To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to prioritize the award of certain housing grants to applicants located in, or serving, low-income communities.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7791 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7791

    To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to
 prioritize the award of certain housing grants to applicants located
                in, or serving, low-income communities.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2026

 Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                           Financial Services

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                                 A BILL

    To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to
 prioritize the award of certain housing grants to applicants located
                in, or serving, low-income communities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCREASING HOUSING IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES.

    (a) Covered Grant Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered
grant'' means any competitive grant relating to the construction,
modification, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing, as determined
by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
    (b) Priority.--When awarding a covered grant, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development may give additional weight to applicants
with proposed activities or projects that are located in or
substantially and directly benefit a community designated as a
qualified opportunity zone under section 1400Z-1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
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