and 16
46	46	(D) the Committee on Education and the 17
47	47	Workforce of the House of Representatives. 18
48	48	(2) C
49	49	AREGIVER; ELIGIBLE CHILD CARE PRO -19
50	50	VIDER.—The terms ‘‘caregiver’’ and ‘‘eligible child 20
51	51	care provider’’ have the meanings given those terms 21
52	52	in section 658P of the Child Care and Development 22
53	53	Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n). 23
54	54	(3) C
55	55	HILD CARE DESERT .—The term ‘‘child 24
56	56	care desert’’ means— 25
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60	60	(A) a census tract that contains not less 1
61	61	than 3 times more children than the licensed 2
62	62	child care providers in the census tract have the 3
63	63	capacity to care for; or 4
64	64	(B) a census tract where there are no li-5
65	65	censed child care providers. 6
66	66	(4) C
67	67	O-LOCATION FACILITY.—The term ‘‘co-lo-7
68	68	cation facility’’ means a housing facility that con-8
69	69	tains an eligible child care provider within the facil-9
70	70	ity, on the premises of the facility, or nearby the fa-10
71	71	cility, where such provider serves the residents of the 11
72	72	housing facility. 12
73	73	(5) C
74	74	OMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL IN -13
75	75	STITUTION.—The term ‘‘community development fi-14
76	76	nancial institution’’ has the meaning given the term 15
77	77	in section 103 of the Community Development 16
78	78	Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 17
79	79	U.S.C. 4702). 18
80	80	(6) C
81	81	OMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORA -19
82	82	TION.—The term ‘‘community development corpora-20
83	83	tion’’ has the same meaning as when used in the 21
84	84	Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 22
85	85	(42 U.S.C. 12701 et seq.). 23
86	86	(7) C
87	87	OMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR -24
88	88	GANIZATION.—The term ‘‘community housing devel-25
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92	92	opment organization’’ has the meaning given the 1
93	93	term in section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-2
94	94	tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704). 3
95	95	(8) E
96	96	LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-4
97	97	ty’’ means— 5
98	98	(A) a community development financial in-6
99	99	stitution; 7
100	100	(B) an eligible child care provider; 8
101	101	(C) a public housing authority; 9
102	102	(D) a government entity, including a public 10
103	103	housing agency; 11
104	104	(E) an Indian Tribe or a Tribal organiza-12
105	105	tion; 13
106	106	(F) a community development corporation; 14
107	107	(G) a housing developer using— 15
108	108	(i) low-income housing tax credits 16
109	109	under section 42 of the Internal Revenue 17
110	110	Code of 1986; or 18
111	111	(ii) new markets tax credits under 19
112	112	section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code 20
113	113	of 1986; 21
114	114	(H) a nonprofit organization that develops 22
115	115	housing; 23
116	116	(I) a community housing development or-24
117	117	ganization; 25
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121	121	(J) a consortia of 2 or more entities de-1
122	122	scribed in this paragraph; or 2
123	123	(K) another entity identified as appro-3
124	124	priate by the Secretary. 4
125	125	(9) I
126	126	NDIAN TRIBE; TRIBAL ORGANIZATION .— 5
127	127	The terms ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ and ‘‘Tribal organiza-6
128	128	tion’’— 7
129	129	(A) have the meanings given those terms 8
130	130	in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 9
131	131	and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 10
132	132	5304); and 11
133	133	(B) include— 12
134	134	(i) tribally designated housing entities; 13
135	135	and 14
136	136	(ii) entities that serve Native Hawai-15
137	137	ians, as defined in section 338K(c) of the 16
138	138	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 17
139	139	254s(c)). 18
140	140	(10) L
141	141	OW-INCOME FAMILY; PUBLIC HOUSING 19
142	142	AGENCY; VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILY.—The terms 20
143	143	‘‘low-income family’’, ‘‘public housing agency’’, and 21
144	144	‘‘very low-income family’’ have the meanings given 22
145	145	those terms in section 3(b) of the United States 23
146	146	Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 24
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150	150	(11) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 1
151	151	the program established under section 4(b). 2
152	152	(12) P
153	153	UBLIC HOUSING DWELLING UNIT .—The 3
154	154	term ‘‘public housing dwelling unit’’ means a dwell-4
155	155	ing unit in public housing, as defined in section 3(b) 5
156	156	of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 6
157	157	U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 7
158	158	(13) S
159	159	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 8
160	160	means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-9
161	161	ment. 10
162	162	(14) T
163	163	RIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTI -11
164	164	TY.—The term ‘‘tribally designated housing entity’’ 12
165	165	has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 13
166	166	Native American Housing Assistance and Self-De-14
167	167	termination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 15
168	168	SEC. 4. HOUSING AND CHILD CARE PROVIDER CO-LOCA-16
169	169	TION GRANT PROGRAM. 17
170	170	(a) E
171	171	STABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 18
172	172	a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eli-19
173	173	gible entities to facilitate the design, planning, construc-20
174	174	tion, conversion, retrofitting, preservation, or renovation 21
175	175	of a co-location facility. 22
176	176	(b) C
177	177	ONSULTATION.—In developing the Program, the 23
178	178	Secretary shall consult with— 24
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182	182	(1) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-1
183	183	ices, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the 2
184	184	Administration for Children and Families; 3
185	185	(2) the Secretary of the Treasury, acting 4
186	186	through the Director of the Community Develop-5
187	187	ment Financial Institutions Fund; and 6
188	188	(3) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through 7
189	189	the Under Secretary for Rural Development. 8
190	190	(c) A
191	191	PPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 9
192	192	under the Program, an eligible entity shall submit to the 10
193	193	Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, 11
194	194	and containing such information as the Secretary deter-12
195	195	mines appropriate, including the following: 13
196	196	(1) A certification that the eligible child care 14
197	197	provider associated with the application is eligible to 15
198	198	receive vouchers or assistance under the Child Care 16
199	199	and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 17
200	200	U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), or in the case of an application 18
201	201	to construct a new facility, or an application when 19
202	202	the eligible entity intends to subgrant or capitalize 20
203	203	amounts provided, a commitment to— 21
204	204	(A) establish a partnership with an eligible 22
205	205	child care provider not later than 1 year after 23
206	206	the date on which funding is received; 24
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210	210	(B) submit to the Secretary a certification 1
211	211	of the eligibility of the provider to receive 2
212	212	vouchers or assistance under the Child Care 3
213	213	and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 4
214	214	U.S.C. 9857 et seq.); and 5
215	215	(C) in the case of an application to con-6
216	216	struct a new facility, or an application when the 7
217	217	eligible entity intends to subgrant or capitalize 8
218	218	amounts provided— 9
219	219	(i) clearly establish a project pipeline; 10
220	220	and 11
221	221	(ii) certify that a child care provider 12
222	222	associated with a co-location facility 13
223	223	project receives vouchers or assistance 14
224	224	under the Child Care and Development 15
225	225	Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 16
226	226	et seq.) or the Head Start Act of 1965 (42 17
227	227	U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). 18
228	228	(2) A certification that activities funded by 19
229	229	grant amounts will not result in the eviction of resi-20
230	230	dents of the housing facility associated with the ap-21
231	231	plication. 22
232	232	(3) A description of a plan to inform and en-23
233	233	gage with residents of the housing facility associated 24
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237	237	with the application about the proposed use of grant 1
238	238	amounts. 2
239	239	(4) A certification of compliance with required 3
240	240	Federal, State, and local environmental laws and 4
241	241	State and local land use policies, unless the eligible 5
242	242	entity— 6
243	243	(A) intends to use grant amounts to facili-7
244	244	tate the planning or design required for permit 8
245	245	approval; or 9
246	246	(B) demonstrates that the construction, 10
247	247	preservation, conversion, retrofitting, or renova-11
248	248	tion of an existing facility does not require envi-12
249	249	ronmental review. 13
250	250	(5) A business plan for the eligible child care 14
251	251	provider associated with the application, submitted 15
252	252	at the time of application or not later than 1 year 16
253	253	after the date on which the application is submitted, 17
254	254	including— 18
255	255	(A) a budget or, in the case of a new eligi-19
256	256	ble child care provider, a proposed budget; 20
257	257	(B) appropriate State and local licensing 21
258	258	or, in the case of a new eligible child care pro-22
259	259	vider, a copy of the application of the provider 23
260	260	for appropriate State and local licensing; and 24
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264	264	(C) copies of contracts between the pro-1
265	265	vider and a local, county, regional, State, or 2
266	266	Federal governmental entity, to facilitate— 3
267	267	(i) the business operations of the pro-4
268	268	vider; or 5
269	269	(ii) the enrollment of children from 6
270	270	low-income families with the provider. 7
271	271	(d) A
272	272	WARDING OFGRANTS.— 8
273	273	(1) P
274	274	RIORITY.—In awarding grants under the 9
275	275	Program, the Secretary shall give priority to each el-10
276	276	igible entity that demonstrates that the eligible child 11
277	277	care provider associated with the application of the 12
278	278	entity will— 13
279	279	(A) operate in a child care desert, a low- 14
280	280	income community, or a rural area as deter-15
281	281	mined by the Secretary; 16
282	282	(B) certify designation as a Head Start 17
283	283	provider, an Early Head Start Provider, a Mi-18
284	284	grant and Seasonal Head Start Provider, or an 19
285	285	American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start 20
286	286	Provider, or enroll at least 10 percent of chil-21
287	287	dren from very low-income families; or 22
288	288	(C) demonstrate a partnership with a com-23
289	289	munity development financial institution, in-24
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293	293	cluding through the provision of financial or 1
294	294	technical assistance. 2
295	295	(2) G
296	296	RANT AMOUNTS.—An eligible entity may 3
297	297	be awarded not more than $10,000,000 under the 4
298	298	Program. 5
299	299	(e) U
300	300	SE OFAMOUNTS.— 6
301	301	(1) E
302	302	LIGIBLE USES.—An eligible entity may 7
303	303	only use grant amounts provided under the Program 8
304	304	to facilitate the design, planning, construction, ac-9
305	305	quisition, preservation, conversion, retrofitting, long- 10
306	306	term leasing, or renovation of a new or existing co- 11
307	307	location facility. 12
308	308	(2) D
309	309	ISTRIBUTION.—An eligible entity receiving 13
310	310	a grant under the Program may distribute grant 14
311	311	amounts to a government entity, a nonprofit organi-15
312	312	zation that develops housing, a public housing agen-16
313	313	cy, a tribally designated housing entity, or other ap-17
314	314	propriate entity as determined by the Secretary, to 18
315	315	carry out activities in accordance with this section. 19
316	316	(3) F
317	317	INANCE PRODUCTS.—A community devel-20
318	318	opment financial institution receiving a grant under 21
319	319	the Program may capitalize amounts received to cre-22
320	320	ate financial products, including loans, to carry out 23
321	321	activities in accordance with this section. 24
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326	326	SISTANCE.—An eligible entity may use— 2
327	327	(A) not more than 10 percent of amounts 3
328	328	awarded under this section to facilitate the pre- 4
329	329	development phase of a new facility, including 5
330	330	planning and design; and 6
331	331	(B) not more than 10 percent of amounts 7
332	332	awarded under this section to partner with a 8
333	333	community development financial institution 9
334	334	that provides technical assistance and capacity 10
335	335	building to help the eligible entity— 11
336	336	(i) submit applications to the Pro-12
337	337	gram; 13
338	338	(ii) support an eligible child care pro-14
339	339	vider that is home-based with meeting rel-15
340	340	evant State and local licensing and quality 16
341	341	standards; and 17
342	342	(iii) conduct pre-development activi-18
343	343	ties. 19
344	344	(f) A
345	345	SSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide tech-20
346	346	nical assistance and publish best practices online to facili-21
347	347	tate the operation of co-location facilities. 22
348	348	(g) R
349	349	EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 23
350	350	after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 24
351	351	thereafter for the duration of the Program, the Secretary 25
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355	355	shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 1
356	356	a report regarding the implementation of the Program, in-2
357	357	cluding— 3
358	358	(1) the number of grants awarded; 4
359	359	(2) a description of the activities funded; 5
360	360	(3) the number of child care slots created, in-6
361	361	cluding the number of child care slots serving chil-7
362	362	dren from low-income families or children who are 8
363	363	dual language learners; 9
364	364	(4) the number of child care slots preserved 10
365	365	that were at risk of elimination due to a child care 11
366	366	center closing or proposed price increases; 12
367	367	(5) the number and percentage of residents in 13
368	368	a co-location facility that use or are employed by the 14
369	369	associated child care program; 15
370	370	(6) the number of staff employed by the child 16
371	371	care provider; 17
372	372	(7) demographic data of residents of housing 18
373	373	facilities associated with the Program; 19
374	374	(8) the number and type of projects facilitated 20
375	375	through eligible uses of amounts described in para-21
376	376	graphs (2) and (3) of subsection (e); 22
377	377	(9) the number of early childhood providers 23
378	378	supported with funds from the Program; and 24
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382	382	(10) the number of eligible entities of each type 1
383	383	that receive grant funding under the Program. 2
384	384	(h) A
385	385	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—There is 3
386	386	authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 4
387	387	$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031. 5
388	388	SEC. 5. GAO STUDY AND REPORT REGARDING CHILD CARE 6
389	389	ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUS-7
390	390	ING. 8
391	391	Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 9
392	392	of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 10
393	393	shall conduct a study and submit to the appropriate con-11
394	394	gressional committees a report on the availability and af-12
395	395	fordability of child care for residents of public housing 13
396	396	dwelling units, which shall include the following: 14
397	397	(1) A description of how amounts from the fol-15
398	398	lowing programs have been used by eligible child 16
399	399	care providers to establish, renovate, or improve fa-17
400	400	cilities: 18
401	401	(A) The community development block 19
402	402	grant program under title I of the Housing and 20
403	403	Community Development Act of 1974 (42 21
404	404	U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). 22
405	405	(B) New markets tax credits under section 23
406	406	45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 24
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410	410	(C) The Community Development Finan-1
411	411	cial Institutions Fund established under section 2
412	412	104(a) of the Community Development Bank-3
413	413	ing and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (42 4
414	414	U.S.C. 4703(a)). 5
415	415	(D) Low-income housing tax credits under 6
416	416	section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 7
417	417	1986. 8
418	418	(E) Capital Magnet Fund funds under sec-9
419	419	tion 1339 of the Federal Housing Enterprises 10
420	420	Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 11
421	421	(12 U.S.C. 4569). 12
422	422	(F) HOME Investment Partnerships Pro-13
423	423	gram funds under title II of the Cranston-Gon-14
424	424	zalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 15
425	425	U.S.C. 12721 et seq.). 16
426	426	(2) An evaluation of the effects of housing and 17
427	427	child care costs on the economic outlook of residents 18
428	428	of public housing dwelling units. 19
429	429	(3) An evaluation of what percentage of resi-20
430	430	dents of public housing dwelling units are both— 21
431	431	(A) cost-burdened, as defined by the Sec-22
432	432	retary; and 23
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436	436	(B) part of a household where not less 1
437	437	than 7 percent of the income of the household 2
438	438	is spent on child care. 3
439	439	(4) Identification and analysis of State or local 4
440	440	laws that are barriers to building or maintaining a 5
441	441	facility for use by eligible child care providers within 6
442	442	or near a public housing dwelling unit. 7
443	443	(5) An assessment of how housing assistance 8
444	444	provided under the program for rental assistance 9
445	445	under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 10
446	446	1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) affects the ability of resi-11
447	447	dents of public housing dwelling units to afford child 12
448	448	care and other essential expenses, including— 13
449	449	(A) food; 14
450	450	(B) telecommunications services and equip-15
451	451	ment such as broadband internet connectivity 16
452	452	and cellular phones; and 17
453	453	(C) means of transportation such as auto-18
454	454	mobiles, bicycles, or public transportation. 19
455	455	(6) An evaluation of the efficacy of the child 20
456	456	and dependent care tax credit under section 21 of 21
457	457	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the earned in-22
458	458	come tax credit under section 32 of the Internal 23
459	459	Revenue Code of 1986, the child tax credit under 24
460	460	section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 25
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464	464	and dependent care flexible spending arrangements 1
465	465	for residents of public housing dwelling units, includ-2
466	466	ing— 3
467	467	(A) the degree of public knowledge about 4
468	468	such programs; 5
469	469	(B) the degree of success of outreach or 6
470	470	public education programs regarding such pro-7
471	471	grams; and 8
472	472	(C) an assessment of the sufficiency of 9
473	473	each program to cover the costs of child care. 10
474	474	(7) An evaluation of the extent that residents of 11
475	475	public housing dwelling units receive information re-12
476	476	garding child care resources from Federal agencies 13
477	477	or public housing agencies. 14
478	478	(8) Recommendations to improve access to child 15
479	479	care within and near public housing dwelling units 16
480	480	and to improve awareness of the availability of Fed-17
481	481	eral programs to assist with the costs of housing and 18
482	482	child care. 19
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