1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Removing Environmental Hazards And Building Safely Act of 2019 or the REHABS Act of 2019 . 2. Study and removal of environmental hazards in homes being rehabilitated (a) Study Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a study on— (1) the best methods to assess the amount of mold in a single family home prior to such home being rehabilitated; (2) the danger posed by mold in a single family home prior to such home being rehabilitated; and (3) best practices for safely removing mold when rehabilitating a single family home. (b) Report Not later than 30 days after the completion of the study pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress containing the results of such study, and make such report available on a public website of the Department. 3. Grant program for the abatement and removal of environmental hazards from homes (a) Grant authority The Secretary may, to the extent amounts are available to carry out this section and the requirements of this section are met, make grants to provide for or facilitate the abatement and removal of environmental hazards in homes being rehabilitated to national and regional organizations and consortia that have experience in providing for or facilitating the abatement and removal of environmental hazards from homes. (b) Goals and accountability In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that— (1) assistance provided under this section is used to provide for or facilitate the abatement and removal of environmental hazards in homes being rehabilitated through the provision of self-help housing, under which the homeowner contributes a significant amount of sweat equity toward the rehabilitation of the dwelling