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S. 4534 117th Congress Senate

Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022

Official title: A bill to increase the supply of, and lower rents for, affordable housing and to assess calculations of area median income for purposes of Federal low-income h… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to increase the supply of, and lower rents for, affordable housing and to assess calculations of area median income for purposes of Federal low-income housing assistance, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 14, 2022 Introduced by: Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 14, 2022
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 Latest action July 14, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022

This bill reauthorizes through FY2032 the Community Development Block Grant and other specified programs that support affordable housing.

The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assess alternative methods of calculating area median income (i.e., any metric used to refer to the median income level for a given area or jurisdiction for purposes of any program administered by HUD) and the use of alternative metrics in order to make housing more affordable for low-income families in urban areas.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7739 Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4534: Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4534/
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"S. 4534: Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4534/.
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S. 4534, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4534/.
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