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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5061 

To authorize a grant program for the development and implementation of 

housing supply and affordability plans, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 17, 2020 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. KAINE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize a grant program for the development and implementation of housing supply and affordability plans, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Supply and 

5 Affordability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LOCAL HOUSING POLICY GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

2 means the Department of Housing and Urban De3 velopment. 

4 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti5 ty’’ means a State, a political subdivision of a State, 

6 a regional coalition of political subdivisions of 

7 States, or an Indian Tribe that— 

8 (A) demonstrates, with respect to the area 

9 under the jurisdiction of the State, political 

10 subdivision, regional coalition, or Indian 

11 Tribe— 

12 (i) rising housing costs or a reason13 able expectation that housing costs will rise 

14 in the area; and 

15 (ii) a pattern of imbalance between 

16 the availability of jobs and housing in the 

17 area; 

18 (B) if applying for a planning grant— 

19 (i) intends to develop, or is in the 

20 process of developing, a housing policy 

21 plan; and 

22 (ii) demonstrates an intent to use a 

23 portion of the planning grant to engage 

24 with community stakeholders in developing 

25 a housing policy plan; and 


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1 (C) if applying for an implementation 

2 grant— 

3 (i) has adopted and plans to imple4 ment, or is in the process of implementing, 

5 a housing policy plan; and 

6 (ii) demonstrates the engagement of 

7 community stakeholders in developing the 

8 housing policy plan. 

9 (3) HOUSING POLICY PLAN.—The term ‘‘hous10 ing policy plan’’ means a comprehensive plan of an 

11 eligible entity to, with respect to the area under the 

12 jurisdiction of the eligible entity— 

13 (A) increase the housing supply in the 

14 area, while avoiding the displacement of the 

15 residents of the area; 

16 (B) increase the affordability of housing in 

17 the area; and 

18 (C) reduce barriers to housing development 

19 in the area. 

20 (4) IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.—The term ‘‘im21 plementation grant’’ means a grant awarded under 

22 subsection (b). 

23 (5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

24 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 


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1 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

2 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

3 (6) PLANNING GRANT.—The term ‘‘planning 

4 grant’’ means a grant awarded under subsection (c). 

5 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 

7 acting through the Assistant Secretary for Commu8 nity Planning and Development, in coordination 

9 with— 

10 (A) the Office of Economic Resilience of 

11 the Office of Community Planning and Develop12 ment of the Department; 

13 (B) the Office of Policy Development and 

14 Research of the Department; 

15 (C) the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 

16 Opportunity of the Department; and 

17 (D) the Office of Housing of the Depart18 ment. 

19 (8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 

20 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

21 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is22 lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 

23 of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession 

24 of the United States. 


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1 (b) PLANNING GRANTS.—The Secretary may award 

2 grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the 

3 purpose of developing and evaluating housing policy plans. 

4 (c) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The Secretary may 

5 award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 

6 the purpose of implementing housing policy plans. 

7 (d) APPLICATIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 

9 grant under this section shall submit to the Sec10 retary an application at such time, in such manner, 

11 and containing such information as the Secretary 

12 may require. 

13 (2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

14 section, the Secretary shall give priority to an eligi15 ble entity that— 

16 (A) has or is likely to develop a housing 

17 policy plan that will— 

18 (i) improve housing supply and afford19 ability; 

20 (ii) reduce barriers to affordable hous21 ing development; and 

22 (iii) avoid the displacement of resi23 dents by new housing developments in the 

24 area under the jurisdiction of the eligible 

25 entity; 


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1 (B) intends to leverage and efficiently use 

2 funds from another Federal, State, or local as3 sistance program relating to housing in devel4 oping or implementing a housing policy plan, 

5 including— 

6 (i) the Community Development Block 

7 Grant Program under title I of the Hous8 ing and Community Development Act of 

9 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); or 

10 (ii) the HOME Investment Partner11 ships Program authorized under title II of 

12 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

13 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.); 

14 (C) intends to— 

15 (i) increase the supply and afford16 ability of housing that is located— 

17 (I) near local transportation op18 tions; and 

19 (II) in areas in which a signifi20 cant or expanding supply of jobs is 

21 concentrated; and 

22 (ii) coordinate with local transpor23 tation and workforce agencies in accom24 plishing the increase described in clause 

25 (i); or 


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1 (D) is a regional coalition of political sub2 divisions of States. 

3 (3) DEGREE OF PRIORITY COMMENSURATE

4 WITH DEGREE OF COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary 

5 shall base the degree of priority given to an eligible 

6 entity under paragraph (2) on the number of sub7 paragraphs under that paragraph that the eligible 

8 entity has satisfied, relative to the number of such 

9 subparagraphs that each other eligible entity apply10 ing for a grant under this section has satisfied. 

11 (e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that re13 ceives a grant under this section shall provide non14 Federal contributions in an amount equal to the 

15 amount of the grant. 

16 (2) ELIGIBLE MATCHING FUNDS.—If an eligible 

17 entity uses funds from another Federal assistance 

18 program relating to housing in developing or imple19 menting a housing policy plan for which the eligible 

20 entity also receives a grant under this section, any 

21 non-Federal contribution made by the eligible entity 

22 as part of that Federal assistance program shall be 

23 counted towards the requirement under paragraph 

24 (1). 

25 (f) USE OF FUNDS.— 


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1 (1) PLANNING GRANTS.—An eligible entity re2 ceiving a planning grant may use funds from the 

3 planning grant to finance activities to help develop 

4 and evaluate a housing policy plan, including— 

5 (A) technical assistance; 

6 (B) market evaluations; 

7 (C) code writing assistance; 

8 (D) design options; and 

9 (E) stakeholder outreach and education. 

10 (2) IMPLEMENTATION AND PLANNING

11 GRANTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

12 this section shall use a portion of the funds from the 

13 grant to submit the report required under subsection 

14 (g)(1). 

15 (g) REPORTS AND STUDY.— 

16 (1) GRANT RECIPIENT REPORTS.—Not later 

17 than 180 days after the date on which an eligible en18 tity receives a grant under this section, and not less 

19 frequently than quarterly thereafter for a 3-year pe20 riod, the eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary 

21 a report that includes— 

22 (A) a description of the expenditures the 

23 eligible entity has made with funds from the 

24 grant; 


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1 (B) for an eligible entity receiving a plan2 ning grant, a summary of the progress of the 

3 eligibility entity towards finalizing a housing 

4 policy plan; and 

5 (C) for an eligible entity receiving an im6 plementation grant, data relating to the success 

7 of the implementation of the housing policy 

8 plan of the eligible entity. 

9 (2) SECRETARY STUDY AND REPORT.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 

11 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec12 retary shall conduct a study on— 

13 (i) the impact of implementation 

14 grants and planning grants on the areas 

15 under the jurisdiction of eligible entities re16 ceiving those grants; and 

17 (ii) successful strategies from housing 

18 policy plans that were impactful in— 

19 (I) expanding the housing supply; 

20 and 

21 (II) increasing the quantity of 

22 quality and affordable housing, while 

23 avoiding the displacement of the resi24 dents of an area. 


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1 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date on which the Secretary completes the 

3 study required under subparagraph (A), the 

4 Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com5 mittees of Congress a report on the study. 

6 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

7 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 

8 each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025 $300,000,000 to 

9 carry out this Act. 

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