To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5406 To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 12, 2019 Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself and Ms. PRESSLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To provide grants to owners of grandfamily housing, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. GRANT PROGRAM FOR GRANDFAMILY HOUS- 3 ING. 4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 5 (1) the term ‘‘grandfamily housing’’ means a 6 dwelling unit dedicated to low-income— 7 (A) grandparents caring full-time for a 8 grandchild; or 9 (B) older relative caregivers caring full- 10 time for a relative child; 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Dec 17, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5406.IH H5406 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 5406 IH (2) the term ‘‘grandfamily resident service coor- 1 dinator’’ means an individual who— 2 (A) is employed or contracted by an owner 3 of grandfamily housing; 4 (B) assists grandparents and older relative 5 caregivers with the process of applying to and 6 moving into the grandfamily housing; and 7 (C) regularly— 8 (i) assesses the needs of the residents, 9 on a collective and family basis, of the 10 grandfamily housing; and 11 (ii) plans and executes grandfamily 12 housing programming services based on 13 the assessment described in clause (i); 14 (3) the term ‘‘low-income’’ means income that 15 does not exceed 80 percent of the area median gross 16 income; 17 (4) the term ‘‘owner of grandfamily housing’’ 18 means a nonprofit or for-profit entity that develops, 19 owns, or operates grandfamily housing; and 20 (5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 21 of Housing and Urban Development. 22 (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 23 a program to provide grants to owners of grandfamily 24 housing for grandfamily resident service coordinators to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Dec 17, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5406.IH H5406 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 5406 IH support housing programming services, equipment, and 1 building structures of grandfamily housing. 2 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—A recipient of amounts under 3 this section may use any amounts provided to— 4 (1) employ a grandfamily resident service coor- 5 dinator; 6 (2) finance the planning and provision of serv- 7 ices designed for grandparent and older relative 8 caregivers; 9 (3) finance construction and upkeep of spaces 10 within permanent building structures of grandfamily 11 housing and communal areas used for programing 12 and services designed for grandparent and older rel- 13 ative caregivers; and 14 (4) facilitate outreach required under sub- 15 section (d). 16 (d) OUTREACH.— 17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any recipient of amounts 18 under this section shall engage with grandparent 19 and older relative caregivers in the community sur- 20 rounding the property that contains the grandfamily 21 housing owned by the grant recipient by— 22 (A) performing periodic informational out- 23 reach; and 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Dec 17, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5406.IH H5406 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 5406 IH (B) holding periodic events, including in- 1 tergenerational events. 2 (2) SPECIAL FOCUS.—When undertaking out- 3 reach and events pursuant to paragraph (1), a grant 4 recipient shall place special focus on grandparents 5 and older relative caregivers that reside in a unit— 6 (A) that is part of a housing project for 7 which assistance is provided by the public hous- 8 ing program under the United States Housing 9 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.); 10 (B) that is part of the program for sup- 11 portive housing for the elderly under section 12 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 13 1701q); or 14 (C) for which assistance is provided by the 15 program for rental assistance under section 8 of 16 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 17 U.S.C. 1437f). 18 (3) COORDINATION.—Outreach and events un- 19 dertaken pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, where 20 possible, be in coordination with a local kinship navi- 21 gator program (as described in section 474(a)(7) of 22 the Social Security Act) or a comparable program or 23 entity in the State. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Dec 17, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5406.IH H5406 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 5 •HR 5406 IH (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 1 are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 2 out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 3 and 2021. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:51 Dec 17, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5406.IH H5406 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS