I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4233 
To facilitate the development of fair and affordable housing, decrease housing 
costs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2023 
Ms. WATERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To facilitate the development of fair and affordable housing, 
decrease housing costs, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Housing Crisis Response Act of 2023’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—CREATING AND PRESERVING AFFORDABLE, 
EQUITABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY 
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Sec. 101. Public housing investments. 
Sec. 102. Investments in affordable and accessible housing production. 
Sec. 103. Housing investment fund. 
Sec. 104. Section 811 supportive housing for people with disabilities. 
Sec. 105. Section 202 supportive housing for the elderly program. 
Sec. 106. Improving energy efficiency or water efficiency or climate resilience 
of affordable housing. 
Sec. 107. Revitalization of distressed multifamily properties. 
Sec. 108. Investments in rural rental housing. 
Sec. 109. Housing vouchers. 
Sec. 110. Project-based rental assistance. 
Sec. 111. Investments in Native American Communities. 
Sec. 112. Increased affordable housing program investment. 
Sec. 113. Promoting housing accessibility and visitability. 
TITLE II—21ST CENTURY SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE 
COMMUNITIES 
Sec. 201. Community development block grant funding for affordable housing 
and infrastructure. 
Sec. 202. Lead-based paint hazard control and housing-related health and safe-
ty hazard mitigation in housing of families with lower incomes. 
Sec. 203. Unlocking possibilities program. 
Sec. 204. Strengthening resilience under national flood insurance program. 
Sec. 205. Community Restoration and Revitalization Fund. 
Sec. 206. Fair housing activities and investigations. 
Sec. 207. Intergovernmental fair housing activities and investigations. 
TITLE III—HOMEOWNERSHIP INVESTMENTS 
Sec. 301. First-Generation Downpayment Assistance. 
Sec. 302. Home loan program. 
Sec. 303. HUD-insured small dollar mortgage demonstration program. 
Sec. 304. Investments in rural homeownership. 
TITLE IV—HUD ADMINISTRATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, AND AGENCY OVERSIGHT 
Sec. 401. Program administration, training, technical assistance, capacity 
building, and oversight. 
Sec. 402. Community-led capacity building. 
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TITLE I—CREATING AND PRE-
SERVING AFFORDABLE, EQUI-
TABLE, 
AND 
ACCESSIBLE 
HOUSING FOR THE 21ST CEN-
TURY 
SEC. 101. PUBLIC HOUSING INVESTMENTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for fiscal year 2024, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) $10,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2033, for the Capital Fund under 
section 9(d) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)) pursuant to the same 
formula as in fiscal year 2021, to be made available 
within 60 days of the date of the enactment of this 
Act; 
(2) $53,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for eligible activities under sec-
tion 9(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1)) for priority invest-
ments as determined by the Secretary to repair, re-
place, or construct properties assisted under such 
section 9; 
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(3) $1,200,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for competitive grants under 
section 24 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437v) (in this section referred to as 
‘‘section 24’’), under the terms and conditions in 
subsection (b), for transformation, rehabilitation, 
and replacement housing needs of public and as-
sisted housing, and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed-income 
neighborhoods; 
(4) $750,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2033, for the costs to the Secretary 
of administering and overseeing the implementation 
of this section and the Public Housing Capital Fund 
and the section 24 grant program generally, includ-
ing information technology, financial reporting, re-
search and evaluation, other cross-program costs in 
support of programs administered by the Secretary 
in this title, and other costs; and 
(5) $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2033, to make new awards or increase 
prior awards to existing technical assistance pro-
viders to provide an increase in capacity building 
and technical assistance available to entities eligible 
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for funding for activities or projects consistent with 
this section. 
(b) TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
FOR SECTION 24 
GRANTS.—Grants awarded under subsection (a)(3) shall 
be subject to terms and conditions determined by the Sec-
retary, which shall include the following: 
(1) USE.—Grant funds may be used for resi-
dent and community services, community develop-
ment and revitalization, and affordable housing 
needs in the community. 
(2) APPLICANTS.—Eligible recipients of grants 
shall include lead applicants and joint applicants, as 
follows: 
(A) LEAD APPLICANTS.—A lead applicant 
shall be a local government, a public housing 
agency, or an owner of an assisted housing 
property. 
(B) JOINT APPLICANTS.—A nonprofit or-
ganization or a for-profit developer may apply 
jointly as a joint applicant with such public en-
tities specified in subparagraph (A). A local 
government must be a joint applicant with an 
owner of an assisted housing property specified 
in subparagraph (A). 
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(3) PERIOD
OF
AFFORDABILITY.—Grantees 
shall commit to a period of affordability determined 
by the Secretary of not fewer than 20 years, but the 
Secretary may specify a period of affordability that 
is fewer than 20 years with respect to homeowner-
ship units developed with section 24 grants. 
(4) ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW.—For purposes 
of environmental review, a grantee shall be treated 
as a public housing agency under section 26 of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x). 
(5) LOW-INCOME
AND
AFFORDABLE
HOUS-
ING.—Amounts made available under this section 
shall be used for low-income housing (as such term 
is defined under section 3(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b))), HUD- 
assisted housing, and affordable housing, which shall 
be housing for which the owner of the project shall 
record an affordability use restriction approved by 
the Secretary for households earning up to 120 per-
cent of the area median income and is subject to the 
period of affordability under paragraph (3) of this 
subsection. 
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(c) OTHER
TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—Grants 
awarded under this section shall be subject to the fol-
lowing terms and conditions: 
(1) LIMITATION.—Amounts provided pursuant 
to this section may not be used for operating costs 
or rental assistance. 
(2) DEVELOPMENT OF NEW UNITS.—Paragraph 
(3) of section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)(3)) shall not apply to 
new funds made available under this section. 
(3) HEALTH
AND
SAFETY.—Amounts made 
available under this section shall be used to address 
health, safety, and environmental hazards, including 
lead, fire, carbon monoxide, mold, asbestos, radon, 
pest infestation, and other hazards as defined by the 
Secretary. 
(4) ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RESILIENCE.— 
Amounts made available under this section shall ad-
vance improvements to energy and water efficiency 
or climate and disaster resilience in housing assisted 
under this section. 
(5) RECAPTURE.—If the Secretary recaptures 
funding allocated by formula from a public housing 
agency under subsection (a)(1), such recaptured 
amounts shall be added to the amounts available 
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under subsection (a)(2), and shall be obligated by 
the Secretary prior to the expiration of such funds. 
(6) SUPPLEMENTATION OF FUNDS.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that amounts provided pursuant 
to this section shall serve to supplement and not 
supplant other amounts generated by a recipient of 
such amounts or amounts provided by other Federal, 
State, or local sources. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall have au-
thority to issue such regulations or notices, or other guid-
ance, forms, instructions, and publications to carry out the 
programs, projects, or activities authorized under this sec-
tion to ensure that such programs, projects, or activities 
are completed in a timely and effective manner. 
SEC. 102. INVESTMENTS IN AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE 
HOUSING PRODUCTION. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for fiscal year 2024, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated— 
(1) $9,925,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for activities and assistance for 
the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘HOME program’’), 
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(4) $100,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2033, for the costs to the Secretary 
of administering and overseeing the implementation 
of this section and the HOME and Housing Trust 
Fund programs generally, including information 
technology, financial reporting, research and evalua-
tions, and other cross-program costs in support of 
programs administered by the Secretary in this title, 
and other costs. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) FORMULAS.— 
(A) The Secretary shall allocate amounts 
made available under subsection (a)(1) pursu-
ant to section 217 of NAHA (42 U.S.C. 12747) 
to grantees that received allocations pursuant 
to that same formula in fiscal year 2023 and 
shall make such allocations within 60 days of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(B) The Secretary shall allocate amounts 
made available under subsection (a)(2) pursu-
ant to the formula specified in section 
1338(c)(3) of the Federal Housing Enterprises 
Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 
(12 U.S.C. 4568(c)(3)) to grantees that re-
ceived Housing Trust Fund allocations pursu-
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