To establish a grant program to increase the local housing supply, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Creates a HUD competitive grant program for jurisdictions that have increased housing supply, allowing them to use federal funds for housing, transportation, and related local development activities.
Who Benefits and How
Local governments that increase housing production could receive new federal funding, and additional housing supply could benefit households facing tight markets.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HUD would need to stand up and run a new competitive grant program with eligibility, methodology, and public-listing requirements.
Key Provisions
- Creates the Innovation Fund Act grant program at HUD.
- Makes metropolitan cities, urban counties, local governments, and tribes eligible if they show objective housing-supply improvement.
- Allows grant funds to be used for CDBG-eligible activities and certain transportation or local assistance purposes.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Creates a HUD competitive grant program for jurisdictions that have increased housing supply, allowing them to use federal funds for housing, transportation, and related local development activities.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Government Operations, Transportation
Primary Purpose
Creates a HUD competitive grant program for jurisdictions that have increased housing supply, allowing them to use federal funds for housing, transportation, and related local development activities.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Local governments that increase housing supply
- Households in markets where new housing supply expands
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Housing and Urban Development staff administering a new grant program
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Cleaver (for himself and Ms. Pressley) introduced the following …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
State, local, and tribal governments that increase housing supply
Homebuilders and housing providers in jurisdictions that qualify for grants
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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