1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Up Our Neighborhoods Act of 2019 . 2. Blight elimination and neighborhood revitalization grants (a) Authority The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make grants under this section, on a competitive basis, to States for use for eligible activities under subsection (c)(1) designed to eliminate blight and promote neighborhood revitalization. (b) Use in New Market Tax Credit areas Amounts from a grant under this section may be used only to carry out eligible activities under subsection (c)(1) within low-income communities, as such term if defined in subsection (g). (c) Eligible activities (1) In general Amounts from a grant under this section may be used only for the following activities: (A) Demolition, clearance, and removal of blighted structures. (B) Boarding of vacant properties and blighted structures. (C) Deconstruction of structures. (D) Removal of waste and site clearance and vacant land management. (E) Stabilization activities in connection with providing vacant, open green space for the purpose of public access and redevelopment, including greening projects, and associated maintenance activities, including mowing. (F) Renovation of existing structures, except that not more than 30 percent of any grant under this section may be used for such activities. (2) Use of amounts by local governments A grantee State may use amounts from a grant under this Act to carry out eligible activities under paragraph (1) or may provide such amounts to land banks or units of general local government within the State whose jurisdictions include low-income communities for use to carry out such eligible activities within such low-income communities. (3) Priority for land banks In areas where land banks exist, a grantee State shall give priority, in the use of amounts from a grant under this Act, to eligible activities that will be carried out by land banks, in accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall establish. (d) Matching requirement (1) In general