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Intergenerational dwelling units

Housing units or properties designed or adapted to accommodate multiple generations living together, such as grandparents raising grandchildren.

Grandfamily

A family where grandparents or other relatives (like aunts, uncles, or older siblings) are raising children, often without the children's parents present.

Service coordinator

A staff member hired to help residents access various services, facilitate programs, and connect families with community resources.

Kinship navigator program

A state or local program that helps relatives who are raising children find and access legal, financial, and other services and supports.

LEGACY Act of 2003

A previous law that this bill amends by adding a new section to establish the grant program.

Fair Housing Act

A federal law that prohibits discrimination in housing based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, and disability.

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) protections

Rules that protect victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking from being denied housing assistance, evicted, or having their housing rights violated.