Green New Deal for Public Housing Act

This bill would create two federal grant programs run by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for public housing agencies and tribal housing entities. One program would fund job training and workforce programs for public housing residents, and the other would fund energy retrofits, electrification, water pipe replacement, renewable energy, repairs, and community facilities in public housing. Grant recipients would have to commit to converting their public housing into zero-carbon homes within 10 years and to not reducing their number of public housing units. The bill would set hiring and contracting targets for low-income residents and resident-owned businesses, require resident councils in larger public housing projects, and repeal the existing federal cap on building new public housing units (the Faircloth Amendment). It would provide such sums as necessary for fiscal years 2027 through 2037 plus $1 billion for administrative costs.

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Sponsors

• Bernard Sanders Independent sponsor
• 6 cosponsors