Sec. 14. Community development block grant funding for affordable housing and infrastructure
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Subject to the provisions of this section, there is authorized to be appropriated for assistance under the community development block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) $10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended. Not more than 15 percent of any amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph
(1)may be used for administrative and planning costs. Amounts made available for assistance under this section may be used only for— the development and preservation of qualified affordable housing, including the construction of such housing; the responsible elimination or waiving of zoning requirements and other requirements that limit affordable housing development, including high density and multifamily development restrictions, off-street parking requirements, and height limitations; and any project or entity eligible for a discretionary grant provided by the Department of Transportation. With respect to amounts used pursuant to subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall ensure that recipients of amounts provided pursuant to this section are not incentivized or otherwise rewarded for eliminating or undermining the intent of the zoning regulations or other regulations or policies that— establish fair wages for labors; ensure the health and safety of buildings for residents and the general public; protect fair housing; provide environmental protections; prevent tenant displacement; or protect any other interest that the Secretary determines is in the public interest to preserve. Amounts made available for assistance under this section shall be awarded to States, units of general local government, and Indian Tribes on a competitive basis, based on the extent to which the applicant— demonstrates that the applicant is responsibly streamlining the process for development of qualified affordable housing; is eliminating or reducing impact fees for housing within boundaries of the State, unit of local government, or Indian Tribe, as applicable, except such fees that are used for the purposes of developing housing, and other assessments by State or local governments upon the owners of new housing development projects that offset governmental capital expenditures for infrastructure required to serve or made necessary by the new housing developments; and provides assurances that the applicant will supplement assistance provided under this section with amounts from non-Federal sources for costs of the qualified affordable housing or infrastructure eligible under subsection
(b)to be funded with assistance under this section, and the extent of such supplemental assistance to be provided. Not less than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant to this section shall be used only for activities relating to water and energy efficiency and, at the discretion of the Secretary, other strategies to reduce emissions.
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