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Livable Communities Act of 2021

Introduced: August 5, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 4, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Aug 2, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
Jul 21, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
May 18, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
May 18, 2022
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-685.
Aug 5, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 5, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Livable Communities Act of 2021

This bill creates the Office of Sustainable Communities in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to coordinate the provision of long-term affordable housing, transportation, and environmental projects and to administer grant programs established in the bill.

The bill creates the Comprehensive Planning Grant Program and the Community Challenge Grant Program to be administered by the office. Grants under the Comprehensive Planning Grant Program must be used for specified activities related to the coordination, development, or updating of a comprehensive regional plan across jurisdictions and agencies. Grants offered under the Community Challenge Grant Program must be used to promote integrated planning and investments across policy and governmental jurisdictions and to implement projects identified in a regional plan.

The bill also creates a program that requires HUD to provide loans and loan guarantees to projects that meet specified criteria. Eligible projects must be part of a community-wide development plan, promote sustainable development, and ensure that housing units associated with the project are affordable and initially occupied by lower-income renters or homeowners.

What's happening now August 4, 2022

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 8