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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4390 
To establish a grant program to provide support for housing navigators 
who assist individuals in navigating local, State, and Federal housing 
assistance programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2023 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. CLARKE of 
New York, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. MULLIN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish a grant program to provide support for housing 
navigators who assist individuals in navigating local, 
State, and Federal housing assistance programs, 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 ‘‘Housing Navigators 
Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS TO PROVIDE HOUSING NAVIGATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’), acting through the Office of Housing Coun-
seling, shall carry out a program to make grants to eligible 
entities under subsection (b) to support education, aware-
ness, and enrollment in State and Federal housing assist-
ance programs to individuals, communities, applicants, 
and program enrollees. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—A grant under this section may be 
made only to a community- or consumer-focused nonprofit 
group, a trade, industry, or professional associations, or 
a State or unit of local government, that— 
(1) will serve as a housing navigator by con-
ducting activities described in subsection (c); and 
(2) has demonstrated to the Secretary that— 
(A) the entity has existing relationships, or 
could readily establish relationships, with ad-
ministrators of local, State, or Federal housing 
assistance programs; 
(B) has knowledge and expertise in local, 
State, or Federal housing assistance programs, 
and 
(C) has existing relationships, or could 
readily establish relationships, with commu-
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nities and individuals who would likely benefit 
from such programs. 
(c) DUTIES.—An entity that receives a grant under 
this section shall use amounts from such grant for— 
(1) conducting in-person public education ac-
tivities to raise awareness of local, State, and Fed-
eral housing assistance programs in communities 
where individuals would likely benefit from assist-
ance provided by such programs; 
(2) distribute information concerning eligibility 
and enrollment processes in such programs; 
(3) facilitate and assist applicants in the enroll-
ment process for such programs, including by offer-
ing assistance online, over the telephone, and in-per-
son; and 
(4) provide information in a manner that is cul-
turally and linguistically appropriate to the needs of 
the population being served. 
(d) STANDARDS.— 
(1) NAVIGATORS.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish standards for entities receiving grants under 
this section, including standards to ensure that any 
entity receiving such a grant is qualified and li-
censed, if appropriate, to engage in the activities de-
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scribed in subsection (c) and to avoid conflicts of in-
terest. 
(2) INFORMATION.—The Secretary, in collabo-
ration with States, shall establish standards to en-
sure that information made available by entities re-
ceiving grants under this section is fair, accurate, 
and impartial. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 
$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029. 
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