Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Unleashing Needed Local Options to Construct and Keep Housing Act” or the “UNLOCK Housing Act”.
Unleashing Needed Local Options to Construct and Keep Housing Act
A BILL
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to expand new home construction, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Amendments to the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended—
in paragraph (25)(D), by striking “and” at the end;
in paragraph (26), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(27) in the case of any metropolitan city or urban county, State, unit of general local government, insular area, or Indian tribe that receives amounts under section 106, the construction of new residential housing for low- and moderate-income persons, with or without assistance from a neighborhood-based nonprofit organization or other private or public nonprofit organization.”