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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8186 

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 

a grant and loan program that provides amounts to eligible entities 

to use to develop, create, or preserve qualifying affordable dwelling units, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2024 

Ms. STEVENS (for herself, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, and Mr. TORRES of New 

York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

to establish a grant and loan program that provides 

amounts to eligible entities to use to develop, create, 

or preserve qualifying affordable dwelling units, 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 ‘‘Healthy Affordable 

5 Housing Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAM FOR AFFORDABLE 

2 DWELLING UNITS. 

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

4 Urban Development shall, not later than 1 year after the 

5 date of the enactment of this section, establish a grant 

6 and loan program that provides amounts to eligible enti7 ties to use to develop, create, or preserve qualifying afford8 able dwelling units in neighborhoods that the Secretary 

9 has determined have shortages of affordable housing. 

10 (b) APPLICATION AND SELECTION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—To apply for a grant or loan 

12 under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an 

13 application to the Secretary at such time and in 

14 such manner as the Secretary may reasonably re15 quire. 

16 (2) LOCATION REQUIREMENT.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Grants and loans may 

18 only be awarded to applicants that propose to 

19 develop, create, or preserve qualifying afford20 able dwelling units that are in a neighborhood 

21 with— 

22 (i) a Federally qualified health center; 

23 (ii) a health care provider who, as de24 termined by the Secretary accepts Med25 icaid and provides primary care services; 


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1 (iii) a grocery store that accepts Sup2 plemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 

3 or the Nutrition Assistance Program, bene4 fits and Special Supplemental Nutrition 

5 Program for Women, Infants, and Chil6 dren benefits; 

7 (iv) a State licensed child care pro8 vider or an eligible child care provider 

9 under the Child Care and Development 

10 Block Grant Act that cares for at least one 

11 child to whom the provider is not related; 

12 (v) a pharmacy; or 

13 (vi) public transportation, as such 

14 term is defined in paragraph (15) of sec15 tion 5302 of title 49, United States Code. 

16 (B) PREFERENCE.—The Secretary shall 

17 give preference to applicants that are— 

18 (i) developing, creating, or preserving 

19 qualifying affordable dwelling units that 

20 are not more than a mile from 2 or more 

21 of the types of amenities listed in subpara22 graph (A); or 

23 (ii) developing, creating, or pre24 serving, with or without the assistance of 

25 a partnering entity, qualifying affordable 


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1 dwelling units that are located in buildings 

2 that have or will contain any of the amen3 ities listed in subparagraph (A). 

4 (C) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary, 

5 in administering the grant and loan program, 

6 may establish selection criteria relating to— 

7 (i) how many qualifying affordable 

8 housing units will be developed, created, or 

9 preserved; 

10 (ii) the boundaries of the neighbor11 hood in which the qualifying affordable 

12 dwelling units are to be developed, created, 

13 or preserved; and 

14 (iii) the area median income in the 

15 area in which the qualifying affordable 

16 housing units are to be developed, created, 

17 or preserved. 

18 (c) SURVEY.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Two years after the 

21 date that any qualifying affordable dwelling 

22 unit is first occupied after being developed, cre23 ated, or preserved using amounts provided 

24 under this section, and every 2 years thereafter 

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1 untary survey of residents in such dwelling unit 

2 about any benefits they perceive associated with 

3 being physically near the amenities listed in 

4 subsection (b)(2)(A). 

5 (B) CONTROL GROUP PERMITTED.—The 

6 Secretary may, if the Secretary determines ap7 propriate, survey persons who are not residents 

8 in a qualifying affordable dwelling unit that re9 ceived amounts under this section as part of a 

10 control group for the survey required under 

11 subparagraph (A). 

12 (2) REPORT.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 

14 not later than 1 year after the date on which 

15 the Secretary completes a survey required 

16 under paragraph (1), compile the results of 

17 each survey conducted under paragraph (1) and 

18 submit a report about such results to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations and Financial Serv20 ices of the House of Representatives and the 

21 Committees on Appropriations and Banking, 

22 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

23 (B) REQUIREMENT.—Each report sub24 mitted under subparagraph (A) shall evaluate, 

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1 ing unit developed, created, or preserved using 

2 amounts provided under this section, whether 

3 nearby the amenities identified in subsection 

4 (b)(2)(A) have closed or changed location in the 

5 time since the previous report submitted under 

6 subparagraph (A). 

7 (d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section may 

9 be construed to prohibit the Secretary from award10 ing a grant or loan under this section to a person 

11 who has applied for another funding opportunity ad12 ministered by the Secretary relating to the develop13 ment, creation, or preservation of affordable housing 

14 units. 

15 (2) RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Nothing in this sec16 tion may be construed to prohibit a qualifying af17 fordable dwelling unit that is developed, created, or 

18 preserved using amounts provided under this section 

19 from receiving tenant-based assistance or project20 based assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

21 States Housing Act of 1937. 

22 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

23 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

24 $100,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2024 to 2028 carry 

25 out this section. 


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1 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti3 ty’’ means— 

4 (A) a unit of general local government, in5 cluding county government; 

6 (B) a tribe, tribal entity or tribally des7 ignated housing entity; 

8 (C) an owner or developer of a qualifying 

9 affordable dwelling unit; 

10 (D) a public housing agency; 

11 (E) an organization with a mission that in12 volves the development, creation, preservation, 

13 renovation, operation, or maintenance of afford14 able housing; or 

15 (F) any combination of the entities de16 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (E). 

17 (2) FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CEN18 TER.—The term ‘‘Federally qualified health center’’ 

19 has the meaning given the term in section 

20 1861(aa)(4) of the Social Security 22 Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)). 

22 (3) QUALIFYING AFFORDABLE DWELLING

23 UNIT.—The term ‘‘qualifying affordable dwelling 

24 unit’’ means a dwelling unit that— 


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1 (A) qualifies as affordable housing under 

2 215(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af3 fordable Housing Act; and 

4 (B) meets the income targeting require5 ments described in section 214(1) of such Act. 

6 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

7 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

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