To provide technical assistance and grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments to increase the supply of affordable rental housing, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide technical assistance and grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments to increase the supply of affordable rental housing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies. The main policy domain is Housing, Education, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section id8476518F637E473F9D4468046C21E15F: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Yes in God's Backyard Act.
- Section id7096bdc939004f358fdacc134e113af0: 2. Technical assistance and grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments to remove barriers to and increase...
- Section idC6DF2057D4F24D3FADB12AA87CAB31C6: 290. Definitions In this subtitle: The term affordable rental housing means housing available to the public charging a monthly rent that is not more than 30...
- Section id00c623904ae740108852ceeeb8788d34: 291. Technical assistance program The Secretary shall establish a program to provide technical assistance to assist faith-based organizations, institutions of...
- Section idf4aae3b2cc454d529dfa22f904857aac: 292. Challenge grants to remove barriers to and increase affordable rental housing supply on property owned by faith-based organizations and institutions of...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide technical assistance and grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments to increase the supply of affordable rental housing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies.
Key Policy Areas
Housing, Education, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide technical assistance and grants for faith-based organizations, institutions of higher education, and local governments to increase the supply of affordable rental housing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- homeowners, renters, builders, and housing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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