Addition of Affordable Housing Construction as an Eligible Activity
Section 204 · Sec. 204 ·
What this chapter is about
This part changes an older law about block grants to cities and states. Building new affordable housing is added to the list of things the money may pay for. No more than a fifth of a place's money may go to it. The change reaches only money set aside after this law passes.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: grantees under the Community Development Block Grant programHow: statuteSec. 204 in the PDF
What the document says
“and which shall not exceed 20 percent of the amounts allocated to the recipient.''.”
The section adds a new paragraph (28) to section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, making the new construction of affordable housing an eligible activity, using the meaning of that term in section 215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and capping it at 20 percent of the amounts allocated to the recipient.
What the document actually says
“and which shall not exceed 20 percent of the amounts allocated to the recipient.''.”
That sentence, in plain words
There is a cap on this use of the money. No more than a fifth of what a place gets may go to it.
What this is about
Section 105(a) names what block grant money may pay for. If a use is not on that list, the money cannot go to it. Before this, building new homes was not on the list.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 204 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 105(c)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(c)(3)) is amended by striking ``or rehabilitation'' and inserting ``, rehabilitation, or new construction''.”
The section amends section 105(c)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 so that the phrase covering rehabilitation now also covers new construction.
What the document actually says
“Section 105(c)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(c)(3)) is amended by striking ``or rehabilitation'' and inserting ``, rehabilitation, or new construction''.”
That sentence, in plain words
Two words come out of an older rule. Three words go in. The new words add new building to what the rule covers.
What this is about
That older rule is about who the housing must serve. It sets a test tied to income. The change makes the test reach new homes too.
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The document says “shall apply”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 204 in the PDF
What the document says
“The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect only to amounts appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act.”
The section provides that the amendments apply only to amounts appropriated after the date the Act is enacted.
What the document actually says
“The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect only to amounts appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act.”
That sentence, in plain words
The changes reach only new money. Money set aside before this law passed is not touched.
What this is about
Congress sets money aside each year. The older money keeps the older rules. The newer money follows the new ones.
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The three things the section does: the new eligible activity with its 20 percent cap, the change to the low- and moderate-income requirement, and the limit on which appropriations the amendments reach.
Purely mechanical amendments. Striking an ``and'' or a period so that a new paragraph can be added is not recorded on its own.
The section works by amending section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, which is not indexed here, so nothing is recorded about the rest of that list of eligible activities. The meaning of affordable housing is drawn from section 215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, which is also not indexed here.
