3.0.0 3452 2022-02-08T23:15:56Z 2022-02-08T23:15:56Z Senate S 2020-03-12 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-12T14:32:15Z Community Energy Savings Program Act of 2019 116 5514 HR 2019-12-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Related bill CRS Community Energy Savings Program Act of 2019 116 2382 S 2019-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2020-03-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N Housing and Community Development Alternative and renewable resources Appropriations Building construction Congressional oversight Department of Housing and Urban Development Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Executive agency funding and structure Families Government lending and loan guarantees Government trust funds Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Housing finance and home ownership Housing supply and affordability Income tax credits Indian social and development programs Interest, dividends, interest rates Landlord and tenant Low- and moderate-income housing Public housing Residential rehabilitation and home repair Rural conditions and development Small business Housing and Community Development 00 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2021-01-06T14:49:44Z Affordable Housing Opportunities Made Equitable Act or the Affordable HOME Act

This bill addresses housing affordability and availability as well as housing for low-income and homeless individuals.

Among other things, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide grants for down payment assistance to qualifying home purchasers.

Further, the bill establishes a tax credit for homeowners equal to 15% of annual mortgage interest paid or accrued on a mortgage for a primary residence.

In addition, HUD must establish programs for constructing and preserving certain low-income multifamily rental housing projects in rural areas. HUD must also provide grants to entities to acquire and preserve manufactured housing communities. Further, the bill provides additional FY2020 appropriations for the Housing Trust Fund, which provides assistance to states to produce and preserve affordable housing.

Additionally, the bill specifies the number of low-income housing choice vouchers HUD must provide in FY2021-FY2030. Further, the bill provides FY2021-FY2030 appropriations for HUD to assist permanent supportive housing.

The bill also provides for various protections for renters, including by (1) prohibiting landlords from evicting tenants, with certain exceptions; (2) prohibiting housing discrimination against individuals based on source of income; and (3) requiring certain landlords to give the tenant of a rental property an opportunity to purchase that property before selling or transferring the property.

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