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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3111 

To provide grants to owners of intergenerational dwelling units, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 11, 2021 

Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself and Ms. PRESSLEY) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To provide grants to owners of intergenerational dwelling 

units, 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 ‘‘Grandfamily Housing 

5 Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRANDFAMILY HOUSING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the LEGACY Act of 

8 2003 is amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 206. GRANT PROGRAM. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, not later 

3 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this sec4 tion, establish a program to provide grants to owners of 

5 intergenerational dwelling units. 

6 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

7 under this section, an owner of an intergenerational dwell8 ing unit shall submit an application to the Secretary at 

9 such time, in such manner, and containing such informa10 tion as the Secretary may reasonably require. 

11 ‘‘(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—An owner of an in12 tergenerational dwelling unit that receives a grant under 

13 this section shall use amounts provided to cover costs asso14 ciated with— 

15 ‘‘(1) employing a service coordinator to— 

16 ‘‘(A) provide onsite services to intergenera17 tion families, including tutoring, health care 

18 services, and afterschool care; and 

19 ‘‘(B) coordinate with any local kinship nav20 igator program (as described in section 

21 474(a)(7) of the Social Security Act); 

22 ‘‘(2) facilitating outreach to intergenerational 

23 families as described in subsection (c); 

24 ‘‘(3) planning and providing services to inter25 generational families; and 


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1 ‘‘(4) maintaining spaces within the property 

2 which contains the intergenerational dwelling unit 

3 used for programing and services for intergenera4 tional families. 

5 ‘‘(d) OUTREACH.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An owner of an intergen7 erational dwelling unit that receives a grant shall en8 gage with intergenerational families in the commu9 nity surrounding the property that contains the 

10 grandfamily housing owned by the grant recipient 

11 by— 

12 ‘‘(A) performing periodic informational 

13 outreach; and 

14 ‘‘(B) planning and executing events for in15 tergenerational families. 

16 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—Outreach shall, where 

17 possible, be in coordination with a local kinship navi18 gator program (as described in section 474(a)(7) of 

19 the Social Security Act) or a comparable program or 

20 entity in the State in which the intergenerational 

21 dwelling unit is located.’’. 

22 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

23 of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Housing 

24 and Urban Development shall submit to the Congress a 

25 report that— 


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1 (1) describes the effectiveness of the grant pro2 gram establish pursuant to section 206 of the LEG3 ACY Act of 2003; and 

4 (2) makes recommendations for legislative 

5 changes that could allow for the grant program to 

6 be more effective. 

7 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

8 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

9 out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 

10 and 2023. 

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