119-hr4874

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4874 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4874

 To authorize funding of enriched resident services in federally 
 assisted affordable housing, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 5, 2025

 Mr. Aguilar (for himself, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Takano, Mr. Peters, Ms. Chu, 
Mr. Lieu, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Levin, 
Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Norton, Mr. Fields, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Evans 
 of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Latimer) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
 Services

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 A BILL

 To authorize funding of enriched resident services in federally 
 assisted 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 ``Affordable Housing Resident Services 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING RESIDENT SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting 
through the Director of the Administration of Children and Families (in 
this Act referred to as the ``Director''), shall annually, as part of 
the Services Research Demonstration program, award grants on a 
competitive basis to eligible recipients as described in subsection

    (b) .

    (b) Eligible Recipients.--

    (1) In general.--A grant under this section may only be 
 made only to--
        (A) an entity that has demonstrated experience and 
 capacity in owning, managing, and operating qualified 
 properties or delivering resident supportive services 
 within qualified properties; or
        (B) a tribe or tribal organization.

    (2) Priority.--The Director shall give priority to mission-
 driven, non-profit entities when awarding grants under this 
 section.
            (c) Terms of Grant.--Grants awarded under this section shall be 
funded for a term of 5 years.
            (d) Voluntary Services.--An entity that receives a grant under this 
section may not require any resident to accept any services provided by 
such entity using such grant amounts.

    (e) Eligible Activities.--

    (1) In general.--An eligible recipient may use not more 
 than 75 percent of any amount awarded under this section to 
 cover the costs of activities undertaken by a service 
 coordinator--
        (A) increasing the access of residents to health 
 services, including mental health services;
        (B) providing educational opportunities for 
 residents, including after-school programming, 
 mentoring, tutoring, college and career readiness, and 
 life skills training;
            (C) enhancing the economic self-sufficiency of 
 residents by providing financial literacy, housing 
 stability, and homeownership opportunities or 
 connecting residents with housing counselors approved 
 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to 
 promote these services;
            (D) assisting older adults to enable them to age in 
 place, including by connecting them with services and 
 supports to facilitate the ability to age in community, 
 home modifications, accessibility upgrades, as well as 
 home- and community-based services;
        (E) enabling residents with disabilities to live 
 independently and in integrated settings, including by 
 providing home-and community-based services;
        (F) assisting residents to receive public benefits 
 for which they are eligible; and
        (G) an additional activity as determined 
 appropriate by the Director.

    (2) Use of amounts for salary, benefits, and training.--Not 
 less than 25 percent of any amounts awarded to an eligible 
 recipient under this section shall be by such eligible 
 recipient for salary, benefits, and training for service 
 coordinators.

    (f) Qualified Properties.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``qualified property'' means a property--

    (1) assisted under--
        (A) the low-income housing tax credit under 

section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
        (B) the project-based rental assistance programs 
 under 

section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 
 1937, including units assisted by project-based 
 vouchers under 

section 8

    (o)

    (13) of such Act;
            (C) the program under 

section 236 of the National 
 Housing Act;
            (D) the below-market interest rate mortgage program 
 under 

section 22
            (d) (3) of the National Housing Act;
        (E) the rural rental housing program under 

section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949;
        (F) a program under title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.), but 
 only permanent supportive housing projects subsidized 
 under such programs;
        (G) section 1131 of Public Law 110-289;
        (H) the supportive housing for the elderly program 
 under 

section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959;
            (I) the supportive housing program for persons with 
 disabilities under 

section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
 National Affordable Housing Act;
        (J) the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS 
 under subtitle D of title VIII of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et 
 seq.);
        (K) affordable housing units owned by public 
 housing agencies that are not assisted under the 
 Housing Act of 1937; or
            (L) properties funded through, or who work in 
 partnership with programs funded through, a community 
 services block grant; or

    (2) otherwise determined qualified by the Director.

    (g) Selection Criteria.--Grants shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis, based on the following selection criteria:

    (1) The extent to which a grant may enable an applicant to 
 provide new types of enriched services, to provide services to 
 more residents, or provide more effective services to 
 residents.

    (2) The extent to which an applicant can demonstrate the 
 likelihood of achieving objective outcomes for its residents 
 that are described in the application.

    (3) The extent of experience with respect to eligible 
 activities and a demonstrable track record in providing 
 resident services.

    (4) The extent of relationships and partnerships an 
 applicant has with localities, non-profits, continuums of care, 
 federally qualified health centers (as defined in 

section 861 
 of the Social Security Act), and other health care providers 
 that provide services or facilitate the provision of services 
 that improve outcomes for residents.

    (5) Any experience the applicant has with respect to 
 development, ownership, and management of qualified properties 
 for low-income families, seniors, and disabled persons.

    (6) The selection of a diverse range of grantees, including 
 minority business enterprises and owners of properties located 
 in rural areas, persistent poverty areas, colonias, the United 
 States territories, and other underserved areas.

    (h) Coordination.--The Director shall coordinate with the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development as the Director determines 
appropriate.
            (i) Use of Amounts.--

    (1) In general.--The Director may reserve not more than 5 
 percent of any amounts appropriated to carry out this section 
 for technical assistance activities which support grantees 
 under this program.

    (2) Capacity building.--A recipient of grant funds under 
 this section may reserve not more than 1 percent of amounts 
 from each grant awarded for use to develop the capacity of the 
 grantee associated with such grant.

    (3) Caseworker capacity.--Amounts awarded to a grantee may 
 be used by such grantee to finance the hiring of caseworkers to 
 assist in carrying out eligible activities.

    (j) Program Evaluation and Outcomes.--Each year, each grantee that 
receives amounts under this Act shall submit to the Director, and the 
Director shall post on a on a publicly accessible website, a 
description of each activity carried out by such grantee using amounts 
provided and the impact of such activity.
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