H.R. 4948: Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2021
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H.R. 4948: Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-08-06 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-08-06 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2021
Plain summary
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2021 This bill allows the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make competitive grants to local governments, public housing agencies, or nonprofit entities owning a major housing project to implement transformational housing programs in eligible neighborhoods with a concentration of extreme poverty and severely distressed housing. A program must, among other requirements, allow residents of public or assisted housing displaced by such a program to return to the replacement housing provided under the program.
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Official text
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] · 3 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Dwight Evans (D-PA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Ballot initiative
- A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr4948.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>
Record fed-us-cong117-hr4948 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117