[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5406 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5406
To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, and for other
purposes.
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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
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A BILL
To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRANDFAMILY HOUSING.
(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;
(2) the term ``grandfamily resident service coordinator''
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 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 coordinator;
(2) finance the planning and provision of services 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 relative caregivers; and
(4) facilitate outreach required under subsection (d).
(d) Outreach.--
(1) In general.--Any recipient of amounts under this
section shall engage with grandparent and older relative
caregivers in the community surrounding the property that
contains the grandfamily housing owned by the grant recipient
by--
(A) performing periodic informational outreach; and
(B) holding periodic events, including
intergenerational events.
(2) Special focus.--When undertaking outreach 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 housing program
under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437 et seq.);
(B) that is part of the program for supportive
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 undertaken pursuant
to paragraph (1) shall, where possible, be in coordination with
a local kinship navigator program (as described in section
474(a)(7) of the Social Security Act) or a comparable program
or entity in the State.
(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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