GRAND Act
Latest action · Apr 30, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Original | Apr 30, 2015 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2015Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 64, April 30, 2015, page H2772.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1260 | GRAND Act | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 28, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations to provide specialized housing and supportive services for elderly persons who are the primary caregivers of children that are related to such persons.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- GRAND Act
- Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Adoption and foster care
- Building construction
- Child care and development
- Family relationships
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2015Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
