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S 1621 112th Congress Senate

Livable Communities Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 22, 2011 See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Agricultural conservation and pollutionBuilding constructionDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentEconomic development
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Sep 22, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5914-5919)
Sep 22, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5913-5914)
Sep 22, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 22, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5914-5919)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Livable Communities Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC).

Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants to eligible entities (partnerships between a consortium of units of general local government and an eligible partner or an Indian tribe that meets specified requirements). Defines "eligible partner" as a metropolitan planning organization, a rural planning organization, or a regional council, or one of these and a state, an Indian tribe, a state and an Indian tribe, or an institution of higher education.

Requires the use of a comprehensive planning grant to carry out a project to: (1) coordinate locally defined planning processes, across jurisdictions and agencies; (2) identify regional partnerships for developing and implementing a comprehensive regional plan; (3) conduct or update assessments to determine regional needs and promote economic and community development; (4) develop or update a comprehensive regional plan or goals and strategies to implement an existing comprehensive regional plan and other related activities; and (5) identify local zoning and other code changes necessary to implement a comprehensive regional plan and promote sustainable development.

Requires the use of a community challenge grant to: (1) promote integrated planning and investments across policy and governmental jurisdictions, and (2) implement projects identified in a comprehensive regional plan.

Authorizes the Secretary of HUD to make or guarantee (up to 75% of) loans to eligible governmental, corporate, or partnership borrowers for infrastructure development projects used to support transit-oriented development.

Requires the Director of the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control to lead the federal initiative to support healthy housing and eradicate housing-related health hazards.

Requires the Secretary to study how sustainable building features in housing, such as energy efficiency, affect: (1) the quality of the indoor environment, (2) the prevalence of housing-related health hazards, and (3) the health of such occupants.

States that no housing assisted using a grant under this Act may be made available to an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States.

 

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3325 Identical bill Livable Communities Act of 2011
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11 Independent 1
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Jul 16, 2012
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Oct 3, 2011
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Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Sep 22, 2011
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 22, 2011
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 22, 2011
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 22, 2011
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Sep 22, 2011
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Sep 22, 2011
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 22, 2011
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Sep 22, 2011
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 22, 2011
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 22, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1621: Livable Communities Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1621/
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"S. 1621: Livable Communities Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1621/.
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S. 1621, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1621/.
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