[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9553 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9553

    To authorize funding of enriched resident services in federally 
          assisted affordable housing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2024

  Mr. Aguilar (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. 
  Peters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Takano, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Vargas, Mr. 
    Veasey, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Norton, Mr. Levin, Mr. Ruiz, Mrs. 
Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Titus, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Nadler, 
Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Carbajal, and Mr. Trone) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize funding of enriched resident services in federally 
          assisted affordable housing, 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 ``Affordable Housing Resident Services 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENT SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the Administration of Children and Families (in 
this Act referred to as the ``Director''), shall annually, as part of 
the Services Research Demonstration program, award grants on a 
competitive basis to eligible recipients as described in subsection 
(b).
    (b) Eligible Recipients.--
            (1) In general.--A grant under this section may only be 
        made only to--
                    (A) an entity that has demonstrated experience and 
                capacity in owning, managing, and operating qualified 
                properties or delivering resident supportive services 
                within qualified properties; or
                    (B) a tribe or tribal organization.
            (2) Priority.--The Director shall give priority to mission-
        driven, non-profit entities when awarding grants under this 
        section.
    (c) Terms of Grant.--Grants awarded under this section shall be 
funded for a term of 5 years.
    (d) Voluntary Services.--An entity that receives a grant under this 
section may not require any resident to accept any services provided by 
such entity using such grant amounts.
    (e) Eligible Activities.--
            (1) In general.--An eligible recipient may use not more 
        than 75 percent of any amount awarded under this section to 
        cover the costs of activities undertaken by a service 
        coordinator--
                    (A) increasing the access of residents to health 
                services, including mental health services;
                    (B) providing educational opportunities for 
                residents, including after-school programming, 
                mentoring, tutoring, college and career readiness, and 
                life skills training;
                    (C) enhancing the economic self-sufficiency of 
                residents by providing financial literacy, housing 
                stability, and homeownership opportunities or 
                connecting residents with housing counselors approved 
                by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
                promote these services;
                    (D) assisting older adults to enable them to age in 
                place, including by connecting them with services and 
                supports to facilitate the ability to age in community, 
                home modifications, accessibility upgrades, as well as 
                home- and community-based services;
                    (E) enabling residents with disabilities to live 
                independently and in integrated settings, including by 
                providing home-and community-based services;
                    (F) assisting residents to receive public benefits 
                for which they are eligible;
                    (G) an additional activity as determined 
                appropriate by the Director.
            (2) Use of amounts for salary, benefits, and training.--Not 
        less than 25 percent of any amounts awarded to an eligible 
        recipient under this section shall be by such eligible 
        recipient for salary, benefits, and training for service 
        coordinators.
    (f) Qualified Properties.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``qualified property'' means a property--
            (1) assisted under--
                    (A) the low-income housing tax credit under section 
                42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    (B) the project-based rental assistance programs 
                under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
                1937, including units assisted by project-based 
                vouchers under section 8(o)(13) of such Act;
                    (C) the program under section 236 of the National 
                Housing Act;
                    (D) the below-market interest rate mortgage program 
                under section 22(d)(3) of the National Housing Act;
                    (E) the rural rental housing program under section 
                515 of the Housing Act of 1949;
                    (F) a program under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
                Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.), but 
                only permanent supportive housing projects subsidized 
                under such programs;
                    (G) section 1131 of Public Law 110-289;
                    (H) the supportive housing for the elderly program 
                under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959;
                    (I) the supportive housing program for persons with 
                disabilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
                National Affordable Housing Act;
                    (J) the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS 
                under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
                National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et 
                seq.);
                    (K) affordable housing units owned by public 
                housing agencies that are not assisted under the 
                Housing Act of 1937; or
                    (L) properties funded through, or who work in 
                partnership with programs funded through, a community 
                services block grant; or
            (2) otherwise determined qualified by the Director.
    (g) Selection Criteria.--Grants shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis, based on the following selection criteria:
            (1) The extent to which a grant may enable an applicant to 
        provide new types of enriched services, to provide services to 
        more residents, or provide more effective services to 
        residents.
            (2) The extent to which an applicant can demonstrate the 
        likelihood of achieving objective outcomes for its residents 
        that are described in the application.
            (3) The extent of experience with respect to eligible 
        activities and a demonstrable track record in providing 
        resident services.
            (4) The extent of relationships and partnerships an 
        applicant has with localities, non-profits, continuums of care, 
        Federally qualified health centers (as defined in section 861 
        of the Social Security Act), and other health care providers 
        that provide services or facilitate the provision of services 
        that improve outcomes for residents.
            (5) Any experience the applicant has with respect to 
        development, ownership, and management of qualified properties 
        for low-income families, seniors, and disabled persons.
            (6) The selection of a diverse range of grantees, including 
        minority business enterprises and owners of properties located 
        in rural areas, persistent poverty areas, colonias, the United 
        States territories, and other underserved areas.
    (h) Coordination.--The Director may coordinate with the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development as the Director determines 
appropriate.
    (i) Use of Amounts.--
            (1) In general.--The Director may reserve not more than 5 
        percent of any amounts appropriated to carry out this section 
        for technical assistance activities which support grantees 
        under this program.
            (2) Capacity building.--A recipient of grant funds under 
        this section may reserve not more than 1 percent of amounts 
        from each grant awarded for use to develop the capacity of the 
        grantee associated with such grant.
            (3) Caseworker capacity.--Amounts awarded to a grantee may 
        be used by such grantee to finance the hiring of caseworkers to 
        assist in carrying out eligible activities.
    (j) Program Evaluation and Outcomes.--Each year, each grantee that 
receives amounts under this Act shall submit to the Director, and the 
Director shall post on a on a publicly accessible website, a 
description of each activity carried out by such grantee using amounts 
provided and the impact of such activity.
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