[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6318 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6318

 To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to identify 
   and make available information regarding best practices utilizing 
    mixed-income, publicly owned housing to increase the supply of 
              affordable housing, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 2023

Ms. Tlaib (for herself and Ms. Ocasio-Cortez) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to identify 
   and make available information regarding best practices utilizing 
    mixed-income, publicly owned housing to increase the supply of 
              affordable 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Housing for the 21st Century 
Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) roughly half of renter households in the United 
        States--more than 21 million--are cost-burdened, meaning they 
        spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent;
            (2) the greatest need for affordable housing is among 
        people with extremely low incomes, 73 percent of whom pay more 
        than half of their income on rent;
            (3) however, the production of new affordable rental 
        dwelling units is often constrained by the availability of 
        Federal subsidies and too often existing Federal subsidies are 
        not deeply targeted enough to serve households with the 
        greatest needs;
            (4) faced with such constraints, State and local public 
        developers are building dwelling units affordable to extremely 
        low-, very low-, low-, and moderate-income households by 
        leveraging local policy tools, reforming zoning and land use 
        restrictions, adopting innovative financing mechanisms, and 
        utilizing market rate units to cross-subsidize below-market, 
        affordable units; and
            (5) such mixed-income public housing promotes the financial 
        stability and proper maintenance of housing developments, 
        fosters community diversity and integration, and allows scarce 
        Federal subsidies to be targeted to the most vulnerable 
        households.

SEC. 3. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REGARDING MIXED-INCOME PUBLIC 
              HOUSING BEST PRACTICES .

    (a) In General.--Not later than the expiration of the 12-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall--
            (1) identify best practices and models relevant to 
        developing mixed-income, publicly owned housing to increase the 
        supply of housing dwelling units that are affordable to 
        extremely low-, very low-, low-, and moderate-income 
        households, that provide permanent affordability and that limit 
        Federal subsidies to costs associated with building or 
        preserving units affordable to extremely low-income households;
            (2) among such best practices, identify policies that 
        leverage State and local resources and capacities, such as 
        cross-subsidized developments, public land, public land 
        banking, revolving loan funds, anti-speculation taxes, property 
        tax exemptions, community opportunity to purchase statutes, 
        public banking, acquisition pipelines for tax delinquent 
        properties, municipally financed debt, and debt subsidies, 
        among other policies and financing tools or approaches;
            (3) identify complementary policies and programs that can 
        address potential displacement pressures and prevent adverse 
        impacts on neighboring low and moderate-income households and 
        communities;
            (4) provide guidance on how State and local governments and 
        public developers can leverage Federal financing mechanisms and 
        subsides to maximize the development and preservation of units 
        affordable to extremely low-income households, both within 
        mixed-income public housing and in other kinds of developments;
            (5) make available, to State and municipal governments, 
        local planning departments, public housing agencies (as such 
        term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
        Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b))), State housing finance 
        agencies (as such term is defined in section 802(b) of the 
        Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
        1440(b))), and local housing finance agencies, information, 
        training, and technical assistance on such best practices and 
        mechanisms; and
            (6) make publicly available on the Department's website 
        such information, materials regarding such training and 
        technical assistance, and case studies of best practices 
        identified.
    (b) Updates.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
monitor mixed-income public housing practices as necessary to ensure 
that the information, training, and technical assistance made available 
pursuant to subsection (a) is current and shall update such 
information, training, and technical assistance in a timely manner.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.
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