HR 2188 114th Congress House

GRAND Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide specialized housing and suppor… Show full official titleShow less

Introduced: April 30, 2015 See on congress.gov

Housing and Community Development Adoption and foster careBuilding constructionChild care and developmentFamily relationships

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Housing and community development fundingHousing for the elderly and disabledLow- and moderate-income housingResidential rehabilitation and home repairSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

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Apr 30, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Apr 30, 2015

Introduced in House

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Latest action April 30, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act or the GRAND Act

Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide assistance for each fiscal year to up to five eligible nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of specialized housing and social services for qualified elderly relatives, age 60 or older, who are raising a child of whom they are not a parent either by blood or marriage.

States that nothing in this Act shall preclude a recipient of such assistance from applying for or receiving financial assistance under any other HUD program.

Provides such assistance in the form of:

financing for the construction, reconstruction, moderate or substantial rehabilitation, or acquisition of a structure or a portion of a structure to be used as specialized housing;
tenant-based rental (voucher) assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for entities meeting certain criteria for use only by qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for such assistance for rental of a dwelling unit that qualifies as specialized housing;
elderly housing project rental assistance under the Housing Act of 1959 for entities entities meeting certain criteria in connection with dwelling units that qualify as specialized housing and are made available for occupancy only by qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for occupancy in such housing; and
help with ongoing operational expenses of any specialized housing, including costs of supportive services required for such housing.

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