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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 hous-
ing 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) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Finan-
cial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organiza-
tions to provide specialized housing and supportive serv-
ices for elderly persons who are the primary caregivers 
of children that are related to such persons. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Generational Resi-
dences and Nurturing Dwellings Act’’ or the ‘‘GRAND 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALIZED HOUSING FOR EL-
DERLY CAREGIVERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development a pro-
gram to provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organiza-
tions to expand the supply of specialized housing for quali-
fied relatives raising a child. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
shall preclude a recipient of assistance under a program 
established under subsection (a) from applying for or re-
ceiving financial assistance under any other program es-
tablished in the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
(c) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive as-
sistance under the program established under sub-
section (a), an eligible nonprofit organization shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 
in such manner, and containing such information as 
the Secretary may require, which shall include a de-
scription of how the eligible nonprofit organization 
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will serve the housing needs of low-income families 
in a particular geographic area. 
(2) TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—To 
be eligible to receive assistance to provide tenant- 
based rental assistance as described in subsection 
(d)(2), an application submitted under paragraph 
(1) shall include assurances that the eligible non-
profit organization will coordinate with a public 
housing agency in administering any such assistance 
received under this Act, as required by the Sec-
retary. 
(d) PRIORITY.—In providing assistance under this 
section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible non-
profit organizations that plan to use such assistance as 
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (f). 
(e) LIMIT ON ORGANIZATIONS SELECTED.—For each 
fiscal year, the Secretary may select not more than 5 eligi-
ble nonprofit organizations to receive assistance under the 
program under this section. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of assistance under 
this program shall use such assistance for the following 
purposes: 
(1) NEW HOUSING.—To finance the construc-
tion, reconstruction, moderate or substantial reha-
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bilitation, or acquisition of a structure or a portion 
of a structure to be used as specialized housing. 
(2) OPERATIONAL EXPENSES AND SUPPORTIVE 
SERVICES.—To provide assistance for ongoing oper-
ational expenses of any specialized housing, includ-
ing costs of supportive services required for such 
housing. 
(3) RENTAL VOUCHER ASSISTANCE.—To pro-
vide tenant-based rental assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for entities that meet the require-
ments under such section for use only by qualified 
relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for 
such assistance for rental of a dwelling unit that 
qualifies as specialized housing. 
(4) ELDERLY HOUSING PROJECT RENTAL AS-
SISTANCE.—To provide project rental assistance 
under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 
(12 U.S.C. 1701q(b)(2)) for entities that meet the 
requirements under such section in connection with 
dwelling units that— 
(A) qualify as specialized housing; and 
(B) are made available for occupancy only 
by qualified relatives who are raising a child 
and are eligible for occupancy in such housing, 
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except that notwithstanding section 202(k)(1) 
of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q(k)(1)), such qualified relatives may in-
clude elderly persons (as such term is defined 
in section 3 of this Act). 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CHILD.—The term ‘‘child’’ means an indi-
vidual who— 
(A) is not attending school and is not more 
than 18 years of age; or 
(B) is attending school and is not more 
than 19 years of age. 
(2) ELDERLY PERSON.—The term ‘‘elderly per-
son’’ means a person who is 60 years of age or 
more. 
(3) ELIGIBLE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible non-
profit organization’’ means an organization 
that— 
(i) provides specialized housing and 
supportive services for qualified relatives 
who are raising a child; and 
(ii) is described in section 501(c)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 
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exempt from tax under section 501(a) of 
such Code. 
(B) POLITICAL
DIVISIONS
INCLUDED.— 
Such term includes organizations that provide 
such services in each of the several States, the 
District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, 
territory, or possession of the United States. 
(4) LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come families’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(5) QUALIFIED RELATIVE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 
relative’’ means an individual who is an elderly 
person and, with respect to a child, who— 
(i) is not a parent of the child by 
blood or marriage; and 
(ii) is— 
(I) a relative of the child by 
blood or marriage; or 
(II) a legal guardian of the child. 
(B) ADOPTED CHILDREN.—In the case of 
a child who was adopted, the term includes an 
individual who, by blood or marriage, is a rel-
ative of the family who adopted the child. 
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(6) RAISING A CHILD.—The term ‘‘raising a 
child’’ means, with respect to an individual, that the 
individual— 
(A) resides with the child; and 
(B) is the primary caregiver (or is, to-
gether with a spouse or other household mem-
ber, a primary caregiver) for the child— 
(i) because the biological or adoptive 
parents of the child do not reside with the 
child or are unable or unwilling to serve as 
the primary caregiver for the child; and 
(ii) regardless of whether the indi-
vidual has a legal relationship to the child 
(such as guardianship or legal custody). 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(8) SPECIALIZED
HOUSING.—The term ‘‘spe-
cialized housing’’ means housing that— 
(A) is affordable (as the Secretary shall 
define for purposes of this Act) for low-income 
families; 
(B) is restricted to occupancy only by low- 
income families; 
(C) is designed to meet the special physical 
needs of elderly persons; 
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(D) accommodates the provision of sup-
portive services that are expected to be needed, 
either initially or over the useful life of the 
housing, by elderly persons and children that 
the housing is intended to serve; and 
(E) provides a range of such services that 
are tailored to the needs of elderly persons and 
children occupying such housing. 
SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 
2019. 
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