DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 8294), H6837, H6838, H6840, H6841, H6842, H6843, H6845, H6847, H6848, H6849, H6850 [19JY], H6891, H6892, H6893, H6895 [20JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 8294), consideration (H. Res. 1232), H6717 [19JY]

Articles and editorials

Black Communities Are Last in Line for Disaster Planning in Texas, H5581 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: establish grant program to address crises in accessing affordable housing and child care through co-location of housing and child care (see H.R. 9375), H8707 [1DE]

Community development: make grants to nonprofit community organizations for development of open space on municipally owned vacant lots in urban areas (see H.R. 6496), H301 [25JA]

Community Development Block Grant: waive certain requirements for funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond to homelessness and emergency rental assistance needs (see H.R. 9210), H8408 [21OC]

Community Development Block Grant Program: authorize affordable housing construction as eligible activity (see H.R. 9522), H9729 [13DE]

——— modernize formulas for allocation of grants for entitlement communities to more effectively target such amounts for community development needs (see H.R. 7868), H5214 [24MY]

——— require recipients to develop strategy to support inclusive zoning policies and allow for credit to support housing affordability (see S. 5223), S7070 [8DE] (see H.R. 9466), H8873 [8DE]

Community Development Fund: making appropriations to provide emergency assistance for disaster response and recovery (see S. 3821), S1119 [10MR]

Credit: clarify Federal law relative to reporting certain consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies (see H.R. 8985), H8119 [26SE]

Crime: establish grant program to address deed fraud (see H.R. 9192), H8402 [18OC]

Dept. of Energy: establish grant program to facilitate electric vehicle sharing services operated at public housing projects (see H.R. 6662), H1112 [9FE]

Dept. of HUD and EPA: require disclosure of asbestos hazards in sale and lease of residential dwellings (see H.R. 7175), H3853 [18MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish task force on child and family economic security and stability for economic growth (see H.R. 9323), H8541 [16NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: modify eligibility requirements for entities that provide case management services to homeless veterans (see H.R. 6677), H1112 [9FE]

Depts. of Agriculture and HUD: submit reports to Congress regarding dwelling units in assisted housing that fail property inspections (see H.R. 8476), H7066 [21JY]

——— unify and strengthen health and safety inspection standards for rental housing assistance programs (see H.R. 7911), H5226 [31MY]

Depts. of Defense and HUD: take certain actions relative to housing shortage for servicemembers (see S. 4563), S3542 [20JY] (see H.R. 7564), H4453 [21AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 4670), S3782 [28JY] (see H.R. 8294), H5934 [5JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 8294), consideration (see H. Res. 1232), H6881 [19JY]

Digital Literacy and Equity Commission: establish (see H.R. 6373), H77 [12JA]

Discrimination: prohibit discrimination in rental of dwelling units based on use of Section 8 housing vouchers (see H.R. 6556), H330 [1FE]

——— protect veterans and low-income families from housing discrimination based on source of income, veterans status, or military status (see S. 4485), S3160 [23JN] (see H.R. 8213), H5877 [23JN]

Federal aid programs: carry out rent stabilization program to provide short-term financial assistance to extremely low-income families at risk of eviction (see H.R. 8327), H5945 [11JY]

——— establish new units of public housing and private market affordable housing and provide grants to combat gentrification and neighborhood destabilization (see H.R. 7191), H3858 [21MR]

——— increase accountability, transparency, and local control of governing boards under Continuum of Care program (see H.R. 6426), H252 [19JA]

——— make grants to States and Indian tribes to support local resiliency offices (see H.R. 7178), H3858 [21MR]

——— reinstate and modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and public housing and tenant-based rental assistance programs work requirements (see S. 4438), S3031 [21JN]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: adjust affordable housing allocations (see H.R. 8599), H7537 [29JY]

FEMA: improve individual assistance by simplifying process for seeking assistance following major disaster (see H.R. 8416), H6881 [19JY]

——— make available certain housing-related disaster assistance for families affected by major disasters (see S. 5035), S5541 [29SE]

GAO: conduct study to identify barriers to reducing homelessness by providing housing assistance under Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs (see H.R. 7123), H3826 [17MR]

——— report to Congress on capacity of federally-assisted housing to support broadband service (see H.R. 8778), H7738 [6SE]

Government regulations: require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install self-closing doors in such units (see H.R. 6529), H307 [28JA]

——— require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install temperature sensors in such units (see S. 3561), S496 [2FE] (see H.R. 6528), H307 [28JA]

Hazardous substances: provide for additional lead-based paint poisoning prevention procedures for families with children under certain age (see H.R. 7165), H3853 [18MR]

Health care facilities: provide parity relative to access to mortgage insurance for hospitals program for licensed hospitals (see H.R. 8179), H5822 [22JN]

Homeless: authorize grant program to assist State and local governments, Continuums of Care, and community-based organizations that administer health and homelessness services to better coordinate those services (see S. 4482), S3159 [23JN] (see H.R. 7716), H4860 [11MY]

Housing: address homelessness and affordable housing crises (see S. 3788), S1059 [8MR] (see H.R. 6989), H1373 [8MR]

——— authorize certain loans to be made to low-income families residing in condominium units to cover costs of special assessments imposed for repair or replacement of common areas, systems, and features (see H.R. 7532), H4448 [18AP]

——— clarify process and standards for rulemaking establishing standards for energy efficiency in manufactured housing (see H.R. 7651), H4713 [3MY]

——— collect and make publicly available data on properties receiving allocation of credit under low-income housing tax credit (see S. 4737), S3861 [2AU]

——— create database of eviction information, establish grant programs for eviction prevention and legal aid, and limit use of housing court-related records in consumer reports (see H.R. 6696), H1113 [9FE]

——— develop program to provide assistance to creditworthy borrowers with Federal student debt in purchasing certain foreclosed homes (see H.R. 7368), H4126 [1AP]

——— ensure parity in collection of housing data relative to key demographics not currently captured in Federal data sets to enhance accountability and transparency in evaluation of housing and housing programs (see H.R. 8269), H5929 [1JY]

——— establish competitive grant program to support construction, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable workforce housing in areas with shortages of affordable housing units for sale (see S. 4789), S4440 [6SE]

——— expand certain service coordinator programs (see H.R. 8866), H7881 [15SE]

——— increase supply of, and lower rents for, affordable housing and assess calculations of area median income for purposes of Federal low-income housing assistance (see S. 4534), S3308 [14JY] (see H.R. 7739), H4919 [12MY]

——— insure loans made to condominium associations to finance repair or replacement of common areas, systems, and features (see H.R. 8304), H5939 [7JY]

——— make grants to modify and upgrade structures to serve as interim and permanent housing to accommodate unhoused individuals with pets (see H.R. 8074), H5609 [15JN]

——— protect consumers from price-gouging of residential rental and sale prices (see H.R. 8360), H6334 [13JY]

——— provide funding to affordable housing owners for resident supportive services (see H.R. 6602), H975 [4FE]

——— remove requirement on lessors to provide thirty day notice to vacate (see H.R. 9062), H8315 [29SE]

——— require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for disabled (see S. 4447), S3075 [22JN]

——— support development of limited equity cooperatives (see H.R. 7697), H4796 [10MY]

Housing Stabilization Fund: establish to provide emergency housing assistance to extremely low-income renters and homeowners (see H.R. 6453), H288 [20JA]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and provide liability protection for local law enforcement who enforce Federal laws (see S. 3452), S118 [10JA]

Information technology: include reasonable costs for high-speed Internet service in utility allowances for families residing in public housing (see H.R. 8077), H5609 [15JN]

Inspector General: submit report to Congress on New York City Housing Authority (see H.R. 6547), H330 [1FE]

National Fall Prevention Awareness Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 107), H8010 [20SE]

Native Americans: provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see S. 5140), S6857 [29NO]

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.: establish national land bank network (see H.R. 8786), H7741 [9SE]

——— provide for grants to carry out neighborhood revitalization activities (see H.R. 6516), H307 [28JA]

Office for the Equitable, Transparent, and Accountable Puerto Rico Reconstruction: establish (see H.R. 9053), H8314 [29SE]

Office of Housing Innovation: establish (see H.R. 8266), H5929 [1JY]

Public housing: increase percentage of authorized units that public housing agency may use for project-based assistance (see H.R. 8539), H7255 [27JY]

——— inspect certain low-income housing developments to ensure compliance with housing quality and safety standards (see H.R. 6740), H1123 [15FE]

——— inspect certain public housing developments to ensure compliance with housing quality and safety standards (see H.R. 6640), H1073 [8FE]

——— require certain public housing agencies to absorb port-in housing choice vouchers (see S. 4028), S2091 [7AP]

Public lands: authorize sale of certain Federal land to States and local governments to address housing shortages (see S. 4062), S2092 [7AP]

Public welfare programs: increase number of landlords participating in Housing Choice Voucher program (see H.R. 6880), H1207 [1MR]

Real estate: require property assessed clean energy financiers to receive consent of mortgage holders and other lien holders before providing financing (see H.R. 7049), H1423 [9MR]

Rural areas: expand authorized activities under Continuum of Care program to address barriers to transitioning families in rural areas to permanent housing (see H.R. 7196), H3862 [24MR]

Safety: require qualifying smoke alarms in certain federally assisted housing (see S. 4442), S3075 [22JN] (see H.R. 7981), H5408 [8JN]

Taxation: impose excise tax on acquisition of single-family homes by certain large investors (see H.R. 8582), H7404 [28JY]

——— qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see S. 5108), S6740 [16NO] (see H.R. 9313), H8541 [16NO]

Urban areas: establish excess urban heat mitigation grant program (see S. 5313), S9625 [20DE] (see H.R. 7534), H4448 [18AP]

Veterans: improve HUD-VA Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH) by removing requirement that participating veterans be assigned case manager and expanding pool of eligible veterans (see H.R. 8313), H5940 [7JY]

——— make homebuyers aware of all loan options by providing veterans with written comparison of Dept. of Veterans Affairs, FHA, and conventional loan options (see H.R. 8616), H7538 [29JY]

Water: improve removal of lead from drinking water in public housing (see S. 4047), S2091 [7AP] (see H.R. 7516), H4443 [14AP]

Cloture motions

de León Bhargava, Elizabeth: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Administration, S2212 [28AP], S2258 [3MY]

Gordon, Julia R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, S2120 [25AP], S2372 [9MY], S2439 [11MY]

Letters

Disaster Survivors Fairness Act: Representative DeFazio, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8563, H8564 [17NO]

——— Representative Velazquez, Committee on Small Business (House), H8563 [17NO]

——— Representative Waters, Committee on Financial Services (House), H8564 [17NO]

Motions

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 8294), H6900 [20JY]

Gordon, Julia R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, S1930 [4AP]

Notices

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) tie vote on nomination of David Uejio to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, S348 [19JA]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) tie vote on nomination of James A. Jemison II to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Public and Indian Housing, S348 [19JA]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) tie vote on nomination of Julia R. Gordon to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, S348 [19JA]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) tie vote on nomination of Solomon J. Greene to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Policy Development and Research, S348 [19JA]

Remarks in House

Community development: authorize grants to assist in redeveloping abandoned shopping centers, H6902 [20JY]

Community Development Block Grant: Disaster Recovery funding for disaster relief in Louisiana, H6842 [19JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 8294), H6664 [15JY], H6733–H6859 [19JY], H6889, H6891–H6901, H6902 [20JY], H7242 [27JY], H7950 [19SE], E759, E760 [20JY], E769 [21JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 8294), consideration (H. Res. 1232), H6711–H6719 [19JY], E789 [27JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 8294), corrections in engrossment, H6901 [20JY]

Disasters: establish community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and provide assistance through community development block grant disaster recovery program, H6466, H6467 [13JY]

FEMA: improve individual assistance by simplifying process for seeking assistance following major disaster (H.R. 8416), H8560–H8566 [17NO]

FHA: establish mortgage insurance and home loan assistance program for first responders (H.R. 3172), H8106 [22SE]

GAO: conduct study to identify barriers to reducing homelessness by providing housing assistance under Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs, H5571 [15JN]

Government regulations: require owners of covered federally assisted rental dwelling units to install temperature sensors in such units (H.R. 6528), H7149, H7150 [26JY]

Housing: address affordable housing crisis, H7262 [28JY], H7571 [12AU], H8555 [17NO]

——— develop program to provide assistance to creditworthy borrowers with Federal student debt in purchasing certain foreclosed homes (H.R. 7368), H4119 [1AP]

Joliet, IL: Housing Authority of Joliet funding, H3715 [15MR]

McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grant Program: funding, E769 [21JY]

National Fall Prevention Awareness Week: designate (H. Con. Res. 107), H8016 [21SE]

Poverty: support livable wage and expanded welfare benefits, provide quality healthcare and education, and institute political and economic reforms to address systemic poverty (H. Res. 438), H9858 [15DE]

Public housing: prohibit climate resilience funding in public housing developments, H6848 [19JY]

Safety: require qualifying smoke alarms in certain federally assisted housing (H.R. 7981), H7131–H7134 [26JY], H7197, H7223 [27JY]

Tenant participation activities: funding, H6844 [19JY]

Water: improve removal of lead from drinking water in public housing, H4805 [11MY]

Remarks in Senate

Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to political nominees, S2442 [11MY]

de León Bhargava, Elizabeth: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Administration, S2212 [28AP], S2258 [3MY]

Gordon, Julia R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, S2120 [25AP], S2442, S2443 [11MY]

——— nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, motion to discharge, S1930 [4AP], S1949 [5AP]

——— nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Housing and FHA Commissioner, unanimous-consent agreement, S2440 [11MY]

Homeless: authorize grant program to assist State and local governments, Continuums of Care, and community-based organizations that administer health and homelessness services to better coordinate those services (S. 4482), S3164 [23JN]

Housing: address affordable housing crisis, S603 [9FE]

——— address homelessness and affordable housing crises (S. 3788), S1062 [8MR]

——— make more affordable, S3670 [26JY]

——— reauthorize budget-neutral demonstration program for energy and water conservation at multifamily residential units and establish green retrofit program (S. 2361), S3671 [26JY]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and provide liability protection for local law enforcement who enforce Federal laws (S. 3452), S120 [10JA], S272 [18JA]

McClain, Kimberly A.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, S3804 [1AU]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S7281 [19DE]

Singh, Vinay V.: nomination to be Dept. of HUD Chief Financial Officer, S3066 [22JN]

Reports filed

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 8294) (H. Rept. 117–402), H5934 [5JY]

Disaster Survivors Fairness Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 8416) (H. Rept. 117–560), H8507 [15NO]

Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 7196) (H. Rept. 117–424), H6921 [20JY]

Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3037) (H. Rept. 117–653), H9909 [20DE]

Housing Temperature Safety Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 6528) (H. Rept. 117–422), H6921 [20JY]

Nomination of Elizabeth de León Bhargava To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Administration: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S351 [19JA]

Nomination of Kimberly A. McClain To Be Assistant Sec. of HUD for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S7134 [13DE]

Public and Federally Assisted Housing Fire Safety Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 7981) (H. Rept. 117–426), H6921 [20JY]

Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 3381) (S. Rept. 117–232), S6999 [6DE]

Texts of

H.R. 6528, Housing Temperature Safety Act, H7149 [26JY]

H.R. 7981, Public and Federally Assisted Housing Fire Safety Act, H7131–H7133 [26JY], H7210, H7235 [27JY]

H.R. 8416, Disaster Survivors Fairness Act, H8560–H8563, H8570–H8573 [17NO]