[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3169 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3169

 To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to expand 
             new home construction, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 10, 2025

Mr. Kim (for himself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
                           and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to expand 
             new home construction, 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 ``Unleashing Needed Local Options to 
Construct and Keep Housing Act'' or the ``UNLOCK Housing Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 
              1974.

    Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (25)(D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(27) in the case of any metropolitan city or urban 
        county, State, unit of general local government, insular area, 
        or Indian tribe that receives amounts under section 106, the 
        construction of new residential housing for low- and moderate-
        income persons, with or without assistance from a neighborhood-
        based nonprofit organization or other private or public 
        nonprofit organization.''.
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