3.0.0 2900 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z 2023-01-11T13:25:24Z Senate S S 2014-09-18 113 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-09-18T23:23:46Z 2014-09-18 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2014-09-18 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. 2014-09-18 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2014-09-18 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2014-09-18 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2014-09-18 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2014-09-18 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2014-09-18 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2014-09-18 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2014-09-18 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2014-09-18 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2014-09-18 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2014-09-18 True Housing and Community Development Air quality Building construction Congressional oversight Department of Housing and Urban Development Economic development Employee hiring Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental health Executive agency funding and structure Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Housing and community development funding Housing supply and affordability Low- and moderate-income housing Public transit Regional and metropolitan planning Residential rehabilitation and home repair Rural conditions and development Urban and suburban affairs and development Housing and Community Development 00 2014-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2014-10-17T15:55:28Z Livable Communities Act of 2014 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC) to review and coordinate federal policies that:

  • encourage locally directed comprehensive and integrated planning and development at the state, regional, and local levels, and coordinated public investments through development of comprehensive regional plans; and
  • provide long-term affordable, accessible, energy-efficient, healthy and location-efficient housing choices for all people, particularly low-income families.

Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants and community challenge grants to units of general local government or Indian tribes to carry out projects meeting specified criteria.

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 Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes 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 the occupants.

]]> Livable Communities Act of 2014 Display Title Livable Communities Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Livable Communities Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2900is/xml/BILLS-113s2900is.xml 2014-09-18 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.