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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7782 

To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through 

the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2024 

Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ (for herself, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 

BOWMAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. TLAIB, 

Mr. KHANNA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California, Ms. 

LEE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. PINGREE, 

Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Ms. BUSH, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. 

MULLIN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. BALINT, 

Mr. TONKO, Ms. MENG, Mr. CASAR, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. TORRES of New 

York, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Mr. 

MEEKS, Mr. FROST, Mr. LIEU, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, 

Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. OMAR, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. IVEY, Mr. COHEN, 

and Mr. TAKANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the 

United States through the modernization of public 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Green New Deal for 

3 Public Housing Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

5 The purpose of this Act is— 

6 (1) to stimulate, gather, and develop the work7 force capacity, tools, financing, and materials needed 

8 to rehabilitate, upgrade, modernize, maintain, staff, 

9 and transition public housing; 

10 (2) to rehabilitate and preserve public housing 

11 that is severely distressed and causing residents to 

12 be exposed to unhealthy and unsafe environments; 

13 (3) to upgrade and equip all public housing 

14 with cutting-edge materials, infrastructure, and all15 electric appliances made in the United States in 

16 order to improve energy efficiency, water quality, 

17 and material living standards in public housing and 

18 to support United States manufacturing; 

19 (4) to ensure that public housing laws maximize 

20 tenant participation and management by low- and 

21 very low-income individuals in the rehabilitation, up22 grade, and transition of public housing through edu23 cation, training, and jobs; and 

24 (5) to modernize the entire public housing stock 

25 of the United States, as swiftly and seamlessly as 

26 possible, into highly energy-efficient homes that 


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1 produce on-site, or procure, enough carbon-free re2 newable energy to meet total energy consumption 

3 annually. 

4 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti7 ty’’ means— 

8 (A) a public housing agency; 

9 (B) an Indian tribe or a tribally designated 

10 housing entity that is eligible to receive assist11 ance under the Native American Housing As12 sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 

13 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 

14 (C) the Department of Hawaiian Home 

15 Lands, as defined in section 801 of the Native 

16 American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter17 mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221). 

18 (2) ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY.— 

19 The term ‘‘environmental justice community’’ means 

20 a community with significant representation of com21 munities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal 

22 and indigenous communities, that experiences, or is 

23 at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse 

24 human health or environmental effects. 


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1 (3) INDIAN TRIBE; TRIBALLY DESIGNATED

2 HOUSING ENTITY.—The terms ‘‘Indian tribe’’ and 

3 ‘‘tribally designated housing entity’’ have the mean4 ings given those terms in section 4 of the Native 

5 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina6 tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 

7 (4) PUBLIC HOUSING.—The term ‘‘public hous8 ing’’— 

9 (A) has the meaning given the term in sec10 tion 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 

11 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)); and 

12 (B) includes— 

13 (i) any dwelling unit owned by an In14 dian tribe that is or was a dwelling unit in 

15 public housing; 

16 (ii) any low-income housing dwelling 

17 unit described in section 302(b)(1) of the 

18 Native American Housing Assistance and 

19 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

20 4152(b)(1)); 

21 (iii) any dwelling unit assisted under 

22 section 802 of the Native American Hous23 ing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

24 of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4222); and 

25 (iv) any dwelling unit that— 


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1 (I) was a low-income housing 

2 dwelling unit described in section 

3 302(b)(1) of the Native American 

4 Housing Assistance and Self-Deter5 mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 

6 4152(b)(1)); and 

7 (II) is rented only to households 

8 with an income that is not more than 

9 80 percent of the area median income. 

10 (5) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY.—The term 

11 ‘‘public housing agency’’ has the meaning given the 

12 term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 

13 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 

14 (6) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—The term ‘‘renew15 able energy’’ means— 

16 (A) utility-, community-, and small-scale 

17 photovoltaic and thermal solar energy; 

18 (B) utility- and small-scale wind energy; 

19 (C) geothermal energy; 

20 (D) microturbine hydroelectricity; 

21 (E) energy efficiency; 

22 (F) building electrification; 

23 (G) energy storage; 

24 (H) microgrids; and 

25 (I) modern distribution grid infrastructure. 


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1 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

3 (8) SUBSIDIZED HOUSING RESIDENT-OWNED

4 BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘subsidized housing resident5 owned business’’ means a business concern that— 

6 (A) provides economic opportunities, as de7 fined in section 3(e) of the Housing and Urban 

8 Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 

9 1701u(e)); and 

10 (B) is owned by subsidized housing resi11 dents. 

12 (9) ZERO-CARBON HOME.—The term ‘‘zero-car13 bon home’’ means a highly energy-efficient home 

14 that produces on-site, or procures, enough carbon15 free renewable energy to meet the total annual en16 ergy consumption of the home. 

17 SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CON18 GRESS FOR IMPROVED ARCHITECTURAL DE19 SIGN IN GOVERNMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. 

20 Section 4 of the Housing and Urban Development 

21 Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701v) is amended to read as fol22 lows: 

23 ‘‘SEC. 4. IMPROVED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN GOVERN24 MENT HOUSING PROGRAMS. 

25 ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 


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1 ‘‘(1) if Federal aid is to make its full commu2 nity-wide contribution toward improving our urban 

3 and rural environments, Federal aid must have a 

4 greater impact on improvements in architectural de5 sign; and 

6 ‘‘(2) even within the necessary budget limita7 tions on housing for low- and moderate-income fami8 lies, architectural design and environmental perform9 ance can be improved not only to make the housing 

10 more livable, but also to better suit the needs of oc11 cupants including human and environmental health, 

12 zero carbon emissions, well-being, accessibility, and 

13 equity. 

14 ‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con15 gress that in the administration of housing programs that 

16 assist in the provision of housing for low- and moderate17 income families, emphasis should be given to— 

18 ‘‘(1) encouraging good architectural design that 

19 yields maximal environmental performance and ad20 heres to accessibility guidelines established in ac21 cordance with the Americans With Disabilities Act 

22 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) as an essential 

23 component of such housing, and adequate staffing to 

24 maintain that design and environmental perform25 ance; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) developing, with opportunities for resident 

2 involvement, housing that will be of such quality as 

3 to reflect the highest international architectural 

4 standards and the architectural standards of the 

5 neighborhood and the community in which it is situ6 ated, consistent with prudent budgeting.’’. 

7 SEC. 5. DECLARATION OF POLICY. 

8 Section 2(a) of the United States Housing Act of 

9 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437(a)) is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—It is the policy of 

11 the United States— 

12 ‘‘(1) to modernize the intersections of Federal 

13 and local government by employing the funds and 

14 credit of the United States, as provided in this 

15 Act— 

16 ‘‘(A) to guarantee the right to housing for 

17 every individual; 

18 ‘‘(B) to assist States and political subdivi19 sions of States in ensuring that— 

20 ‘‘(i) all housing in the United States 

21 is habitable, highly energy-efficient, and 

22 safe; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) housing conditions lead to good 

24 health, security, and adequate protection 

25 from the economic fears relating to old 


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1 age, disability, sickness, accident, and un2 employment; and 

3 ‘‘(C) to protect, maintain, preserve, and 

4 expand public housing as a sustainable safety 

5 net for all people; 

6 ‘‘(2) that it is the responsibility of the Federal 

7 Government, in conjunction with public housing 

8 agencies, to incentivize, promote, and protect the 

9 independent, collaborative, and collective actions of 

10 public housing residents and other private citizens to 

11 develop housing in a manner that strengthens entire 

12 neighborhoods; and 

13 ‘‘(3) that the Federal Government should act 

14 and create new public housing where there is a seri15 ous need that the free market cannot address or is 

16 not addressing responsibly and support the staffing 

17 needed to maintain and sustain the quality of this 

18 public housing.’’. 

19 SEC. 6. GREEN NEW DEAL PUBLIC HOUSING GRANTS. 

20 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF GRANT PROGRAMS.— 

21 (1) GRANTS FOR PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY

22 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con24 sultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall es25 tablish a grant program that provides amounts 


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1 to eligible entities to facilitate workforce devel2 opment projects and high-income employment 

3 transition at public housing. 

4 (B) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants 

5 under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give 

6 preference to applications submitted by— 

7 (i) eligible entities described in sub8 paragraph (B) or (C) of section 3(1); 

9 (ii) eligible entities that have formed 

10 partnerships with an existing registered 

11 apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, intern12 ship, vocal rehabilitation agency, labor13 management partnership, or other partner14 ships with labor organizations; 

15 (iii) eligible entities that demonstrate 

16 a capacity to facilitate a workforce develop17 ment program that leads to— 

18 (I) the development of career and 

19 related skills, including general edu20 cational development support and fi21 nancial and economic empowerment 

22 education; 

23 (II) direct entry to registered ap24 prenticeship programs; 


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1 (III) certification or associate de2 gree acquisition; 

3 (IV) technical assistance and re4 sources for subsidized housing resi5 dent-owned businesses for purposes of 

6 compliance with the requirements 

7 under section 3 of the Housing and 

8 Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 

9 U.S.C. 1701u), including— 

10 (aa) legal or compliance 

11 services on behalf of subsidized 

12 housing resident-owned busi13 nesses for purposes of helping 

14 them access and apply for gov15 ernment procurement and con16 tracting opportunities; 

17 (bb) education on starting 

18 and sustaining a business; 

19 (cc) accessing insurance and 

20 bonds; and 

21 (dd) demonstrating capacity 

22 and sustainable operations; 

23 (V) training and development of 

24 skills necessary for career develop25 ment in the fields, trades, and services 


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1 reasonably determined during the first 

2 public comment period held in accord3 ance with subsection (b)(3) to be of 

4 interest to public housing residents; 

5 (VI) educational and organiza6 tional tools for public housing resi7 dents in order to advance the models 

8 of worker cooperatives and collective 

9 bargaining; 

10 (VII) education, engagement, and 

11 empowerment resources to help both 

12 residents of public housing and local 

13 low- and very low-income individuals 

14 avail themselves of opportunities made 

15 available under the workforce develop16 ment program, including education, 

17 engagement, and empowerment re18 sources provided in partnership 

19 with— 

20 (aa) a local entity that oper21 ates a Family Self-Sufficiency 

22 program under section 23 of the 

23 United States Housing Act of 

24 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u); and 


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1 (bb) community-based orga2 nizations that demonstrate a 

3 commitment to and history of or4 ganizing with public housing resi5 dents; 

6 (VIII) innovative design partner7 ships with local schools and architec8 tural firms; 

9 (IX) training and employment 

10 opportunities reserved specifically for 

11 local low- and very low-income people 

12 that were formerly incarcerated; 

13 (X) stipends valued at not less 

14 than $250 per week to individuals 

15 participating in the workforce develop16 ment program; and 

17 (XI) childcare and financial lit18 eracy courses for individuals partici19 pating in the workforce development 

20 program; and 

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1 tor, as well as technical and vocational col2 leges. 

3 (C) COMPLIANCE MANAGERS.—Not more 

4 than 10 percent of the amount of a grant re5 ceived by an eligible entity under this para6 graph may be used by an eligible entity to hire 

7 or otherwise retain reporting and compliance 

8 managers with sufficient expertise to ensure 

9 that the eligible entity can comply with the re10 quirements of section 3 of the Housing and 

11 Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 

12 1701u). 

13 (D) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In 

14 addition to the eligible entities described in sec15 tion 3(1), the following shall be eligible for 

16 grants under this paragraph: 

17 (i) An organization that has dem18 onstrated effectiveness in providing adult 

19 education and literacy activities, which 

20 may include— 

21 (I) a local educational agency; 

22 (II) a community-based organiza23 tion or faith-based organization; 

24 (III) a volunteer literacy organi25 zation; 


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1 (IV) an institution of higher edu2 cation, as defined in section 101 of 

3 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

4 U.S.C. 1001); 

5 (V) a public or private nonprofit 

6 agency; 

7 (VI) a library; 

8 (VII) a public housing authority; 

9 (VIII) a nonprofit institution 

10 that is not described in any of sub11 clauses (I) through (VII) and has the 

12 ability to provide adult education and 

13 literacy activities to eligible individ14 uals; 

15 (IX) a consortium or coalition of 

16 the agencies, organizations, institu17 tions, libraries, or authorities de18 scribed in any of subclauses (I) 

19 through (VII); and 

20 (X) a partnership between an 

21 employer and an entity described in 

22 any of subclauses (I) through (VIII). 

23 (ii) Labor organizations. 

24 (iii) Nonprofit organizations. 


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1 (E) PARTNERSHIP WITH DEPARTMENT OF

2 LABOR.—The Secretary shall partner with the 

3 Secretary of Labor to develop all grants in this 

4 section, in particular— 

5 (i) gathering expertise and providing 

6 guidance on worker training funds; and 

7 (ii) ensuring that work requirements 

8 do not become a condition of accessing 

9 public housing. 

10 (2) GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC HOUSING

11 GRANTS.— 

12 (A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary 

13 shall establish a grant program that provides 

14 amounts to eligible entities for the eligible ac15 tivities described in subparagraph (B). 

16 (B) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The eligible 

17 activities described in this subparagraph are— 

18 (i) conducting physical needs assess19 ments and subsequent deep energy retro20 fits in public housing, including— 

21 (I) retrofits for— 

22 (aa) energy-efficient win23 dows; 

24 (bb) super insulation of 

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1 ing the addition of new cladding 

2 to buildings and the rerouting of 

3 plumbing and electricity; 

4 (cc) electrification of water 

5 heating and building heating sys6 tems using electric heat pumps; 

7 and 

8 (dd) electric heat pumps to 

9 provide air conditioning, where 

10 feasible; 

11 (II) strategies to increase 

12 airtightness of building envelope, in13 cluding air sealant paints; and 

14 (III) acquisition and installation 

15 of heat-recovery ventilation systems; 

16 (ii) repairs and upgrades to public 

17 housing to ensure compliance with the 

18 physical condition standards under section 

19 5.703 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula20 tions, or any successor regulation; 

21 (iii) upgrading, replacing, and improv22 ing public housing to energy efficiency, 

23 building electrification, including— 


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1 (I) conducting physical needs as2 sessments of public housing dwelling 

3 units; 

4 (II) in-unit energy efficiency 

5 product upgrades, including upgrad6 ing to— 

7 (aa) modern, energy-efficient 

8 insulation; 

9 (bb) all-electric state-of-the10 art efficient appliances; 

11 (cc) energy-efficient bath12 room plumbing, including low13 flow toilets; 

14 (dd) energy-efficient laundry 

15 machines; 

16 (ee) energy-efficient air fil17 ters; 

18 (ff) energy monitoring de19 vices including smart meters and 

20 smart thermostats; 

21 (gg) energy-efficient 

22 lightbulbs; 

23 (hh) highly insulated win24 dows; 

25 (ii) reflective roofing; 


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1 (jj) smart Supervisory Con2 trol and Data Acquisition sys3 tems and building-to-grid inte4 gration; and 

5 (kk) passive cooling meas6 ures; 

7 (III) upgrading infrastructure re8 lated to building electrification, in9 cluding upgrading— 

10 (aa) electric heating, ventila11 tion, and air conditioning sys12 tems, including cold-climate heat 

13 pumps; 

14 (bb) electrical panels; 

15 (cc) electric appliances to re16 place appliances reliant on fossil 

17 fuels, such as gas stoves and hot 

18 water heaters; and 

19 (dd) related infrastructure, 

20 including flooring, walls, and 

21 roofs, that is necessary to com22 plete before electrification up23 grades can occur; and 

24 (IV) water quality upgrades, in25 cluding replacing water pipes in public 


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1 housing if a quality test of drinking 

2 water concentrations in public housing 

3 exceeds— 

4 (aa) 1 part per billion of 

5 lead; 

6 (bb) 4.0 parts per trillion of 

7 perfluorooctanoic acid; 

8 (cc) 4.0 parts per trillion of 

9 perfluorooctane sulfonate; 

10 (dd) a combined Hazard 

11 Index of 1.0, as described in the 

12 proposed rule of the Environ13 mental Protection Agency enti14 tled, ‘‘Per- and polyfluroalkyl 

15 substances (PFAS): 

16 Perflurooctanoic acid (PFOA) 

17 and Perflurorooctanesulfonic acid 

18 (PFOS) National Primary Drink19 ing Water Regulation Rule20 making’’ (88 Fed. Reg. 18638; 

21 March 29, 2023); 

22 (ee) 4.0 parts per trillion of 

23 arsenic; 

24 (ff) 0.3 parts per million of 

25 copper; 


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1 (gg) drinking water stand2 ards of the Environmental Pro3 tection Agency for organic and 

4 inorganic contaminants, radio5 nuclides, and microbiological con6 taminants; and 

7 (hh) any other Environ8 mental Protection Agency stand9 ard adopted under the Safe 

10 Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 300f et seq.); 

12 (iv) building, expanding, and main13 taining community energy generation in 

14 public housing, including the construction 

15 of and ongoing costs associated with— 

16 (I) renewable energy rooftops; 

17 (II) renewable energy generation; 

18 (III) photovoltaic glass windows; 

19 (IV) the bulk purchase of clean 

20 energy grid supply from energy utili21 ties; and 

22 (V) community-scale energy stor23 age systems; 

24 (v) establishing or expanding recycling 

25 and zero-waste programs in public housing, 


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1 including the recycling of appliances and 

2 machines that were replaced through ac3 tivities described in clause (iii); 

4 (vi) community resilience and sustain5 ability projects in public housing, includ6 ing— 

7 (I) the purchase and installation 

8 of energy storage, including batteries, 

9 flywheels, compressed air, and 

10 pumped hydroelectric or thermal en11 ergy storage, in order to ensure en12 ergy backup of not less than 48 hours 

13 in the event of an emergency or dis14 aster; 

15 (II) the construction of childcare 

16 centers and ongoing costs associated 

17 with childcare centers; 

18 (III) the construction of senior 

19 centers and ongoing costs associated 

20 with senior centers; 

21 (IV) the construction of commu22 nity gardens and ongoing costs associ23 ated with community gardens; 

24 (V) the maintenance of entire 

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1 (VI) the installation of publicly 

2 owned high speed internet in order to 

3 provide universal internet access for 

4 all residents with an upload speed of 

5 not less than 100Mbps and a 

6 download speed of not less than 

7 100Mbps, and the ongoing costs asso8 ciated with providing that internet in9 frastructure and access; 

10 (VII) the establishment or im11 provement, and painting, of commu12 nity centers and other shared commu13 nity spaces, the personnel of which 

14 shall earn the higher of— 

15 (aa) the local prevailing 

16 wage; or 

17 (bb) a wage of $17 per hour; 

18 (VIII) the establishment or im19 provement of dedicated infrastructure 

20 for transportation by bicycle, includ21 ing lanes, parking spots, and the bulk 

22 purchase of enough bicycles to offer 1 

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1 (IX) the deployment of electric 

2 vehicle charging infrastructure for 

3 public housing residents and visitors; 

4 and 

5 (X) the establishment and leasing 

6 of commercial activity that offers pub7 lic housing residents on-site access to 

8 goods and services, including good9 quality healthcare clinics, dental clin10 ics, bookstores, learning and tutoring 

11 centers, and affordable organic gro12 ceries; and 

13 (vii) construction and ongoing costs 

14 associated with climate adaptation and 

15 emergency disaster response for public 

16 housing, including— 

17 (I) integrated solutions that com18 bine better walls, heating, cooling, 

19 ventilation, solar, and storage into a 

20 single easy-to-install and affordable 

21 retrofit for public housing; 

22 (II) additional solar and storage 

23 on site, or through a local community 

24 microgrid, in order to allow residents 


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1 to access essential energy during 

2 power outages; 

3 (III) insulating and eliminating 

4 air leakage in order to ensure that in5 dividual dwelling units can retain a 

6 safe temperature during a power out7 age until power is restored or emer8 gency assistance arrives; and 

9 (IV) installing rigid foam wall in10 sulation in hurricane and earthquake11 prone areas in order to create shear 

12 walls to resist structural damage from 

13 walls tilting or falling during high 

14 winds and earthquakes. 

15 (b) GRANT APPLICATION.— 

16 (1) REQUIRED CONTENTS.—As a condition of 

17 receiving a grant under subsection (a), each eligible 

18 entity shall include in the grant application sub19 mitted to the Secretary— 

20 (A) a signed acknowledgment indicating a 

21 commitment to transition all public housing 

22 owned or managed by the eligible entity into 

23 zero-carbon homes not later than 10 years after 

24 the date on which the eligible entity receives the 

25 grant; 


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1 (B) a signed acknowledgment indicating a 

2 commitment to hiring, training, and retaining 

3 needed public housing agency employees associ4 ated with the activities of the grant; 

5 (C) a full accounting, including pre-ap6 proved financing plans and post-completion ex7 pense reports, of the amount of funds required 

8 to complete the activities under the grant, 

9 under enforcement by the Secretary, which 

10 shall— 

11 (i) be complete and reasonably cal12 culated to accomplish the purposes of this 

13 Act; 

14 (ii) include costs related to complying 

15 with local wage and labor laws; 

16 (iii) include the amount of funds ex17 pended by the eligible entity to comply 

18 with the resident and community engage19 ment requirements under paragraph (3); 

20 and 

21 (iv) be updated and submitted to Con22 gress on a quarterly basis; and 

23 (v) include a 10-year decarbonization 

24 plan meeting decarbonization requirements 

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1 (D) a community impact assessment and 

2 analysis of— 

3 (i) the likely direct and indirect im4 pact the grant funds, if awarded, will have 

5 on the economic empowerment and social 

6 mobility of environmental justice commu7 nities; and 

8 (ii) whether the proposed actions to be 

9 taken under the grant would be affirma10 tively furthering fair housing, as defined in 

11 section 5.152 of title 24, Code of Federal 

12 Regulations, or any successor regulation; 

13 (E) the written concurrence of any local 

14 labor organization representing employees of 

15 the eligible entity who are engaged in the same 

16 or substantially similar work that is proposed to 

17 be carried out does not displace or supplant the 

18 work performed by those represented employ19 ees; 

20 (F) a certification that none of the funds 

21 under the grant shall be used for prohibited 

22 purposes, including— 

23 (i) any activity that is subject to the 

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1 ing and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 

2 433(a)); 

3 (ii) to abrogate a collective bargaining 

4 agreement; or 

5 (iii) to replace an employee who is on 

6 strike or who is being locked out; and 

7 (G) a plan to expand accessibility for per8 sons with disabilities to full compliance with the 

9 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 

10 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and that all projects shall 

11 at least meet the new construction standards of 

12 title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 

13 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.). 

14 (2) RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

15 BEFORE SUBMITTING APPLICATION.—Before submit16 ting an application for a grant under this subsection, 

17 an eligible entity shall— 

18 (A) solicit and consider community and 

19 public feedback, to the maximum extent pos20 sible, by providing for opportunities to comment 

21 via an in-person accessible location with inter22 pretation available, as well as via a cloud-based 

23 content collaboration provider that is certified 

24 by the Federal Risk and Authorization Manage25 ment Program, and that comply with the most 


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1 recent final version of the Web Content Accessi2 bility Guidelines, through— 

3 (i) an initial public comment period, 

4 for which the eligible entity shall— 

5 (I) publish— 

6 (aa) a description of each of 

7 the grant programs established 

8 under subsection (a); and 

9 (bb) a form to be used to 

10 submit comments that complies 

11 with public notice standards and 

12 the public comment requirements 

13 in the consolidated plan of the 

14 Department of Housing and 

15 Urban Development; and 

16 (II) give interested persons 90 

17 days to— 

18 (aa) submit draft text di19 rectly into the application; 

20 (bb) submit written data 

21 and accounting estimates; and 

22 (cc) submit general com23 ments; 

24 (ii) a second public comment period 

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1 end of the initial public comment period 

2 under clause (i), for which the eligible enti3 ty shall— 

4 (I) publish a draft version of the 

5 completed common application form 

6 described in subsection (a) that con7 tains, at a minimum— 

8 (aa) a short analysis and 

9 evaluation of the relevant signifi10 cant proposals set forth during 

11 the initial public comment period; 

12 and 

13 (bb) a clear and concise 

14 statement of the basis, purpose, 

15 and goals of the application; and 

16 (II) give interested persons 30 

17 days to submit feedback on and rec18 ommended improvements to the draft 

19 final grant application; 

20 (B) host not less than 2 public hearings, 

21 which shall be recorded and held at a conven22 ient and accessible location with interpretation 

23 available for public housing residents, for each 

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1 with an opportunity to comment, with not less 

2 than 1 occurring in the afternoon and not less 

3 than 1 occurring in the evening; 

4 (C) solicit input and acquire signed ap5 proval of the completed common application 

6 form from the resident council or resident coun7 cils, if existing and active, of the public housing 

8 that will receive assistance under the grant; and 

9 (D) solicit input and acquire signed ap10 proval of the complete common application from 

11 any local labor organization representing em12 ployees of the eligible entity that will receive as13 sistance under the grant, to ensure compliance 

14 with existing collective bargaining agreement 

15 and to ensure that grants funds will not be 

16 used to displace or supplant existing staff, posi17 tions, or vacancies. 

18 (3) PRIORITY AMONG APPLICATIONS FOR COM19 MUNITY ENERGY GENERATION.—In reviewing appli20 cations for grants to carry out activities described in 

21 subsection (a)(2)(B)(iv), the Secretary shall give 

22 preference to applications submitted by eligible enti23 ties that— 

24 (A) demonstrate an ability to generate the 

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1 be consumed by public housing projects and 

2 transferred to the local energy grid; and 

3 (B) demonstrate a commitment to provide 

4 job training and contracting opportunities to 

5 public housing residents and subsidized housing 

6 resident-owned businesses. 

7 (4) EXCEPTIONS FOR INDIGENOUS GROUPS AND

8 TRIBES.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Any eligible entity de10 scribed in section 3(2) that submits an applica11 tion for a grant program described in this sub12 section— 

13 (i) is exempt from compliance with 

14 subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of paragraph 

15 (2)(A)(i) and paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(I); and 

16 (ii) is empowered to self-determine 

17 guidelines and standards pertaining to en18 suring community and resident engage19 ment. 

20 (B) SUBMISSION BY TRIBALLY DES21 IGNATED HOUSING ENTITIES.—An application 

22 for a grant under subsection (a) for an Indian 

23 tribe may be prepared and submitted on behalf 

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1 cation contains a certification by the recognized 

2 tribal government of the grant beneficiary that 

3 the Indian tribe— 

4 (i) has had an opportunity to review 

5 the application and has authorized the sub6 mission of the application by the tribally 

7 designated housing entity; or 

8 (ii) has delegated to the tribally des9 ignated housing entity the authority to 

10 submit an application on behalf of the In11 dian tribe without prior review by the In12 dian tribe. 

13 (5) BENCHMARKING ENERGY AND WATER CON14 SUMPTION.—An eligible entity desiring a grant to 

15 carry out activities described in subsection 

16 (a)(2)(B)(ii) shall include in the grant application a 

17 commitment to benchmarking energy and water con18 sumption using ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, 

19 or another system approved by the Department of 

20 Housing and Urban Development, for a period of 

21 not less than 5 years beginning on the date on which 

22 the eligible entity receives the grant. 

23 (c) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—If an eligible entity submits 

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1 subsection (a) that complies with the requirements 

2 under subsection (b), the Secretary shall award the 

3 funds to the eligible entity that are required to com4 plete the grant, as specified in the accounting sub5 mitted under subsection (b)(2)(C). 

6 (2) REAPPLICATION.—If the Secretary deter7 mines that an application submitted by an eligible 

8 entity under this section does not comply with the 

9 requirements under subsection (b)— 

10 (A) the Secretary shall provide to the eligi11 ble entity a summary of the requirements that 

12 the eligible entity has failed to meet; and 

13 (B) the eligible entity may reapply for the 

14 grant. 

15 (3) EXPEDITED REVIEW.—The Secretary shall 

16 ensure a timely review of applications submitted by 

17 eligible entities that own or manage public housing 

18 in a congressional district— 

19 (A) with an aggregate total of not less 

20 than 5,000 public housing residents; 

21 (B) in which— 

22 (i) not less than 40 percent of the 

23 residents are not less than 62 years old; 

24 (ii) not less than 25 percent of the 

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1 (iii) not less than 5 percent of all 

2 heads of household are not more than 24 

3 years old; or 

4 (C) with an average household income of 

5 less than $40,000. 

6 (d) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS FOR CAPACITY BUILD7 ING.—An eligible entity shall use not more than 5 percent 

8 of grant funds received under this section for activities to 

9 expand the capacity of the eligible entity to carry out the 

10 grant activities, including— 

11 (1) hiring staff; 

12 (2) training residents for staff positions; 

13 (3) providing technical assistance; 

14 (4) community engagement; and 

15 (5) other necessary administrative activities. 

16 (e) RESIDENT PROTECTION.—Each eligible entity 

17 that is the recipient of a grant under subsection (a) 

18 shall— 

19 (1) comply with the requirements under part 24 

20 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and provide 

21 relocation assistance for any and all residents of 

22 public housing managed by the eligible entity who 

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1 residents can return to their homes once retrofitting 

2 is completed; 

3 (2) provide robust temporary relocation assist4 ance and alternate housing options in cases where 

5 phased improvements temporarily prevent tenant oc6 cupancy; 

7 (3) ensure that activities undertaken as part of 

8 the grant do not result in a reduction of total public 

9 housing dwelling units; and 

10 (4) to the greatest extent practicable, complete 

11 construction, modernization, or retrofitting of re12 placement dwellings prior to demolishing existing 

13 public housing units. 

14 (f) PROFITS RELATED TO COMMUNITY ENERGY

15 GENERATION.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any energy 

17 produced by an eligible entity carrying out activities 

18 described in subsection (a)(2)(B)(iii), the eligible en19 tity may retain 90 percent of any profits earned 

20 from selling the energy. 

21 (2) VOTE.—An eligible entity described para22 graph (1) with not less than 50 public housing 

23 dwelling units shall provide residents of the public 

24 housing the opportunity to vote on how the profits 

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1 (3) OTHER REVENUE.—Any profits not re2 tained under this subsection shall be transferred to 

3 the Department of the Treasury for deposit in the 

4 General Fund. 

5 (g) LABOR AND BUY AMERICAN PROVISIONS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out grant activi7 ties under this section, each contractor or subcon8 tractor for a project funded under this section shall 

9 carry out the following: 

10 (A) Ensure that the materials used by the 

11 contractor or subcontractor are substantially 

12 manufactured, mined, and produced in the 

13 United States in accordance with chapter 83 of 

14 title 41, United States Code (commonly known 

15 as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’). 

16 (B) Ensure that all laborers and mechan17 ics employed by the contractor or subcontractor 

18 in the performance of construction, alteration, 

19 or repair work financed in whole or in part with 

20 assistance under this section shall be paid 

21 wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 

22 similar construction in the locality, as deter23 mined by the Secretary of Labor, in accordance 

24 with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 

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1 ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’). With respect to the labor 

2 standards in this subparagraph, the Secretary 

3 of Labor shall have the authority and functions 

4 set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 

5 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 

6 section 3145 of title 40, United States Code. 

7 (C) With respect to a project that costs 

8 not less than $25,000,000, consent to a project 

9 labor agreement. 

10 (D) Require each project labor agreement 

11 to be in compliance with the hiring and con12 tracting requirements described in subsections 

13 (c) and (d) of section 3 of the Housing and 

14 Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 

15 1701u). 

16 (E) Not hire employees through a tem17 porary staffing agency unless the relevant State 

18 workforce agency certifies that temporary em19 ployees are necessary to address an acute, 

20 short-term labor demand. 

21 (F) Adopt— 

22 (i) an explicit policy on any issue in23 volving the organization of employees of 

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1 contractors, for purposes of collective bar2 gaining not to deter employees with respect 

3 to— 

4 (I) labor organizing for the em5 ployees engaged in activities under the 

6 grant; and 

7 (II) such employees’ choice to 

8 form and join labor organizations; and 

9 (ii) such policies that require— 

10 (I) the posting and maintenance 

11 of notices in the workplace to such 

12 employees of their rights under the 

13 National Labor Relations Act (29 

14 U.S.C. 151 et seq.); 

15 (II) that such employees are, at 

16 the beginning of their employment, 

17 provided notice and information re18 garding the employees’ rights under 

19 such Act; and 

20 (III) the employer to voluntarily 

21 recognize a union in cases where a 

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1 (G) For each project employing union 

2 workers to rehabilitate, upgrade, innovate and 

3 transition public housing developments, dem4 onstrate an ability to use and to commit to use 

5 individuals enrolled in a registered apprentice6 ship program who shall, to the greatest extent 

7 practicable, constitute not less than 20 percent 

8 of the individuals working on the project. 

9 (H) Not require mandatory arbitration for 

10 any dispute involving a worker engaged in a 

11 service for the contractor or subcontractor. 

12 (I) Consider an individual performing any 

13 service under the grant as an employee, and not 

14 an independent contractor, of the contractor or 

15 subcontractor, respectively, unless— 

16 (i) the individual is free from control 

17 and direction in connection with the per18 formance of the service, both under the 

19 contract for the performance of the service 

20 and in fact; 

21 (ii) the service is performed outside 

22 the usual course of the business of the con23 tractor or subcontractor, respectively; and 

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1 trade, occupation, profession, or business 

2 of the same nature as that involved in such 

3 service. 

4 (J) Ensure that all laborers, mechanics, 

5 and other workers employed by the contractor 

6 or subcontractor shall not displace or supplant 

7 an employee or position of the eligible entity, 

8 including partial displacement such as a reduc9 tion in hours, wages, or employment benefits, 

10 as a result of receiving a grant under this sec11 tion. 

12 (2) ACTION TO ENFORCE INDEPENDENT CON13 TRACTOR REQUIREMENT.—A third party, including 

14 a State or local government, may bring an action in 

15 any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the re16 quirement under paragraph (1)(I). 

17 (h) CONSULTATION WITH AGENCIES.—The Sec18 retary shall— 

19 (1) consult with the Secretary of Energy— 

20 (A) in developing criteria and assessing ap21 plications for grants under subsection (a); and 

22 (B) to identify and verify state-of-the-art 

23 building materials and appliances, made in the 

24 United States, that can be procured at scale for 

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1 (2) consult with the Secretary of the Treasury 

2 to track alternative energy revenues that are re3 turned to the Department of the Treasury under 

4 subsection (f)(4); 

5 (3) consult with the Administrator of the Envi6 ronmental Protection Agency— 

7 (A) in developing criteria and assessing ap8 plications for grants under of subsection (a)(2); 

9 (B) regarding testing air quality and water 

10 quality for purposes of grant activities described 

11 in subsection (a)(2)(B)(ii); and 

12 (C) regarding testing soil quality for radon 

13 and other contaminants for purposes of grant 

14 activities described in subsection (a)(2)(B); 

15 (4) consult with the Secretary of Education in 

16 developing criteria and assessing applications for 

17 grants under subsection (a)(1); 

18 (5) consult with the Secretary of Labor in de19 veloping criteria and assessing applications for 

20 grants under subsection (a)(1); 

21 (6) consult with the Administrator of the Small 

22 Business Administration in developing criteria and 

23 assessing applications for grants under subsection 

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1 (7) consult with the Secretary of Health and 

2 Human Services— 

3 (A) in developing criteria and assessing ap4 plications for grants under subsection (a)(2); 

5 and 

6 (B) regarding health trends related to all 

7 illnesses that disproportionately impact low-in8 come people; 

9 (8) consult with the Administrator of the Fed10 eral Emergency Management Agency in developing 

11 criteria and assessing applications for grants under 

12 subsection (a)(2); 

13 (9) consult with the Secretary of the Interior to 

14 develop criteria and assess applications for grants 

15 under subsection (a)(2); and 

16 (10) consult with any entity described in para17 graphs (1) through (9) for any other purpose as de18 termined necessary by the Secretary to carry out 

19 this section and the purposes of this Act. 

20 (i) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to Con21 gress biannual reports on the impact that the grant pro22 grams established under subsection (a) have had on— 

23 (1) the rehabilitation, upgrades, innovation, and 

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1 (2) total greenhouse gas emission output, and 

2 quarterly data on greenhouse gas emission reduc3 tions from individual public housing developments, 

4 specifically as they relate to— 

5 (A) home energy carbon pollution emis6 sions in each public housing development, as 

7 calculated using the Carbon Footprint Calcu8 lator from the Environmental Protection Agen9 cy; 

10 (B) waste-related carbon emissions in each 

11 public housing development, as calculated using 

12 the Carbon Footprint Calculator from the Envi13 ronmental Protection Agency; and 

14 (C) total greenhouse gas emissions released 

15 by individual public housing buildings and 

16 homes within a public housing development, as 

17 calculated using the Greenhouse Gas Equiva18 lencies Calculator from the Environmental Pro19 tection Agency; 

20 (3) the amount of Federal money saved due to 

21 energy cost savings at public housing projects, on a 

22 quarterly basis; 

23 (4) the amount of energy savings per KwH at 

24 each public housing project, on a quarterly basis; 

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1 (A) access to economic opportunities 

2 through compliance with the hiring and con3 tracting requirements described in subsections 

4 (c) and (d) of section 3 of the Housing and 

5 Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 

6 1701u); 

7 (B) the impacts, if any, those residents 

8 have experienced due to displacement and insta9 bility; 

10 (C) the impacts, if any, those residents 

11 have experienced to their individual economic 

12 growth as measured by individual and house13 hold income; 

14 (D) the specific career skills acquired; 

15 (E) the impacts, if any, those residents 

16 have experienced to their overall health; and 

17 (F) the specific educational or technical 

18 certifications acquired; and 

19 (6) changes to the overall community health in20 dicators in public housing developments and their 

21 surrounding neighborhoods, including asthma rates, 

22 air quality, water quality, and levels of lead and 

23 mold. 

24 (j) ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING

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1 section, the Secretary shall require the placement of a 

2 dwelling unit under subsection (d) or (e) of 9 of the United 

3 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) in per4 petuity. 

5 (k) FUNDING.—Out of funds in the Treasury not oth6 erwise appropriated, there are appropriated to carry out 

7 this section— 

8 (1) such sums as necessary to address the exist9 ing public housing capital backlog at the Depart10 ment of Housing and Urban Development; 

11 (2) such sums as may be necessary for each of 

12 fiscal years 2024 through 2034; and 

13 (3) $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 

14 expended, for administrative costs relating to car15 rying out this section, including providing technical 

16 assistance to grant applicants. 

17 SEC. 7. THE SECTION 3 PROGRAM FOR ECONOMIC OPPOR18 TUNITIES. 

19 Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development 

20 Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (c)(1)— 

22 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, op23 erating assistance provided pursuant to section 

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1 inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 1437c), assistance from 

2 the Operating Fund under section 9(e) of that 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), assistance from the 

4 Capital Fund under section 9(d) of that Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), and assistance provided 

6 under a grant awarded under section 6 of the 

7 Green New Deal for Public Housing Act’’; and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) HIRING REQUIREMENT.—The Sec10 retary shall require that, of the employment po11 sitions generated by development assistance 

12 provided pursuant to section 6 of the United 

13 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c), 

14 assistance from the Operating Fund under sec15 tion 9(e) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), as16 sistance from the Capital Fund under section 

17 9(d) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), and as18 sistance provided under a grant awarded under 

19 section 6 of the Green New Deal for Public 

20 Housing Act, public and Indian housing agen21 cies, and their contractors and subcontractors, 

22 shall fill, to the greatest extent possible— 

23 ‘‘(i) not less than 40 percent of those 

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1 ceipt of grant funds awarded, with low2 and very low-income persons; 

3 ‘‘(ii) not less than 50 percent of those 

4 positions generated during the 1-year pe5 riod beginning 2 years after the initial re6 ceipt of grant funds awarded, with low7 and very low-income persons; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) not less than 90 percent of those 

9 positions generated after the expiration of 

10 the period described in clause (ii) with low11 and very low-income persons.’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (d)(1)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, op14 erating assistance provided pursuant to section 

15 9 of that Act, and modernization grants pro16 vided pursuant to section 14 of that Act’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘(42 U.S.C. 1437c), assistance from 

18 the Operating Fund under section 9(e) of that 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), assistance from the 

20 Capital Fund under section 9(d) of that Act 

21 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), and assistance provided 

22 under a grant awarded under section 6 of the 

23 Green New Deal for Public Housing Act’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(C) CONTRACTING REQUIREMENT.—The 

2 Secretary shall require that, of the aggregate 

3 dollar amount of contracts awarded for work to 

4 be performed in connection with assistance 

5 from the Operating Fund under section 9(e) of 

6 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

7 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), assistance from the Capital 

8 Fund under section 9(d) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 1437g(d)), and assistance provided under a 

10 grant awarded under section 6 of the Green 

11 New Deal for Public Housing Act, public and 

12 Indian housing agencies, and their contractors 

13 and subcontractors, shall, to the greatest extent 

14 possible, certify that— 

15 ‘‘(i) not less than 20 percent of the 

16 aggregate dollar amount of such contracts 

17 awarded during the 1-year period begin18 ning 1 year after the initial receipt of 

19 grant funds awarded shall be awarded to 

20 subsidized housing resident-owned busi21 nesses; 

22 ‘‘(ii) not less than 30 percent of the 

23 aggregate dollar amount of such contracts 

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1 grant funds awarded shall be awarded to 

2 subsidized housing resident-owned busi3 nesses; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) not less than 50 percent of the 

5 aggregate dollar amount of such contracts 

6 awarded after the expiration of the period 

7 described in clause (ii) shall be awarded to 

8 subsidized housing resident-owned busi9 nesses.’’; 

10 (3) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(3) SUBSIDIZED HOUSING RESIDENT-OWNED

13 BUSINESS.—The term ‘subsidized housing resident14 owned business’ has the meaning given the term in 

15 section 3 of the Green New Deal for Public Housing 

16 Act.’’; 

17 (4) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub18 section (i); and 

19 (5) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol20 lowing: 

21 ‘‘(g) MEASURING ECONOMIC IMPACT.—Before the 

22 start of the second fiscal year beginning after the date 

23 of enactment of the Green New Deal for Public Housing 

24 Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Secretary shall require 

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1 port to the Secretary on the economic impacts of this sec2 tion on the community in which housing developments of 

3 the public housing agency are located, including— 

4 ‘‘(1) the aggregate dollar amount of contracts 

5 awarded in compliance with this section; 

6 ‘‘(2) the aggregate dollar amount of wages and 

7 salaries paid for positions employed by low- and very 

8 low-income persons in accordance with this section; 

9 ‘‘(3) the aggregate dollar amount expended for 

10 training opportunities provided to low- and very low11 income persons in accordance with this section; and 

12 ‘‘(4) the aggregate dollar amount expended for 

13 training and assisting subsidized housing resident14 owned businesses for compliance with this section. 

15 ‘‘(h) WORKFORCE ROSTER.— 

16 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall re17 quire each public housing agency to establish and 

18 maintain a roster of the residents and subsidized 

19 housing resident-owned businesses of the public 

20 housing agency in order to identify and spotlight tal21 ented local laborers and facilitate compliance with 

22 this section. 

23 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION.—The roster maintained by 

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1 include information that is updated not less fre2 quently than every 30 days, including— 

3 ‘‘(A) information for each public housing 

4 resident choosing to have their information re5 corded that lists their occupational skills, career 

6 goals, and any workforce development programs 

7 they participate in; and 

8 ‘‘(B) information for each subsidized hous9 ing resident-owned business that lists the field 

10 of business they are in and the hiring opportu11 nities they currently have available. 

12 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY.—In order to facilitate com13 pliance with this subsection, the Secretary shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) require each public housing agency to 

15 submit to the Secretary the information main16 tained by the public housing agency in the ros17 ter under this subsection; and 

18 ‘‘(B) collect and make the data described 

19 in subparagraph (A) available on the website of 

20 the Department of Housing and Urban Devel21 opment, upon request, to contractors, sub22 contractors, resident councils, resident manage23 ment organizations, and YouthBuild pro24 grams.’’. 


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1 SEC. 8. FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM. 

2 Section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

3 (42 U.S.C. 1437u), as amended by section 306 of the Eco4 nomic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protec5 tion Act (Pub. L. 115–174; 132 Stat. 1339), is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) An Indian tribe or tribally designated 

10 housing entity, as defined in section 4 of the 

11 Native American Housing Assistance and Self12 Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (d)(2)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

15 at the end; 

16 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (K) as 

17 subparagraph (M); and 

18 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (J) 

19 the following: 

20 ‘‘(K) digital literacy; 

21 ‘‘(L) provision of home and community22 based services for older adults and individuals 

23 with disabilities of participating families; and’’; 

24 (3) in subsection (g)(2), by inserting after the 

25 first sentence the following: ‘‘The program coordi26 nating committee shall include representatives of any 


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1 resident council and any jurisdiction-wide resident 

2 council of the eligible entity.’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (h)(3)— 

4 (A) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

5 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

6 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (I) as 

7 subparagraph (J); and 

8 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (H) 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(I) a description of how the local program 

11 will ensure that opportunities provided through 

12 the local program will maximize success in syn13 chronizing the program with, and complying 

14 with, the requirements regarding employment 

15 and contracting under section 3 of the Housing 

16 and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 

17 U.S.C. 1701(u)).’’; and 

18 (5) in subsection (i)(2)— 

19 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 

20 but not more than 35 participants,’’ before ‘‘is 

21 eligible’’; 

22 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

23 (i) by striking ‘‘75’’ and inserting 

24 ‘‘36’’; and 


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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘35’’; 

3 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (C), 

4 (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (F), (G), and 

5 (H), respectively; and 

6 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

7 the following: 

8 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL AWARD FOR PUBLIC

9 HOUSING GREEN NEW DEAL APPLICANTS.—An 

10 eligible entity that is approved for a grant 

11 under section 6 of the Green New Deal for 

12 Public Housing Act shall be eligible to receive 

13 an additional award under this subparagraph to 

14 cover costs of filling an additional family self15 sufficiency coordinator position, or additional 

16 such positions, responsible for— 

17 ‘‘(i) coordinating participation in a 

18 local program under this section for par19 ticipants seeking employment opportunities 

20 made available by the grant; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) compliance by the eligible entity 

22 with section 3 of the Housing and Urban 

23 Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL AWARD FOR SYNCHRO2 NIZATION WITH SECTION 3 REQUIREMENTS.— 

3 An eligible entity that meets such criteria as 

4 the Secretary shall establish regarding success5 ful synchronization and compliance of a local 

6 program under this section with the require7 ments regarding employment and contracting 

8 under section 3 of the Housing and Urban De9 velopment Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701u) shall 

10 be eligible to receive an additional award under 

11 this subparagraph to cover costs relating to a 

12 family self-sufficiency coordinator position re13 sponsible for such synchronization and compli14 ance. 

15 ‘‘(E) AWARDS TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE ENTI16 TIES TO ESTABLISH FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY

17 PROGRAMS.—An eligible entity that is not ad18 ministering a local program under this section 

19 and that meets such standards as the Secretary 

20 shall establish shall be eligible to receive an 

21 award under this subparagraph to cover costs 

22 relating to a family self-sufficiency coordinator 

23 position responsible for assisting in preparing 

24 and submitting an application to establish such 

25 a local program.’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. RESIDENT COUNCILS. 

2 Section 2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

3 (42 U.S.C. 1437) is amended by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(c) RESIDENT COUNCILS.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing 

7 project with not less than 50 dwelling units shall 

8 form a resident council to— 

9 ‘‘(A) improve residents’ quality of life and 

10 resident satisfaction; and 

11 ‘‘(B) establish self-help initiatives to enable 

12 residents to create a positive living environment 

13 for families living in public housing. 

14 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION.—Each resident council 

15 formed under this subsection may actively partici16 pate through working partnerships with a public 

17 housing agency to advise and assist in all aspects of 

18 public housing operations in accordance with part 

19 964 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 

20 successor regulation. 

21 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A resident council 

23 shall consist of individuals residing in public 

24 housing and shall meet the requirements de25 scribed in this paragraph in order to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) receive official recognition from 

2 the public housing agency and the Sec3 retary; 

4 ‘‘(ii) be eligible to receive funds for 

5 resident council activities; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) be eligible to receive stipends for 

7 officers for their related costs in connec8 tion with volunteer work in public housing. 

9 ‘‘(B) RESIDENTS REPRESENTED.—A resi10 dent council may represent residents residing 

11 in— 

12 ‘‘(i) scattered site buildings; 

13 ‘‘(ii) areas of contiguous row houses; 

14 ‘‘(iii) 1 or more contiguous buildings; 

15 ‘‘(iv) residents with tenant protection 

16 vouchers; 

17 ‘‘(v) residents now in Rental Assist18 ance Demonstration-converted properties 

19 who maintain their prior existing rights 

20 under sections 6 and 9 of the United 

21 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

22 1437d, 1437g); 

23 ‘‘(vi) a development; or 

24 ‘‘(vii) any combination of clauses (i) 

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1 ‘‘(C) ELECTIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(i) WRITTEN PROCEDURES.—A resi3 dent council shall adopt written proce4 dures, such as by-laws or a constitution, 

5 which shall— 

6 ‘‘(I) provide for a democratically 

7 elected governing board that— 

8 ‘‘(aa) consists of not less 

9 than 5 members; and 

10 ‘‘(bb) is elected— 

11 ‘‘(AA) by the voting 

12 membership of the residents 

13 of the public housing; and 

14 ‘‘(BB) in elections that 

15 occur on a regular basis not 

16 less frequently than every 2 

17 years; and 

18 ‘‘(II) provide for the recall of the 

19 resident council by the voting mem20 bership through a petition or other ex21 pression of the desire of the voting 

22 membership for a recall election and 

23 set the threshold percentage of voting 

24 membership who are required to be in 

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1 election, which percentage shall be not 

2 less than 10 percent of the voting 

3 membership. 

4 ‘‘(ii) VOTING MEMBERSHIP.—The vot5 ing membership of a resident council shall 

6 consist of heads of households of the public 

7 housing dwelling units of any age and 

8 other residents not less than 16 years of 

9 age. 

10 ‘‘(4) STIPENDS.—Public housing agencies may 

11 provide stipends to resident council officers who 

12 serve as volunteers in their public housing develop13 ments, which shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) not exceed $1,000 per month per offi15 cer; 

16 ‘‘(B) not be required for officers for whom 

17 receiving the stipend would affect other income18 calculated benefits; and 

19 ‘‘(C) be decided locally by the resident 

20 council and the public housing agency. 

21 ‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY OF 2-YEAR ELECTION

22 CYCLE.—The requirement under paragraph 

23 (3)(C)(i)(I)(bb)(BB) shall apply on and after Janu24 ary 1, 2025.’’. 


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1 SEC. 10. REPEAL OF FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT. 

2 Section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act of 

3 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is amended by striking para4 graph (3). 

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