119-hr5077

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5077 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5077

 To authorize affordable housing construction as an eligible activity 
 under the Community Development Block Grant Program, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 August 29, 2025

 Ms. Waters introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Financial Services

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 A BILL

 To authorize affordable housing construction as an eligible activity 
 under the Community Development Block Grant Program, 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 ``Strengthening Housing Supply Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER 
 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Eligible Activity.--Subsection

    (a) of 

section 105 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 new paragraph:
 ``

    (27) the new construction of affordable housing, within 
 the meaning given such term under 

section 215 of the Cranston-
 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12745).''.

    (b) Low and Moderate Income Requirement.--Paragraph

    (3) of 

section 105
            (c) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5305
            (c) (3) ) is amended by striking ``or rehabilitation'' and inserting 
``, rehabilitation, or new construction''.
            (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect only to amounts appropriated after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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