Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-213
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-05
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter

Housing and community development funding

Poverty and welfare assistance

State and local finance

Urban and suburban affairs and development
Latest action: action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-01-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b>Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2021</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">This bill reallocates to urban counties, under certain circumstances, Emergency Solutions Grant funds to help individuals and families regain permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">Currently, the Department of Housing and Urban Development typically reallocates the funds to the state in which a city or county is located if the funds going to a recipient metropolitan city or urban county are less than a specified amount. The bill generally maintains this reallocation arrangement but also establishes certain circumstances when these funds must go to the urban county in which a recipient metropolitan city is located or to the recipient urban county directly. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">An urban county receiving reallocated funds designated for a recipient metropolitan city must spend these funds for the benefit of the metropolitan cities located within the county.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 213 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 5, 2021 Mr. Sires introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To modify the minimum allocation requirement for the emergency solutions grants program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2021 . 2. Minimum allocation requirement for emergency solutions grants program Section 414(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11373(b) ) is amended to read as follows: (b) Minimum allocation requirement (1) In general If, under the allocation provisions applicable under this subtitle, a metropolitan city or an urban county would receive a grant of less than .05 percent of the amounts appropriated under section 408 and made available to carry out this subtitle for any fiscal year, such amount shall be reallocated to the State in which the metropolitan city or urban county, as applicable, is located, except that— (A) in the case of the metropolitan city, such amount shall be reallocated to the urban county in which the metropolitan city is located, if the urban county— (i) has previously received and administered assistance under this section; and (ii) agrees to receive such amount; and (B) in the case of the urban county, such amount shall be provided to the urban county if the urban county has previously received and administered assistance under this section. (2) Exception Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a metropolitan city shall receive the grant amount described such paragraph if the metropolitan city— (A) is located in a State that does not have counties as local governments; (B) has a population greater than 40,000 but less than 50,000 as used in determining the fiscal year 1987 community development block grant program allocation; and (C) was allocated in excess of $1,000,000 in community development block grant funds in fiscal year 1987. (3) Amounts reallocated to urban counties An urban county that receives amounts reallocated under paragraph (1)(A) shall expend those amounts for the benefit of metropolitan cities located in the urban county. .