Federal contributions required to be provided by the 
eligible entity under paragraph (1). 
(h) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) PLANNING GRANTS.—An eligible entity re-
ceiving a planning grant shall use funds from the 
planning grant to finance activities to help develop 
and evaluate a housing policy plan for the area 
under the jurisdiction of the eligible entity, includ-
ing— 
(A) quantifying existing and projected 
housing needs for households of every income 
level, including extremely low-income families, 
as defined in section 3(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)); 
(B) documenting the characteristics of— 
(i) the housing in the area; 
(ii) the households of the area, includ-
ing cost-burdened households; and 
(iii) housing underproduction in the 
area; 
(C) developing strategies to increase the 
housing supply and the variety of housing types 
in the area to satisfy the housing needs of the 
population of the area; 
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(D) analyzing population and employment 
trends in the area and documenting projections 
of those trends; 
(E) considering strategies to minimize dis-
placement of low-income families, as defined in 
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)), as a result of re-
development in the area; 
(F) providing for participation and input 
from community members, community groups, 
local builders, local realtors, nonprofit housing 
advocates, and local religious groups; and 
(G) creating a schedule of programs and 
actions to implement the recommendations of 
the housing policy plan, including a plan for 
adopting actions through a local implementing 
ordinance or another regulatory process, such 
as a land use plan or a comprehensive plan. 
(2) 
IMPLEMENTATION
AND
PLANNING 
GRANTS.—An eligible entity receiving a grant under 
this section shall use a portion of the funds from the 
grant to submit the report required under subsection 
(j)(1). 
(i) LEARNING NETWORK.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the Secretary awards the first 
planning grant or implementation grant under this 
section, the Secretary shall establish a learning net-
work to— 
(A) facilitate problem solving relating to 
the development and implementation of housing 
policy plans; and 
(B) disseminate best practices and effec-
tive strategies and policies to improve local 
housing supply and affordability. 
(2) ACCESSIBILITY.—The learning network es-
tablished under paragraph (1) shall be accessible 
to— 
(A) eligible entities that receive a grant 
under this section; and 
(B) eligible entities that submit an applica-
tion under subsection (e). 
(j) REPORTS AND STUDY.— 
(1) GRANT
RECIPIENT
REPORTS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date on which an eligible en-
tity receives a grant under this section, and not less 
frequently than quarterly thereafter for a 3-year pe-
riod, the eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary 
a report that includes— 
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(A) a description of the expenditures the 
eligible entity has made with funds from the 
grant; 
(B) for an eligible entity receiving a plan-
ning grant, a summary of the progress of the 
eligibility entity towards finalizing a housing 
policy plan; and 
(C) for an eligible entity receiving an im-
plementation grant, data relating to the success 
of the implementation of the housing policy 
plan of the eligible entity. 
(2) SECRETARY STUDY AND REPORT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall conduct a study on— 
(i) the impact of implementation 
grants and planning grants on the areas 
under the jurisdiction of eligible entities re-
ceiving those grants; and 
(ii) successful strategies from housing 
policy plans that were impactful in— 
(I) expanding the housing supply; 
and 
(II) increasing the quantity of 
quality and affordable housing while 
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avoiding the displacement of the resi-
dents of an area. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the Secretary completes the 
study required under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report on the study. 
(k) APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated, and there are appropriated, to the 
Secretary, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2025 through 2030 to carry out this 
Act. 
(2) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided 
by this subsection are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of 
the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 
U.S.C. 933(g)). 
(B) DESIGNATION
IN
HOUSE
AND
SEN-
ATE.—This subsection is designated as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 
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for fiscal year 2022, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 
1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the 
House of Representatives on June 8, 2022. 
Æ 
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