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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3117 
To establish a program for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to make grants to States and continua of care to carry out conversions 
of structures for use as emergency shelters and housing for homeless 
persons and families, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2023 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. VARGAS, and Mr. MULLIN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To establish a program for the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development to make grants to States and 
continua of care to carry out conversions of structures 
for use as emergency shelters and housing for homeless 
persons and families, 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 ‘‘Hotel to Housing Con-
version Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR CONVERTING STRUCTURES FOR USE 
AS EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND HOUSING 
FOR HOMELESS PERSONS AND FAMILIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall carry out a program under this 
section to make grants to States and continua of care for 
distribution to units of local government and private non-
profit organizations to assist in carrying out conversions 
of structures for use as emergency, temporary, and transi-
tional housing and emergency shelters for homeless per-
sons and families. 
(b) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Amounts from a 
grant under this section shall be used only in connection 
with the conversion of hotels, motels, or vacant, blighted, 
or unused residential properties for use as housing or shel-
ter as provided in subsection (a), including for— 
(1) the acquisition (by purchase or lease), reha-
bilitation, renovation, or other conversion of such 
structures; 
(2) operating costs in connection with use of 
such structures as housing or shelters; and 
(3) providing supportive services, as such term 
is defined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360), home-
lessness prevention services, and housing counseling 
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services in connection with the converted housing or 
shelter. 
(c) APPLICATION; SELECTION.—The Secretary shall 
provide for States and continua of care to apply for grants 
under this section and shall select States and continua of 
care to receive such grants based on a competition that 
takes into account— 
(1) the level of housing instability in the juris-
diction of the applicant and the need— 
(A) for emergency, transitional, or perma-
nent housing or emergency shelters for home-
less persons and families; 
(B) to address safety and public health 
needs of such persons and families; and 
(C) for supportive services for such persons 
and families; and 
(2) the effectiveness of the proposed method of 
distribution of grant amounts to units of local gov-
ernment and private nonprofit organizations in ad-
dressing such needs. 
(d) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall require each re-
cipient of a grant under this section to submit a report 
to the Secretary, upon the expiration of the 12-month pe-
riod beginning upon the award of such grant, detailing 
how grant amounts were used and describing the effect 
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of such use on the level of homelessness in the jurisdiction 
of the recipient. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) CONTINUUM
OF
CARE.—The term ‘‘con-
tinuum of care’’ means a collaborative applicant es-
tablished and operating for a geographic area for 
purposes of the Continuum of Care Program under 
subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.). 
(2) EMERGENCY HOUSING.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency housing’’ means housing that is provided on 
a short-term and temporary basis to address emer-
gency situations. Such term does not include transi-
tional or permanent housing, as such terms are de-
fined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 
(3) EMERGENCY
SHELTER; 
PRIVATE
NON-
PROFIT ORGANIZATION; STATE.—The terms ‘‘emer-
gency shelter’’, ‘‘private nonprofit organization’’, and 
‘‘State’’ have the meanings given such terms in sec-
tion 321 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11351). 
(4) HOMELESS.—The term ‘‘homeless’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 103 of the 
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McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11302). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(6) 
PERMANENT
HOUSING; 
TRANSITIONAL 
HOUSING.—The terms ‘‘permanent housing’’ and 
‘‘transitional housing’’ have the meanings given such 
term in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360). 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 
$750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 
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