3.0.0 1621 2023-01-11T13:22:15Z 2023-01-11T13:22:15Z Senate S S 2011-09-22 112 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-09-23T00:11:47Z Livable Communities Act of 2011 112 3325 HR 2012-01-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2011-09-22 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5914-5919) IntroReferral 2011-09-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5913-5914) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2011-09-22 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2011-09-22 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2011-09-22 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-09-22 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-09-22 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2011-09-22 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2011-09-22 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-09-22 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-09-22 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-09-22 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2011-09-22 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2011-09-22 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-09-22 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-09-22 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-09-22 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2011-09-22 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-09-22 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-10-03 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-07-16 False Housing and Community Development Agricultural conservation and pollution Building construction Department of Housing and Urban Development Economic development Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental health Executive agency funding and structure Farmland Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Housing and community development funding Housing supply and affordability Land use and conservation Low- and moderate-income housing Public transit Regional and metropolitan planning Rural conditions and development Urban and suburban affairs and development Housing and Community Development 00 2011-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-01T22:18:29Z Livable Communities Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC).

Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants to eligible entities (partnerships between a consortium of units of general local government and an eligible partner or an Indian tribe that meets specified requirements). Defines "eligible partner" as a metropolitan planning organization, a rural planning organization, or a regional council, or one of these and a state, an Indian tribe, a state and an Indian tribe, or an institution of higher education.

Requires the use of a comprehensive planning grant to carry out a project to: (1) coordinate locally defined planning processes, across jurisdictions and agencies; (2) identify regional partnerships for developing and implementing a comprehensive regional plan; (3) conduct or update assessments to determine regional needs and promote economic and community development; (4) develop or update a comprehensive regional plan or goals and strategies to implement an existing comprehensive regional plan and other related activities; and (5) identify local zoning and other code changes necessary to implement a comprehensive regional plan and promote sustainable development.

Requires the use of a community challenge grant to: (1) promote integrated planning and investments across policy and governmental jurisdictions, and (2) implement projects identified in a comprehensive regional plan.

Authorizes the Secretary of HUD to make or guarantee (up to 75% of) loans to eligible governmental, corporate, or partnership borrowers for infrastructure development projects used to support transit-oriented development.

Requires the Director of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control to lead the federal initiative to support healthy housing and eradicate housing-related health hazards.

Requires the Secretary to study how sustainable building features in housing, such as energy efficiency, affect: (1) the quality of the indoor environment, (2) the prevalence of housing-related health hazards, and (3) the health of such occupants.

States that no housing assisted using a grant under this Act may be made available to an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States.

 

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