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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3684 

To authorize a grant program for the development and implementation of 

housing supply and affordability plans, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 30, 2024 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Mr. KAINE) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize a grant program for the development and implementation of housing supply and affordability plans, 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 ‘‘Housing Supply and 

5 Affordability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LOCAL HOUSING POLICY GRANT PILOT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

8 (1) COST-BURDENED HOUSEHOLD.—The term 

9 ‘‘cost-burdened household’’ means a household that 


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1 spends not less than 30 percent of the income of the 

2 household on housing. 

3 (2) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 

4 means the Department of Housing and Urban De5 velopment. 

6 (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti7 ty’’ means a State, a political subdivision of a State, 

8 a coalition of States or political subdivisions of 

9 States, an Indian Tribe, or a Native Hawaiian orga10 nization that— 

11 (A) demonstrates, with respect to the area 

12 under the jurisdiction of the State, political 

13 subdivision, coalition, Indian Tribe, or organiza14 tion— 

15 (i) rising housing costs or a reason16 able expectation that housing costs will rise 

17 in the area; and 

18 (ii) a housing supply shortage; 

19 (B) if applying for a planning grant— 

20 (i) intends to develop, or is in the 

21 process of developing, a housing policy 

22 plan; and 

23 (ii) demonstrates an intent to use a 

24 portion of the planning grant to engage 

25 with community stakeholders and housing 


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1 practitioners in developing a housing policy 

2 plan; and 

3 (C) if applying for an implementation 

4 grant— 

5 (i) has adopted and plans to imple6 ment, or is in the process of implementing, 

7 a housing policy plan; and 

8 (ii) demonstrates the engagement of 

9 community stakeholders and housing prac10 titioners in developing the housing policy 

11 plan. 

12 (4) HOUSING POLICY PLAN.—The term ‘‘hous13 ing policy plan’’ means a comprehensive plan of an 

14 eligible entity to, with respect to the area under the 

15 jurisdiction of the eligible entity— 

16 (A) increase the housing supply in the 

17 area, while avoiding the displacement of the 

18 residents of the area; 

19 (B) increase the affordability of housing in 

20 the area; and 

21 (C) reduce barriers to housing development 

22 in the area. 

23 (5) IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.—The term ‘‘im24 plementation grant’’ means a grant awarded under 

25 subsection (c). 


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1 (6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 

2 has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 

3 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

4 Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

5 (7) NATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION.—The 

6 term ‘‘Native Hawaiian organization’’ has the mean7 ing given the term in section 2 of the Native Amer8 ican Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (25 

9 U.S.C. 3001). 

10 (8) PLANNING GRANT.—The term ‘‘planning 

11 grant’’ means a grant awarded under subsection (b). 

12 (9) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 

14 acting through the Assistant Secretary for Commu15 nity Planning and Development, in coordination 

16 with— 

17 (A) the Office of Economic Resilience of 

18 the Office of Community Planning and Develop19 ment of the Department; 

20 (B) the Office of Policy Development and 

21 Research of the Department; 

22 (C) the Office of Fair Housing and Equal 

23 Opportunity of the Department; 

24 (D) the Office of Housing of the Depart25 ment; and 


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1 (E) the Office of Public and Indian Hous2 ing of the Department. 

3 (10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 

4 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

5 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is6 lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 

7 of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession 

8 of the United States. 

9 (b) PLANNING GRANTS.—The Secretary may award 

10 grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the 

11 purpose of developing and evaluating housing policy plans. 

12 (c) IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—The Secretary may 

13 award grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 

14 the purpose of implementing housing policy plans. 

15 (d) RURAL AREA MINIMUM.—The Secretary shall 

16 award not less than 10 percent of the funds awarded to 

17 eligible entities under this section to eligible entities lo18 cated in rural areas. 

19 (e) APPLICATIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 

21 grant under this section shall submit to the Sec22 retary an application at such time, in such manner, 

23 and containing such information as the Secretary 

24 may require. 


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1 (2) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 

2 section, the Secretary shall give priority to an eligi3 ble entity that— 

4 (A) has or is likely to develop a housing 

5 policy plan that will— 

6 (i) improve housing supply, afford7 ability, and accessibility for all individuals 

8 of every race and income level; 

9 (ii) reduce barriers to affordable hous10 ing development; and 

11 (iii) avoid the displacement of resi12 dents by new housing developments in the 

13 area under the jurisdiction of the eligible 

14 entity; 

15 (B) in developing or implementing a hous16 ing policy plan, intends to leverage and effi17 ciently use funds from— 

18 (i) another Federal, State, or local as19 sistance program relating to housing; or 

20 (ii) a private funding source; 

21 (C) intends to— 

22 (i) increase the supply and afford23 ability of housing that is located— 

24 (I) near local transit options; and 


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1 (II) in areas in which a signifi2 cant or expanding supply of jobs or 

3 demand for employment is con4 centrated; 

5 (ii) coordinate with local transpor6 tation and workforce agencies in accom7 plishing the increase described in clause 

8 (i); and 

9 (iii) where appropriate, coordinate pol10 icy development for, and analysis and im11 plementation of, the housing policy plan of 

12 the eligible entity at a regional scale to 

13 achieve a more equitable distribution of af14 fordable housing across jurisdictional 

15 boundaries; or 

16 (D) is a coalition of States or political sub17 divisions of States. 

18 (3) SCORING.—The Secretary shall base the de19 gree of priority given to an eligible entity that satis20 fies 1 or more subparagraphs under paragraph (2) 

21 on a scoring system established by the Secretary. 

22 (f) HOUSING POLICY PLAN GUIDANCE.— 

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

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1 gies, and reforms for eligible entities to adopt in 

2 housing policy plans to— 

3 (A) improve the elasticity of housing sup4 ply; 

5 (B) expand the supply and affordability of 

6 housing; 

7 (C) reduce barriers to housing develop8 ment; and 

9 (D) meaningfully reduce housing segrega10 tion by income and race. 

11 (2) POLICIES.—The guidance issued under 

12 paragraph (1) shall include recommendations for 

13 policies, strategies, and reforms to— 

14 (A) encourage and support the repurposing 

15 of land or structures for housing development; 

16 (B) allow for a greater variety of housing 

17 types; 

18 (C) revise land use policies to allow for the 

19 development of more housing; 

20 (D) streamline approval processes for 

21 housing development; 

22 (E) provide financial incentives to support 

23 affordable housing development; and 


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1 (F) support inclusive engagement with 

2 community members relating to reforms to ex3 pand housing supply. 

4 (3) AREAS.—The guidance issued under para5 graph (1) shall include recommendations for policies, 

6 strategies, and reforms for urban, suburban, and 

7 rural areas. 

8 (g) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), an 

10 eligible entity that receives a grant under this sec11 tion shall provide non-Federal contributions in an 

12 amount equal to the amount of the grant. 

13 (2) ELIGIBLE MATCHING FUNDS.—If an eligible 

14 entity uses funds from another Federal assistance 

15 program relating to housing in developing or imple16 menting a housing policy plan for which the eligible 

17 entity also receives a grant under this section, any 

18 non-Federal contribution made by the eligible entity 

19 as part of that Federal assistance program shall be 

20 counted towards the requirement under paragraph 

21 (1). 

22 (3) REDUCED MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

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1 Federal contributions required to be provided by the 

2 eligible entity under paragraph (1). 

3 (h) USE OF FUNDS.— 

4 (1) PLANNING GRANTS.—An eligible entity re5 ceiving a planning grant shall use funds from the 

6 planning grant to finance activities to help develop 

7 and evaluate a housing policy plan for the area 

8 under the jurisdiction of the eligible entity, includ9 ing— 

10 (A) quantifying existing and projected 

11 housing needs for households of every income 

12 level, including extremely low-income families, 

13 as defined in section 3(b) of the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)); 

15 (B) documenting the characteristics of— 

16 (i) the housing in the area; 

17 (ii) the households of the area, includ18 ing cost-burdened households; and 

19 (iii) housing underproduction in the 

20 area; 

21 (C) developing strategies to increase the 

22 housing supply and the variety of housing types 

23 in the area to satisfy the housing needs of the 

24 population of the area; 


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1 (D) analyzing population and employment 

2 trends in the area and documenting projections 

3 of those trends; 

4 (E) considering strategies to minimize dis5 placement of low-income families, as defined in 

6 section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act 

7 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)), as a result of re8 development in the area; 

9 (F) providing for participation and input 

10 from community members, community groups, 

11 local builders, local realtors, nonprofit housing 

12 advocates, and local religious groups; and 

13 (G) creating a schedule of programs and 

14 actions to implement the recommendations of 

15 the housing policy plan, including a plan for 

16 adopting actions through a local implementing 

17 ordinance or another regulatory process, such 

18 as a land use plan or a comprehensive plan. 

19 (2) IMPLEMENTATION AND PLANNING

20 GRANTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 

21 this section shall use a portion of the funds from the 

22 grant to submit the report required under subsection 

23 (j)(1). 

24 (i) LEARNING NETWORK.— 


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

2 the date on which the Secretary awards the first 

3 planning grant or implementation grant under this 

4 section, the Secretary shall establish a learning net5 work to— 

6 (A) facilitate problem solving relating to 

7 the development and implementation of housing 

8 policy plans; and 

9 (B) disseminate best practices and effec10 tive strategies and policies to improve local 

11 housing supply and affordability. 

12 (2) ACCESSIBILITY.—The learning network es13 tablished under paragraph (1) shall be accessible 

14 to— 

15 (A) eligible entities that receive a grant 

16 under this section; and 

17 (B) eligible entities that submit an applica18 tion under subsection (e). 

19 (j) REPORTS AND STUDY.— 

20 (1) GRANT RECIPIENT REPORTS.—Not later 

21 than 180 days after the date on which an eligible en22 tity receives a grant under this section, and not less 

23 frequently than quarterly thereafter for a 3-year pe24 riod, the eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary 

25 a report that includes— 


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1 (A) a description of the expenditures the 

2 eligible entity has made with funds from the 

3 grant; 

4 (B) for an eligible entity receiving a plan5 ning grant, a summary of the progress of the 

6 eligibility entity towards finalizing a housing 

7 policy plan; and 

8 (C) for an eligible entity receiving an im9 plementation grant, data relating to the success 

10 of the implementation of the housing policy 

11 plan of the eligible entity. 

12 (2) SECRETARY STUDY AND REPORT.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec15 retary shall conduct a study on— 

16 (i) the impact of implementation 

17 grants and planning grants on the areas 

18 under the jurisdiction of eligible entities re19 ceiving those grants; and 

20 (ii) successful strategies from housing 

21 policy plans that were impactful in— 

22 (I) expanding the housing supply; 

23 and 

24 (II) increasing the quantity of 

25 quality and affordable housing while 


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1 avoiding the displacement of the resi2 dents of an area. 

3 (B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

4 the date on which the Secretary completes the 

5 study required under subparagraph (A), the 

6 Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com7 mittees of Congress a report on the study. 

8 (k) APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

10 appropriated, and there are appropriated, to the 

11 Secretary, out of any money in the Treasury not 

12 otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000 for each of 

13 fiscal years 2025 through 2030 to carry out this 

14 Act. 

15 (2) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided 

17 by this subsection are designated as an emer18 gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of 

19 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 

20 U.S.C. 933(g)). 

21 (B) DESIGNATION IN HOUSE AND SEN22 ATE.—This subsection is designated as being 

23 for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec24 tion 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Con25 gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 


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1 for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 

2 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the 

3 House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 

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