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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5406 
To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 12, 2019 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself and Ms. PRESSLEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, 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. GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRANDFAMILY HOUS-
ING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘grandfamily housing’’ means a 
dwelling unit dedicated to low-income— 
(A) grandparents caring full-time for a 
grandchild; or 
(B) older relative caregivers caring full- 
time for a relative child; 
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(2) the term ‘‘grandfamily resident service coor-
dinator’’ means an individual who— 
(A) is employed or contracted by an owner 
of grandfamily housing; 
(B) assists grandparents and older relative 
caregivers with the process of applying to and 
moving into the grandfamily housing; and 
(C) regularly— 
(i) assesses the needs of the residents, 
on a collective and family basis, of the 
grandfamily housing; and 
(ii) plans and executes grandfamily 
housing programming services based on 
the assessment described in clause (i); 
(3) the term ‘‘low-income’’ means income that 
does not exceed 80 percent of the area median gross 
income; 
(4) the term ‘‘owner of grandfamily housing’’ 
means a nonprofit or for-profit entity that develops, 
owns, or operates grandfamily housing; and 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program to provide grants to owners of grandfamily 
housing for grandfamily resident service coordinators to 
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support housing programming services, equipment, and 
building structures of grandfamily housing. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of amounts under 
this section may use any amounts provided to— 
(1) employ a grandfamily resident service coor-
dinator; 
(2) finance the planning and provision of serv-
ices designed for grandparent and older relative 
caregivers; 
(3) finance construction and upkeep of spaces 
within permanent building structures of grandfamily 
housing and communal areas used for programing 
and services designed for grandparent and older rel-
ative caregivers; and 
(4) facilitate outreach required under sub-
section (d). 
(d) OUTREACH.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any recipient of amounts 
under this section shall engage with grandparent 
and older relative caregivers in the community sur-
rounding the property that contains the grandfamily 
housing owned by the grant recipient by— 
(A) performing periodic informational out-
reach; and 
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(B) holding periodic events, including in-
tergenerational events. 
(2) SPECIAL FOCUS.—When undertaking out-
reach and events pursuant to paragraph (1), a grant 
recipient shall place special focus on grandparents 
and older relative caregivers that reside in a unit— 
(A) that is part of a housing project for 
which assistance is provided by the public hous-
ing program under the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); 
(B) that is part of the program for sup-
portive housing for the elderly under section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q); or 
(C) for which assistance is provided by the 
program for rental assistance under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f). 
(3) COORDINATION.—Outreach and events un-
dertaken pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, where 
possible, be in coordination with a local kinship navi-
gator program (as described in section 474(a)(7) of 
the Social Security Act) or a comparable program or 
entity in the State. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 
and 2021. 
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