“A bill to establish a manufactured housing community improvement grant program, and for other purposes.”
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This section establishes a competitive grant program, to be carried out by notice by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to award funds to eligible recipients for eligible projects that preserve and improve eligible manufactured housing communities—which must be affordable to low- and moderate-income households at or below 120% of area median income and either resident-owned through a resident-controlled entity or committed to long-term affordability and resident ownership to the maximum extent practicable. Eligible recipients include units of general local government, housing authorities, nonprofits with housing expertise, community development financial institutions certified by Treasury, Indian tribes, tribally designated housing entities, states, and owner-operators working with such communities. Eligible projects encompass (1) infrastructure, utilities, and land improvements; (2) reconstruction or repair of existing housing; (3) replacement of pre-June 15, 1976, housing with units meeting Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards; (4) planning; (5) resident health, safety, and accessibility activities (e.g., weatherization); (6) site acquisition for expansion; and (7) resident services such as relocation or eviction prevention. The Secretary must prioritize projects benefiting low- and moderate-income residents and preserving long-term affordability. This section also amends the eligible activities provision of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program (i.e., section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974) by inserting a reference to activities authorized under this new section. (As background: CDBG provides formula block grants to states and localities for housing, community, and economic development, primarily benefiting low- and moderate-income persons.)