Authorizes HUD to award competitive grants to eliminate blight and revitalize low-income neighborhoods, with a 15% local match, 10% admin cap, and five-year spending requirement.
Introduced November 20, 2025 by Frank J. Mrvan · Last progress November 20, 2025
Authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development to run a competitive grant program that funds demolition, site clearance, renovation, vacant land management, and creation/preservation of affordable housing in low-income communities. Grants go to states, local governments, and multi-jurisdictional entities (with pass-throughs allowed to land banks and Community Housing Development Organizations), require a 15% local match, cap administrative costs at 10%, and must be spent within five years. Applicants must submit a detailed five-year plan identifying target low-income communities, proposed eligible activities, timelines, and matching sources; HUD will select winners by competition, may coordinate grant activities with other federal programs, and must provide technical assistance (limited to 5% of appropriations). Grant funds cannot be used to buy occupied homes.