HR 2188 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

GRAND Act

Introduced Apr 30, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Jose E. Serrano D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 30, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedApr 30, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act or the GRAND Act

Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide assistance for each fiscal year to up to five eligible nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of specialized housing and social services for qualified elderly relatives, age 60 or older, who are raising a child of whom they are not a parent either by blood or marriage.

States that nothing in this Act shall preclude a recipient of such assistance from applying for or receiving financial assistance under any other HUD program.

Provides such assistance in the form of:

  • financing for the construction, reconstruction, moderate or substantial rehabilitation, or acquisition of a structure or a portion of a structure to be used as specialized housing;
  • tenant-based rental (voucher) assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 for entities meeting certain criteria for use only by qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for such assistance for rental of a dwelling unit that qualifies as specialized housing;
  • elderly housing project rental assistance under the Housing Act of 1959 for entities entities meeting certain criteria in connection with dwelling units that qualify as specialized housing and are made available for occupancy only by qualified relatives who are raising a child and are eligible for occupancy in such housing; and
  • help with ongoing operational expenses of any specialized housing, including costs of supportive services required for such housing.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 30, 2015.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NJAlbio SiresOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-NMBen Ray LujánOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-CANorma J. TorresOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalApr 30, 2015
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalApr 30, 2015
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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 30, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Apr 30, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.

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  1. Apr 30, 2015Introduced in House

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