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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5244 

To establish new units of public housing and private market affordable housing, to provide grants to combat gentrification and neighborhood destabilization, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2019 

Ms. OMAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To establish new units of public housing and private market 

affordable housing, to provide grants to combat 

gentrification and neighborhood destabilization, 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 ‘‘Homes for All Act 

5 of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds that— 


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1 (1) Every State and large metropolitan area in 

2 the United States is facing a shortage of affordable 

3 housing options for people who are very or ex4 tremely-low income. 

5 (2) More than 18 million households—1 in 6— 

6 are paying more than half of their income on hous7 ing and are considered severely cost-burdened. 

8 (3) The current affordable housing shortage 

9 facing the United States cannot be addressed solely 

10 by the private market, necessitating significant Fed11 eral intervention and investment. 

12 (4) The Federal Government must adopt a pol13 icy that guarantees the right to housing for all indi14 viduals, strengthen neighborhoods, and address the 

15 failures of the free market in housing by building 

16 new public housing and investing in private afford17 able housing. 

18 SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PUBLIC HOUSING. 

19 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

20 fund the construction of 9,500,000 publicly owned dwell21 ing units over 10 years. 

22 (b) REPEAL OF FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT.—Section 

23 9(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1437g(g)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) (relating 

25 to limitation on new construction). 


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1 (c) FULL FUNDING OF PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING

2 AND CAPITAL EXPENSES UNDER MANDATORY SPEND3 ING.—Subsection (c) of section 9 of the United States 

4 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(c)) is amended 

5 by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new 

6 paragraphs: 

7 ‘‘(2) FUNDING.—For fiscal year 2021 and each 

8 fiscal year thereafter, each public housing agency 

9 shall be entitled to assistance in the following 

10 amounts: 

11 ‘‘(A) CAPITAL FUND.—From the Capital 

12 Fund under subsection (d), such amount as 

13 may be necessary to fully fund the capital needs 

14 of the agency for such fiscal year, as deter15 mined in accordance with such subsection. 

16 ‘‘(B) OPERATING FUND.—From the Oper17 ating Fund under subsection (e), such amount 

18 as may be necessary to fully fund the operating 

19 needs of the agency for such fiscal year, as de20 termined in accordance with such subsection. 

21 ‘‘(3) PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS.—For fiscal 

22 year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, there is 

23 appropriated— 

24 ‘‘(A) for the Capital Fund, an amount 

25 equivalent to the aggregate of the amounts to 


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1 which each public housing agency is entitled 

2 under paragraph (2)(A); and 

3 ‘‘(B) for the Operating Fund, an amount 

4 equivalent to the aggregate of the amounts to 

5 which each public housing agency is entitled 

6 under paragraph (2)(B).’’. 

7 (d) HOMES FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION PRO8 GRAM.— 

9 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

11 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended by adding at the end 

12 the following new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(ee) HOMES FOR ALL.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be appropriated 

15 $80,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 

16 through 2031 for annual contribution contracts for 

17 assistance under section 5(a)(2) to cover the devel18 opment costs for new public housing dwelling units 

19 that meet the requirements of this subsection. 

20 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) PUBLIC HOUSING.—All dwelling units 

22 funded with amounts made available pursuant 

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1 plicable to public housing (as defined in section 

2 3(b)) and the requirements of this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall 

4 issue regulations to ensure, to the extent prac5 ticable, that dwelling units funded with 

6 amounts made available pursuant to this sub7 section comply with the following: 

8 ‘‘(i) USE.—Notwithstanding any pro9 vision of this Act, such units shall be oper10 ated as public housing during the entire 

11 useful life of such dwelling units and may 

12 not be sold or otherwise alienated by the 

13 public housing agency receiving such 

14 amounts during such useful life. 

15 ‘‘(ii) LOCATION AND ACCESSI16 BILITY.—Such units shall be located in a 

17 manner that complies with such standards 

18 as the Secretary, in conjunction with the 

19 Secretary of the Department of Transpor20 tation, shall establish to ensure proper in21 tegration of housing and public transit and 

22 ensure that residents of such units have 

23 access to sufficient transportation options. 

24 Standards should ensure that such units 

25 should be integrated with public transit 


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1 and vehicle alternatives such as walking 

2 and biking and should accommodate dif3 ferences between a transit hub in a town 

4 or reservation compared with a large city. 

5 ‘‘(iii) ENVIRONMENTAL STAND6 ARDS.—Such units shall comply with such 

7 standards as the Secretary shall establish 

8 to ensure such units are designed, built, 

9 and operated according to the highest pos10 sible environmental standard, with a focus 

11 on minimizing energy costs and achieving 

12 carbon neutrality. 

13 ‘‘(iv) TENANCY RESTRICTIONS.—A 

14 public housing agency receiving assistance 

15 made available pursuant to this subsection 

16 shall not refuse to rent a dwelling unit de17 veloped with such assistance or otherwise 

18 discriminate in the rental of such a dwell19 ing unit based on an individual’s criminal 

20 record or immigration status. 

21 ‘‘(v) ANTI-DISCRIMINATION.—A public 

22 housing agency receiving assistance made 

23 available pursuant to this subsection shall 

24 not refuse to rent a dwelling unit developed 

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1 nate in the rental of such a dwelling unit 

2 because of the sexual orientation or gender 

3 identity of any person. 

4 ‘‘(vi) AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING

5 FAIR HOUSING.—A public housing agency 

6 receiving assistance made available pursu7 ant to this subsection shall comply with the 

8 final rule entitled ‘Affirmatively Fur9 thering Fair Housing’ (80 Fed. Reg. 

10 42272 (July 16, 2015)). 

11 ‘‘(vii) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—A 

12 public housing agency receiving assistance 

13 made available pursuant to this subsection 

14 shall develop a supportive services plan to 

15 ensure that residents have access to free, 

16 voluntary programs that address the needs 

17 of people experiencing chronic homeless18 ness and housing instability. Services pro19 vided should include assistance with ac20 cessing healthcare, employment, education, 

21 childcare, financial literacy and other com22 munity-based supportive services.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION OF PRIVATE MARKET AFFORDABLE 

2 HOUSING. 

3 (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to 

4 fund the construction of 2,500,000 private market afford5 able housing dwelling units over 10 years. 

6 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

7 authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000,000 for each 

8 of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 for crediting to the 

9 Housing Trust Fund under section 1338 of the Housing 

10 and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C.11 

11 4568), which amounts shall be available only for assist12 ance for production of new dwelling units that comply with 

13 the requirements of such section 1338 and this section. 

14 (c) USE.—Notwithstanding any provision of the 

15 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 

16 seq.), all units developed using amounts made available 

17 pursuant to this section shall remain affordable housing 

18 units for the entire useful life of such dwelling units. 

19 (d) LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY.—All dwelling 

20 units developed using amounts made available pursuant 

21 to this section shall be located in a manner that complies 

22 with such standards as the Secretary of Housing and 

23 Urban Development (in this subsection referred to as the 

24 ‘‘Secretary’’), in conjunction with the Secretary of the De25 partment of Transportation, shall establish to ensure 

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1 sure that residents of such units have access to sufficient 

2 transportation options. Standards should ensure that such 

3 units should be integrated with public transit and vehicle 

4 alternatives such as walking and biking and should accom5 modate differences between a transit hub in a town or res6 ervation compared with a large city. 

7 (e) ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS.—All dwelling 

8 units developed using amounts made available pursuant 

9 to this section shall comply with such standards as the 

10 Secretary shall establish to ensure units are designed, 

11 built, and operated according to the highest possible envi12 ronmental standard, with a focus on minimizing energy 

13 costs and achieving carbon neutrality. 

14 (f) TENANCY RESTRICTIONS.—A public housing 

15 agency receiving assistance made available pursuant to 

16 this section shall not refuse to rent a dwelling unit devel17 oped with such assistance or otherwise discriminate in the 

18 rental of such a dwelling unit based on an individual’s 

19 criminal record or immigration status. 

20 (g) ANTI-DISCRIMINATION.—A public housing agency 

21 receiving assistance made available pursuant to this sec22 tion shall not refuse to rent a dwelling unit developed with 

23 such assistance or otherwise discriminate in the rental of 

24 such a dwelling unit because of the sexual orientation or 

25 gender identity of any person. 


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1 (h) AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING.— 

2 A public housing agency receiving assistance made avail3 able pursuant to this section shall comply with the final 

4 rule entitled ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’ (80 

5 Fed. Reg. 42272 (July 16, 2015)). 

6 (i) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—A public housing agency 

7 receiving assistance made available pursuant to this sec8 tion shall develop a supportive services plan to ensure that 

9 residents have access to free, voluntary programs that ad10 dress the needs of people experiencing chronic homeless11 ness and housing instability. Services provided should in12 clude assistance with accessing healthcare, employment, 

13 education, childcare, financial literacy and other commu14 nity-based supportive services. 

15 SEC. 5. COMMUNITY CONTROL AND ANTI-DISPLACEMENT 

16 FUND. 

17 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Housing 

18 and Urban Development shall establish a program to be 

19 known as the ‘‘Community Control and Anti-Displacement 

20 Fund’’ to provide grants to local governments for the pur21 poses of combating gentrification and neighborhood desta22 bilization. 

23 (b) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall prioritize awards 

24 to local governments that propose projects or programs 

25 that encourage alternative ownership housing models that 


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1 give renters agency over how the housing is operated and 

2 that protect housing affordability. 

3 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

4 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Housing 

5 and Urban Development $200,000,000,000 for fiscal 

6 years 2021 through 2031 to carry out this section. 

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