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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4789 

To establish a competitive grant program at the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development to support the construction, preservation, or 

rehabilitation of affordable workforce housing in areas with shortages 

of affordable housing units for sale, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 

Ms. HASSAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To establish a competitive grant program at the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development to support the construction, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable 

workforce housing in areas with shortages of affordable 

housing units for sale, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Expand Housing Opportunities Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ACT 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Competitive grant program to support workforce housing units. 

TITLE II—STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND MATCH 

ACT 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. State affordable housing trust fund match. 

TITLE III—PREVENT EVICTIONS ACT 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Definitions. 

Sec. 303. Landlord-tenant mediation competitive grant program. 

1 TITLE I—WORKFORCE HOUSING 

2 DEVELOPMENT ACT 

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Workforce Housing 

5 Development Act’’. 

6 SEC. 102. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT 

7 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

9 (1) AFFORDABLE.—The term ‘‘affordable’’, 

10 with respect to a workforce housing unit, means that 

11 the total housing costs for the unit do not exceed 30 

12 percent of the income of the buyer of the workforce 

13 housing unit. 

14 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT15 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com16 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

2 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

3 (B) the Committee on Financial Services 

4 of the House of Representatives. 

5 (3) DWELLING.—The term ‘‘dwelling’’ means 

6 any building, structure, or portion thereof that is oc7 cupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, 

8 a residence by 1 or more individuals. 

9 (4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti10 ty’’ means— 

11 (A) a State or unit of local government; 

12 (B) a nonprofit housing developer; 

13 (C) an agency or instrumentality of a 

14 State; 

15 (D) a public housing agency; 

16 (E) a community development financial in17 stitution, as defined in section 103 of the Com18 munity Development Banking and Financial In19 stitutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702); 

20 (F) a resident-owned community; and 

21 (G) any other entity that supports housing 

22 development, as determined by the Secretary. 

23 (5) FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER.—The term ‘‘first24 time homebuyer’’ has the meaning given the term in 


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1 section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af2 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704). 

3 (6) NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPER.—The 

4 term ‘‘nonprofit housing developer’’ means a non5 profit organization having as one of its principal 

6 purposes the creation, development, or preservation 

7 of housing, including a subsidiary of a public hous8 ing agency. 

9 (7) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

10 the grant program established under this section. 

11 (8) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY; STATE.—The 

12 terms ‘‘public housing agency’’ and ‘‘State’’ have the 

13 meanings given those terms in section 3(b) of the 

14 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1437a(b)). 

16 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

18 (10) TOTAL HOUSING COSTS.—The term ‘‘total 

19 housing costs’’ means mortgage principal and inter20 est, taxes, and insurance. 

21 (11) WORKFORCE HOUSING UNIT.—The term 

22 ‘‘workforce housing unit’’ means a 1- to 4-unit 

23 dwelling— 

24 (A) that is the primary residence of the 

25 buyer; 


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1 (B) in which none of the units are rented; 

2 and 

3 (C) that is affordable to buyers with in4 comes of not more than 100 percent of the area 

5 median income. 

6 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

7 a competitive grant program to award grants to eligible 

8 entities to increase the supply of affordable workforce 

9 housing units. 

10 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 

11 the Program shall use grant funds for the construction, 

12 preservation, or rehabilitation of workforce housing units, 

13 which shall remain affordable for a period of not less than 

14 5 years from the sale of the workforce housing unit. 

15 (d) APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS.— 

16 (1) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a 

17 grant under the Program shall submit to the Sec18 retary an application at such time, in such manner, 

19 and containing— 

20 (A) a description of the construction, pres21 ervation, or rehabilitation projects to be sup22 ported by the grant; and 

23 (B) any additional information as the Sec24 retary may require. 

25 (2) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es2 tablish criteria to award grants under the Pro3 gram on a competitive basis, which may include 

4 consideration of whether— 

5 (i) the median price of workforce 

6 housing units in the area to be served by 

7 the grant is increasing; 

8 (ii) the supply of available workforce 

9 housing units in the area to be served by 

10 the grant is decreasing; and 

11 (iii) whether employers in the area to 

12 be served by the grant are struggling to re13 cruit employees due to the lack of afford14 able housing options. 

15 (B) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall 

16 prioritize awarding grants to eligible entities 

17 that demonstrate a lack of affordable workforce 

18 housing units in the area to be served by the 

19 grant. 

20 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

21 after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year 

22 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

23 congressional committees a report on the implementation 

24 of the Program, which shall include— 


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1 (1) a list of grant recipients and the amount 

2 awarded to each grant recipient; 

3 (2) a description of the projects assisted using 

4 grant funds, including the number of affordable 

5 workforce housing units created, preserved, and re6 habilitated under the Program; 

7 (3) a description of the households that pur8 chased homes assisted under the Program, including 

9 the number of first-time homebuyers; and 

10 (4) any other metrics that the Secretary deter11 mines necessary. 

12 (f) WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

14 Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘Workforce 

15 Housing Development Fund’’ to carry out the Pro16 gram. 

17 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 There is authorized to be appropriated and deposited 

19 into the fund established under paragraph (1) such 

20 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023 and 

21 each fiscal year thereafter. 


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1 TITLE II—STATE AFFORDABLE 

2 HOUSING TRUST FUND 

3 MATCH ACT 

4 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘State Affordable 

6 Housing Trust Fund Match Act’’. 

7 SEC. 202. STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND 

8 MATCH. 

9 Section 217 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af10 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12747) is amended by 

11 adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(e) STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND

13 MATCH.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

15 ‘‘(A) AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS.—The 

16 term ‘affordable housing needs’ means housing, 

17 housing construction, or housing improvements 

18 designated for low-income individuals, including 

19 individuals experiencing substance use dis20 orders, veterans, individuals in rural commu21 nities, individuals experiencing homelessness, or 

22 individuals experiencing disabilities. 

23 ‘‘(B) BONUS AMOUNT.—The term ‘bonus 

24 amount’ means an increased amount allocated 

25 to a State under paragraph (2)(A). 


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1 ‘‘(C) COVERED HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— 

2 The term ‘covered housing assistance’— 

3 ‘‘(i) means housing-related assistance 

4 that— 

5 ‘‘(I) is provided by the Federal 

6 Government or a State or local gov7 ernment, or an agency or instrumen8 tality thereof; and 

9 ‘‘(II) imposes affordable housing 

10 quality or safety measures that are 

11 acceptable to the Secretary; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) includes— 

13 ‘‘(I) assistance provided under— 

14 ‘‘(aa) the HOME Invest15 ment Partnerships Program 

16 under this title; 

17 ‘‘(bb) the Federal Housing 

18 Administration’s Risk-Sharing 

19 Programs under section 542 of 

20 the Housing and Community De21 velopment Act of 1992 (12 

22 U.S.C. 1715z–22); 

23 ‘‘(cc) the Community Devel24 opment Block Grant Program 

25 under title I of the Housing and 


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1 Community Development Act of 

2 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(dd) the Housing Trust 

5 Fund under section 1338 of the 

6 Federal Housing Enterprises Fi7 nancial Safety and Soundness 

8 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568); 

9 ‘‘(II) tax credits provided under 

10 section 42 of the Internal Revenue 

11 Code of 1986; and 

12 ‘‘(III) funding derived from pro13 ceeds of bonds that are— 

14 ‘‘(aa) exempt from tax 

15 under section 103 of the Internal 

16 Revenue Code of 1986; and 

17 ‘‘(bb) part of an issue 95 

18 percent or more of the proceeds 

19 of which are used to provide 

20 qualified residential rental 

21 projects (as defined in section 

22 142(d) of such Code). 

23 ‘‘(D) COVID–19 EMERGENCY PERIOD.— 

24 The term ‘COVID–19 emergency period’ means 

25 the period beginning in fiscal year 2020 and 


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1 ending in the fiscal year that begins after the 

2 last day of the public health emergency declared 

3 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

4 under section 319 of the Public Health Service 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID– 

6 19. 

7 ‘‘(E) ELIGIBLE STATE.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 

9 State’, with respect to eligibility to receive 

10 a bonus amount for a fiscal year, means a 

11 State that made a qualifying expenditure 

12 during any of the 3 preceding fiscal years, 

13 subject to clause (ii). 

14 ‘‘(ii) COVID–19 EMERGENCY.—If the 

15 3-fiscal year period referred to in clause (i) 

16 would include a fiscal year occurring dur17 ing the COVID–19 emergency period, a 

18 State may elect to have the Secretary 

19 apply that clause by substituting ‘the 3 

20 most recent fiscal years that did not coin21 cide with the COVID–19 emergency pe22 riod’ for ‘the 3 preceding fiscal years’. 

23 ‘‘(F) HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERI24 ENCING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.—The 


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1 term ‘housing for individuals experiencing sub2 stance use disorders’ means— 

3 ‘‘(i) housing that— 

4 ‘‘(I) is designed to meet the 

5 needs of an individual experiencing a 

6 substance use disorder or a family 

7 that includes such an individual; and 

8 ‘‘(II) makes available supportive 

9 services that address the physical 

10 health, mental health, behavioral 

11 health, substance use treatment, or 

12 other needs of an individual described 

13 in subclause (I), which may include 

14 such services to the family of the indi15 vidual; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) recovery housing, as defined in 

17 section 550 of the Public Health Service 

18 Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–5). 

19 ‘‘(G) QUALIFYING EXPENDITURE.—The 

20 term ‘qualifying expenditure’ means an expendi21 ture— 

22 ‘‘(i) that was obligated, through a 

23 State affordable housing trust fund, for a 

24 project that also received covered housing 

25 assistance; 


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1 ‘‘(ii)(I) not less than 20 percent of the 

2 beneficiaries of which are households with 

3 an income that is not more than 30 per4 cent of the area median income; or 

5 ‘‘(II) not less than 40 percent of the 

6 beneficiaries of which are households with 

7 an income that is not more than 60 per8 cent of the area median income; 

9 ‘‘(iii) that has a period of affordability 

10 of not less than 15 years; and 

11 ‘‘(iv) that has not been counted for 

12 purposes of the non-Federal matching re13 quirement under section 220. 

14 ‘‘(H) QUALIFYING EXPENDITURE FOR EX15 TREMELY LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.—The 

16 term ‘qualifying expenditure for extremely low17 income households’ means a qualifying expendi18 ture that satisfies the criterion under subclause 

19 (I) of subparagraph (G)(ii). 

20 ‘‘(I) QUALIFYING EXPENDITURE FOR LOW21 INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.—The term ‘qualifying 

22 expenditure for low-income households’ means a 

23 qualifying expenditure that satisfies the cri24 terion under subclause (II) of subparagraph 

25 (G)(ii). 


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1 ‘‘(J) STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST

2 FUND.—The term ‘State affordable housing 

3 trust fund’ means a fund operated by a State, 

4 or an agency or instrumentality thereof— 

5 ‘‘(i) that— 

6 ‘‘(I) provides financial assistance 

7 for a variety of affordable housing 

8 needs; and 

9 ‘‘(II) receives public funding; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) without regard to whether the 

11 State (or agency or instrumentality) des12 ignates the fund as a ‘trust fund’ or other13 wise. 

14 ‘‘(2) BONUS AMOUNTS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara16 graph (B), for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal 

17 year thereafter, with respect to an eligible State 

18 that submits a complete application to the Sec19 retary under paragraph (4), the Secretary shall 

20 increase the amount that would otherwise be al21 located to the State under this section by an 

22 amount equal to the sum of the amounts cal23 culated by the Secretary for the State under 

24 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3). 


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1 ‘‘(B) DEMAND EXCEEDING AVAILABLE

2 FUNDS.—If the total amount of bonus amounts 

3 that would otherwise be allocated under sub4 paragraph (A) for a fiscal year exceeds the 

5 amounts made available to carry out this sub6 section for that fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

7 reduce the bonus amount allocated to each 

8 State under subparagraph (A) on a pro rata 

9 basis. 

10 ‘‘(3) BONUS AMOUNT FORMULAS.— 

11 ‘‘(A) STANDARD AMOUNT.—The amount 

12 calculated under this subparagraph for a State 

13 for a fiscal year shall be 50 percent of the aver14 age amount that the State obligated for quali15 fying expenditures for low-income households 

16 during each of the preceding 3 fiscal years, sub17 ject to subparagraph (D). 

18 ‘‘(B) ENHANCED AMOUNT.—The amount 

19 calculated under this subparagraph for a State 

20 for a fiscal year shall be not more than 75 per21 cent of the average amount that the State obli22 gated, during each of the preceding 3 fiscal 

23 years, subject to subparagraph (D), for— 

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1 tially complied with the definition of the 

2 term ‘housing for individuals experiencing 

3 substance use disorders’ under paragraph 

4 (1); or 

5 ‘‘(ii) qualifying expenditures for ex6 tremely low-income households. 

7 ‘‘(C) NO DOUBLE-COUNTING OF QUALI8 FYING EXPENDITURES.—A qualifying expendi9 ture by a State or State-designated entity 

10 counted under subparagraph (B) may not be 

11 counted under subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(D) COVID–19 EMERGENCY.—If the 3- 

13 fiscal year period referred to in subparagraphs 

14 (A) and (B) would include a fiscal year occur15 ring during the COVID–19 emergency period, a 

16 State may elect to have the Secretary make the 

17 calculation under those subparagraphs using 

18 the 3 most recent fiscal years that did not coin19 cide with the COVID–19 emergency period. 

20 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible State that 

22 wishes to receive a bonus amount shall submit 

23 to the Secretary an application, as part of the 

24 annual action plan required under section 

25 91.320 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations 


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1 (or any successor regulation), in accordance 

2 with subparagraph (B). 

3 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—An application sub4 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall include, 

5 for purposes of determining the amount of the 

6 bonus amount— 

7 ‘‘(i) a list of each qualifying expendi8 ture that the State wishes to be counted 

9 for purposes of calculating the amount of 

10 the bonus amount, including the fiscal year 

11 in which the qualifying expenditure was 

12 made; 

13 ‘‘(ii) a description of each project that 

14 the State has funded using a qualifying ex15 penditure described in clause (i); 

16 ‘‘(iii) whether the State wishes each 

17 qualifying expenditure described in clause 

18 (i) to be counted in calculating— 

19 ‘‘(I) the standard amount under 

20 paragraph (3)(A); or 

21 ‘‘(II) the enhanced amount under 

22 paragraph (3)(B); 

23 ‘‘(iv) the amount of each qualifying 

24 expenditure described in clause (i); 


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1 ‘‘(v) an explanation of how each quali2 fying expenditure described in clause (i)— 

3 ‘‘(I) satisfies the definition of the 

4 term ‘qualifying expenditure’ under 

5 paragraph (1), including the require6 ment under clause (i) of that defini7 tion; and 

8 ‘‘(II) if applicable— 

9 ‘‘(aa) funded a project that 

10 substantially complies with the 

11 definition of the term ‘housing 

12 for individuals experiencing sub13 stance use disorders’ under para14 graph (1); or 

15 ‘‘(bb) was a qualifying ex16 penditure for extremely low-in17 come households; and 

18 ‘‘(vi) a timeline for completion of each 

19 project described in clause (ii). 

20 ‘‘(C) TRACKING OF FUNDS.—The Sec21 retary shall, for each State that wishes to re22 ceive a bonus amount— 

23 ‘‘(i) require the State to develop and 

24 maintain a system to— 


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1 ‘‘(I) track obligated funds from a 

2 State affordable housing trust fund; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(II) ensure that each obligation 

5 described in subclause (I) that the 

6 State claims as a qualifying expendi7 ture under subparagraph (B)(i) con8 stitutes a qualifying expenditure; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) establish minimum requirements 

10 for agreements, between the State and 

11 each entity that receives assistance from 

12 the State in the form of a qualifying ex13 penditure, which shall include— 

14 ‘‘(I) appropriate periodic finan15 cial and project reporting, record re16 tention, and audit requirements for 

17 the duration of the assistance to en18 sure compliance with the definition of 

19 the term ‘qualifying expenditure’ 

20 under paragraph (1); and 

21 ‘‘(II) any other requirements that 

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1 able housing trust funds for purposes 

2 of this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(5) OVERSIGHT.— 

4 ‘‘(A) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

5 than September 30, 2026, and every 4 years 

6 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report 

7 to Congress regarding the implementation of 

8 this subsection during the preceding 4-year pe9 riod. 

10 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—In each report sub11 mitted under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 

12 shall— 

13 ‘‘(i) identify each State that received 

14 a bonus amount, and the amount of the 

15 bonus amount; 

16 ‘‘(ii) describe whether States have in17 creased investment in and obligation of 

18 funds from State affordable housing trust 

19 funds as a result of the increased funding 

20 provided under this subsection; 

21 ‘‘(iii) describe how many more units 

22 were created by the bonus amount in each 

23 State that received a bonus amount; 

24 ‘‘(iv) describe the populations targeted 

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1 fying expenditures or funded by bonus 

2 amounts, such as individuals experiencing 

3 substance use disorders, veterans, individ4 uals in rural communities, individuals ex5 periencing homelessness, or individuals ex6 periencing disabilities; 

7 ‘‘(v) describe the average length of af8 fordability periods for— 

9 ‘‘(I) projects funded with quali10 fying expenditures; and 

11 ‘‘(II) projects funded by bonus 

12 amounts; 

13 ‘‘(vi) for each State that received a 

14 bonus amount, describe whether the State 

15 used the bonus amount for— 

16 ‘‘(I) rehabilitation of owner-occu17 pied housing; 

18 ‘‘(II) assistance to home buyers; 

19 or 

20 ‘‘(III) rental housing activities; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(vii) assess any other metric that the 

23 Secretary determines necessary. 

24 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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1 retary for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year 

2 thereafter such amounts as may be necessary to 

3 carry out this subsection. 

4 ‘‘(7) RELATION TO MINIMUM STATE ALLOCA5 TION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 

6 to authorize the Secretary to consider the amount of 

7 a bonus amount allocated to a State in determining 

8 under subsection (b)(2) whether the formula estab9 lished under subsection (b) would allocate less than 

10 $3,000,000 to the State.’’. 

11 TITLE III—PREVENT EVICTIONS 

12 ACT 

13 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Prevent Evictions 

15 Act’’. 

16 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this title: 

18 (1) COVERED GRANT.—The term ‘‘covered 

19 grant’’ means an implementation grant or program 

20 expansion grant. 

21 (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti22 ty’’ means a State or a court thereof, a political sub23 division of a State or a court thereof, a Tribal gov24 ernment, or any other appropriate public or non25 profit entity as determined by the Secretary, that is 


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1 formulating or carrying out a program that pri2 marily involves meditation between landlords and 

3 tenants. 

4 (3) IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.—The term ‘‘im5 plementation grant’’ means a grant awarded under 

6 section 303(b). 

7 (4) PROGRAM EXPANSION GRANT.—The term 

8 ‘‘program expansion grant’’ means a grant awarded 

9 under section 303(c). 

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

11 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

12 SEC. 303. LANDLORD-TENANT MEDIATION COMPETITIVE 

13 GRANT PROGRAM. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award com15 petitive grants under subsections (b) and (c) to eligible 

16 entities to assist those entities in establishing and admin17 istering, or continuing, landlord-tenant mediation pro18 grams. 

19 (b) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

21 competitive grants to eligible entities to assist the 

22 entities in establishing and administering landlord23 tenant mediation programs. 

24 (2) TERM.—The term of an implementation 

25 grant shall be 2 years. 


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1 (3) AMOUNT.—The amount of an implementa2 tion grant shall be not more than $1,500,000. 

3 (4) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity may use 

4 an implementation grant to establish— 

5 (A) a statewide mediation program; or 

6 (B) a mediation program in a political sub7 division of a State or in the jurisdiction of an 

8 Indian Tribe that demonstrates a high need for 

9 such a program due to— 

10 (i) the rate of evictions in the political 

11 subdivision or Tribal jurisdiction; or 

12 (ii) other characteristics of the polit13 ical subdivision or Indian Tribe that con14 tribute to the rate of evictions in the polit15 ical subdivision or Tribal jurisdiction. 

16 (5) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

17 the cost of a mediation program established using an 

18 implementation grant may not exceed 50 percent. 

19 (c) PROGRAM EXPANSION GRANTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 

21 competitive grants to eligible entities to assist the 

22 entities in continuing activities related to landlord23 tenant mediation. 

24 (2) TERM.—The term of a program expansion 

25 grant shall be 3 years. 


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1 (3) AMOUNT.—The amount of a program ex2 pansion grant shall be not more than $1,000,000. 

3 (4) MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara5 graph (B), amounts made available to an eligi6 ble entity under a program expansion grant 

7 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, 

8 contributions made by the eligible entity for ex9 isting landlord-tenant mediation activities. 

10 (B) REDUCTION OF EXISTING FUNDING.— 

11 To the extent that amounts from a program ex12 pansion grant are used to replace funding for 

13 existing landlord-tenant mediation activities 

14 that is reduced for reasons beyond the control 

15 of the eligible entity, such use shall not be con16 sidered supplanting of amounts contributed by 

17 the eligible entity for purposes of subparagraph 

18 (A). 

19 (d) GENERAL RULES FOR COVERED GRANTS.— 

20 (1) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity may use 

21 a covered grant to pay for operating costs, staff sal22 aries, mediator compensation, information tech23 nology, interpreters, outreach services, and recruit24 ment. 


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1 (2) GOOD FAITH PARTICIPATION.—An eligible 

2 entity that receives a covered grant shall encourage 

3 each party participating in the landlord-tenant medi4 ation program funded by the grant to make a good 

5 faith effort to discuss potential resolutions. 

6 (3) GEOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION DIVER7 SITY.—The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum 

8 extent practicable, that recipients of covered grants 

9 represent— 

10 (A) diverse geographical areas of the 

11 United States; and 

12 (B) States, political subdivisions of States, 

13 and Indian Tribes of varying population sizes. 

14 (4) FREE TO TENANTS.—A tenant may not be 

15 charged for participating in landlord-tenant medi16 ation funded by a covered grant. 

17 (e) OVERSIGHT REQUIREMENTS.—For each year of 

18 a covered grant received by an eligible entity, the eligible 

19 entity shall submit to the Secretary a report that— 

20 (1) describes how the eligible entity used the 

21 grant funds during that year; and 

22 (2) includes any performance data, relating to 

23 programs funded by the covered grant, that the eli24 gible entity submitted to a State or political subdivi25 sion thereof, if applicable. 


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1 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023 and 

4 each fiscal year thereafter. 

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