# 119-hr-7791: To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to prioritize the award of certain housing grants to applicants located in, or serving, low-income communities.

119-hr-7791, To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to prioritize the award of certain housing grants to applicants located in, or serving, low-income communities., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-31).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7791
- Congress: 119
- Title: To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to prioritize the award of certain housing grants to applicants located in, or serving, low-income communities.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-31

## Summary

**Steer HUD housing grants to Qualified Opportunity Zones.** This bill would let the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development give extra weight when awarding competitive housing grants to projects located in or substantially benefiting communities designated as Qualified Opportunity Zones under section 1400Z-1 of the Internal Revenue Code. Covered grants include competitive awards for construction, modification, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing as defined by HUD. The change would raise the odds that QOZ-linked housing proposals win federal grant support.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- HUD housing grants favor Opportunity Zones: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would define a covered grant as any competitive HUD grant to build, fix, or preserve housing that the Secretary identifies. HUD would be allowed to give extra weight to applications for projects in, or that directly benefit, a Qualified Opportunity Zone under IRC section 1400Z-…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-7791 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7791)

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- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-1357: Susan Muffley Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1357)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7791 (as of 2026-07-31).