l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 438

Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low-income individuals for home repairs.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Housing Committee on February 26, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A HOUSING REPAIR GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO CERTAIN LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS TO THEIR HOMES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADMINISTER THE GRANT PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A GRANT AUTHORIZED UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A GRANT UNDER THE PROGRAM; TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE KNOWN AS THE "MISSISSIPPI HOUSING REPAIR GRANT FUND", WHICH SHALL BE USED FOR THE PROGRAM; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF $50,000,000.00 OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Zakiya Summers

Its course

January 10 to February 26, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 26 · stopped47 days

HousingJan 10 to Feb 26 · stopped47 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 10 – Feb 26

  1. Referred to the House committees on Housing and on Ways and Means
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published