Homeowners Access to Visitability Enhancements (HAVE) Act of 2016
This bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to low-income families to assist them in obtaining residences that are visitable for individuals.
A residence shall be "visitable" if it complies with the most current version of the visitability standards of the International Code Council/American National Standards Institute.
Amounts from such grants may be used only for:
[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5173 Introduced in House (IH)]
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114th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5173
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out
a grant program to provide assistance for the acquisition,
construction, retrofitting, or renovation of residences that are
visitable for individuals.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 6, 2016
Mr. Takai 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 carry out
a grant program to provide assistance for the acquisition,
construction, retrofitting, or renovation of residences that are
visitable for individuals.
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 ``Homeowners Access to Visitability
Enhancements (HAVE) Act of 2016''.
SEC. 2. VISITABLE HOMES GRANTS.
(a) Authority.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
may make grants to low-income families to provide assistance with
obtaining residences that are visitable for individuals.
(b) Eligible Activities.--Amounts from a grant made under this
section may be used only for the following activities:
(1) Acquiring a visitable residence that has never
previously been occupied.
(2) Constructing a visitable residence.
(3) Retrofitting an existing residence to make such
residence visitable.
(4) Renovating an existing residence to make such residence
visitable.
(c) Limitations.--
(1) Amount.--A grant under this section may not exceed
$5,000.
(2) Renewal.--Not more than one grant may be made under
this section with respect to any single residence.
(3) Primary residence.--A grant under this section may be
used only for a residence that serves as the primary residence
of the grantee, and the Secretary shall require a grantee to
provide such assurances as may be necessary to ensure
compliance with this paragraph.
(4) Recapture of unused amounts.--If a grantee fails to use
any amount of the grant awarded under this section before the
expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the first
disbursement of any such amounts to the grantee, the Secretary
shall--
(A) recapture the unused amounts; and
(B) make such amounts available for grants under
this section.
(d) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, a
low-income family shall submit an application to the Secretary at such
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary
may require, including--
(1) a description of the manner in which grant funds will
be used to accomplish an eligible activity under subsection
(b); and
(2) an explanation of how such use will cause the residence
of such family to meet the visitability standards identified in
subsection (f)(4).
(e) Reporting.--
(1) Secretary.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress a
biennial report regarding the progress and effectiveness of the
grant program.
(2) Grantees.--The Secretary shall require each grantee to
submit such information as the Secretary considers necessary to
ensure compliance with this Act and to enable the Secretary to
comply with the requirement under paragraph (1).
(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
(1) Low-income family.--The term ``low income family'' has
the meaning given such term in section 3(b)(2) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(2)).
(2) Residence.--The term ``residence'' means any dwelling
unit, including a dwelling unit that is a single-family
residence or a dwelling unit in a multiple-family residence,
that--
(A) is owned by the grantee or a member of the
grantee's household; or
(B) will be owned by the grantee, or a member of
the grantee's household, during the residency of the
grantee in accordance with subsection (c)(3).
Such term includes a dwelling unit in a condominium or
cooperative development owned by the grantee or a member of the
grantee's household. Such term does not include any dwelling
unit that is subject to a lease.
(3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
(4) Visitable.--The term ``visitable'' means, with respect
to a residence, that the residence complies with the most
current version of the visitability standards set forth in
Standard A117.1-2009 of the International Code Council/American
National Standards Institute, entitled ``Accessible and Usable
Buildings and Facilities'' (or any successor standard).
(g) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue any regulations
necessary to carry out this section.
(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this Act $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 to
2022.
(2) Allocation.--Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to
paragraph (1) for each fiscal year--
(A) 50 percent shall be used for grants for the
eligible activities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of
subsection (b); and
(B) 50 percent shall be used for grants for the
eligible activities under paragraphs (3) and (4) of
subsection (b).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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