ABODE Act

This bill directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, working with the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency, to run a grant competition for building or rehabilitating single- and multi-family homes for households earning no more than 50 percent of the area median income. Eligible applicants are academic organizations, nonprofit organizations, and mission-driven developers. Grants would be paid when a contract to build a set number of homes meeting set resiliency and energy efficiency standards is completed. The Secretary would study the savings from those measures and report to Congress within 2 years. The bill authorizes whatever funding is necessary.

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Sponsors

• Richard J. Durbin Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors