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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10179 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10179

   To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award 
grants to States to develop and expand the industrialized construction 
   of innovative residential dwelling units, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 20, 2024

 Ms. Caraveo (for herself and Ms. Pettersen) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL

 
   To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to award 
grants to States to develop and expand the industrialized construction 
   of innovative residential dwelling units, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Innovative Housing Solutions and 
Affordability Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO DEVELOP AND EXPAND THE INDUSTRIALIZED CONSTRUCTION OF 
              INNOVATIVE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.

    (a) Grants From the Secretary.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') 
        shall, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
        this section, establish a program to award grants on a 
        competitive basis to States to develop and expand the 
        industrialized construction of innovative residential dwelling 
        units.
            (2) Application.--A State that seeks a grant under this 
        subsection shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
        time and in such manner that the Secretary may require, and the 
        application shall contain the following information:
                    (A) A plan for the State to provide subgrants under 
                subsection (b).
                    (B) If the State intends to coordinate the 
                provision of subgrants under subsection (b) with a 
                Federal, State, or local program that is not 
                established under this section, a plan for the State to 
                coordinate the provision of the subgrants with the 
                Federal, State, or local program.
                    (C) The ability of the State to match the grant by 
                making available non-Federal funds to provide subgrants 
                under subsection (b).
                    (D) Any other information that the Secretary may 
                require.
    (b) Subgrants.--
            (1) In general.--A State that has received a grant under 
        subsection (a) shall provide subgrants on a competitive basis 
        to eligible entities for any of the following purposes:
                    (A) To reimburse not more than $350,000 of the 
                operating expenses of an eligible entity.
                    (B) To provide, for each innovative residential 
                dwelling unit that is constructed by an eligible 
                entity, an incentive in an amount determined by the 
                State--
                            (i) that is not greater than $6,000 for 
                        each such unit that is not a unit of affordable 
                        housing and an energy-efficient unit; and
                            (ii) that is greater than the incentive 
                        described in clause (i) for each such unit that 
                        is a unit of affordable housing and an energy-
                        efficient unit.
                    (C) To provide a fixed incentive of $50,000 if an 
                eligible entity agrees to construct not less than 10 
                percent of the innovative residential dwelling units 
                under a subgrant of the State as affordable housing.
                    (D) Any other purpose that, as determined by the 
                Secretary, would develop or expand the industrialized 
                construction of innovative residential dwelling units.
            (2) Application.--An eligible entity that seeks a subgrant 
        from a State under this subsection shall submit to the State an 
        application at such time and in such manner as the State may 
        require, and the application shall contain any information that 
        the State may require.
            (3) Limitation on subgrant recipients.--
                    (A) Deadline.--Not later than 2 years after the 
                date on which an eligible entity receives a subgrant 
                under this subsection, the eligible entity shall 
                complete each activity for which the eligible entity 
                received the subgrant.
                    (B) Postponement.--The Secretary may, on a case-by-
                case basis, postpone the deadline for an eligible 
                entity to complete an activity under subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Sanctions.--If the Secretary determines, after 
                reasonable notice and opportunity for a hearing, that 
                an eligible entity has failed to complete an activity 
                under subparagraph (A) by the deadline under 
                subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) (whichever is 
                applicable), the Secretary may--
                            (i) impose a civil monetary penalty on the 
                        entity;
                            (ii) prohibit the entity from receiving 
                        another subgrant under this subsection for a 
                        period of time determined by the Secretary; or
                            (iii) take a combination of the actions 
                        described in clauses (i) and (ii).
                    (D) Considerations.--In determining the extent of 
                any penalty or prohibition to be imposed under 
                subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall consider the 
                severity of the eligible entity's violation under this 
                paragraph.
    (c) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
on which a State first provides a subgrant under subsection (b), the 
State shall submit to the Secretary a report that includes the 
following information with respect to the subgrants:
            (1) The number of applications that the State has received 
        for a subgrant.
            (2) The average cost to construct an innovative residential 
        dwelling unit under a subgrant of the State.
            (3) The average cost to purchase such a unit.
            (4) The number of such units.
            (5) The number of such units that are affordable housing.
            (6) Any other information that the Secretary may require.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $75,000,000 for fiscal years 2025 through 
2029 to carry out this section.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Affordable housing.--The term ``affordable housing'' 
        means housing that is 1 or more of the following:
                    (A) Compliant with the conditions set forth in 
                section 215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
                Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12745).
                    (B) Eligible for financing under subparagraph (A) 
                or (B) of section 10(j)(2) of the Federal Home Loan 
                Bank Act (12 U.S.C. 1430(j)(2)).
            (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means an 
        entity that--
                    (A) employs fewer than 500 individuals; and
                    (B) carries out--
                            (i) industrialized construction of 
                        innovative residential dwelling units;
                            (ii) an innovative technology or process 
                        that significantly reduces the on-site time and 
                        labor necessary to construct residential 
                        dwelling units, as determined by the Secretary; 
                        or
                            (iii) a combination of the activities 
                        described in clauses (i) and (ii).
            (3) Energy-efficient unit.--The term ``energy-efficient 
        unit'' means a residential dwelling unit for which the annual 
        household site energy consumption is designed to be less than 
        the average annual household site energy consumption for the 
        corresponding type of residential dwelling unit in the census 
        region where the residential dwelling unit is located, as 
        measured by the most recent Residential Energy Consumption 
        Survey of the Energy Information Administration.
            (4) Innovative residential dwelling unit.--The term 
        ``innovative residential dwelling unit'' means a residential 
        dwelling unit that--
                    (A) is modular, panelized, constructed with 3-D 
                printing technology, or constructed under a process 
                approved by a State; and
                    (B) is compliant with each building code that 
                applies to the site on which the residential dwelling 
                unit is to be located.
            (5) Modular.--The term ``modular'' means, with respect to a 
        residential dwelling unit, being composed of not less than 2 
        modules built in a factory, transported to the site of the 
        residential dwelling unit, and attached to the foundation of 
        the residential dwelling unit.
            (6) Panelized.--The term ``panelized'' means, with respect 
        to a residential dwelling unit, being composed of panels built 
        in a factory, transported to the site of the residential 
        dwelling unit, and attached to the foundation of the 
        residential dwelling unit.
            (7) State.--The term ``State'' means each State, each 
        federally recognized Indian Tribe, the District of Columbia, 
        and each territory or possession of the United States.
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