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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4563 

To direct the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Housing and Urban 

Development to take certain actions regarding the housing shortage 

for members of the Armed Forces. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 20, 2022 

Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development to take certain actions regarding the housing shortage for members of the Armed 

Forces. 

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 ‘‘Building More Hous5 ing for Servicemembers Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RESPONSES TO THE HOUSING SHORTAGE FOR 

2 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

3 (a) REPORT ON HOUSING SHORTAGE FOR MEMBERS

4 OF THE ARMED FORCES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec7 retary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on 

8 Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 

9 Armed Services of the House of Representatives a 

10 report on the housing shortage for members of the 

11 Armed Forces. 

12 (2) ELEMENTS.—The report required under 

13 subsection (a) shall include the following elements: 

14 (A) The determination of the Secretary re15 garding the feasibility of acquiring real property 

16 near military installations that face housing 

17 shortages to be used for the development of 

18 privatized housing. 

19 (B) The determination of the Secretary re20 garding the need for an officer or civilian em21 ployee of the Department of Defense to serve, 

22 at each military installation, as a housing man23 ager. 

24 (b) GUIDANCE TO LANDLORDS OF PRIVATIZED

25 HOUSING.—Not later than one year after the date of the 

26 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall preVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Jul 22, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4563.IS S4563

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1 scribe guidance for eligible entities and landlords regard2 ing acceptable housing standards for privatized housing. 

3 (c) PILOT AND GRANT PROGRAMS.— 

4 (1) PILOT PROGRAM ON USING RENTAL PART5 NERSHIP PROGRAMS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO AS6 SURE TENANTS FOR DEVELOPERS OF PRIVATIZED

7 HOUSING.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

9 days after the date of the enactment of this 

10 Act, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a 

11 pilot program to assess the feasibility of using 

12 the rental partnership programs of the Armed 

13 Forces to assure tenants for eligible entities to 

14 secure financing to construct privatized hous15 ing. 

16 (B) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary shall op17 erate the pilot program under subparagraph 

18 (A) in not more than 10 military housing areas 

19 that each have a rental vacancy rate of less 

20 than seven percent. 

21 (C) TERM.—The pilot program under sub22 paragraph (A) shall terminate on the date that 

23 is five years after the Secretary establishes the 

24 pilot program. 


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1 (D) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

2 after the termination of the pilot program 

3 under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 

4 submit to Congress a report on the results of 

5 the pilot program. 

6 (2) JOINT PILOT PROGRAM ON FINANCIAL IN7 CENTIVES FOR DEVELOPERS OF PRIVATIZED HOUS8 ING.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

10 days after the date of the enactment of this 

11 Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination 

12 with the Secretary of Housing and Urban De13 velopment, shall develop a pilot program to pro14 vide financial incentives to eligible entities to 

15 build privatized housing or to purchase or lease 

16 existing facilities to house members of the 

17 Armed Forces and their dependents and to 

18 house low-income individuals and families, as 

19 determined by the Secretary of Housing and 

20 Urban Development. 

21 (B) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.— 

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligi23 ble for an incentive under the pilot pro24 gram under subparagraph (A), proposed 

25 privatized housing shall ensure that a perVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:12 Jul 22, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4563.IS S4563

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1 centage of such housing is reserved for 

2 members of the Armed Forces and depend3 ents of such members. 

4 (ii) PERCENTAGE.—The percentage 

5 under clause (i) shall vary proportionately 

6 to the value of the incentive provided 

7 under subparagraph (A). 

8 (C) LOCATIONS.—The Secretary of De9 fense and the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

10 Development shall operate the pilot program 

11 under subparagraph (A) in areas that have the 

12 longest wait times for on-base housing. 

13 (D) PRIORITY.—In selecting eligible enti14 ties under the pilot program under subpara15 graph (A), the Secretary of Defense and the 

16 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

17 shall give priority to entry-level housing and 

18 projects with greater density. 

19 (E) TERM.—The pilot program under sub20 paragraph (A) shall terminate on the date that 

21 is five years after the Secretary of Defense es22 tablishes the pilot program. 

23 (F) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

24 after the termination of the pilot program, the 

25 Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 


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1 Housing and Urban Development shall submit 

2 to Congress a report on the results of the pilot 

3 program. 

4 (3) JOINT GRANT PROGRAM.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of De6 fense and Secretary of Housing and Urban De7 velopment may jointly operate a grant program 

8 through the Office of Local Defense Community 

9 Cooperation of the Department of Defense to 

10 build housing for members of the Armed Forces 

11 and their dependents and for low-income indi12 viduals and families. 

13 (B) TREATMENT OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME

14 LIMITS.—Household income limits for entities 

15 eligible to receive a grant under subparagraph 

16 (A) shall not differ based on whether a house17 hold includes a member of the Armed Forces. 

18 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY; LANDLORD.—The terms 

20 ‘‘eligible entity’’ and ‘‘landlord’’ have the meanings 

21 given such terms in section 2871 of title 10, United 

22 States Code. 


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1 (2) PRIVATIZED HOUSING.—The term 

2 ‘‘privatized housing’’ means housing under sub3 chapter IV of chapter 169 of such title. 

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