I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1042 
To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to establish a Project 
Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels and motels for housing and 
enhance shelter capacity nationally, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2025 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. GAR-
CIA of California, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. AMO, Ms. 
JACOBS, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. ANSARI, and Ms. HOYLE of 
Oregon) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the HOME Investment Partnerships Act to estab-
lish a Project Turnkey Program to leverage vacant hotels 
and motels for housing and enhance shelter capacity 
nationally, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Project Turnkey Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROJECT TURNKEY PROGRAM. 
Subtitle E of the HOME Investment Partnerships 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12821) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 272. PROJECT TURNKEY PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Project 
Turnkey Program through which the Secretary shall 
award amounts to eligible entities to use for eligible activi-
ties. 
‘‘(b) USE OF AMOUNTS BY ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE AND PLANNING COSTS.— 
An eligible entity that receives amounts under this 
section may use not more than 15 percent of such 
amounts for administrative and planning costs. 
‘‘(2) OPERATING EXPENSES OF OTHER ORGANI-
ZATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that 
receives amounts under this section may use 
not more than 5 percent of such amounts to 
cover the operating expenses of community 
housing development organizations and non-
profit organizations carrying out activities au-
thorized under this section. 
‘‘(B) An eligible entity may only use 
amounts in the manner described in subpara-
graph (A) if— 
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‘‘(i) such funds are used to develop 
the capacity of the community housing de-
velopment organization or nonprofit orga-
nization in the jurisdiction or insular area 
to carry out activities authorized under 
this section; and 
‘‘(ii) the community housing develop-
ment organization or nonprofit organiza-
tion complies with the limitation on assist-
ance in section 234(b). 
‘‘(3) CONTRACTING.—A grantee, when con-
tracting with service providers engaged directly in 
the provision of supportive services as defined by 
section 578.53 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-
tions shall, to the extent practicable, enter into con-
tracts in amounts that cover the actual total pro-
gram costs and administrative overhead to provide 
the services contracted. 
‘‘(c) SUBGRANTS.—Any eligible entity that is a public 
entity may subgrant any amounts received under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—As a condition 
of receiving amounts under this section, an eligible entity 
shall use such funds received under this section only to 
supplement the level of State or local funds that would, 
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in the absence of the receipt of funds under this section, 
be made available for activities described in this section. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available under this Act, there 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$1,000,000,000 annually. 
‘‘(f) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts appro-
priated pursuant to this section shall remain available 
until 2035. 
‘‘(g) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) FORMULA
ASSISTANCE.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall 
allocate amounts appropriated under this section to 
grantees that received allocations under section 217 
in fiscal year 2025. 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—$25,000,000 of 
any amounts appropriated under this section may be 
provided by the Secretary to be used to increase ca-
pacity building and technical assistance available to 
grantees receiving amounts under this section. 
‘‘(3) 
ADMINISTRATION.—Not 
more 
than 
$50,000,000 of any amounts appropriated under 
this section may be used by the Secretary to cover 
costs related to the administration and implementa-
tion of this section. 
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‘‘(4) WAIVERS
AND
ALTERNATIVE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary may waive or specify alter-
native requirements for any provision of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 12701 et seq.) and titles I and IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homelessness Act (42 U.S.C. 
11301 et seq., 11360 et seq.) or regulation for the 
administration of the amounts made available under 
this section other than requirements related to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
environment, upon a finding that the waiver or alter-
native requirement is necessary to expedite or facili-
tate the use of amounts made available under this 
section. 
‘‘(h) SPECIAL RULES.—The cost limits described in 
section 212(e), the commitment requirements described in 
section 218(g), the matching requirements described in 
section 220, and the set-aside for housing developed, spon-
sored, or owned by community housing development orga-
nizations required in section 231 shall not apply for any 
amounts appropriated under this section. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY DE-
FINED.—The term ‘qualifying individual or family’ 
means an individual or family that is— 
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‘‘(A) homeless, as such term defined in 
section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act; 
‘‘(B) at-risk of homelessness, as defined in 
section 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1); 
‘‘(C) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, 
stalking, or human trafficking, as such terms 
are defined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(D) a homeless children or youth, as that 
term is defined in section 725 of McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11434a); or 
‘‘(E) a youth experiencing homelessness as 
that term is defined in section 38723 of the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (34 U.S.C. 
11279). 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State, city, county, regional govern-
ment, or territory government; 
‘‘(B) a public housing agency; 
‘‘(C) a project sponsor receiving amounts 
under the Continuum of Care program under 
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title IV of this Act, or any combination of such 
entities; 
‘‘(D) a nonprofit that provides housing; 
‘‘(E) a Community Development Corpora-
tion; or 
‘‘(F) a Community Development Financial 
Institution. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITY.—The term ‘eligible 
activity’ means— 
‘‘(A) rental assistance, including— 
‘‘(i) providing rent payment assist-
ance; 
‘‘(ii) providing security deposit assist-
ance; and 
‘‘(iii) providing utility deposits and 
utility payments; 
‘‘(B) any eligible use of investments de-
scribed under section 212(a); 
‘‘(C) supportive services as defined in sec-
tion 578.53 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula-
tions including— 
‘‘(i) activities listed in section 401(29) 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(29)); 
‘‘(ii) housing counseling; and 
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