Sec. 302. Grants for zoning and land use improvements
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There is authorized to be appropriated $12,750,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants under this section. Amounts made available for assistance under this section may be used only 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. ) for— the development and preservation of qualified affordable housing, including the construction of such housing; the elimination or waiving of zoning requirements and other requirements that limit affordable housing development, in accordance with the Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq. ), including high density and multifamily development restrictions, off-street parking requirements, and height limitations; or any project or entity eligible for a discretionary grant provided by the Department of Transportation.
Not more than 15 percent of any amounts made available for use under this section may be used for administrative and planning costs, including for fair housing planning to comply with the Secretary’s regulations implementing the requirement under section 808 (e)(5) of Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3608(e)(5) ) to affirmatively further fair housing. The Secretary shall ensure that recipients of amounts provided for use under 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 or reduce barriers to 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, territories, 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, in accordance with the Fair Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq. ); is eliminating or reducing impact fees for housing within boundaries of the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe, as applicable, 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, except for fees that are invested exclusively for affordable housing; and provides assurances that the applicant will supplement assistance provided under this subsection 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 15 percent of all amounts made available pursuant to this section shall be used only for activities relating to climate and natural disaster resilience and water and energy efficiency and, at the Secretary’s discretion, other strategies to enhance the environmental sustainability of housing production and design. For purposes of this section, the term qualified affordable housing means a housing development that— is funded in any part by assistance provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Rural Housing Service of the Department of Agriculture; includes a qualified low income building as such term is defined in section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or consists of five or more dwelling units of which 20 percent or more are made available— for rental only by a low-income family (as defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) )); at a monthly rent amount that does not exceed 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income (as defined in such section 3(b)) of the tenant low-income family; and in a manner that maintains affordability for residents who are low-income families for a period of not less than 30 years.
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