Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 24, 2020 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569.
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 20, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2020
This bill authorizes additional funding for various housing assistance programs.
Specifically, the bill authorizes additional funding for
- public housing agencies to maintain and improve public housing buildings;
- states and communities to reduce the risk of flood damage to housing;
- very low-income residents to improve and modernize rural housing;
- Indian tribes to develop housing and housing services;
- nonprofit organizations and community development financial institutions to conduct activities related to affordable housing and economic development;
- state housing finance agencies to provide supportive housing for individuals with disabilities;
- private nonprofit organizations to provide supportive housing for the elderly; and
- states, counties, and cities to develop and preserve affordable housing.
The bill also requires that specified portions of funding made available under the bill be used for water and energy efficiency.
In administering such funding made available under the bill, the relevant federal agencies must consult with grantees and recipients and meet with state and local government officials for the purpose of recommending and promoting funding opportunities and initiatives to include minority and women's business enterprises in such grant activities.
Cosponsors 56
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2020 to Jun 15, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Feb 7, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 28, 2020 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 28, 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 20, 2019Markup Feb 28, 2020Reported Dec 24, 2020 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 116-686.
- Dec 24, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569.
- Feb 28, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 28, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 25.
- Feb 27, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 22, 2020H.R. 5187, Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2020As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on February 28, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 186, November 20, 2019, page H9121.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-82 | A FUTURE WITHOUT PUBLIC HOUSING? EXAMINING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE PUBLIC HOUSING78 pages | Financial Services Committee | Feb 5, 2020 |
| Serial No. 116-74 | ON THE BRINK OF HOMELESSNESS: HOW THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS AND THE GENTRIFICATION OF AMERICA IS LEAVING FAMILIES VULNERABLE110 pages | Financial Services Committee | Jan 14, 2020 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46855 | Housing Issues in the 117th Congress | Report | Nov 15, 2022 |
| R45710 | Housing Issues in the 116th Congress | Report | Jan 8, 2021 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2 | Moving Forward Act | Related bill | Jul 20, 2020 |
| S 2951 | Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 21, 2019 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To facilitate the development of affordable housing, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Housing and Community Development.
- Building construction
- Disability assistance
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental health
- Floods and storm protection
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Housing supply and affordability
- Indian social and development programs
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Minority and disadvantaged businesses
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public housing
- Residential rehabilitation and home repair
- Rural conditions and development
- State and local government operations
- User charges and fees
- Water use and supply
- Women's employment
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 24, 2020Reported in House
- Nov 20, 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.
