,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ab1       
#bjai,mr4 ,mc,govern 7for himself and   
,ms4 ,pressley7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide grants to owners of 
grandfamily housing1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,grant ,program for      
,grandfamily ,housing  7a7 ,definitions 
,in this section-- 7#a7 the term        
grandfamily housing means a dwelling    
unit dedicated to low-income--  7,a7    
grandparents caring full-time for a     
grandchild2 or  7,b7 older relative     
caregivers caring full-time for a       
relative child2  7#b7 the term          
grandfamily resident service coordinator
 means an individual who-- 7,a7 is      
employed or contracted by an owner of   
grandfamily housing2  7,b7 assists      
grandparents and older relative         
caregivers with the process of applying 
to and moving into the grandfamily      

housing2 and  7,c7 regularly-- 7i7      
assesses the needs of the residents1 on 
a collective and family basis1 of the   
grandfamily housing2 and  7ii7 plans and
 executes grandfamily housing           
programming services based on the       
assessment described in clause 7i72     
7#c7 the term low-income means income   
that does not exceed #hj percent of the 
area median gross income2  7#d7 the term
 owner of grandfamily housing means a   
nonprofit or for-profit entity that     
develops1 owns1 or operates grandfamily 
housing2 and  7#e7 the term ,secretary  
means the ,secretary of ,housing and    
,urban ,development4  7b7 ,establishment
 ,the ,secretary shall establish a      
program to provide grants to owners of  
grandfamily housing for grandfamily     
resident service coordinators to support
 housing programming services1          
equipment1 and building structures of   
grandfamily housing4  7c7 ,use of funds 
,a recipient of amounts under this      
section may use any amounts provided    

to-- 7#a7 employ a grandfamily resident 
service coordinator2  7#b7 finance the  
planning and provision of services      
designed for grandparent and older      
relative caregivers2  7#c7 finance      
construction and upkeep of spaces within
 permanent building structures of       
grandfamily housing and communal areas  
used for programing and services        
designed for grandparent and older      
relative caregivers2 and  7#d7          
facilitate outreach required under      
subsection 7d74  7d7 ,outreach  7#a7 ,in
 general ,any recipient of amounts under
 this section shall engage with         
grandparent and older relative          
caregivers in the community surrounding 
the property that contains the          
grandfamily housing owned by the grant  
recipient by--  7,a7 performing periodic
 informational outreach2 and  7,b7      
holding periodic events1 including      
intergenerational events4  7#b7 ,special
 focus ,when undertaking outreach and   
events pursuant to paragraph 7#a71 a    

grant recipient shall place special     
focus on grandparents and older relative
 caregivers that reside in a unit--     
7,a7 that is part of a housing project  
for which assistance is provided by the 
public housing program under the ,united
 ,states ,housing ,act of #aicg 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #adcg et seq472  7,b7 that is 
part of the program for supportive      
housing for the elderly under section   
#bjb of the ,housing ,act of #aiei 7#ab 
,u4,s4,c4 #agjaq72 or  7,c7 for which   
assistance is provided by the program   
for rental assistance under section #h  
of the ,united ,states ,housing ,act of 
#aicg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #adcg;f74  7#c7    
,coordination ,outreach and events      
undertaken pursuant to paragraph 7#a7   
shall1 where possible1 be in            
coordination with a local kinship       
navigator program 7as described in      
section #dgd7;a77#g7 of the ,social     
,security ,act7 or a comparable program 
or entity in the ,state4  7e7           
,authorization of appropriations ,there 

are authorized to be appropriated to the
 ,secretary to carry out this section   
#ej1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years    
#bjbj and #bjba4