Community Development Block Grant Equity Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6623 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6623 To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise the formula for allocation of community development block grant funds, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 11, 2025 Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise the formula for allocation of community development block grant funds, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Community Development Block Grant Equity Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. CDBG FORMULA. (a) Revision of Formula.--Section 106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306) is amended-- (1) in subsection (b)-- (A) by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through the end of paragraph (3) and inserting the following: ``(b)(1) The Secretary shall determine the amount to be allocated to each metropolitan city, which shall be the amount that bears the same ratio to the allocation for all metropolitan areas as the average of the ratios between-- ``(A) the poverty rate per person in families and elderly households in that city and such poverty rate in all metropolitan areas; ``(B) the extent of female-headed households with children under age 18 in that city and the extent of such households in all metropolitan areas; ``(C) the extent of housing that was constructed before 1950 and is occupied by a household in poverty in that city and the extent of such housing in all metropolitan areas; and ``(D) the