[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6948 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6948

 To authorize affordable housing construction as an eligible activity 
  under the Community Development Block Grant Program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 10, 2024

  Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize affordable housing construction as an eligible activity 
  under the Community Development Block Grant Program, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Housing Supply Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER 
              COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligible Activity.--Subsection (a) of section 105 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (25)(D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(27) the new construction of affordable housing, within 
        the meaning given such term under section 215 of the Cranston-
        Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12745).''.
    (b) Low and Moderate Income Requirement.--Paragraph (3) of section 
105(c) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5305(c)(3)) is amended by striking ``or rehabilitation'' and inserting 
``, rehabilitation, or new construction''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect only to amounts appropriated after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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