Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022
Summary
Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022 This bill reauthorizes through FY2032 the Community Development Block Grant and other specified programs that support affordable housing. The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assess alternative methods of calculating area median income (i.e., any metric used to refer to the median income level for a given area or jurisdiction for purposes of any program administered by HUD) and the use of alternative metrics in order to make housing more affordable for low-income families in urban areas.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 12, 2022
Last action May 12, 2022
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Committee
1
May 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
lower
May 12, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 42 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Yvette D. Clarke
DDemocratic
Co
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Anthony G. Brown
DDemocratic
Co
Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
Bobby L. Rush
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Brenda L. Lawrence
DDemocratic
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