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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6217 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 
grants to eligible entities for use to eliminate blight and assist in neigh-
borhood revitalization, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2025 
Mr. MRVAN (for himself, Mr. SORENSEN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KENNEDY of New 
York, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. RANDALL, Mr. 
MCGARVEY, and Mr. LANDSMAN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to make grants to eligible entities for use to elimi-
nate blight and assist in neighborhood revitalization, 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 ‘‘Revitalize Our Neigh-
borhoods Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. BLIGHT ELIMINATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVI-
TALIZATION GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development may make grants under this section, 
on a competitive basis, to eligible entities for use for eligi-
ble activities designed to eliminate blight and promote 
neighborhood revitalization. 
(b) USE IN LOW-INCOME AREAS.—Amounts from a 
grant awarded under this section may be used only to 
carry out eligible activities within low-income commu-
nities. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—To be eligible for a grant 
under this section, and entity shall be— 
(1) a State; 
(2) a unit of general local government, includ-
ing a city, county, town, parish, village, or other 
general-purpose political subdivision of a State; or 
(3) a multi-jurisdictional entity. 
(d) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Amounts from a grant 
awarded under this section may be used only for the 
following activities: 
(A) Demolition, clearance, and removal of 
blighted structures. 
(B) Boarding of vacant properties and 
blighted structures. 
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(C) Deconstruction of structures. 
(D) Removal of waste and site clearance 
and vacant land management. 
(E) Renovation of existing structures that 
are blighted or abandoned. 
(F) Construction or preservation of afford-
able rental or owner-occupied housing as an 
outcome of blight elimination. 
(G) Administrative costs, including for 
staffing and compliance with grant require-
ments, in an amount that is not more than 10 
percent of the total grant for the recipient. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS BY LAND BANKS, COMMU-
NITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A recipient of grant 
under this section that may provide such grant 
amounts to land banks or Community Housing 
Development Organizations (as such term is de-
fined in section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12704(1))) to carry out eligible activities within 
low-income communities. 
(B) STATE GRANTEES.—A recipient of a 
grant under this section that is a State may 
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provide such grant amounts to units of general 
local government whose jurisdictions include 
low-income communities to carry out eligible ac-
tivities within such low-income communities. 
(3) PROHIBITION.—Amounts from a grant 
awarded under this section may not be used to ac-
quire any occupied residential dwelling unit. 
(e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 
each eligible entity that receives a grant under this 
section to contribute an amount of matching funds 
that is equal to or greater than 15 percent of the 
amount of the grant, to be used for eligible activities 
under this section. 
(2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Amounts from the fol-
lowing sources may be counted towards compliance 
with the requirement under paragraph (1): 
(A) Any amounts received pursuant to any 
Federal program. 
(B) Any amounts provided by the appli-
cants. 
(C) Any proceeds from sales of properties 
renovated using grant amounts under this sec-
tion. 
(f) APPLICATION AND PLAN.— 
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(1) APPLICATION.—A grant awarded under this 
section may only be provided to an eligible entity 
that submits to the Secretary an application for such 
a grant that contains a plan for use of grant funds 
in accordance with paragraph (2) and such other in-
formation, certifications, and assurances as the Sec-
retary considers necessary. 
(2) PLAN.—A plan under this paragraph shall 
be a detailed 5-year plan for the use of grant 
amounts awarded under this section and matching 
amounts contributed that includes— 
(A) identification of the low-income com-
munities in which eligible activities under sub-
section (d)(1) will be carried out using grant 
and matching amounts; 
(B) a description of the eligible activities 
under subsection (d)(1) to be carried out using 
grant and matching amounts; 
(C) a timetable for carrying out such eligi-
ble activities, which shall provide for the ex-
penditure of grant and matching amounts with-
in 5 years after receipt; and 
(D) identification of the sources of match-
ing amounts to be provided and assurances of 
the availability of such matching amounts. 
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(g) SELECTION; CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall se-
lect applications to receive grants under this section pur-
suant to a competition and based on criteria as established 
by the Secretary for such selection. 
(h) COORDINATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL PRO-
GRAMS.—An eligible entity that receives grant amounts 
under this section may use such grant amounts in coordi-
nation with the eligible activities of other Federal pro-
grams, including with— 
(1) the Community Development Block Grant 
program; 
(2) the HOME Investment Partnership pro-
gram; 
(3) the Housing Trust Fund; 
(4) the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit pro-
gram; 
(5) the Environmental Protection Agency 
Brownfields Program; and 
(6) the New Market Tax Credit program. 
(i) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
technical assistance to eligible entities that receive a 
grant under this section for the life cycle of the 
grant. 
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(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not use 
more than 5 percent of amounts appropriated under 
this section for technical assistance. 
(j) REPORTS.— 
(1) GRANTEE REPORTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 15 
months after receiving an initial grant under 
this section, and annually thereafter, a recipient 
of such grant shall submit to the Secretary a 
report on the activities funded with amounts 
under this section, through a report template 
developed by the Secretary. 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required 
under subparagraph (A) shall include a descrip-
tion of— 
(i) amounts used for the matching re-
quirement; 
(ii) amounts used for eligible activities 
funded under this section, apart from the 
amounts provided under this section; 
(iii) resources made available by 
amounts provided under this section; 
(iv) 
how 
the 
recipient 
invested 
amounts under this section; 
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(v) the geographic distribution of such 
investments; 
(vi) the families and persons assisted 
under this section; and 
(vii) the progress meeting planned ob-
jectives using amounts provided under this 
section. 
(C) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
make the reports submitted under this para-
graph publicly available on a website of the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development. 
(2) GAO REPORTS.— 
(A) INITIAL
REPORT.—Not later than 3 
years after initial grant awards are provided 
under this section, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the Congress 
a report that describes, with respect to the 
grant program under this section— 
(i) planned projects; 
(ii) populations impacted; 
(iii) challenges and recommendations; 
and 
(iv) expected outcomes. 
(B) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 6 
years after initial grant awards are provided 
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under this section, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the Congress 
a report that describes, with respect to the 
grant program under this section— 
(i) final outcomes; 
(ii) the implementation and projects 
completed; 
(iii) populations impacted; and 
(iv) challenges and recommendations 
for future recipients of grants under this 
section. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) 
ABANDONED.—The 
term 
‘‘abandoned’’ 
means, with respect to an unoccupied structure— 
(A) the mortgage, tribal leasehold, or tax 
payments are at least 90 days delinquent; 
(B) a code enforcement inspection has de-
termined that the property is not habitable and 
the owner has taken no corrective actions with-
in 90 days of notification of the deficiencies; or 
(C) the structure is subject to a court-or-
dered receivership or nuisance abatement re-
lated to abandonment pursuant to State or local 
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law or otherwise meets a State definition of an 
abandoned structure. 
(2) AFFORDABLE RENTAL OR OWNER-OCCUPIED 
HOUSING.—The term ‘‘affordable rental or owner-oc-
cupied housing’’ means housing that qualifies as af-
fordable under section 215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
12745). 
(3) BLIGHTED.—The term ‘‘blighted’’ means a 
structure that exhibits determinable signs of deterio-
ration sufficient to constitute a threat to human 
health, safety, and public welfare, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(4) LAND
BANK.—The term ‘‘land bank’’ 
means a government entity, agency, or program, or 
a special purpose nonprofit entity formed by 1 or 
more units of government in accordance with a State 
or local law with respect to land banks, that has 
been designated by 1 or more State or local govern-
ments to acquire, steward, and dispose of vacant, 
abandoned, or other problem properties in accord-
ance with locally determined priorities. 
(5) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘low- 
income community’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code 
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of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 45D) and includes any census 
tract or other area that is treated as a low-income 
community for purposes of such section. 
(6) MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL ENTITY.—The term 
‘‘multi-jurisdictional entity’’ means an association of 
local governments or public agencies which are 
bound by a collective agreement, as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary for the purpose of car-
rying out the eligible activities under this section. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(8) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and 
any other territory or possession of the United 
States. 
(9) STRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘structure’’ in-
cludes residential structures and commercial struc-
tures. 
(10) UNOCCUPIED.—The term ‘‘unoccupied’’ 
means a structure that— 
(A) has no occupants; 
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(B) is not being maintained for seasonal 
use; 
(C) is not actively marketed for sale or 
rent; or 
(D) is not being held vacant pending re-oc-
cupancy by a buyer or tenant. 
(l) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may issue any 
regulations necessary to carry out this section. 
(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 
2026 through 2031. 
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