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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9553 

To authorize funding of enriched resident services in federally assisted 

affordable housing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 

Mr. AGUILAR (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. 

PETERS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LIEU, Mr. VARGAS, 

Mr. VEASEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RUIZ, 

Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. PINGREE, 

Mr. NADLER, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. CARBAJAL, and Mr. TRONE) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To authorize funding of enriched resident services in 

federally assisted affordable 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Affordable Housing 

5 Resident Services Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENT SERVICES 

2 GRANT PROGRAM. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

4 Human Services, acting through the Director of the Ad5 ministration of Children and Families (in this Act referred 

6 to as the ‘‘Director’’), shall annually, as part of the Serv7 ices Research Demonstration program, award grants on 

8 a competitive basis to eligible recipients as described in 

9 subsection (b). 

10 (b) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 

12 may only be made only to— 

13 (A) an entity that has demonstrated expe14 rience and capacity in owning, managing, and 

15 operating qualified properties or delivering resi16 dent supportive services within qualified prop17 erties; or 

18 (B) a tribe or tribal organization. 

19 (2) PRIORITY.—The Director shall give priority 

20 to mission-driven, non-profit entities when awarding 

21 grants under this section. 

22 (c) TERMS OF GRANT.—Grants awarded under this 

23 section shall be funded for a term of 5 years. 

24 (d) VOLUNTARY SERVICES.—An entity that receives 

25 a grant under this section may not require any resident 


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1 to accept any services provided by such entity using such 

2 grant amounts. 

3 (e) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible recipient may use 

5 not more than 75 percent of any amount awarded 

6 under this section to cover the costs of activities un7 dertaken by a service coordinator— 

8 (A) increasing the access of residents to 

9 health services, including mental health serv10 ices; 

11 (B) providing educational opportunities for 

12 residents, including after-school programming, 

13 mentoring, tutoring, college and career readi14 ness, and life skills training; 

15 (C) enhancing the economic self-sufficiency 

16 of residents by providing financial literacy, 

17 housing stability, and homeownership opportu18 nities or connecting residents with housing 

19 counselors approved by the Secretary of Hous20 ing and Urban Development to promote these 

21 services; 

22 (D) assisting older adults to enable them 

23 to age in place, including by connecting them 

24 with services and supports to facilitate the abil25 ity to age in community, home modifications, 


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1 accessibility upgrades, as well as home- and 

2 community-based services; 

3 (E) enabling residents with disabilities to 

4 live independently and in integrated settings, 

5 including by providing home-and community6 based services; 

7 (F) assisting residents to receive public 

8 benefits for which they are eligible; 

9 (G) an additional activity as determined 

10 appropriate by the Director. 

11 (2) USE OF AMOUNTS FOR SALARY, BENEFITS, 

12 AND TRAINING.—Not less than 25 percent of any 

13 amounts awarded to an eligible recipient under this 

14 section shall be by such eligible recipient for salary, 

15 benefits, and training for service coordinators. 

16 (f) QUALIFIED PROPERTIES.—For purposes of this 

17 section, the term ‘‘qualified property’’ means a property— 

18 (1) assisted under— 

19 (A) the low-income housing tax credit 

20 under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code 

21 of 1986; 

22 (B) the project-based rental assistance pro23 grams under section 8 of the United States 

24 Housing Act of 1937, including units assisted 


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1 by project-based vouchers under section 

2 8(o)(13) of such Act; 

3 (C) the program under section 236 of the 

4 National Housing Act; 

5 (D) the below-market interest rate mort6 gage program under section 22(d)(3) of the Na7 tional Housing Act; 

8 (E) the rural rental housing program 

9 under section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949; 

10 (F) a program under title IV of the 

11 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.), but only permanent sup13 portive housing projects subsidized under such 

14 programs; 

15 (G) section 1131 of Public Law 110–289; 

16 (H) the supportive housing for the elderly 

17 program under section 202 of the Housing Act 

18 of 1959; 

19 (I) the supportive housing program for 

20 persons with disabilities under section 811 of 

21 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

22 Housing Act; 

23 (J) the Housing Opportunities for Persons 

24 With AIDS under subtitle D of title VIII of the 


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1 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous2 ing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 

3 (K) affordable housing units owned by 

4 public housing agencies that are not assisted 

5 under the Housing Act of 1937; or 

6 (L) properties funded through, or who 

7 work in partnership with programs funded 

8 through, a community services block grant; or 

9 (2) otherwise determined qualified by the Direc10 tor. 

11 (g) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Grants shall be awarded 

12 on a competitive basis, based on the following selection 

13 criteria: 

14 (1) The extent to which a grant may enable an 

15 applicant to provide new types of enriched services, 

16 to provide services to more residents, or provide 

17 more effective services to residents. 

18 (2) The extent to which an applicant can dem19 onstrate the likelihood of achieving objective out20 comes for its residents that are described in the ap21 plication. 

22 (3) The extent of experience with respect to eli23 gible activities and a demonstrable track record in 

24 providing resident services. 


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1 (4) The extent of relationships and partnerships 

2 an applicant has with localities, non-profits, contin3 uums of care, Federally qualified health centers (as 

4 defined in section 861 of the Social Security Act), 

5 and other health care providers that provide services 

6 or facilitate the provision of services that improve 

7 outcomes for residents. 

8 (5) Any experience the applicant has with re9 spect to development, ownership, and management 

10 of qualified properties for low-income families, sen11 iors, and disabled persons. 

12 (6) The selection of a diverse range of grantees, 

13 including minority business enterprises and owners 

14 of properties located in rural areas, persistent pov15 erty areas, colonias, the United States territories, 

16 and other underserved areas. 

17 (h) COORDINATION.—The Director may coordinate 

18 with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

19 as the Director determines appropriate. 

20 (i) USE OF AMOUNTS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Director may reserve 

22 not more than 5 percent of any amounts appro23 priated to carry out this section for technical assist24 ance activities which support grantees under this 

25 program. 


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1 (2) CAPACITY BUILDING.—A recipient of grant 

2 funds under this section may reserve not more than 

3 1 percent of amounts from each grant awarded for 

4 use to develop the capacity of the grantee associated 

5 with such grant. 

6 (3) CASEWORKER CAPACITY.—Amounts award7 ed to a grantee may be used by such grantee to fi8 nance the hiring of caseworkers to assist in carrying 

9 out eligible activities. 

10 (j) PROGRAM EVALUATION AND OUTCOMES.—Each 

11 year, each grantee that receives amounts under this Act 

12 shall submit to the Director, and the Director shall post 

13 on a on a publicly accessible website, a description of each 

14 activity carried out by such grantee using amounts pro15 vided and the impact of such activity. 

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