Sec. 301. 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 $2,250,000,000 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. ), of which— $2,000,000,000 shall be for assistance under such program only for colonias, as such term is defined in section 916(e) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5306 note), to address the community and housing infrastructure needs of existing colonia residents and to offset displacement of such residents; and $250,000,000 shall be for grants under subsection
(b)of this section for manufactured housing infrastructure improvements. Any amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall carry out a program under this subsection to make grants to assist in carrying out infrastructure improvements for manufactured housing communities. Amounts from grants under this subsection may be used only to assist in carrying out a project for replacement, upgrade, or improvement of infrastructure serving a manufactured housing community that— is critically needed, in accordance with such standards as the Secretary shall establish, to protect the health and safety of the residents of the manufactured housing community and the long-term sustainability of the community; can be commenced expeditiously upon receipt of funding with a grant under this subsection, in accordance with such standards as the Secretary shall establish; and is a project— for water source or distribution systems, including connecting to public water systems, new wells, pump stations or storage facilities, septic or sewer wastewater systems, electric, including meter panels and utility poles within the community, roadways or driveways within the community, on- or off-site stormwater drainage or flood controls, tree-trimming and removal as necessary to install new systems or protect homes and facilities, emergency storm shelters which can serve a dual purpose as community centers, energy efficiency projects including solar, wind and street light conversions, or other eligible activities as the Secretary defines; to upgrade or install sidewalks; to remove abandoned and blighted homes from the property, except that not more than 10 percent of any grant made under this section may be used for activities under this subparagraph unless the Secretary determines that such use is to replace units in an effort to increase affordable housing or homeownership; to improve home-siting, including installing HUD-approved foundations for new and pre-owned HUD-code homes; or to mitigate flood risk. Amounts from grants under this subsection may be used only for projects meeting the requirements under paragraph
(2)that will be carried out with respect to a manufactured housing community that— meets the affordable housing safe harbor requirements of the Internal Revenue Service under section 601.201 of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations; and is owned by the residents of the manufactured housing community through a resident-controlled entity in which at least two-thirds of residents are member-owners of the land owning entity; or the Secretary otherwise determines is subject to such binding agreements as are necessary to ensure that the manufactured housing community will be maintained as such a community, and affordable for low-income families (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) )), on a long-term basis. The Secretary shall award grants under this subsection based on a competition using criteria that give priority for such grants to eligible projects under paragraph
(2)based on the extent to which the project complies with the requirements of subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of such paragraph and the extent to which the project will assist low-income families. Of any amounts made available for grants under this section, the Secretary may use not more than 5 percent for capacity building, project management, and technical assistance for feasibility, planning, and implementation of infrastructure grants For purposes of this subsection, the term manufactured home community means any community, court, or park equipped to accommodate manufactured homes for which pad sites or pad sites and the manufactured homes, or both, are leased to residents to be used primarily for residential purposes, including any manufactured housing community as such term is used for purposes of the program of the Federal National Mortgage Association for multifamily loans for manufactured housing communities and the program of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation for loans for manufactured housing communities.
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