Building and Maintaining Homeless Shelters Act

This bill would create a federal grant program run by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to pay for building, repairing, or buying homeless shelters and permanent supportive housing. States, local governments, tribal governments, public housing agencies, and nonprofit organizations could apply. Half of the money would go to shelters and half to permanent supportive housing, with at least 40 percent going to rural areas and at least 5 percent to tribal entities. Projects would have to use American-made materials and pay workers prevailing wages. The bill authorizes $500 million per year for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.

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Sponsors

• Tina Smith Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors