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Home Modifications for the Climate Crisis Act
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to ensure services for home modifications under part B of title III of such Act may be used for certain purposes, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Older Americans Act to expand home modification services available to older individuals. It authorizes new services to help older individuals improve indoor air quality through ventilation upgrades and pollution reduction, including home electrification and integrated pest management to reduce harmful effects from gas appliances and pesticides. The bill also adds services to help older individuals modify homes for better cooling, heating, air quality, and energy efficiency, with a focus on technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and toxic substances. Additionally, it expands eligibility for these services to include multi-family dwellings, rental properties, and homes where older individuals live with other residents. The bill also allows older individuals to access assistance for utility and power costs through existing federal energy assistance programs.
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- Apr 21, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Apr 21, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 21, 2026
Mr. Markey introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to ensure services for home modifications under part B of title III of such Act may be used for certain purposes, 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 “Home Modifications for the Climate Crisis Act”.
SEC. 2. HOME MODIFICATIONS.
Section 321 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030d) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(4)—
(A) by striking “or (D)” and inserting “(D)”; and
(B) by striking “Urban Development;” and inserting “Urban Development; (E) to provide the homes of older individuals with air-quality monitors and air- quality improvements, including through ventilation upgrades and indoor pollutant source reductions like home electrification and integrated pest management, to mitigate poor indoor air quality caused by gas appliances, pesticide application, and air pollutants (as defined in section 302 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7602)); (F) to assist older individuals in modifying homes to ensure adequate cooling, heating, air quality, and energy efficiency, prioritizing technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, indoor pollution, and toxic substances; or (G) to assist older individuals in obtaining assistance for utility and power expenditures through a program under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) or any other program administered by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Energy;”;
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections
(e) and (f), respectively; and
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
“(d) Services authorized under subsection (a)(4) include such services with respect to homes that are—
“(1) multi-family dwellings;
“(2) rental homes, including rental units; or
“(3) occupied by an older individual living with another resident who is not an older individual.”. <all>
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