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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 837 

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 

a grant program to help revitalize certain localities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 6, 2023 

Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. NORTON, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. ROSS, and Ms. BUSH) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

to establish a grant program to help revitalize certain 

localities, 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 ‘‘Restoring Commu5 nities Left Behind Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) As the Nation continues to feel the dev9 astating economic impacts of Coronavirus Disease 


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1 2019 (COVID–19), many urban and rural commu2 nities are still suffering from the effects of under3 water mortgages, vacancy, abandoned properties, 

4 blight, aging housing stock, properties with deferred 

5 maintenance and harmful materials such as lead, as6 bestos, and mold, unemployment, and population 

7 loss. 

8 (2) While some cities and counties struggle with 

9 disinvestment and population loss, there are also 

10 pockets of economic distress in otherwise prosperous, 

11 growing areas. 

12 (3) Investments targeted to these communities 

13 left behind will be critical to ensure equitable eco14 nomic recovery, job creation, and housing and neigh15 borhood infrastructure revitalization. 

16 (4) The need to revitalize neighborhoods is 

17 greater than what can be supported with existing 

18 local tax bases. 

19 (5) Communities continue to suffer from the 

20 impact of governmental policies and private sector 

21 practices that forbade or discouraged mortgage lend22 ing in neighborhoods having significant minority 

23 populations. 

24 (6) Many State and local governments, land 

25 banks, and nonprofit organizations across the 


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1 United States have responded to the housing crisis 

2 by creating cost-effective strategies to revitalize 

3 neighborhoods. 

4 (7) 2019 data from the United States Census 

5 Bureau shows that non-Hispanic, White households 

6 have an average net worth of $187,300, while Black 

7 households have an average net worth of $14,100, 

8 and Hispanic households have an average net worth 

9 of $31,700. 

10 (8) Housing equity is a significant portion of 

11 Black and Hispanic households’ net worth, making 

12 up nearly 59 percent of Black households’ net worth, 

13 58 percent of Hispanic households’ net worth, and 

14 43 percent of White households’ net worth, accord15 ing to the Urban Institute’s calculations from the 

16 2020 Survey of Consumer Finances. 

17 (9) The 2008 Great Recession and the COVID– 

18 19 Recession have exacerbated the racial wealth gap. 

19 (10) Funding innovative local neighborhood 

20 strategies will allow the United States to close the 

21 racial wealth gap, ensure equitable access to housing 

22 and economic mobility, and counter the lasting leg23 acy of redlining policies. 

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1 ing Act, the lack of accountability measures imple2 mented by the Department of Housing and Urban 

3 Development to ensure equitable use of housing and 

4 community development dollars in Federal programs 

5 has allowed for the perpetuation of the legacy of red6 lining and neighborhood disinvestment. 

7 (12) It is imperative that the Federal Govern8 ment make funding available for the best local strat9 egies to increase homeownership and preserve home 

10 equity in impacted areas, access to safe and afford11 able rental housing, economic growth, job creation, 

12 and to build on local assets to improve communities 

13 in ways that affirmatively further fair housing. 

14 SEC. 3. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than the expiration 

16 of the 120-day period beginning on the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

18 Development shall establish a program to award competi19 tive grants to eligible local partnerships to carry out more 

20 than one neighborhood revitalization support activity in an 

21 eligible locality. 

22 (b) CRITERIA.— 

23 (1) ELIGIBLE LOCAL PARTNERSHIP.—A local 

24 partnership is eligible to receive a grant under the 


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1 program established under this section if it meets 

2 the following requirements: 

3 (A) The local partnership includes a na4 tional or local nonprofit organization with ex5 pertise in community planning, engagement, or6 ganizing, development, or neighborhood revital7 ization and at least one of the following entities: 

8 (i) A city or county government. 

9 (ii) A land bank. 

10 (iii) A fair housing enforcement orga11 nization (as such term is defined in section 

12 561 of the Housing and Community Devel13 opment Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a)). 

14 (iv) An anchor institution. 

15 (v) A nonprofit organization. 

16 (vi) A State housing finance agency 

17 (as such term is defined in section 106(h) 

18 of the Housing and Urban Development 

19 Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(h))). 

20 (vii) A community development finan21 cial institution (as such term is defined in 

22 section 103(5) of the Community Develop23 ment Banking and Financial Institutions 

24 Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702(5))). 


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1 (viii) A public housing agency (as 

2 such term is defined in section 3(b) of the 

3 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

4 U.S.C. 1437a(b))). 

5 (B) Such local partnership will use a grant 

6 awarded under this section to carry out neigh7 borhood revitalization support activities in fur8 therance of a neighborhood revitalization strat9 egy for eligible localities. 

10 (2) ELIGIBLE LOCALITY.—For the purposes of 

11 this section, an eligible locality is a geographic area 

12 or areas at the neighborhood or county level that 

13 meet at least four of the following objective criteria 

14 of economic distress: 

15 (A) Dwelling unit sales prices are lower 

16 than the cost to acquire and rehabilitate, or 

17 build, a new dwelling unit. 

18 (B) High proportions of residential and 

19 commercial properties are vacant due to fore20 closure, eviction, abandonment, or other causes. 

21 (C) Low rates of homeownership. 

22 (D) Racial disparities in homeownership 

23 rates. 

24 (E) High rates of poverty. 


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1 (F) High rates of unemployment and 

2 underemployment. 

3 (G) Population loss. 

4 (H) Lack of private sector lending on fair 

5 and competitive terms for individuals to pur6 chase homes or start small businesses. 

7 (I) Other indicators of economic distress, 

8 such as the lack of housing affordability, stem9 ming from long-standing government policies 

10 and private sector practices that prevented 

11 mortgage lending in some communities, such as 

12 redlining. 

13 The Secretary shall establish thresholds for the cri14 teria of economic distress under this paragraph. 

15 (3) NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION SUPPORT

16 ACTIVITIES.—For purposes of this section, neighbor17 hood revitalization support activities are the fol18 lowing: 

19 (A) Providing assistance to existing resi20 dents experiencing economic distress or at risk 

21 of displacement with homeowner rehabilitation 

22 assistance, weatherization, improved housing 

23 accessibility and livability for seniors and per24 sons with disabilities, energy efficiency improve25 ments, refinancing, housing counseling certified 


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1 by the Secretary, including loss mitigation 

2 counseling, property tax relief, clearing and ob3 taining formal title, addressing outstanding 

4 housing-related expenses, or other activities 

5 that the Secretary determines are appropriate. 

6 (B) Purchasing non-performing mortgages 

7 to assist existing homeowners and advance 

8 neighborhood stability. 

9 (C) Supporting the purchase and redevel10 opment of vacant, abandoned, or distressed 

11 properties to create affordable rental housing, 

12 homeownership or shared equity homeownership 

13 opportunities, mixed-use properties, or commer14 cial properties. Properties supported with as15 sistance under this subparagraph may be con16 verted between rental and homeownership, in17 cluding shared equity homeownership, upon ter18 mination of the lease or transfer of the property 

19 during the relevant period of affordability to en20 sure local community needs are met, properties 

21 do not sit vacant, and affordability is preserved. 

22 (D) Providing pre-purchase counseling 

23 through housing counselors certified by the Sec24 retary for neighborhood revitalization support 


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1 activities that provide homeownership opportu2 nities. 

3 (E) Providing down payment assistance to 

4 prospective homebuyers. 

5 (F) Establishing and operating community 

6 land trusts to provide affordable rental and 

7 homeownership opportunities, including shared 

8 equity homeownership opportunities. 

9 (G) Demolishing abandoned or distressed 

10 structures, but only if such activity is part of a 

11 strategy that incorporates rehabilitation or new 

12 construction and efforts to increase affordable 

13 housing and homeownership, except that not 

14 more than 10 percent of any grant made under 

15 this section may be used for activities under 

16 this subparagraph unless the Secretary deter17 mines that such use is to replace units in an ef18 fort to increase affordable housing or homeown19 ership. 

20 (H) Establishing or operating land banks 

21 to maintain, acquire, redevelop, or sell prop22 erties that are abandoned or distressed. Pref23 erence among applications proposing activities 

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1 cations that promote distribution of properties 

2 for affordable housing and small businesses. 

3 (I) Improving parks, sidewalks, street 

4 lighting, and other neighborhood improvements 

5 that impact quality of life in the targeted neigh6 borhoods, except that not more than 5 percent 

7 of any grant made under this section may be 

8 used for activities under this subparagraph. 

9 (J) In connection with any other eligible 

10 activity under this paragraph, working with 

11 resident leaders and community groups to un12 dertake community planning, outreach, and 

13 neighborhood engagement, consistent with the 

14 goals of increasing homeownership, stabilizing 

15 neighborhoods, reducing vacancy rates, creating 

16 jobs, increasing or stabilizing residential and 

17 commercial property values, and meeting other 

18 neighborhood needs, except that not more than 

19 10 percent of any grant made under this sec20 tion may be used for activities under this sub21 paragraph. 

22 (4) AFFORDABILITY TERMS.— 

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1 taining any dwelling units that are made avail2 able for rental— 

3 (i) such units shall be available for 

4 rental only by a household having an in5 come that does not exceed 60 percent of 

6 the median income for the area in which 

7 such unit is located; 

8 (ii) such units shall remain affordable 

9 for at least 30 years; 

10 (iii) such property may be a mixed-use 

11 property; and 

12 (iv) such unit shall be maintained in 

13 habitable condition, as defined by the local14 ity in which the property is located. 

15 (B) HOMEOWNERSHIP UNITS.—In the case 

16 of property assisted pursuant to paragraph (3) 

17 consisting of a dwelling unit, or containing any 

18 dwelling units, made available for homeowner19 ship, such unit or units— 

20 (i) shall be available for purchase only 

21 by a household having an income that does 

22 not exceed 120 percent of the median in23 come for the area in which such unit is lo24 cated; 


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1 (ii) if made available through a shared 

2 equity homeownership program, shall re3 main affordable for at least 30 years; and 

4 (iii) if not made available through a 

5 shared equity homeownership program— 

6 (I) shall remain affordable for a 

7 period of years as determined by the 

8 partnership, which shall not be short9 er than 5 years from the sale of the 

10 unit; and 

11 (II) shall be subject to resale or 

12 recapture provisions that— 

13 (aa) are established by the 

14 partnership to ensure that the af15 fordability term may be met or 

16 funds may be redeployed for 

17 neighborhood revitalization sup18 port activities; 

19 (bb) may be waived in cases 

20 of hardship or market deprecia21 tion; and 

22 (cc) provide that, in the case 

23 of a resale, the partnership may 

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1 erty to another income qualified 

2 purchaser. 

3 If a property converts between rental and homeown4 ership or shared equity homeownership, the afford5 ability terms of the new tenure type shall be utilized 

6 upon occupancy. 

7 (c) APPLICATIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—To apply to receive a grant 

9 under this section, an eligible local partnership shall 

10 submit to the Secretary an application at such time, 

11 in such manner, and containing such information as 

12 the Secretary may require. 

13 (2) GRANT RECIPIENT PRIORITY SELECTION

14 CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall prioritize awarding 

15 grants based on the following criteria: 

16 (A) The severity of the locality’s indicators 

17 of distress under subsection (b)(2). 

18 (B) The extent to which the activities pro19 posed will— 

20 (i) in the case of rental housing, ben21 efit households having incomes not exceed22 ing 30 percent of the median income for 

23 the area; and 

24 (ii) in the case of homeownership 

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1 ership, benefit households having incomes 

2 not exceeding 80 percent of the median in3 come for the area. 

4 (C) Whether the activities proposed will 

5 promote affordable homeownership and the ex6 tent to which such affordability terms will be 

7 preserved. 

8 (D) The extent to which an eligible part9 nership that includes a public housing agency 

10 will use housing choice vouchers to support 

11 homeownership for households at or below 60 

12 percent of area median income. 

13 (E) The demonstrated capacity of an eligi14 ble local partnership to execute the proposed el15 igible neighborhood revitalization support activi16 ties. 

17 (F) The demonstrated community plan18 ning, outreach, and engagement practices of an 

19 eligible local partnership. 

20 (G) The depth and breadth of the commu21 nity partnership supporting the application. 

22 (H) The extent to which existing residents 

23 are assisted to prevent displacement. 

24 (I) The extent to which the proposed 

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1 would help close the racial wealth gap by in2 creasing minority homeownership, ensuring eq3 uitable access to housing and economic oppor4 tunity, and countering the ongoing legacy of 

5 redlining policies. 

6 (J) The extent to which development of 

7 new units are water and energy efficient. 

8 (K) The feasibility of the proposed neigh9 borhood revitalization support activities consid10 ering local market conditions. 

11 (L) The extent to which an application 

12 demonstrates comprehensive community plan13 ning efforts and additional funds in hand or 

14 committed for activities in the geographic area 

15 that are not directly related to the provision of 

16 affordable housing, such as support for small, 

17 minority, and women-owned business activity in 

18 commercial zones in the targeted neighbor19 hoods. 

20 (3) GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY.—The Secretary 

21 shall seek to make grants under this section for local 

22 partnerships serving geographically diverse areas of 

23 economic distress as defined in subsection (b)(2), in24 cluding metropolitan and underserved rural areas. 


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1 (d) OPERATION COSTS.—Up to 15 percent of the 

2 amount of each grant under this section may be used by 

3 the recipient for administrative and organizational support 

4 costs. 

5 (e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILD6 ING.—The Secretary may reserve up to 1 percent of any 

7 funds appropriated to carry out this section for technical 

8 assistance activities which support grantees under this 

9 program and 1 percent of funds from each grant awarded 

10 shall be used to develop grantee capacity to meet the re11 quirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection 

12 (g). 

13 (f) FAIR HOUSING PROTECTIONS.—Funds provided 

14 under the program under this section may not be used 

15 to deny housing opportunities based on the criminal or 

16 eviction history, source of income, or veteran status of any 

17 member of a household. 

18 (g) ACCOUNTABILITY OF RECIPIENTS.— 

19 (1) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 

20 (A) require each grantee under this section 

21 to develop and maintain a system to ensure 

22 that each recipient of assistance uses such 

23 amounts in accordance with this section, the 

24 regulations issued under this section, and any 


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1 requirements or conditions under which such 

2 amounts were provided; and 

3 (B) establish minimum requirements for 

4 agreements between the grantee and the Sec5 retary, regarding assistance from grants under 

6 this section, which shall include— 

7 (i) appropriate periodic financial and 

8 project reporting, record retention, and 

9 audit requirements for the duration of the 

10 grant to the recipient to ensure compliance 

11 with the limitations and requirements of 

12 this section and the regulations under this 

13 section; and 

14 (ii) any other requirements that the 

15 Secretary determines are necessary to en16 sure appropriate grant administration and 

17 compliance. 

18 (2) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION.—The 

19 Secretary shall make information regarding the re20 sults of assistance provided with amounts from 

21 grants under this section publicly available, which 

22 shall include at least the following information: 

23 (A) A list of recipients of grants awarded 

24 under this section and the amount of each such 

25 grant. 


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1 (B) A description of each neighborhood re2 vitalization support activity carried out by each 

3 such recipient and the impacts associated with 

4 each such activity, including the change in the 

5 rate of minority and first-time homeownership. 

6 (C) The total number of housing units ac7 quired, redeveloped, or produced using grant 

8 amounts under this section. 

9 (D) The total number of housing units for 

10 rent, ownership, and shared equity homeowner11 ship assisted with grant amounts under this 

12 section and the number of bedrooms in each 

13 such unit. 

14 (E) The percentage of housing units as15 sisted with grant amounts under this section 

16 that are affordable to low-, very low-, and ex17 tremely low-income households. 

18 (F) The number of such housing units lo19 cated in areas where the percentage of house20 holds in a racial or ethnic minority group— 

21 (i) is at least 20 percentage points 

22 higher than the percentage of the popu23 lation of that minority group for the Met24 ropolitan Statistical Area; 


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1 (ii) is at least 20 percentage points 

2 higher than the percentage of the popu3 lation of all minorities for the Metropolitan 

4 Statistical Area; and 

5 (iii) exceeds 50 percent of the popu6 lation. 

7 (G) Any other information that the Sec8 retary of Housing and Urban Development de9 termines necessary to ensure that housing out10 comes and grant administration and compliance 

11 align with the purposes of this Act. 

12 (h) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

13 grants under this section are first awarded and again 3 

14 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appro15 priate congressional committees, and make publicly avail16 able online, a report that— 

17 (1) evaluates the impact of the program estab18 lished under this section; 

19 (2) describes demographic changes in the eligi20 ble localities served by grantees of grants under this 

21 section, including changes in income, race, and eth22 nicity, property values, and unemployment rates; 

23 (3) identifies the number of housing units as24 sisted with grant amounts under this section located 

25 in high- and low-poverty census tracts; 


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1 (4) identifies the number of accessible units cre2 ated and modified with grant amounts under this 

3 section and where such units are located using the 

4 most granular location measurement that is feasible 

5 such as at the Census block group level; and 

6 (5) identifies where housing units assisted with 

7 grant amounts are located in relation to community 

8 assets, including high-performing schools and public 

9 transportation options. 

10 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) ANCHOR INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘anchor 

12 institution’’ means a school, a library, a healthcare 

13 provider, a community college or other institution of 

14 higher education, or another community support or15 ganization or entity. 

16 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT17 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com18 mittees’’ means the following: 

19 (A) The Committees on Financial Services 

20 and Appropriations of the House of Representa21 tives. 

22 (B) The Committees on Banking, Housing, 

23 and Urban Affairs and Appropriations of the 

24 Senate. 


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1 (3) COMMUNITY LAND TRUST.—The term 

2 ‘‘community land trust’ ’’ means a nonprofit organi3 zation or State or local governments or instrumen4 talities that— 

5 (A) use a ground lease or deed covenant 

6 with an affordability period of at least 30 years 

7 or more to— 

8 (i) make rental and homeownership 

9 units affordable to households; and 

10 (ii) stipulate a preemptive option to 

11 purchase the affordable rentals or home12 ownership units so that the affordability of 

13 the units is preserved for successive in14 come-eligible households; and 

15 (B) monitor properties to ensure afford16 ability is preserved. 

17 (4) LAND BANK.—The term ‘‘land bank’’ 

18 means a government entity, agency, or program, or 

19 a special purpose nonprofit entity formed by one or 

20 more units of government in accordance with State 

21 or local land bank enabling law, that has been des22 ignated by one or more State or local governments 

23 to acquire, steward, and dispose of vacant, aban24 doned, or other problem properties in accordance 

25 with locally determined priorities and goals. 


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1 (5) NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION SUPPORT

2 ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘neighborhood revitalization 

3 support activity’’ means an activity described in sub4 section (b)(3). 

5 (6) NON-PERFORMING MORTGAGE.—The term 

6 ‘‘non-performing’’ mortgage means a residential 

7 mortgage loan that is 90 days or more delinquent. 

8 (7) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term 

9 ‘‘nonprofit organization’’ means an organization that 

10 is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev11 enue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and is ex12 empt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 

13 Code. 

14 (8) SHARED EQUITY HOMEOWNERSHIP PRO15 GRAM.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘shared eq17 uity homeownership program’’ means affordable 

18 homeownership preservation through a resale 

19 restriction program administered by a commu20 nity land trust, other nonprofit organization, or 

21 State or local government or instrumentalities. 

22 (B) AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 

23 Any such program under subparagraph (A) 

24 shall— 


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1 (i) provide affordable homeownership 

2 opportunities to households; and 

3 (ii) utilize a ground lease, deed re4 striction, subordinate loan, or similar legal 

5 mechanism that includes provisions ensur6 ing that the program shall— 

7 (I) maintain the home as afford8 able for subsequent very low-, low-, or 

9 moderate-income families for an af10 fordability term of at least 30 years 

11 after recordation; 

12 (II) apply a resale formula that 

13 limits the homeowner’s proceeds upon 

14 resale; and 

15 (III) provide the program admin16 istrator or such administrator’s as17 signee a preemptive option to pur18 chase the homeownership unit from 

19 the homeowner at resale. 

20 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

22 appropriated to carry out this section 

23 $5,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 

24 through 2034. 


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1 (2) SET ASIDE.—The Secretary shall award at 

2 least $500,000,000 of any amounts appropriated 

3 pursuant to this subsection to eligible local partner4 ships that will provide neighborhood revitalization 

5 support activities to localities outside of a Metropoli6 tan Statistical Area, as designated by the Office of 

7 Management and Budget. The priority under sub8 section (c)(2)(I) (relating to matching funds) shall 

9 not apply to amounts awarded under this paragraph. 

10 (3) NOFA.—The Secretary shall issue a Notice 

11 of Funding Availability for grants under this section 

12 not later than the expiration of the 180-day period 

13 beginning upon the date of the enactment of this 

14 Act. 

15 SEC. 4. SELF-HELP HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PRO16 GRAM. 

17 There is authorized to be appropriated for grants 

18 under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 

19 Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note) 

20 $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2024, which shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2034. 

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