Weatherization Resilience and Adaptation Program Act
This bill creates a federal grant program to help low-income homeowners and affordable housing owners make their properties more resilient to climate-driven hazards like floods, wildfires, and extreme heat. It directs the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to states, tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations to fund weatherproofing upgrades - including natural solutions like rain gardens - and requires strict eligibility rules (e.g., income ≤300% of poverty level, or properties with long-term affordability restrictions). Grantees must use funds for climate adaptation projects, provide outreach, and prohibit rent hikes for two years on multifamily buildings receiving funding. The program authorizes $250 million annually for 2024-2029 to implement these concrete resilience improvements.
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Introduced Jun 22, 2023
Last action Jun 22, 2023
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Jun 22, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jun 22, 2023
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1 primary · 21 co-sponsors
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Kevin Mullin
DDemocratic
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Adam B. Schiff
DDemocratic
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Anna G. Eshoo
DDemocratic
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Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
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Dwight Evans
DDemocratic
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
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Eric Swalwell
DDemocratic
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Jared Huffman
DDemocratic
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Jasmine Crockett
DDemocratic
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Jimmy Panetta
DDemocratic
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Katie Porter
DDemocratic
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