Housing and Community Development Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Housing and Community Development Act - States that funds under this Act may be used for: (1) activities undertaken in the preparation of the initial and any subsequent application pursuant to this Act; (2) the acquisition of real property determined to be in need of redevelopment, preservation, rehabilitation or required for other public purposes; (3) the clearance or removal of buildings; (4) the rehabilitation or improvement of buildings, whether publicly or privately owned, including buildings that house families of low-or moderate-income; (5) the development of public works facilities, including water and sewer facilities, neighborhood facilities, utilities, streets, lights and the like; (6) the elimination of building code violations; (7) relocation payments or assistance; immediate or deferred payments or loans to low-and moderate-income homeowners; rent certificates, immediate or deferred, to members of low-or moderate-income households; and (8) assistance to lenders in support of improvement activities relating to the housing conditions of low-or moderate-income people. Sets forth requirements for grant applications. Authorizes $23,833,000,000 which shall remain available until expended and an additional $6,099,000,000 to pay for the increase in deferred housing subsidy payments. Provides that funds shall be allocated by formula directly to cities, counties, and other units of general local government within Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas, alone or in combination. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grant payments in accordance with a schedule established by the recipient. Prohibits discrimination in any program or activity funded under the Act. Gives enforcement powers to the Secretary of HUD and the Attorney General. Requires grant recipients to account properly for grant funds they receive and to allow access to their books and records to the Secretary and to the General Accounting Office for audit.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on September 17, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on September 17, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
WILLIAM BARRETT (D-PA) introduced it on September 17, 1973. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on September 17, 1973, 19398 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19398 days ago, on September 17, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers