Jesse Gray Housing Act
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Jesse Gray Housing Act - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a program to construct new public housing units.
Requires the Secretary to make financial assistance available for public housing projects, especially those likely to be disposed of or demolished.
Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project demolition application.
Requires public housing agencies to carry out job training and employment programs in connection with certain housing construction and revitalization projects.
Reduces lower income rent contribution amounts under the National Housing Act, the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Housing Act of 1949, the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, and the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983. Excludes welfare or social security cost-of-living adjustments from such adjusted income determinations.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1380: Jesse Gray Housing Act. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1380/
"H.R. 1380: Jesse Gray Housing Act." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1380/.
H.R. 1380, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-1380/.
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