To reauthorize assistance for capacity building for community development and affordable housing under section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993, and for other purposes.

Summary: HUD Demonstration Improvement Act of 2010 - Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 with respect to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) community development and affordable housing programs.

Adds the National Urban League and the Housing Partnership Network to the list of entities eligible for HUD assistance to develop the capacity and ability of community development corporations and community housing development organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing projects and programs.

Allows the use of such assistance in urban and rural areas.

Directs the HUD Secretary, by notice, to require an entity, as a condition of eligibility for such assistance for a fiscal year, to submit a plan describing the manner in which the entity will use such assistance, including descriptions meeting specified requirements. (Thus replaces the requirement that the HUD Secretary establish necessary requirements to carry out the Act.)

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``HUD Demonstration Improvement Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 4 OF THE HUD DEMONSTRATION ACT OF 1993.

    Section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 
note) is amended as follows:
            (1) In subsection (a), by striking ``through the National 
        Community Development Initiative, Local Initiatives Support 
        Corporation, The Enterprise Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, 
        and Youthbuild USA'' and inserting ``to eligible entities''.
            (2) In subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``in urban or 
                rural areas'' after ``community housing development 
                organizations'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``in urban or 
                rural areas'' after ``low-income families''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the National 
                Community Development Initiative, Local Initiatives 
                Support Corporation, The Enterprise Foundation, Habitat 
                for Humanity, and Youthbuild USA'' and inserting ``an 
                eligible entity''.
            (3) By redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (i).
            (4) By striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Written Plan Required.--The Secretary shall, by notice, 
require an eligible entity, to be eligible for assistance under this 
section for a fiscal year, to submit a plan for such fiscal year 
describing the manner in which such eligible entity will use such 
assistance to develop the capacity and ability of community development 
corporations and community housing development organizations to 
undertake community development and affordable housing projects and 
programs. Such a plan shall include descriptions of--
            ``(1) the activities described under subsection (b) the 
        eligible entity proposes to carry out using assistance provided 
        under this section;
            ``(2) the need for the activities described under 
        subsection (b) in the geographic areas where the eligible 
        entity proposes to carry out such activities;
            ``(3) the experience of the eligible entity in carrying 
        out--
                    ``(A) programs administered by the Department of 
                Housing and Urban Development; or
                    ``(B) other housing or economic development 
                programs; and
            ``(4) how the eligible entity will measure and evaluate the 
        outcomes of activities proposed to be carried out using 
        assistance provided under this section.
    ``(e) Implementation.--
            ``(1) Distribution.--The Secretary shall distribute funds 
        made available for a fiscal year to carry out this section on a 
        competitive basis to eligible entities based on how well the 
        plan of the eligible entity for the fiscal year fulfills the 
        requirements of paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (d).
            ``(2) Minimum amount of assistance.--The Secretary shall 
        establish a minimum amount of assistance, equal to not less 
        than 10 percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year 
        to carry out this section, to provide to each eligible entity 
        that submits a written plan that fulfills the requirements of 
        paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (d).
            ``(3) Maximum amount of assistance.--No eligible entity 
        shall receive more than 50 percent of the funds made available 
        for any fiscal year to carry out this section.
    ``(f) Public Availability of Plans.--Not later than 30 days after 
the date that the Secretary provides assistance to an eligible entity 
under this section, the Secretary shall make public, on the Internet 
website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the plan of 
such eligible entity required under subsection (d).
    ``(g) Annual Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall annually 
submit to Congress a report describing how the assistance provided 
under this section is being used to develop the capacity and ability of 
community development corporations and community housing development 
organizations to undertake community development and affordable housing 
projects and programs.
    ``(h) Eligible Entity.--For purposes of this section, an eligible 
entity is each of the following:
            ``(1) The National Community Development Initiative.
            ``(2) Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
            ``(3) The Enterprise Foundation.
            ``(4) Habitat for Humanity.
            ``(5) Youthbuild USA.
            ``(6) The National Urban League.
            ``(7) The Housing Partnership Network.''.
            (5) In subsection (i), as redesignated by paragraph (3) of 
        this section, by striking ``$25,000,000 for fiscal year 1994'' 
        and inserting ``$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 
        through 2015''.