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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2188 

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 

APRIL 30, 2015 

Mr. SERRANO (for himself, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, Mr. HONDA, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LEE, Mr. 

LEWIS, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA ́N of New Mexico, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. NORTON, 

Mr. RANGEL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SIRES, and Mrs. TORRES) 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Generational Resi3 dences and Nurturing Dwellings Act’’ or the ‘‘GRAND 

4 Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALIZED HOUSING FOR EL6 DERLY CAREGIVERS. 

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

8 Department of Housing and Urban Development a pro9 gram to provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organiza10 tions to expand the supply of specialized housing for quali11 fied relatives raising a child. 

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

13 shall preclude a recipient of assistance under a program 

14 established under subsection (a) from applying for or re15 ceiving financial assistance under any other program es16 tablished in the Department of Housing and Urban Devel17 opment. 

18 (c) APPLICATION.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive as20 sistance under the program established under sub21 section (a), an eligible nonprofit organization shall 

22 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 

23 in such manner, and containing such information as 

24 the Secretary may require, which shall include a de25 scription of how the eligible nonprofit organization 


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1 will serve the housing needs of low-income families 

2 in a particular geographic area. 

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

4 be eligible to receive assistance to provide tenant5 based rental assistance as described in subsection 

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

7 (1) shall include assurances that the eligible non8 profit organization will coordinate with a public 

9 housing agency in administering any such assistance 

10 received under this Act, as required by the Sec11 retary. 

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

13 section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible non14 profit organizations that plan to use such assistance as 

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

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

17 fiscal year, the Secretary may select not more than 5 eligi18 ble nonprofit organizations to receive assistance under the 

19 program under this section. 

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

21 this program shall use such assistance for the following 

22 purposes: 

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1 bilitation, or acquisition of a structure or a portion 

2 of a structure to be used as specialized housing. 

3 (2) OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND SUPPORTIVE

4 SERVICES.—To provide assistance for ongoing oper5 ational expenses of any specialized housing, includ6 ing costs of supportive services required for such 

7 housing. 

8 (3) RENTAL VOUCHER ASSISTANCE.—To pro9 vide tenant-based rental assistance under section 

10 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

11 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for entities that meet the require12 ments under such section for use only by qualified 

13 relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for 

14 such assistance for rental of a dwelling unit that 

15 qualifies as specialized housing. 

16 (4) ELDERLY HOUSING PROJECT RENTAL AS17 SISTANCE.—To provide project rental assistance 

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

19 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(b)(2)) for entities that meet the 

20 requirements under such section in connection with 

21 dwelling units that— 

22 (A) qualify as specialized housing; and 

23 (B) are made available for occupancy only 

24 by qualified relatives who are raising a child 

25 and are eligible for occupancy in such housing, 


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

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

3 1701q(k)(1)), such qualified relatives may in4 clude elderly persons (as such term is defined 

5 in section 3 of this Act). 

6 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi9 vidual who— 

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

11 than 18 years of age; or 

12 (B) is attending school and is not more 

13 than 19 years of age. 

14 (2) ELDERLY PERSON.—The term ‘‘elderly per15 son’’ means a person who is 60 years of age or 

16 more. 

17 (3) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible non19 profit organization’’ means an organization 

20 that— 

21 (i) provides specialized housing and 

22 supportive services for qualified relatives 

23 who are raising a child; and 

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

25 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 


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1 exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 

2 such Code. 

3 (B) POLITICAL DIVISIONS INCLUDED.— 

4 Such term includes organizations that provide 

5 such services in each of the several States, the 

6 District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 

7 territory, or possession of the United States. 

8 (4) LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.—The term ‘‘low-in9 come families’’ has the meaning given such term in 

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

11 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 

12 (5) QUALIFIED RELATIVE.— 

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

14 relative’’ means an individual who is an elderly 

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

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

17 blood or marriage; and 

18 (ii) is— 

19 (I) a relative of the child by 

20 blood or marriage; or 

21 (II) a legal guardian of the child. 

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

23 a child who was adopted, the term includes an 

24 individual who, by blood or marriage, is a rel25 ative of the family who adopted the child. 


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

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

3 individual— 

4 (A) resides with the child; and 

5 (B) is the primary caregiver (or is, to6 gether with a spouse or other household mem7 ber, a primary caregiver) for the child— 

8 (i) because the biological or adoptive 

9 parents of the child do not reside with the 

10 child or are unable or unwilling to serve as 

11 the primary caregiver for the child; and 

12 (ii) regardless of whether the indi13 vidual has a legal relationship to the child 

14 (such as guardianship or legal custody). 

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

16 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

17 (8) SPECIALIZED HOUSING.—The term ‘‘spe18 cialized housing’’ means housing that— 

19 (A) is affordable (as the Secretary shall 

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

21 families; 

22 (B) is restricted to occupancy only by low23 income families; 

24 (C) is designed to meet the special physical 

25 needs of elderly persons; 


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1 (D) accommodates the provision of sup2 portive services that are expected to be needed, 

3 either initially or over the useful life of the 

4 housing, by elderly persons and children that 

5 the housing is intended to serve; and 

6 (E) provides a range of such services that 

7 are tailored to the needs of elderly persons and 

8 children occupying such housing. 

9 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

10 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 this Act $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 

12 2019. 

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