# 119-hr-6623: Community Development Block Grant Equity Act of 2025

119-hr-6623, Community Development Block Grant Equity Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-30).

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- As of: 2026-10-30
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6623
- Congress: 119
- Title: Community Development Block Grant Equity Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-30

## Summary

**Rewrites how Community Development Block Grant money is allocated to favor places with higher poverty and older, overcrowded housing.** - Low-income families and older residents: Cities, counties, and state areas with higher poverty rates, more female-headed households with children, more pre-1950 housing occupied by poor households, or greater overcrowding would receive relatively larger shares of CDBG funding. That changes which neighborhoods get grants for housing repair, infrastructure, and community services. - Local governments and jurisdictions: Metropolitan cities, urban counties, and nonentitlement (State) areas would have their CDBG shares recalculated using weighted averages of four ratios. The poverty ratio is counted five times and the pre-1950 housing ratio is counted three times, which shifts funding toward jurisdictions with those concentrations. - Rules and measurements: The bill would redefine “poverty” as income at or below the poverty level and remove and renumber several definition paragraphs in statute. Those definitional changes affect how the new allocation metrics are measured and applied. *Authorizes a $3.4 billion baseline for fiscal year 2026 and ties annual CDBG allocations to CPI‑U through 2029, increasing authorized spending relative to a fixed baseline.*

## Provisions PRIA read

- More community grant money, allocations shift: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would authorize $3.425 billion for community development block grants for fiscal year 2026. Each year through FY2029 the amount would rise by the CPI‑U percentage for the prior four calendar quarters. These are authorizations only; actual funding would need later appropriations…
- New poverty definition for housing aid: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would define “poverty” in section 102(a) as having income at or below the poverty level. This definition would apply when agencies, grantees, or programs use section 102(a). The change would take effect upon enactment. That could change who qualifies for some housing and commun…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6623 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6623)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-4714: End Polluter Welfare Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4714)
- [119-hr-3971: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3971)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6623 (as of 2026-10-30).