3.0.0 2951 2022-10-28T01:46:11Z 2022-10-28T01:46:11Z Senate S 2019-11-21 116 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-11-21T20:46:30Z Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2020 116 5187 HR 2020-12-24 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569. Related bill CRS 2019-11-21 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-11-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-11-21 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-11-21 True Housing and Community Development Building construction Disability assistance Emergency planning and evacuation Energy efficiency and conservation Environmental health Floods and storm protection Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Housing finance and home ownership Housing for the elderly and disabled Housing supply and affordability Indian social and development programs Low- and moderate-income housing Minority and disadvantaged businesses Public contracts and procurement Public housing Residential rehabilitation and home repair Rural conditions and development State and local government operations User charges and fees Water use and supply Women's employment Housing and Community Development 00 2019-11-21 Introduced in Senate 2020-10-09T15:38:01Z Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019

This bill authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs.

Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for

  • public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings;
  • states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing;
  • very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing;
  • Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services;
  • nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development;
  • state housing finance agencies to provide supportive housing for individuals with disabilities;
  • private nonprofit organizations to provide supportive housing for the elderly; and
  • states, counties, and cities to develop and preserve affordable housing.

The bill also requires that specified portions of funding made available under the bill be used for water and energy efficiency.

In administering such funding made available under the bill, the relevant federal agencies must consult with grantees and recipients and meet with state and local government officials for the purpose of recommending and promoting funding opportunities and initiatives to include minority and women's business enterprises in such grant activities.

]]> Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019 Display Title Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to facilitate the development of affordable housing, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2951is/xml/BILLS-116s2951is.xml 2019-11-21 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.