GRAND Act

Summary: Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act or GRAND Act - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide need-based assistance for each fiscal year, made available on a competitive basis, to up to five eligible nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of specialized housing and social services for qualified elderly relatives, age 60 or older, who are raising a child of which they are not a parent either by blood or marriage. Provides such assistance in the form of:  financing for the construction, reconstruction, moderate or substantial rehabilitation, or acquisition of a structure or a portion of a structure to be used as specialized housing in accordance with the program; tenant-based rental (voucher) assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for use only by qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for such assistance for rental of a dwelling unit that qualifies as specialized housing; elderly housing project rental assistance under the Housing Act of 1959 in connection with dwelling units that qualify as specialized housing and are made available for occupancy only by qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for occupancy in such housing; and  help with ongoing operational expenses of any specialized housing, including costs of supportive services required for such housing. 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Generational Residences and 
Nurturing Dwellings Act'' or the ``GRAND Act''.

SEC. 2. HOUSING FOR ELDERLY CAREGIVERS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development a program to provide assistance to 
eligible nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of specialized 
housing for qualified relatives raising a child.
    (b) Application.--To receive assistance under the program under 
this section, an eligible nonprofit organization shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may require, which in the 
case of an application for assistance to be provided as described in 
subsection (e)(2) shall include such provisions ensuring coordination 
with a public housing agency that will administer such assistance as 
the Secretary shall require.
    (c) Need-Based; Competition.--Assistance provided under the program 
under this section shall be need-based and made available on a 
competitive basis.
    (d) Limit on Organizations Selected.--For each fiscal year, the 
Secretary may select not more than 5 eligible organizations to receive 
assistance under the program under this section.
    (e) Forms of Assistance.--Under the program under this section, 
assistance shall be made available in the following forms:
            (1) New housing.--Financing for the construction, 
        reconstruction, moderate or substantial rehabilitation, or 
        acquisition of a structure or a portion of a structure to be 
        used as specialized housing in accordance with the program.
            (2) Rental voucher assistance.--To provide tenant-based 
        rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
        Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for use only by 
        qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible 
        for such assistance for rental of a dwelling unit that 
        qualifies as specialized housing.
            (3) Elderly housing project rental assistance.--To provide 
        project rental assistance under section 202(b)(2) of the 
        Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(b)(2)) in connection with 
        dwelling units that qualify as specialized housing and are made 
        available for occupancy only by qualified relatives who are 
        raising a child and are eligible for occupancy in such housing; 
        and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any qualified 
        relative who is raising a child who is otherwise eligible for 
        occupancy in such housing may not be excluded from such 
        occupancy because the household includes such child.
            (4) Operational expenses and supportive services.--
        Assistance for ongoing operational expenses of any specialized 
        housing, including costs of supportive services required for 
        such housing.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means an individual who--
                    (A) is not attending school and is not more than 18 
                years of age; or
                    (B) is attending school and is not more than 19 
                years of age.
            (2) Elderly person.--The term ``elderly person'' means a 
        person who is 60 years of age or more.
            (3) Eligible nonprofit organization.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``eligible nonprofit 
                organization'' means an organization that--
                            (i) provides specialized housing and social 
                        services for qualified relatives who are 
                        raising a child; and
                            (ii) is described in section 501(c)(3) of 
                        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt 
                        from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.
                    (B) Political divisions included.--Such term 
                includes organizations that provide such services in 
                each of the several States, the District of Columbia, 
                and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the 
                United States.
            (4) Qualified relative.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``qualified relative'' 
                means, with respect to a child, an individual who is--
                            (i) an elderly person;
                            (ii) is not a parent of the child by blood 
                        or marriage; and
                            (iii) is a relative of the child by blood 
                        or marriage.
                    (B) Adopted children.--In the case of a child who 
                was adopted, the term includes an individual who, by 
                blood or marriage, is a relative of the family who 
                adopted the child.
            (5) Raising a child.--The term ``raising a child'' means, 
        with respect to an individual, that the individual--
                    (A) resides with the child; and
                    (B) is the primary caregiver (or is, together with 
                a spouse or other household member, a primary 
                caregiver) for the child--
                            (i) because the biological or adoptive 
                        parents of the child do not reside with the 
                        child or are unable or unwilling to serve as 
                        the primary caregiver for the child; and
                            (ii) regardless of whether the individual 
                        has a legal relationship to the child (such as 
                        guardianship or legal custody) or is caring for 
                        the child informally and has no such legal 
                        relationship with the child.
            (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (7) Specialized housing.--The term ``specialized housing'' 
        means housing that--
                    (A) is affordable (as the Secretary shall define 
                for purposes of this Act) for low-income families (as 
                such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United 
                States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b));
                    (B) is restricted to occupancy only by low-income 
                families;
                    (C) is designed to meet the special physical needs 
                of elderly persons;
                    (D) accommodates the provision of supportive 
                services that are expected to be needed, either 
                initially or over the useful life of the housing, by 
                elderly persons and children that the housing is 
                intended to serve; and
                    (E) provides a range of such services that are 
                tailored to the needs of elderly persons and children 
                occupying such housing.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.