1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Build Housing with Care Act of 2023 . 2. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to expand access to affordable housing and child care through the establishment of a grant program to promote the co-location of housing and child care providers. 3. Housing and child care provider co-location grant program (a) Establishment The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish a program (hereafter in this section referred to as the Program ) to award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to facilitate the design, planning, construction, conversion, retrofitting, preservation, or renovation of a co-location facility. (b) Consultation In developing the Program, the Secretary shall consult with— (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families; (2) the Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund; and (3) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Under Secretary for Rural Development. (c) Application To be eligible to receive a grant under the Program, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary determines appropriate, including the following: (1) A certification that the eligible child care provider associated with such application is eligible to receive vouchers or assistance under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq. ), or in the case of an application to construct a new facility, or an application when the eligible entity intends to subgrant or capitalize amounts provided, a commitment to— (A) establish a partnership with an eligible child care provider not later than 1 year after the date on which funding is received