,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cbcg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjba,mr4 ,schatz 7for himself and ,mr4 
,braun7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and  
,urban ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
include affordable housing incentives in
 certain capital investment grants1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,build   
,more ,housing ,near ,transit ,act of   
#bjba4  #b4 ,affordable housing         
incentives in capital investment grants 
,section #ecji of title #di1 ,united    
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subsection 7g7-- 7,a7 in paragraph      
7#b77;,b7-- 7i7 in clause 7i7 by        
striking 2 and and inserting a          
semicolon2  7ii7 in clause 7ii7 by      
striking the period and inserting 2 and2
 and  7iii7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7iii7 allow a weighting of  

up to five percentage points greater to 
the criteria relating to economic       
development under subsection            
7d77#b77;,a77iii7 or 7e77#b77;,a77iv71  
as applicable1 and up to five percentage
 points lesser to the lowest scoring    
criteria under either such subsection1  
if the applicant demonstrates           
substantial effort to preserve or       
encourage affordable housing near the   
project by-- 7,i7 conducting a housing  
feasibility assessment2  7,,ii7         
providing documentation of policies that
 allow for the approval of multi-family 
housing1 single room occupancy units1   
and accessory dwelling units without a  
discretionary review process2  7,,iii7  
providing local capital sources for     
transit-oriented development2 or  7,,iv7
 other methods to preserve or encourage 
affordable housing near the project1 as 
determined appropriate by the           
,secretary4  2 and  7,b7 by adding at   
the end the following3  7#i7 ,definition
 ,in this subsection1 the term housing  

feasibility assessment means an analysis
 of the physical1 legal1 and financial  
viability of developing additional      
housing along a project corridor1       
including affordable housing4  2 and    
7#b7 in subsection 7l71 by adding at the
 end the following3  7#i7 ,inclusion of 
certain costs ,in determining net       
project costs for purposes of           
determining the ,government share of the
 cost of a project under this section1 a
 project sponsor may-- 7,a7 include     
costs related to the planning or        
development of affordable housing       
located within one-half of a mile of a  
new defined station funded by amounts   
made available under section #ajc of the
 ,housing and ,community ,development   
,act of #aigd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ecjc7 or  
section #bja of the ,public ,works and  
,economic ,development ,act of #aife    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #cada72 and  7,b7 count  
the costs described in subparagraph 7,a7
 toward the remainder of the net capital
 project costs under paragraph 7#d74  4