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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9345 

To direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 

a grant program to award amounts to eligible entities to pay for the 

cost of certain home maintenance or repair projects for veteran homeowners, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 9, 2024 

Mr. WILLIAMS of New York 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 award amounts to eligible entities to pay for the cost of certain home maintenance or repair projects for veteran homeowners, 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 ‘‘Safe Housing Assist5 ance for Veterans Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SAFE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR VET2 ERANS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of 

5 Housing and Urban Development shall establish a grant 

6 program to be known as the ‘‘Safe Housing Assistance 

7 Program for Veterans’’ to award grants on a competitive 

8 basis to 10 county community development agencies to 

9 provide subgrants to eligible veteran homeowners to pay 

10 for certain home maintenance or repair projects. 

11 (b) ELIGIBLE USES.—A county community develop12 ment agency shall use grant amounts awarded under this 

13 section to provide competitive subgrants of not more than 

14 $15,000 to eligible veteran homeowners to pay for the cost 

15 of a home maintenance or repair project on the property 

16 of such homeowner, including— 

17 (1) a mechanical repair, including a repair with 

18 respect to— 

19 (A) water supply; 

20 (B) plumbing; 

21 (C) a heating system; or 

22 (D) an electrical system; 

23 (2) a structural repair, including a repair with 

24 respect to— 

25 (A) a roof; 

26 (B) a foundation; 


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1 (C) a porch; or 

2 (D) stairs; 

3 (3) the installation of any safety- or energy-re4 lated item, including— 

5 (A) a deadbolt lock; 

6 (B) a smoke detector; 

7 (C) a grab bar; 

8 (D) a storm window; or 

9 (E) insulation; and 

10 (4) the reduction of lead-based paint hazards. 

11 (c) REPORT.—On the date that is 5 years after the 

12 date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 

13 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re14 port that includes a description of— 

15 (1) the county community development agencies 

16 that were awarded amounts under this section; 

17 (2) how such agencies utilized such amounts; 

18 and 

19 (3) the projects completed by eligible veteran 

20 homeowners with amounts provided under this sec21 tion. 

22 (d) APPROPRIATIONS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry 

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1 dated Appropriations Act, 2024 to the Office of In2 spector General. 

3 (2) GRANT AMOUNTS.—Of the unobligated 

4 amounts described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 

5 shall use $15,000,000 to make grants of $375,000 

6 under this section to each of the county community 

7 development agencies selected under subsection (a) 

8 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028. 

9 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

10 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT11 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means— 

13 (A) the Committee on Financial Services 

14 of the House of Representatives; 

15 (B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

16 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; 

17 (C) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

18 the House of Representatives; and 

19 (D) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of 

20 the Senate. 

21 (2) COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGEN22 CY.—The term ‘‘county community development 

23 agency’’ means an entity that— 


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1 (A) is established or recognized by a coun2 ty government to promote, within such coun3 ty— 

4 (i) economic development; 

5 (ii) affordable housing; 

6 (iii) infrastructure improvement; or 

7 (iv) any other community development 

8 activity; and 

9 (B) demonstrates that there are not less 

10 than 100 eligible veteran homeowners in the 

11 service area of the agency. 

12 (3) ELIGIBLE VETERAN HOMEOWNER.—The 

13 term ‘‘eligible veteran homeowner’’ means an indi14 vidual who— 

15 (A) is a veteran; 

16 (B) for at least 1 year, has owned and oc17 cupied the property on which a home mainte18 nance or repair project described in subsection 

19 (b) will be carried out; 

20 (C) is current on any taxes owed on such 

21 property; 

22 (D) has homeowners insurance for such 

23 property; and 

24 (E) has an annual gross income that is 

25 less than— 


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1 (i) in the case of a household size of 

2 1, $53,100; 

3 (ii) in the case of a household size of 

4 2, $60,700; 

5 (iii) in the case of a household size of 

6 3, $68,300; 

7 (iv) in the case of a household size of 

8 4, $75,850; 

9 (v) in the case of a household size of 

10 5, $81,950; 

11 (vi) in the case of a household size of 

12 6, $88,000; 

13 (vii) in the case of a household size of 

14 7, $94,100; or 

15 (viii) in the case of a household size of 

16 8 or more, $100,150. 

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

18 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

19 (5) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 

20 meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 

21 United States Code. 

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