3.0.0 453 2022-02-03T06:06:14Z 2022-02-03T06:06:14Z Senate S S 2009-02-23 111 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-02-23T20:38:38Z Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 111 932 HR 2009-02-10 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Identical bill CRS 2009-02-23 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-02-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2009-02-23 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2009-09-09 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2009-10-22 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2009-10-26 False Housing and Community Development Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing and community development funding Housing supply and affordability Land transfers Land use and conservation Public participation and lobbying Residential rehabilitation and home repair State and local government operations State and local taxation Urban and suburban affairs and development Housing and Community Development 00 2009-02-23 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-10T19:29:42Z Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a demonstration program, under multiyear cooperative agreements with local governments experiencing at least 20% population loss since 1970 (or consortia of them), to encourage and test innovative vacant property reclamation and urban infrastructure renewal strategies in older industrial cities, their suburbs, and metropolitan areas with a history of severe population and employment loss, blight, and decay caused by vacant properties.

Specifies as vacant property and program capacity activities establishment of: (1) local or regional land banks; (2) recovered building materials reuse and recycling infrastructure, facilities, and technical support; (3) local government purchasing requirements for deconstruction to make use of existing building materials stock in new and rehabilitation construction; and (4) the ability of state and local courts and administrative agencies to address problems caused by vacant and abandoned properties, and to facilitate their transfer to public control under a local or regional land bank.

Enumerates other related activities, including: (1) expansion and improvement of code enforcement capabilities; (2) development of data and information systems such as comprehensive real property systems, early warning systems, and vacant property inventory and tracking systems; and (3) amendment or reform of state and local property tax foreclosure procedures.

Specifies stabilization, design, development, reuse, and planning and policy innovation activities.

Requires an applicant local government or consortium to establish a regeneration plan for the community or region. Directs the Secretary by regulation to provide for citizen participation requirements relating to the development and implementation of such plans.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to local governments (and consortia of them) for sustainability demonstration projects.

Directs the Secretary to convene a Federal Interagency Regeneration Communities Coordinating Council to develop federal agency support plans for communities receiving such grants.

]]> Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 Display Title Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants and offer technical assistance to local governments and others to design and implement innovative policies, programs, and projects that address widespread property vacancy and abandonment, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2009-02-23T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s453is/xml/BILLS-111s453is.xml 2009-02-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.