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H.R. 9011119th CongressIn committeeLatest action May 22, 2026Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 9011 lets GSA sell or give away idle federal properties below market value if buyers redevelop them for community use within five years.
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HR 9011 creates a five-year pilot program under GSA to sell or transfer unused federal buildings and land, potentially below market value, to buyers who commit to redeveloping them for community purposes such as affordable housing, health clinics, childcare centers, schools, or job-creating businesses. Buyers must submit a redevelopment plan and begin construction within five years or the government may reclaim the property. A separate HUD grant program would fund redevelopment costs including planning, pollution cleanup, demolition, construction, and infrastructure.
Priority for property transfers and grants goes to nonprofit organizations, local governments, tribal governments, public housing agencies, and community land trusts, particularly those serving low-income or historically underserved areas. Residents living near currently unused or abandoned federal properties are also directly affected.
Communities with idle federal land nearby could see those sites converted into housing or public facilities instead of remaining vacant. After the five-year pilot concludes, GSA must report to Congress on the program's results, which could influence whether the approach continues or expands.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.