Green New Deal for Public Housing Act
Latest action · Dec 5, 2019 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9284)
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.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Green New Deal for Public Housing Act
This bill addresses energy efficiency and workforce development in the context of public housing.
Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must award grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) and other eligible entities under a variety of new programs, including programs for
- facilitating workforce development and high-income employment transition;
- conducting physical needs assessments and subsequent energy efficiency retrofits; and
- making upgrades, replacements, and improvements for energy efficiency, building electrification, and water quality upgrades.
Recipients of these grants must provide relocation assistance for residents who are displaced during construction and must ensure that they can return to their homes once retrofitting is completed.
A certain percentage of the employment positions generated by these grant programs and other specified federal grant programs must be filled by low-income individuals, and a specified percentage of certain contracts associated with these programs must be awarded to businesses owned by residents of public housing.
The bill also repeals a provision that prohibits a PHA from using HUD funds to construct or operate new public housing units if doing so would result in the PHA owning or operating more units than it did on October 1, 1999.
Cosponsors 26
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2019 to Jun 25, 2020; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Nov 26, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Dec 9, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Dec 13, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 16, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jan 9, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Jun 25, 2020 |
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 Nov 19, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 5, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9284)
- Nov 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 19, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H9284 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez D-NY | Dec 5, 2019 |
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. 165, no. 185, November 19, 2019, page H9058.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45710 | Housing Issues in the 116th Congress | Report | Jan 8, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2876 | Green New Deal for Public Housing Act | Identical bill | Nov 14, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide economic empowerment opportunities in the United States through the modernization of public housing, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Green New Deal for Public Housing Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Air quality
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Architecture
- Building construction
- Buy American requirements
- Child care and development
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental health
- Family services
- Government studies and investigations
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing industry and standards
- Indian social and development programs
- Infrastructure development
- Labor market
- Lighting, heating, cooling
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public housing
- Rural conditions and development
- Solid waste and recycling
- State and local government operations
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2019Introduced 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.
