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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5733 

To establish a competitive grant program at the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development to support the construction, preservation, or 

rehabilitation of affordable workforce housing in areas with shortages 

of affordable housing units for sale, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 

Ms. SLOTKIN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To establish a competitive grant program at the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development to support the construction, preservation, or rehabilitation of affordable 

workforce housing in areas with shortages of affordable 

housing units for sale, 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 ‘‘Workforce Housing 

5 Development Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT 

2 WORKFORCE HOUSING UNITS. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) AFFORDABLE.—The term ‘‘affordable’’, 

5 with respect to a workforce housing unit, means that 

6 the total housing costs for the unit do not exceed 30 

7 percent of the income of the buyer of the workforce 

8 housing unit. 

9 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT10 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com11 mittees’’ means— 

12 (A) the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

13 and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and 

14 (B) the Committee on Financial Services 

15 of the House of Representatives. 

16 (3) DWELLING.—The term ‘‘dwelling’’ means 

17 any building, structure, or portion thereof that is oc18 cupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, 

19 a residence by 1 or more individuals. 

20 (4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti21 ty’’ means— 

22 (A) a State or unit of local government; 

23 (B) a nonprofit housing developer; 

24 (C) an agency or instrumentality of a 

25 State; 

26 (D) a public housing agency; 


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1 (E) a community development financial in2 stitution, as defined in section 103 of the Com3 munity Development Banking and Financial In4 stitutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702); 

5 (F) a resident-owned community; and 

6 (G) any other entity that supports housing 

7 development, as determined by the Secretary. 

8 (5) FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER.—The term ‘‘first9 time homebuyer’’ has the meaning given the term in 

10 section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af11 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704). 

12 (6) NONPROFIT HOUSING DEVELOPER.—The 

13 term ‘‘nonprofit housing developer’’ means a non14 profit organization having as one of its principal 

15 purposes the creation, development, or preservation 

16 of housing, including a subsidiary of a public hous17 ing agency. 

18 (7) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

19 the grant program established under this section. 

20 (8) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY; STATE.—The 

21 terms ‘‘public housing agency’’ and ‘‘State’’ have the 

22 meanings given those terms in section 3(b) of the 

23 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1437a(b)). 


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

2 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

3 (10) TOTAL HOUSING COSTS.—The term ‘‘total 

4 housing costs’’ means mortgage principal and inter5 est, taxes, and insurance. 

6 (11) WORKFORCE HOUSING UNIT.—The term 

7 ‘‘workforce housing unit’’ means a 1- to 4-unit 

8 dwelling— 

9 (A) that is the primary residence of the 

10 buyer; 

11 (B) in which none of the units are rented; 

12 and 

13 (C) that is affordable to buyers with in14 comes of not more than 100 percent of the area 

15 median income. 

16 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

17 a competitive grant program to award grants to eligible 

18 entities to increase the supply of affordable workforce 

19 housing units. 

20 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of a grant under 

21 the Program shall use grant funds for the construction, 

22 preservation, or rehabilitation of workforce housing units, 

23 which shall remain affordable for a period of not less than 

24 5 years from the sale of the workforce housing unit. 

25 (d) APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS.— 


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1 (1) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity desiring a 

2 grant under the Program shall submit to the Sec3 retary an application at such time, in such manner, 

4 and containing— 

5 (A) a description of the construction, pres6 ervation, or rehabilitation projects to be sup7 ported by the grant; and 

8 (B) any additional information as the Sec9 retary may require. 

10 (2) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es12 tablish criteria to award grants under the Pro13 gram on a competitive basis, which may include 

14 consideration of whether— 

15 (i) the median price of workforce 

16 housing units in the area to be served by 

17 the grant is increasing; 

18 (ii) the supply of available workforce 

19 housing units in the area to be served by 

20 the grant is decreasing; and 

21 (iii) whether employers in the area to 

22 be served by the grant are struggling to re23 cruit employees due to the lack of afford24 able housing options. 


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1 (B) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall 

2 prioritize awarding grants to eligible entities 

3 that demonstrate a lack of affordable workforce 

4 housing units in the area to be served by the 

5 grant. 

6 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 year 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, and each year 

8 thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 

9 congressional committees a report on the implementation 

10 of the Program, which shall include— 

11 (1) a list of grant recipients and the amount 

12 awarded to each grant recipient; 

13 (2) a description of the projects assisted using 

14 grant funds, including the number of affordable 

15 workforce housing units created, preserved, and re16 habilitated under the Program; 

17 (3) a description of the households that pur18 chased homes assisted under the Program, including 

19 the number of first-time homebuyers; and 

20 (4) any other metrics that the Secretary deter21 mines necessary. 

22 (f) WORKFORCE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 

24 Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘‘Workforce 


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1 Housing Development Fund’’ to carry out the Pro2 gram. 

3 (2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

4 There is authorized to be appropriated and deposited 

5 into the fund established under paragraph (1) such 

6 sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024 and 

7 each fiscal year thereafter. 

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