Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

A bill for an act

relating to housing; appropriating money for grants to supportive housing providers;

requiring a report; amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 1, section 2, subdivision

18, as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 1, section 2, subdivision 18, as amended by Laws

2024, chapter 127, article 14, section 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 18.

Supportive Housing

10,000,000

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(a)
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This appropriation is for the supportive

housing program under Minnesota Statutes,

section
462A.42
. This is a onetime

appropriation.

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(b) Of this amount, $9,000,000 is for grants

to United States Department of Housing and

Urban Development Continuum of Care

Program grantees for fiscal year 2024 whose

contracts have expired or will expire before

December 31, 2026, and have experienced or

will experience funding gaps. The agency may

prioritize awards to grantees based on need.

Notwithstanding the application provisions

outlined in Minnesota Statutes, section

462A.42, subdivision 5, and the procurement

provisions outlined in Minnesota Statutes,

section 16C.06, subdivisions 1, 2, and 6, the

agency may noncompetitively award grants

to existing and previous federal continuum of

care funding recipients. Notwithstanding

Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.42,

subdivision 4, funding may be used as

supplemental emergency support resources

for permanent supportive housing, rapid

rehousing, transitional housing, and

system-related activities for the identified

grantees. The agency will coordinate with

stakeholders on a distribution process and

establish such a process within 30 days of

enactment.

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(c) Beginning 90 days after the agency

obligates the appropriation and every 90 days

thereafter, each grantee shall report to the

commissioner detailing the use of grant money

and the number of people served. The

requirement for a grantee to report to the

commissioner under this paragraph expires

upon submission of a final report to the

commissioner following the exhaustion or

return of grant money. Within ten days after

the reports from each grantee are due, the

commissioner shall compile the reports

required by this paragraph from each grantee.

The compiled report shall also identify any

grantee that has not submitted a report required

by this paragraph to the commissioner. The

commissioner shall submit a copy of each

compiled report to the chairs and ranking

minority members of the legislative

committees with jurisdiction over housing.

The commissioner shall also file each

compiled report with the Legislative Reference

Library in compliance with Minnesota

Statutes, section 3.195.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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