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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1260 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide 

assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide specialized housing and supportive services for elderly persons who are the primary 

caregivers of children that are related to such persons. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2017 

Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide specialized housing and supportive services for elderly persons who are the primary caregivers 

of children that are related to such persons. 

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 ‘‘Generational Resi5 dences and Nurturing Dwellings Act’’ or the ‘‘GRAND 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALIZED HOUSING FOR EL2 DERLY CAREGIVERS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

4 Department of Housing and Urban Development a pro5 gram to provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organiza6 tions to expand the supply of specialized housing for quali7 fied relatives raising a child. 

8 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

9 shall preclude a recipient of assistance under a program 

10 established under subsection (a) from applying for or re11 ceiving financial assistance under any other program es12 tablished in the Department of Housing and Urban Devel13 opment. 

14 (c) APPLICATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive as16 sistance under the program established under sub17 section (a), an eligible nonprofit organization shall 

18 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 

19 in such manner, and containing such information as 

20 the Secretary may require, which shall include a de21 scription of how the eligible nonprofit organization 

22 will serve the housing needs of low-income families 

23 in a particular geographic area. 

24 (2) TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—To 

25 be eligible to receive assistance to provide tenant26 based rental assistance as described in subsection 


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1 (d)(2), an application submitted under paragraph 

2 (1) shall include assurances that the eligible non3 profit organization will coordinate with a public 

4 housing agency in administering any such assistance 

5 received under this Act, as required by the Sec6 retary. 

7 (d) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance under this 

8 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible non9 profit organizations that plan to use such assistance as 

10 described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (f). 

11 (e) LIMIT ON ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED.—For each 

12 fiscal year, the Secretary may select not more than 5 eligi13 ble nonprofit organizations to receive assistance under the 

14 program under this section. 

15 (f) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of assistance under 

16 this program shall use such assistance for the following 

17 purposes: 

18 (1) NEW HOUSING.—To finance the construc19 tion, reconstruction, moderate or substantial reha20 bilitation, or acquisition of a structure or a portion 

21 of a structure to be used as specialized housing. 

22 (2) OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND SUPPORTIVE

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1 ing costs of supportive services required for such 

2 housing. 

3 (3) RENTAL VOUCHER ASSISTANCE.—To pro4 vide tenant-based rental assistance under section 

5 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for entities that meet the require7 ments under such section for use only by qualified 

8 relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for 

9 such assistance for rental of a dwelling unit that 

10 qualifies as specialized housing. 

11 (4) ELDERLY HOUSING PROJECT RENTAL AS12 SISTANCE.—To provide project rental assistance 

13 under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 

14 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(b)(2)) for entities that meet the 

15 requirements under such section in connection with 

16 dwelling units that— 

17 (A) qualify as specialized housing; and 

18 (B) are made available for occupancy only 

19 by qualified relatives who are raising a child 

20 and are eligible for occupancy in such housing, 

21 except that notwithstanding section 202(k)(1) 

22 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 

23 1701q(k)(1)), such qualified relatives may in24 clude elderly persons (as such term is defined 

25 in section 3 of this Act). 


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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act: 

3 (1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi4 vidual who— 

5 (A) is not attending school and is not more 

6 than 18 years of age; or 

7 (B) is attending school and is not more 

8 than 19 years of age. 

9 (2) ELDERLY PERSON.—The term ‘‘elderly per10 son’’ means a person who is 60 years of age or 

11 more. 

12 (3) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible non14 profit organization’’ means an organization 

15 that— 

16 (i) provides specialized housing and 

17 supportive services for qualified relatives 

18 who are raising a child; and 

19 (ii) is described in section 501(c)(3) of 

20 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 

21 exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 

22 such Code. 

23 (B) POLITICAL DIVISIONS INCLUDED.— 

24 Such term includes organizations that provide 

25 such services in each of the several States, the 


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1 District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 

2 territory, or possession of the United States. 

3 (4) LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.—The term ‘‘low-in4 come families’’ has the meaning given such term in 

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

6 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 

7 (5) QUALIFIED RELATIVE.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 

9 relative’’ means an individual who is an elderly 

10 person and, with respect to a child, who— 

11 (i) is not a parent of the child by 

12 blood or marriage; and 

13 (ii) is— 

14 (I) a relative of the child by 

15 blood or marriage; or 

16 (II) a legal guardian of the child. 

17 (B) ADOPTED CHILDREN.—In the case of 

18 a child who was adopted, the term includes an 

19 individual who, by blood or marriage, is a rel20 ative of the family who adopted the child. 

21 (6) RAISING A CHILD.—The term ‘‘raising a 

22 child’’ means, with respect to an individual, that the 

23 individual— 

24 (A) resides with the child; and 


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1 (B) is the primary caregiver (or is, to2 gether with a spouse or other household mem3 ber, a primary caregiver) for the child— 

4 (i) because the biological or adoptive 

5 parents of the child do not reside with the 

6 child or are unable or unwilling to serve as 

7 the primary caregiver for the child; and 

8 (ii) regardless of whether the indi9 vidual has a legal relationship to the child 

10 (such as guardianship or legal custody). 

11 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

13 (8) SPECIALIZED HOUSING.—The term ‘‘spe14 cialized housing’’ means housing that— 

15 (A) is affordable (as the Secretary shall 

16 define for purposes of this Act) for low-income 

17 families; 

18 (B) is restricted to occupancy only by low19 income families; 

20 (C) is designed to meet the special physical 

21 needs of elderly persons; 

22 (D) accommodates the provision of sup23 portive services that are expected to be needed, 

24 either initially or over the useful life of the 


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1 housing, by elderly persons and children that 

2 the housing is intended to serve; and 

3 (E) provides a range of such services that 

4 are tailored to the needs of elderly persons and 

5 children occupying such housing. 

6 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

8 this Act $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 

9 2021. 

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