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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5406 

To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 12, 2019 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself and Ms. PRESSLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, 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. GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRANDFAMILY HOUS4 ING. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

6 (1) the term ‘‘grandfamily housing’’ means a 

7 dwelling unit dedicated to low-income— 

8 (A) grandparents caring full-time for a 

9 grandchild; or 

10 (B) older relative caregivers caring full11 time for a relative child; 


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1 (2) the term ‘‘grandfamily resident service coor2 dinator’’ means an individual who— 

3 (A) is employed or contracted by an owner 

4 of grandfamily housing; 

5 (B) assists grandparents and older relative 

6 caregivers with the process of applying to and 

7 moving into the grandfamily housing; and 

8 (C) regularly— 

9 (i) assesses the needs of the residents, 

10 on a collective and family basis, of the 

11 grandfamily housing; and 

12 (ii) plans and executes grandfamily 

13 housing programming services based on 

14 the assessment described in clause (i); 

15 (3) the term ‘‘low-income’’ means income that 

16 does not exceed 80 percent of the area median gross 

17 income; 

18 (4) the term ‘‘owner of grandfamily housing’’ 

19 means a nonprofit or for-profit entity that develops, 

20 owns, or operates grandfamily housing; and 

21 (5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

22 of Housing and Urban Development. 

23 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

24 a program to provide grants to owners of grandfamily 

25 housing for grandfamily resident service coordinators to 


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1 support housing programming services, equipment, and 

2 building structures of grandfamily housing. 

3 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of amounts under 

4 this section may use any amounts provided to— 

5 (1) employ a grandfamily resident service coor6 dinator; 

7 (2) finance the planning and provision of serv8 ices designed for grandparent and older relative 

9 caregivers; 

10 (3) finance construction and upkeep of spaces 

11 within permanent building structures of grandfamily 

12 housing and communal areas used for programing 

13 and services designed for grandparent and older rel14 ative caregivers; and 

15 (4) facilitate outreach required under sub16 section (d). 

17 (d) OUTREACH.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any recipient of amounts 

19 under this section shall engage with grandparent 

20 and older relative caregivers in the community sur21 rounding the property that contains the grandfamily 

22 housing owned by the grant recipient by— 

23 (A) performing periodic informational out24 reach; and 


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1 (B) holding periodic events, including in2 tergenerational events. 

3 (2) SPECIAL FOCUS.—When undertaking out4 reach and events pursuant to paragraph (1), a grant 

5 recipient shall place special focus on grandparents 

6 and older relative caregivers that reside in a unit— 

7 (A) that is part of a housing project for 

8 which assistance is provided by the public hous9 ing program under the United States Housing 

10 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); 

11 (B) that is part of the program for sup12 portive housing for the elderly under section 

13 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

14 1701q); or 

15 (C) for which assistance is provided by the 

16 program for rental assistance under section 8 of 

17 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

18 U.S.C. 1437f). 

19 (3) COORDINATION.—Outreach and events un20 dertaken pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, where 

21 possible, be in coordination with a local kinship navi22 gator program (as described in section 474(a)(7) of 

23 the Social Security Act) or a comparable program or 

24 entity in the State. 


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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

3 out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 

4 and 2021. 

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