This part sets up grants for towns that have grown their housing supply. The housing agency must post a list of the places that qualify. At least 25 grants go out a year, each between $250,000 and $10 million. Nothing here lets the agency override local zoning. The program ends after seven years.
“The term ``attainable housing'' means housing that serves households earning not more than 120 percent of the area median income, if the majority of the housing units are affordable to households earning not more than 60 percent of the area median income.”
The section defines attainable housing as housing serving households earning no more than 120 percent of area median income, provided that most of the units are affordable to households earning no more than 60 percent of area median income.
What the document actually says
“The term ``attainable housing'' means housing that serves households earning not more than 120 percent of the area median income, if the majority of the housing units are affordable to households earning not more than 60 percent of the area median income.”
That sentence, in plain words
The homes serve people who earn up to 120 percent of the middle income for the area. Most of the homes must also fit people who earn 60 percent of it or less.
What this is about
The middle income where a person lives is the yardstick. Two tests must both be met. One covers the whole building, one covers most of its homes.
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“that has demonstrated an objective improvement in housing supply growth, as determined by the Secretary, whose methodology for determining such growth is published in the Federal Register to allow for public comment not less than 90 days before the date on which the notice of funding opportunity is made available; or”
The section defines an eligible entity as a metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local government, or Indian tribe, as those terms are used in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, that has shown an objective improvement in housing supply growth as the Secretary determines. The Secretary's method for determining growth must be published in the Federal Register for public comment at least 90 days before the notice of funding opportunity goes out.
What the document actually says
“that has demonstrated an objective improvement in housing supply growth, as determined by the Secretary, whose methodology for determining such growth is published in the Federal Register to allow for public comment not less than 90 days before the date on which the notice of funding opportunity is made available; or”
That sentence, in plain words
A place must show its housing supply really grew. The housing agency decides how that is measured. It must post the method in the Federal Register. That must happen at least 90 days before the money is offered.
What this is about
The Federal Register is the daily notice paper of the government. A method posted there is open to view. People can then write in about it. A place that has not grown its housing is left out.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says
“Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities that have increased their local housing supply.”
The section requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to set up, within a year of enactment, a competitive grant program for eligible entities that have increased their local housing supply.
What the document actually says
“Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities that have increased their local housing supply.”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency must set up a grant program within a year. Places compete for the money. Only places that grew their housing supply may enter.
What this is about
This is a reward for building, not help to start. A place must have already done the work. The grant follows after.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary shall make a list of eligible entities publicly available on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.”
The section requires the Secretary to post a list of eligible entities on the Department of Housing and Urban Development website.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary shall make a list of eligible entities publicly available on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency must post a list of the places that qualify. The list goes on its website.
What this is about
A place has to be judged eligible before it can apply. Posting the list makes that judgment public. Anybody can check who is on it.
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The document says “can”Who acts: eligible entitiesHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says
“(C) carry out initiatives of the eligible entity that facilitate the expansion of the supply of attainable housing and that supplement initiatives the eligible entity has carried out, or is in the process of carrying out, as specified in the application submitted under paragraph (4).”
An eligible entity may use grant funds to carry out activities described in section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, activities permitted under the Local and Regional Project Assistance Program in section 6702 of title 49 of the United States Code, and its own initiatives that expand the supply of attainable housing and build on work it has already done or has under way.
What the document actually says
“(C) carry out initiatives of the eligible entity that facilitate the expansion of the supply of attainable housing and that supplement initiatives the eligible entity has carried out, or is in the process of carrying out, as specified in the application submitted under paragraph (4).”
That sentence, in plain words
The money can pay for the place's own plans to add attainable homes. Those plans must build on work the place has started or finished. The application must say what that work is.
What this is about
The other two uses point to programs that already exist. One is a housing block grant. One is for local transport projects.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: eligible entitiesHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says
“data on characteristics of increased housing supply during the 3-year period ending on the date on which the application is submitted, which may include whether such housing--”
An eligible entity seeking a grant must apply to the Secretary with a description of each purpose the grant will serve and an attestation that it will be used only for eligible purposes, data on the characteristics of increased housing supply over the three years ending on the application date, a description of how each purpose addresses a community need or advances an objective in the entity's consolidated plan under part 91 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and a description of the initiatives it has carried out or has under way. Those initiatives may include allowing duplex through multifamily building by right, revising or dropping off-street parking requirements, changing lot size, floor area, set-back and height rules, incentives for denser development, zoning overlays for mixed-income housing, streamlined regulation and permitting, allowing accessory dwelling units, local tax incentives or public financing, streamlined environmental regulation, dropping unnecessary manufactured or cooperative housing rules, and limiting the effect of energy and water standards on housing costs.
What the document actually says
“data on characteristics of increased housing supply during the 3-year period ending on the date on which the application is submitted, which may include whether such housing--”
That sentence, in plain words
The application must show what new housing went up. It covers the three years up to the day the form is sent in. It can say who the homes serve and whether housing got better and cheaper.
What this is about
The application must also fit the town's own plan. That plan is called a consolidated plan. It is filed with the housing agency already.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary shall make not fewer than 25 grants on an annual basis (unless amounts appropriated to provide grant amounts consistent with subsection (b) are insufficient, in which case fewer grants may be awarded), with strong consideration of different geographical areas and a relatively even spread of rural, suburban, and urban communities.”
The section requires at least 25 grants a year unless the money appropriated is not enough, with strong consideration of different geographic areas and a relatively even spread of rural, suburban, and urban communities. No grant may be more than $10,000,000 or less than $250,000.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary shall make not fewer than 25 grants on an annual basis (unless amounts appropriated to provide grant amounts consistent with subsection (b) are insufficient, in which case fewer grants may be awarded), with strong consideration of different geographical areas and a relatively even spread of rural, suburban, and urban communities.”
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At least 25 grants go out each year. Fewer may go out if the money runs short. The housing agency must spread them across the country. Country, suburb, and city places should get a fairly even share.
What this is about
There is also a floor and a ceiling on each grant. The most is ten million dollars. The least is two hundred fifty thousand.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says
“(i) demonstrated the use of innovative policies, interventions, or programs for increasing housing supply; and (ii) demonstrated a marked improvement in housing supply growth, as needed.”
The section requires the Secretary, in awarding grants, to give priority to an eligible entity that has shown the use of innovative policies, interventions, or programs for increasing housing supply and a marked improvement in housing supply growth.
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“(i) demonstrated the use of innovative policies, interventions, or programs for increasing housing supply; and (ii) demonstrated a marked improvement in housing supply growth, as needed.”
That sentence, in plain words
A place that tried new ways to add homes goes to the front. So does a place whose housing supply clearly grew.
What this is about
Priority means a better chance at the money. It does not promise a grant. The housing agency still chooses.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says
“Projects assisted under this section for activities described in sector 23 of the North American Industry Classification System shall be treated as projects assisted under the Community Development Block Grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).”
The section provides that projects assisted under it for activities in sector 23 of the North American Industry Classification System are treated as projects assisted under the Community Development Block Grant program in title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
What the document actually says
“Projects assisted under this section for activities described in sector 23 of the North American Industry Classification System shall be treated as projects assisted under the Community Development Block Grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).”
That sentence, in plain words
Some projects here are building work. Those count as another kind of project. They count as block grant projects.
What this is about
Sector 23 is the construction sector in a standard list of industries. Treating a project as a block grant project carries that program's rules over. This law does not restate them.
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The document says “may not be construed”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 208 in the PDF
What the document says
“(1) to authorize the Secretary to mandate, supersede, or preempt any local zoning or land use policy; or (2) to affect the requirements of section 105(c)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705(c)(1)).”
The section states that nothing in it may be read as letting the Secretary order, override, or preempt any local zoning or land use policy, or as affecting the requirements of section 105(c)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act.
What the document actually says
“(1) to authorize the Secretary to mandate, supersede, or preempt any local zoning or land use policy; or (2) to affect the requirements of section 105(c)(1) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705(c)(1)).”
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The housing agency may not order a town to change its zoning. It may not push that zoning aside. A rule in an older law is left as it was.
What this is about
To preempt is for a federal rule to override a local one. Congress says that does not happen here. Towns keep control of their own land use.
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“The program established under this section shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act.”
The section provides that the program ends seven years after enactment. It authorizes $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2031, adjusted for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Customers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
What the document actually says
“The program established under this section shall terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act.”
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The program stops seven years after this law starts.
What this is about
The law also names a yearly sum of two hundred million dollars. That runs for the years 2027 through 2031. The sum rises as prices rise.
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Each distinct thing the section does: the definitions of attainable housing and eligible entity, the grant program, the public list of eligible entities, the purposes the money may serve, the application and the initiatives that count, the number and size of the grants, the priority, the treatment of construction projects, the two rules of construction, the end date, and the money authorized.
The twelve initiatives listed in the application subsection are summarized rather than quoted item by item.
The definitions of metropolitan city, urban county, unit of general local government, and Indian tribe come from section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and the eligible purposes point to section 105 of that Act and to section 6702 of title 49 of the United States Code. None of those are indexed here.
