3.0.0 2876 2022-11-01T05:17:26Z 2022-11-01T05:17:26Z Senate S 2019-11-14 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-14T21:22:44Z Green New Deal for Public Housing Act 116 5185 HR 2019-12-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9284) Identical bill CRS 2019-11-14 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-11-14 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-11-14 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2020-07-29 False Housing and Community Development Air quality Alternative and renewable resources Architecture Building construction Buy American requirements Child care and development Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Electric power generation and transmission Emergency planning and evacuation Employee hiring Employment and training programs Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental health Family services Government studies and investigations Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Housing and community development funding Housing industry and standards Indian social and development programs Infrastructure development Labor market Lighting, heating, cooling Low- and moderate-income housing Public contracts and procurement Public housing Rural conditions and development Solid waste and recycling State and local government operations Water quality Water use and supply Housing and Community Development 00 2019-11-14 Introduced in Senate 2021-02-10T17:36:42Z Green New Deal for Public Housing Act

This bill addresses energy efficiency and workforce development in the context of public housing.

Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must award grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) and other eligible entities under a variety of new programs, including programs for

  • facilitating workforce development and high-income employment transition;
  • conducting physical needs assessments and subsequent energy efficiency retrofits; and
  • making upgrades, replacements, and improvements for energy efficiency, building electrification, and water quality upgrades.

Recipients of these grants must provide relocation assistance for residents who are displaced during construction and must ensure that they can return to their homes once retrofitting is completed.

A certain percentage of the employment positions generated by these grant programs and other specified federal grant programs must be filled by low-income individuals, and a specified percentage of certain contracts associated with these programs must be awarded to businesses owned by residents of public housing.

The bill also repeals a provision that prohibits a PHA from using HUD funds to construct or operate new public housing units if doing so would result in the PHA owning or operating more units than it did on October 1, 1999.

]]> Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Display Title Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2876is/xml/BILLS-116s2876is.xml 2019-11-14 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.