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H.R. 646 · 119th Congress

Build Housing with Care Act of 2025

IntroducedHousing and Community Development
IntroducedJan 23, 2025
Passed HouseNot yet
Passed SenateNot yet
To PresidentNot yet
Became lawNot yet

Where it stands

Introduced. Latest step, Jan 23, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Ways and Means. It would change 0 sections of existing law and would add 3 new provisions of its own.

How this bill changes the law

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H.R. 646 doesn't change any existing section of law. It would create 3 new provisions of its own. Read from the bill text as introduced in the House (Jan 23, 2025).

New provisions of the bill's own

  • Sec. 2 Purpose
  • Sec. 3 Housing and child care provider co-location grant program
  • Sec. 4 GAO study and report regarding child care access for residents of public housing
What the words would change: every change, in place (0)

Today's wording of each part of the law, with what would be struck out and added. Each change also gives the bill's own instruction, word for word.

    From the bill's official text on GovInfo and the U.S. Code, latest edition, which may not yet show changes made since.

    What it does

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    Build Housing with Care Act of 2025

    This bill establishes a competitive grant program to support co-located childcare and housing facilities. It also requires the Government Accountability Office to study the availability and affordability of childcare for residents of public housing.

    Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must award the grants to eligible entities, which include community development financial institutions, public housing authorities, licensed childcare providers, government entities, housing developers, and consortia of such entities. Entities must use the grants for designing, planning, constructing, acquiring, renovating, or otherwise supporting new or existing housing facilities with childcare providers on the same premises or nearby.

    Official summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jan 23, 2025).

    Our plain-language breakdown, with what it means for you and the case for and against, is written once a bill starts to move.

    What has happened

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    1. Jan 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Ways and Means.House floor actions
    2. Jan 23, 2025Referred to the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Ways and Means.House floor actions
    3. Jan 23, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress
    4. Jan 23, 2025Introduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

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    Cosponsors

    • Becca Balint D-VT-At Large
    • Nanette Diaz Barragán D-CA-44
    • Janelle S. Bynum D-OR-5
    • André Carson D-IN-7
    • Kathy Castor D-FL-14
    • Yvette D. Clarke D-NY-9
    • Madeleine Dean D-PA-4
    • Mark DeSaulnier D-CA-10
    • Maxine Dexter D-OR-3
    • Debbie Dingell D-MI-6
    • Veronica Escobar D-TX-16
    • Dwight Evans D-PA-3
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    • Sylvia R. Garcia D-TX-29
    • Jahana Hayes D-CT-5
    • Val T. Hoyle D-OR-4
    • Sara Jacobs D-CA-51
    • William R. Keating D-MA-9
    • Greg Landsman D-OH-1
    • George Latimer D-NY-16
    • Jennifer L. McClellan D-VA-4
    • James P. McGovern D-MA-2
    • LaMonica McIver D-NJ-10
    • Jerrold Nadler D-NY-12
    • Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC-At Large
    • Jimmy Panetta D-CA-19
    • Delia C. Ramirez D-IL-3
    • Deborah K. Ross D-NC-2
    • Andrea Salinas D-OR-6
    • Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA-5
    • Emilia Strong Sykes D-OH-13
    • Shri Thanedar D-MI-13
    • Dina Titus D-NV-1
    • Rashida Tlaib D-MI-12
    • Jill N. Tokuda D-HI-2
    • Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ-12