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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8297 

To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to establish a Project 

Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels and motels for housing and 

enhance shelter capacity nationally, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 8, 2024 

Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. 

CASTOR of Florida, Ms. SALINAS, Ms. JACOBS, and Mr. CARSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to establish a Project Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels 

and motels for housing and enhance shelter capacity 

nationally, 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 ‘‘Project Turnkey Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROJECT TURNKEY PROGRAM. 

2 Subtitle E of the HOME Investment Partnerships 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 12821) is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 272. PROJECT TURNKEY PROGRAM. 

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Project 

7 Turnkey Program through which the Secretary shall 

8 award amounts to eligible entities to use for eligible activi9 ties. 

10 ‘‘(b) USE OF AMOUNTS BY ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 

11 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE AND PLANNING COSTS.— 

12 An eligible entity that receives amounts under this 

13 section may use not more than 15 percent of such 

14 amounts for administrative and planning costs. 

15 ‘‘(2) OPERATING EXPENSES OF OTHER ORGANI16 ZATIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 

18 receives amounts under this section may use 

19 not more than 5 percent of such amounts to 

20 cover the operating expenses of community 

21 housing development organizations and non22 profit organizations carrying out activities au23 thorized under this section. 

24 ‘‘(B) An eligible entity may only use 

25 amounts in the manner described in subpara26 graph (A) if— 


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1 ‘‘(i) such funds are used to develop 

2 the capacity of the community housing de3 velopment organization or nonprofit orga4 nization in the jurisdiction or insular area 

5 to carry out activities authorized under 

6 this section; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the community housing develop8 ment organization or nonprofit organiza9 tion complies with the limitation on assist10 ance in section 234(b). 

11 ‘‘(3) CONTRACTING.—A grantee, when con12 tracting with service providers engaged directly in 

13 the provision of supportive services as defined by 

14 section 578.53 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula15 tions shall, to the extent practicable, enter into con16 tracts in amounts that cover the actual total pro17 gram costs and administrative overhead to provide 

18 the services contracted. 

19 ‘‘(c) SUBGRANTS.—Any eligible entity that is a public 

20 entity may subgrant any amounts received under this sec21 tion. 

22 ‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—As a condition 

23 of receiving amounts under this section, an eligible entity 

24 shall use such funds received under this section only to 

25 supplement the level of State or local funds that would, 


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1 in the absence of the receipt of funds under this section, 

2 be made available for activities described in this section. 

3 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad4 dition to amounts otherwise available under this Act, there 

5 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

6 $1,000,000,000 annually. 

7 ‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts appro8 priated pursuant to this section shall remain available 

9 until 2034. 

10 ‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) FORMULA ASSISTANCE.—Except as pro12 vided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall 

13 allocate amounts appropriated under this section to 

14 grantees that received allocations under section 217 

15 in fiscal year 2024. 

16 ‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—$25,000,000 of 

17 any amounts appropriated under this section may be 

18 provided by the Secretary to be used to increase ca19 pacity building and technical assistance available to 

20 grantees receiving amounts under this section. 

21 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 

22 $50,000,000 of any amounts appropriated under 

23 this section may be used by the Secretary to cover 

24 costs related to the administration and implementa25 tion of this section. 


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1 ‘‘(4) WAIVERS AND ALTERNATIVE REQUIRE2 MENTS.—The Secretary may waive or specify alter3 native requirements for any provision of the Cran4 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

5 U.S.C. 12701 et seq.) and titles I and IV of the 

6 McKinney-Vento Homelessness Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 11301 et seq., 11360 et seq.) or regulation for the 

8 administration of the amounts made available under 

9 this section other than requirements related to fair 

10 housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 

11 environment, upon a finding that the waiver or alter12 native requirement is necessary to expedite or facili13 tate the use of amounts made available under this 

14 section. 

15 ‘‘(h) SPECIAL RULES.—The cost limits described in 

16 section 212(e), the commitment requirements described in 

17 section 218(g), the matching requirements described in 

18 section 220, and the set-aside for housing developed, spon19 sored, or owned by community housing development orga20 nizations required in section 231 shall not apply for any 

21 amounts appropriated under this section. 

22 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY DE24 FINED.—The term ‘qualifying individual or family’ 

25 means an individual or family that is— 


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1 ‘‘(A) homeless, as such term defined in 

2 section 103(a) of the McKinney- Vento Home3 less Assistance Act; 

4 ‘‘(B) at-risk of homelessness, as defined in 

5 section 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento Home6 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1); 

7 ‘‘(C) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domes8 tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 

9 stalking, or human trafficking, as such terms 

10 are defined by the Secretary; 

11 ‘‘(D) a homeless children or youth, as that 

12 term is defined in section 725 of McKinney13 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 11434a); or 

15 ‘‘(E) a youth experiencing homelessness as 

16 that term is defined in section 38723 of the 

17 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (34 U.S.C. 

18 11279). 

19 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en20 tity’ means— 

21 ‘‘(A) a State, city, county, regional govern22 ment, or territory government; 

23 ‘‘(B) a public housing agency; 

24 ‘‘(C) a project sponsor receiving amounts 

25 under the Continuum of Care program under 


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1 title IV of this Act, or any combination of such 

2 entities; 

3 ‘‘(D) a nonprofit that provides housing; 

4 ‘‘(E) a Community Development Corpora5 tion; or 

6 ‘‘(F) a Community Development Financial 

7 Institution. 

8 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘eligible 

9 activity’ means— 

10 ‘‘(A) rental assistance, including— 

11 ‘‘(i) providing rent payment assist12 ance; 

13 ‘‘(ii) providing security deposit assist14 ance; 

15 ‘‘(iii) providing utility deposits and 

16 utility payments; and 

17 ‘‘(B) any eligible use of investments de18 scribed under section 212(a); 

19 ‘‘(C) supportive services as defined in sec20 tion 578.53 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula21 tions including— 

22 ‘‘(i) activities listed in section 401(29) 

23 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist24 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(29)); 

25 ‘‘(ii) housing counseling; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) homeless prevention services; 

2 ‘‘(D) the acquisition, development, and op3 eration of non-congregate shelter units or af4 fordable rental housing; 

5 ‘‘(E) the rehabilitation, retrofitting, and 

6 conversion of newly acquired or vacant prop7 erties, including motels, hotels, schools, hos8 pitals, and office buildings, for the purposes of 

9 providing affordable housing or shelter; 

10 ‘‘(F) the repair and expansion of shelters 

11 and preservation of bed capacity; and 

12 ‘‘(G) any other purpose as determined ap13 propriate by the Secretary. 

14 ‘‘(4) HOTEL.—The term ‘hotel’ has the mean15 ing given the term in section 301(7)(A) of the Amer16 icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

17 12181(7)(A)), that are no longer affecting commerce 

18 (as such term is defined in such section 301). 

19 ‘‘(5) MOTEL.—The term ‘motel’ has the mean20 ing given the term in section 301(7)(A) of the Amer21 icans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

22 12181(7)(A)), that are no longer affecting commerce 

23 (as such term is defined in such section 301).’’. 

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