ABODE Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The ABODE Act requires the HUD Secretary, in consultation with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency, to conduct a grant competition for academic organizations, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit or nonprofit mission-driven developers. Grants support development or rehabilitation of single-family and multifamily homes for households with incomes at or below 50 percent of area median income. The competition must focus on reducing development costs, increasing resiliency, improving energy efficiency, improving accessibility for individuals with disabilities, and selecting scalable projects. HUD must also study short-term and long-term savings from resilience and energy-efficiency measures used in the homes. Grants are awarded at completion of the contract for building a predetermined number of homes that meet predetermined resilience and energy-efficiency measures. HUD must prioritize severe affordable housing shortage areas, quality, durability, maintenance costs, neighborhood design compatibility, and universal design. A report to Congress is due within two years with funded projects, completed projects, number and sale or rental price of affordable homes, and study results. Such sums as necessary are authorized.
Who Benefits and How
Low-income households benefit if the competition produces affordable homes for people at or below 50 percent of area median income. People with disabilities benefit because universal design and accessibility are explicit priorities. Nonprofit housing developers, mission-driven developers, and academic housing organizations benefit from a new grant competition. Communities with severe affordable housing shortages benefit from prioritized projects. Energy-efficiency and resilience providers may benefit from demand for compliant design, construction, and rehabilitation work.
Who Bears the Burden and How
HUD must design the competition, consult DOE and EPA, set completion-based grant terms, prioritize applications, study savings, and report to Congress within two years. Grant recipients must build or rehabilitate predetermined numbers of homes, meet resilience and energy-efficiency measures, document quality and accessibility, and provide pricing data. DOE and EPA must provide consultation. Federal taxpayers fund the authorized grants. Developers may carry performance risk because grants are awarded at contract completion.
Key Provisions
- Creates a HUD grant competition for affordable resilient homes serving households at or below 50 percent of area median income.
- Allows academic organizations, nonprofits, and mission-driven developers to compete for grants.
- Prioritizes severe housing shortage areas, quality, durability, maintenance costs, neighborhood compatibility, and universal design.
- Requires HUD to study short-term and long-term savings from resilience and energy-efficiency measures.
- Requires a two-year report to Congress on funded projects, completed homes, prices, and study results.
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs HUD, in consultation with DOE and EPA, to run a grant competition for academic organizations, nonprofits, and mission-driven developers to build or rehabilitate affordable single-family and multifamily homes for households at or below 50 percent of area median income, emphasizing lower development costs, resilience, energy efficiency, disability accessibility, scale, severe housing shortages, and a two-year report to Congress.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Energy Efficiency, Disability Access
Primary Purpose
Directs HUD, in consultation with DOE and EPA, to run a grant competition for academic organizations, nonprofits, and mission-driven developers to build or rehabilitate affordable single-family and multifamily homes for households at or below 50 percent of area median income, emphasizing lower development costs, resilience, energy efficiency, disability accessibility, scale, severe housing shortages, and a two-year report to Congress.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Low-income households
- People with disabilities
- Nonprofit housing developers
- Mission-driven developers
- Housing shortage communities
Identified Costs
- HUD
- Department of Energy
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Grant recipients
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Mr. Foster (for himself, Ms. Pettersen, and Mr. Fields) introduced …
Stakeholder Effects
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Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, HUD
Low-income households, People with disabilities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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