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119TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7243 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish 
a grant program to provide amounts to developers to offset the State 
and local taxes associated with the building of housing developments, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 27, 2026 
Ms. BYNUM (for herself and Mr. PAPPAS) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to establish a grant program to provide amounts to de-
velopers to offset the State and local taxes associated 
with the building of housing developments, 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 ‘‘Supporting Projects 
to Unleash Residential Housing Act’’ or the ‘‘SPUR 
Housing Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall, not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act establish a grant pro-
gram to provide amounts to developers that such devel-
opers may use to offset costs such developer accrues asso-
ciated with— 
(1) State and local taxes associated with the 
building of housing developments; and 
(2) impact fees imposed by States and units of 
local government in association with the building of 
housing developments. 
(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive amounts 
under this section an developer shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the 
Secretary may reasonably require. 
(c) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—To 
be eligible to receive amounts under this section, an devel-
oper shall have— 
(1) all approvals required from the State gov-
ernment and each unit of local government with ju-
risdiction over the area in which developer intends to 
build a housing development; and 
(2) commitments from the State government 
and each unit of local government with jurisdiction 
over the area in which developer intends to build a 
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housing development that the State government and 
each unit of local government shall reduce the prop-
erty taxes associated with the housing developments 
to be built by the developer by not less than 50 per-
cent. 
(d) SELECTION.—When selecting developers to re-
ceive amounts under this section the Secretary shall 
prioritize giving grants to developers who are building 
housing developments that, as determined by the Sec-
retary— 
(1) will increase the amount of affordable hous-
ing; 
(2) are feasible; 
(3) are able to begin building within 1 year of 
the date on which the eligible developer submitted an 
application; 
(4) are to be located in a priority housing area, 
as identified by the Secretary using housing market 
indicators and the severe housing cost burden data 
from the American Community Survey conducted by 
the Bureau of the Census; 
(5) that will offer affordable or mixed-income 
housing units; 
(6) are transit-oriented developments or located 
near employment hubs; 
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(7) will utilize infill sites within urban growth 
boundaries; 
(8) will target workforce housing needs; 
(9) will include senior-friendly units and acces-
sible units; 
(10) will employ adaptive reuse or rehabilitation 
of existing structures; and 
(11) will include supportive housing elements 
for vulnerable populations. 
(e) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide, each year, to each developer to whom the Secretary 
selects to receive a grant under this section, a grant in 
an amount equal to the lesser of— 
(1) 50 percent of the total amount of the taxes 
and impact fees to be imposed on the developer by 
the State government and each unit of local govern-
ment with jurisdiction over the area in which devel-
oper intends to build a housing development in asso-
ciation with the building such housing development; 
or 
(2) $150,000. 
(f) TERM OF GRANT.—The Secretary shall provide 
grants to each developer selected to receive a grant under 
this section for 5 years, unless such developer does not 
have the commitments from the State government and 
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