Grandfamily Housing Act of 2023

Grandfamily Housing Act of 2023

This bill establishes grants through the Department of Housing and Urban Development for owners of intergenerational dwellings. Grants must be used to (1) provide services such as tutoring, health care services, and after-school care; (2) perform outreach to intergenerational families in the surrounding community; and (3) maintain spaces within the property to be used for programs and services for intergenerational families.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1448 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1448

 To provide grants to owners of intergenerational dwelling units, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 2023

  Mr. Casey (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Ms. Collins) 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 provide grants to owners of intergenerational dwelling units, 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 to as the ``Grandfamily Housing Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRANDFAMILY HOUSING.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the LEGACY Act of 2003 (12 U.S.C. 
1790q note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 206. GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall, not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this section, establish a program to 
provide grants to owners of intergenerational dwelling units.
    ``(b) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this 
section, an owner of an intergenerational dwelling unit shall submit an 
application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably require.
    ``(c) Use of Grant Amounts.--An owner of an intergenerational 
dwelling unit that receives a grant under this section shall use 
amounts provided to cover costs associated with--
            ``(1) employing a service coordinator to--
                    ``(A) offer onsite services to intergenerational 
                families, including tutoring, health care services, 
                afterschool care, and activities that are age 
                appropriate for children of various ages of 
                development; and
                    ``(B) coordinate with any local kinship navigator 
                program (as described in section 474(a)(7) of the 
                Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(7)));
            ``(2) facilitating outreach to intergenerational families 
        as described in subsection (d);
            ``(3) planning and providing services to intergenerational 
        families; and
            ``(4) retrofitting and maintaining existing spaces within 
        the property that contains the intergenerational dwelling unit 
        for the services and programs provided to intergenerational 
        families.
    ``(d) Outreach.--
            ``(1) In general.--An owner of an intergenerational 
        dwelling unit that receives a grant under this section shall 
        engage with intergenerational families in the community 
        surrounding the property that contains the grandfamily housing 
        owned by the grant recipient by--
                    ``(A) performing periodic informational outreach; 
                and
                    ``(B) planning and offering events for 
                intergenerational families.
            ``(2) Coordination.--Outreach under this subsection shall, 
        where possible, be in coordination with a local kinship 
        navigator program (as described in section 474(a)(7) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 674(a)(7))) or a comparable 
        program or entity in the State in which the intergenerational 
        dwelling unit is located.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary such sums as may be necessary to carry 
out this section for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028.
    ``(f) Nondiscrimination.--The program established under this 
section shall be implemented by the Secretary in a manner that is 
consistent with the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.).''.
    (b) VAWA Protections.--Section 41411(a)(3) of the Violence Against 
Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (O) and (P) as 
        subparagraphs (P) and (Q), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (N) the following:
                    ``(O) the program established under section 206 of 
                the LEGACY Act of 2003;''.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
submit to the Congress a report that--
            (1) describes the effectiveness of the grant program 
        established under section 206 of the LEGACY Act of 2003, as 
        added by subsection (a); and
            (2) makes recommendations for legislative changes that 
        could allow for the grant program to be more effective.
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