Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.
- Last Action
- 11/4/2025
Actions
- 2025-01-31Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- 2025-01-31Introduced in House
- 2025-01-31Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2025-01-31 (00)
Housing Innovation Act
This bill establishes the Office of Housing Innovation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The office must establish grant programs to support (1) planning efforts that address housing needs in urban areas; (2) research and studies to support, inform, and advise local governments on their plans for new housing and community development; and (3) outreach programs focused on issues related to housing, community development, and regional planning.
The Government Accountability Office must report on the effectiveness of the grant programs.
Subjects
- Advisory bodies
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Community life and organization
- Commuting
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Higher education
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing for the elderly and disabled
- Housing supply and affordability
- Infrastructure development
- Pedestrians and bicycling
- Public transit
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