The Build Housing with Care Act creates grants for co-located childcare and housing facilities. HUD would award competitive grants to developers, housing authorities, childcare providers, and others for projects that put housing and childcare on the same site or nearby.
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
AI Summary
Plain-English explanation of this bill
The Build Housing with Care Act creates grants for co-located childcare and housing facilities. HUD would award competitive grants to developers, housing authorities, childcare providers, and others for projects that put housing and childcare on the same site or nearby.
Last updated: 1/5/2026
Official Summary
Congressional Research Service summary
<p><strong>Build Housing with Care Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill establishes a competitive grant program to support co-located childcare and housing facilities. It also requires the Government Accountability Office to study the availability and affordability of childcare for residents of public housing.</p><p>Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must award the grants to eligible entities, which include community development financial institutions, public housing authorities, licensed childcare providers, government entities, housing developers, and consortia of such entities. Entities must use the grants for designing, planning, constructing, acquiring, renovating, or otherwise supporting new or existing housing facilities with childcare providers on the same premises or nearby. </p>
Key Points
Main provisions of the bill
Creates competitive grants for co-located childcare and housing
Awards go to developers, housing authorities, and childcare providers
Supports new and existing facility development
Requires GAO study on childcare in public housing
Addresses housing and childcare access together
How This Impacts Americans
Potential effects on citizens and communities
Families would benefit from housing developments that include convenient childcare on-site or nearby. This addresses two major challenges facing working families by integrating solutions for housing and childcare access.
Policy Areas
Primary Policy Area
Housing and Community Development
Related Subjects
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Public housing
Scope & Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction Level
federal
Congressional Session
119th Congress
Citation Reference
310, 119th Congress (2025). "Build Housing with Care Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-s-310
