111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1481 

AN ACT 

To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under 

such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 

4 2010’’. 

5 (b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 

6 provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal 

7 is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, 

8 section 811 or any other provision of section 811, the ref9 erence shall be considered to be made to section 811 of 

10 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 8013). 

12 SEC. 2. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 

13 (a) RENEWAL THROUGH SECTION 8.—Section 

14 811(d)(4) is amended to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(4) TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Tenant-based rental 

17 assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) 

18 shall be provided under section 8(o) of the 

19 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1437f(o)). 

21 ‘‘(B) CONVERSION OF EXISTING ASSIST22 ANCE.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

23 for tenant-based rental assistance under section 

24 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

25 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons with disabil26 ities an amount not less than the amount nec-
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1 essary to convert the number of authorized 

2 vouchers and funding under an annual con3 tributions contract in effect on the date of en4 actment of the Frank Melville Supportive Hous5 ing Investment Act of 2010. Such converted 

6 vouchers may be administered by the entity ad7 ministering the vouchers prior to conversion. 

8 For purposes of administering such converted 

9 vouchers, such entities shall be considered a 

10 ‘public housing agency’ authorized to engage in 

11 the operation of tenant-based assistance under 

12 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 

13 1937. 

14 ‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS UPON TURNOVER.— 

15 The Secretary shall develop and issue, to public 

16 housing agencies that receive voucher assistance 

17 made available under this subsection and to 

18 public housing agencies that received voucher 

19 assistance under section 8(o) of the United 

20 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 

21 1437f(o)) for non-elderly disabled families pur22 suant to appropriation Acts for fiscal years 

23 1997 through 2002 or any other subsequent ap24 propriations for incremental vouchers for non25 elderly disabled families, guidance to ensure 
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1 that, to the maximum extent possible, such 

2 vouchers continue to be provided upon turnover 

3 to qualified persons with disabilities or to quali4 fied non-elderly disabled families, respectively.’’. 

5 (b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

6 Secretary is authorized to the extent amounts are made 

7 available in future appropriations Acts, to provide tech8 nical assistance to public housing agencies and other ad9 ministering entities to facilitate using vouchers to provide 

10 permanent supportive housing for persons with disabil11 ities, help States reduce reliance on segregated restrictive 

12 settings for people with disabilities to meet community 

13 care requirements, end chronic homelessness, as ‘‘chron14 ically homeless’’ is defined in section 401 of the McKin15 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361), 

16 and for other related purposes. 

17 SEC. 3. MODERNIZED CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM. 

18 (a) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS.— 

19 Section 811 is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (d)(2)— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A) INITIAL PROJECT

22 RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACT.—’’ after 

23 ‘‘PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—’’; 
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1 (B) in the first sentence, by inserting after 

2 ‘‘shall’’ the following: ‘‘comply with subsection 

3 (e)(2) and shall’’; 

4 (C) by striking ‘‘annual contract amount’’ 

5 each place such term appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘amount provided under the contract for each 

7 year covered by the contract’’; and 

8 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

9 subparagraph: 

10 ‘‘(B) RENEWAL OF AND INCREASES IN CON11 TRACT AMOUNTS.— 

12 ‘‘(i) EXPIRATION OF CONTRACT TERM.— 

13 Upon the expiration of each contract term, sub14 ject to the availability of amounts made avail15 able in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall 

16 adjust the annual contract amount to provide 

17 for reasonable project costs, including adequate 

18 reserves and service coordinators as appro19 priate, except that any contract amounts not 

20 used by a project during a contract term shall 

21 not be available for such adjustments upon re22 newal. 

23 ‘‘(ii) EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.—In the 

24 event of emergency situations that are outside 

25 the control of the owner, the Secretary shall in-
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1 crease the annual contract amount, subject to 

2 reasonable review and limitations as the Sec3 retary shall provide.’’. 

4 (2) in subsection (e)(2)— 

5 (A) in the first sentence, by inserting be6 fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, ex7 cept that, in the case of the sponsor of a project 

8 assisted with any low-income housing tax credit 

9 pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue 

10 Code of 1986 or with any tax-exempt housing 

11 bonds, the contract shall have an initial term of 

12 not less than 360 months and shall provide 

13 funding for a term of 60 months’’; and 

14 (B) by striking ‘‘extend any expiring con15 tract’’ and insert ‘‘upon expiration of a contract 

16 (or any renewed contract), renew such con17 tract’’. 

18 (b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 811 is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (e)— 

21 (A) by striking the subsection heading and 

22 inserting the following: ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIRE23 MENTS’’; 

24 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert25 ing the following new paragraph: 
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1 ‘‘(1) USE RESTRICTIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) TERM.—Any project for which a cap3 ital advance is provided under subsection (d)(1) 

4 shall be operated for not less than 40 years as 

5 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, 

6 in accordance with the application for the 

7 project approved by the Secretary and shall, 

8 during such period, be made available for occu9 pancy only by very low-income persons with dis10 abilities. 

11 ‘‘(B) CONVERSION.—If the owner of a 

12 project requests the use of the project for the 

13 direct benefit of very low-income persons with 

14 disabilities and, pursuant to such request the 

15 Secretary determines that a project is no longer 

16 needed for use as supportive housing for per17 sons with disabilities, the Secretary may ap18 prove the request and authorize the owner to 

19 convert the project to such use.’’; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

21 paragraphs: 

22 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No as23 sistance received under this section (or any State or 

24 local government funds used to supplement such as25 sistance) may be used to replace other State or local 
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1 funds previously used, or designated for use, to as2 sist persons with disabilities. 

3 ‘‘(4) MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.— 

4 ‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in 

5 subparagraph (B), of the total number of dwell6 ing units in any multifamily housing project 

7 (including any condominium or cooperative 

8 housing project) containing any unit for which 

9 assistance is provided from a capital grant 

10 under subsection (d)(1) made after the date of 

11 the enactment of the Frank Melville Supportive 

12 Housing Investment Act of 2010, the aggregate 

13 number that are used for persons with disabil14 ities, including supportive housing for persons 

15 with disabilities, or to which any occupancy 

16 preference for persons with disabilities applies, 

17 may not exceed 25 percent of such total. 

18 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) 

19 shall not apply in the case of any project that 

20 is a group home or independent living facility.’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4). 

23 (c) DELEGATED PROCESSING.—Subsection (g) of 

24 section 811 (42 U.S.C. 8013(g)) is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘SELECTION CRITERIA.—’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROC3 ESSING.—(1) SELECTION CRITERIA.—’’; 

4 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 

5 (4), (5), (6), and (7) as subparagraphs (A), (B), 

6 (C), (D), (E), (G), and (H), respectively; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(2) DELEGATED PROCESSING.— 

10 ‘‘(A) In issuing a capital advance under sub11 section (d)(1) for any multifamily project (but not 

12 including any project that is a group home or inde13 pendent living facility) for which financing for the 

14 purposes described in the last sentence of subsection 

15 (b) is provided by a combination of the capital ad16 vance and sources other than this section, within 30 

17 days of award of the capital advance, the Secretary 

18 shall delegate review and processing of such projects 

19 to a State or local housing agency that— 

20 ‘‘(i) is in geographic proximity to the prop21 erty; 

22 ‘‘(ii) has demonstrated experience in and 

23 capacity for underwriting multifamily housing 

24 loans that provide housing and supportive serv25 ices; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) may or may not be providing low-in2 come housing tax credits in combination with 

3 the capital advance under this section; and 

4 ‘‘(iv) agrees to issue a firm commitment 

5 within 12 months of delegation. 

6 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall retain the authority to 

7 process capital advances in cases in which no State 

8 or local housing agency is sufficiently qualified to 

9 provide delegated processing pursuant to this para10 graph or no such agency has entered into an agree11 ment with the Secretary to serve as a delegated 

12 processing agency. 

13 ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall— 

14 ‘‘(i) develop criteria and a timeline to peri15 odically assess the performance of State and 

16 local housing agencies in carrying out the duties 

17 delegated to such agencies pursuant to subpara18 graph (A); and 

19 ‘‘(ii) retain the authority to review and 

20 process projects financed by a capital advance 

21 in the event that, after a review and assess22 ment, a State or local housing agency is deter23 mined to have failed to satisfy the criteria es24 tablished pursuant to clause (i). 
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1 ‘‘(D) An agency to which review and processing 

2 is delegated pursuant to subparagraph (A) may as3 sess a reasonable fee which shall be included in the 

4 capital advance amounts and may recommend 

5 project rental assistance amounts in excess of those 

6 initially awarded by the Secretary. The Secretary 

7 shall develop a schedule for reasonable fees under 

8 this subparagraph to be paid to delegated processing 

9 agencies, which shall take into consideration any 

10 other fees to be paid to the agency for other funding 

11 provided to the project by the agency, including 

12 bonds, tax credits, and other gap funding. 

13 ‘‘(E) Under such delegated system, the Sec14 retary shall retain the authority to approve rents 

15 and development costs and to execute a capital ad16 vance within 60 days of receipt of the commitment 

17 from the State or local agency. The Secretary shall 

18 provide to such agency and the project sponsor, in 

19 writing, the reasons for any reduction in capital ad20 vance amounts or project rental assistance and such 

21 reductions shall be subject to appeal.’’. 

22 (d) LEVERAGING OTHER RESOURCES.—Paragraph 

23 (1) of section 811(g) (as so designated by subsection 

24 (c)(1) of this section) is amended by inserting after sub-
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1 paragraph (E) (as so redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of 

2 this section) the following new subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(F) the extent to which the per-unit cost 

4 of units to be assisted under this section will be 

5 supplemented with resources from other public 

6 and private sources;’’. 

7 (e) TENANT PROTECTIONS AND ELIGIBILITY FOR

8 OCCUPANCY.—Section 811 is amended by striking sub9 section (i) and inserting the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(i) ADMISSION AND OCCUPANCY.— 

11 ‘‘(1) TENANT SELECTION.— 

12 ‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—An owner shall adopt 

13 written tenant selection procedures that are sat14 isfactory to the Secretary as (i) consistent with 

15 the purpose of improving housing opportunities 

16 for very low-income persons with disabilities; 

17 and (ii) reasonably related to program eligibility 

18 and an applicant’s ability to perform the obliga19 tions of the lease. Owners shall promptly notify 

20 in writing any rejected applicant of the grounds 

21 for any rejection. 

22 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT FOR OCCUPANCY.— 

23 Occupancy in dwelling units provided assistance 

24 under this section shall be available only to per-
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1 sons with disabilities and households that in2 clude at least one person with a disability. 

3 ‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—Except only as pro4 vided in subparagraph (D), occupancy in dwell5 ing units in housing provided with assistance 

6 under this section shall be available to all per7 sons with disabilities eligible for such occupancy 

8 without regard to the particular disability in9 volved. 

10 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON OCCUPANCY.—Not11 withstanding any other provision of law, the 

12 owner of housing developed under this section 

13 may, with the approval of the Secretary, limit 

14 occupancy within the housing to persons with 

15 disabilities who can benefit from the supportive 

16 services offered in connection with the housing. 

17 ‘‘(2) TENANT PROTECTIONS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) LEASE.—The lease between a tenant 

19 and an owner of housing assisted under this 

20 section shall be for not less than one year, and 

21 shall contain such terms and conditions as the 

22 Secretary shall determine to be appropriate. 

23 ‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF TENANCY.—An 

24 owner may not terminate the tenancy or refuse 
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1 to renew the lease of a tenant of a rental dwell2 ing unit assisted under this section except— 

3 ‘‘(i) for serious or repeated violation 

4 of the terms and conditions of the lease, 

5 for violation of applicable Federal, State, 

6 or local law, or for other good cause; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) by providing the tenant, not less 

8 than 30 days before such termination or 

9 refusal to renew, with written notice speci10 fying the grounds for such action. 

11 ‘‘(C) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN SERV12 ICES.—A supportive service plan for housing 

13 assisted under this section shall permit each 

14 resident to take responsibility for choosing and 

15 acquiring their own services, to receive any sup16 portive services made available directly or indi17 rectly by the owner of such housing, or to not 

18 receive any supportive services.’’. 

19 (f) DEVELOPMENT COST LIMITATIONS.—Subsection 

20 (h) of section 811 is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

22 (A) by striking the paragraph heading and 

23 inserting ‘‘GROUP HOMES’’; 
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1 (B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘var2 ious types and sizes’’ and inserting ‘‘group 

3 homes’’; 

4 (C) by striking subparagraph (E); and 

5 (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

6 and (G) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respec7 tively; 

8 (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘established 

9 pursuant to paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘cost limitation’’; 

10 and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY OF HOME PROGRAM COST

14 LIMITATIONS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of sec16 tion 212(e) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 

17 Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(e)) 

18 and the cost limits established by the Secretary 

19 pursuant to such section with respect to the 

20 amount of funds under subtitle A of title II of 

21 such Act that may be invested on a per unit 

22 basis, shall apply to supportive housing assisted 

23 with a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) 

24 and the amount of funds under such subsection 

25 that may be invested on a per unit basis. 
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1 ‘‘(B) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may pro2 vide for waiver of the cost limits applicable pur3 suant to subparagraph (A)— 

4 ‘‘(i) in the cases in which the cost lim5 its established pursuant to section 212(e) 

6 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford7 able Housing Act may be waived; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) to provide for— 

9 ‘‘(I) the cost of special design 

10 features to make the housing acces11 sible to persons with disabilities; 

12 ‘‘(II) the cost of special design 

13 features necessary to make individual 

14 dwelling units meet the special needs 

15 of persons with disabilities; and 

16 ‘‘(III) the cost of providing the 

17 housing in a location that is accessible 

18 to public transportation and commu19 nity organizations that provide sup20 portive services to persons with dis21 abilities.’’. 

22 (g) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF WAIVER.— 

23 Section 811(k) is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1), by adding the following 

25 after the second sentence: ‘‘Not later than the date 
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1 of the exercise of any waiver permitted under the 

2 previous sentence, the Secretary shall notify the 

3 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

4 of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Serv5 ices of the House of Representatives of the waiver 

6 or the intention to exercise the waiver, together with 

7 a detailed explanation of the reason for the waiver.’’; 

8 and 

9 (2) in paragraph (4)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘prescribe, subject to the 

11 limitation under subsection (h)(6) of this sec12 tion)’’ and inserting ‘‘prescribe)’’; and 

13 (B) by adding the following after the first 

14 sentence: ‘‘Not later than the date that the Sec15 retary prescribes a limit exceeding the 24 per16 son limit in the previous sentence, the Secretary 

17 shall notify the Committee on Banking, Hous18 ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the 

19 Committee on Financial Services of the House 

20 of Representatives of the limit or the intention 

21 to prescribe a limit in excess of 24 persons, to22 gether with a detailed explanation of the reason 

23 for the new limit.’’. 
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1 (h) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR MULTIFAMILY

2 PROJECTS.—Paragraph (1) of section 811(l) is amended 

3 to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR MULTIFAMILY

5 PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall establish a min6 imum percentage of the amount made available for 

7 each fiscal year for capital advances under sub8 section (d)(1) that shall be used for multifamily 

9 projects subject to subsection (e)(4).’’. 

10 SEC. 4. PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 

11 Section 811(b) is amended— 

12 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

13 striking ‘‘is authorized—’’ and inserting ‘‘is author14 ized to take the following actions:’’; 

15 (2) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) by striking ‘‘(1) to provide tenant17 based’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) TENANT-BASED AS18 SISTANCE.—To provide tenant-based’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe20 riod; 

21 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) to pro22 vide assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) CAPITAL AD23 VANCES.—To provide assistance’’; and 

24 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(3) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.— 
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To offer additional 

2 methods of financing supportive housing for 

3 non-elderly adults with disabilities, the Sec4 retary shall make funds available for project 

5 rental assistance pursuant to subparagraph (B) 

6 for eligible projects under subparagraph (C). 

7 The Secretary shall provide for State housing 

8 finance agencies and other appropriate entities 

9 to apply to the Secretary for such project rental 

10 assistance funds, which shall be made available 

11 by such agencies and entities for dwelling units 

12 in eligible projects based upon criteria estab13 lished by the Secretary. The Secretary may not 

14 require any State housing finance agency or 

15 other entity applying for such project rental as16 sistance funds to identify in such application 

17 the eligible projects for which such funds will be 

18 used, and shall allow such agencies and appli19 cants to subsequently identify such eligible 

20 projects pursuant to the making of commit21 ments described in subparagraph (C)(ii). 

22 ‘‘(B) CONTRACT TERMS.— 

23 ‘‘(i) CONTRACT TERMS.—Project rent24 al assistance under this paragraph shall be 

25 provided— 
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1 ‘‘(I) in accordance with sub2 section (d)(2); and 

3 ‘‘(II) under a contract having an 

4 initial term of not less than 180 

5 months that provides funding for a 

6 term 60 months, which funding shall 

7 be renewed upon expiration, subject to 

8 the availability of sufficient amounts 

9 in appropriation Acts. 

10 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON UNITS AS11 SISTED.—Of the total number of dwelling 

12 units in any multifamily housing project 

13 containing any unit for which project rent14 al assistance under this paragraph is pro15 vided, the aggregate number that are pro16 vided such project rental assistance, that 

17 are used for supportive housing for persons 

18 with disabilities, or to which any occupancy 

19 preference for persons with disabilities ap20 plies, may not exceed 25 percent of such 

21 total. 

22 ‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION OF CAPITAL AD23 VANCES.—The Secretary may not provide 

24 a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) 
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1 for any project for which assistance is pro2 vided under this paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(iv) ELIGIBLE POPULATION.— 

4 Project rental assistance under this para5 graph may be provided only for dwelling 

6 units for extremely low-income persons 

7 with disabilities and extremely low-income 

8 households that include at least one person 

9 with a disability. 

10 ‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—An eligible 

11 project under this subparagraph is a new or ex12 isting multifamily housing project for which— 

13 ‘‘(i) the development costs are paid 

14 with resources from other public or private 

15 sources; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) a commitment has been made— 

17 ‘‘(I) by the applicable State agen18 cy responsible for allocation of low-in19 come housing tax credits under sec20 tion 42 of the Internal Revenue Code 

21 of 1986, for an allocation of such 

22 credits; 

23 ‘‘(II) by the applicable partici24 pating jurisdiction that receives assist25 ance under the HOME Investment 
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1 Partnership Act, for assistance from 

2 such jurisdiction; or 

3 ‘‘(III) by any Federal agency or 

4 any State or local government, for 

5 funding for the project from funds 

6 from any other sources. 

7 ‘‘(D) STATE AGENCY INVOLVEMENT.—As8 sistance under this paragraph may be provided 

9 only for projects for which the applicable State 

10 agency responsible for health and human serv11 ices programs, and the applicable State agency 

12 designated to administer or supervise the ad13 ministration of the State plan for medical as14 sistance under title XIX of the Social Security 

15 Act, have entered into such agreements as the 

16 Secretary considers appropriate— 

17 ‘‘(i) to identify the target populations 

18 to be served by the project; 

19 ‘‘(ii) to set forth methods for outreach 

20 and referral; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) to make available appropriate 

22 services for tenants of the project. 

23 ‘‘(E) USE REQUIREMENTS.—In the case of 

24 any project for which project rental assistance 

25 is provided under this paragraph, the dwelling 
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1 units assisted pursuant to subparagraph (B) 

2 shall be operated for not less than 30 years as 

3 supportive housing for persons with disabilities, 

4 in accordance with the application for the 

5 project approved by the Secretary, and such 

6 dwelling units shall, during such period, be 

7 made available for occupancy only by persons 

8 and households described in subparagraph 

9 (B)(iv). 

10 ‘‘(F) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years 

11 after the date of the enactment of this para12 graph, and again 2 years thereafter, the Sec13 retary shall submit to Congress a report— 

14 ‘‘(i) describing the assistance provided 

15 under this paragraph; 

16 ‘‘(ii) analyzing the effectiveness of 

17 such assistance, including the effectiveness 

18 of such assistance compared to the assist19 ance program for capital advances set 

20 forth under subsection (d)(1) (as in effect 

21 pursuant to the amendments made by such 

22 Act); and 

23 ‘‘(iii) making recommendations re24 garding future models for assistance under 

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1 SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

2 Section 811 is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

5 the end; 

6 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘provides’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘makes available’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking the period at the end 

10 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) promotes and facilitates community inte14 gration for people with significant and long-term dis15 abilities.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘special’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘housing and community-based 

19 services’’; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 

22 inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(A) make available voluntary supportive 

24 services that address the individual needs of 

25 persons with disabilities occupying such hous26 ing;’’; and 
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1 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 the comma and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘provided 

4 under’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall bear’’ and 

5 inserting ‘‘provided pursuant to subsection (b)(1) 

6 shall bear’’; 

7 (4) in subsection (f)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

9 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘receive’’ and inserting ‘‘be offered’’; 

11 (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 

12 inserting the following: 

13 ‘‘(C) evidence of the applicant’s experience 

14 in— 

15 ‘‘(i) providing such supportive serv16 ices; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) creating and managing struc18 tured partnerships with service providers 

19 for the delivery of appropriate community20 based services;’’; 

21 (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

22 ‘‘such persons’’ and all that follows 

23 through ‘‘provision of such services’’ and 

24 inserting ‘‘tenants’’; and 
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1 (iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

2 ‘‘other Federal, and’’ before ‘‘State’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘special’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘housing and community-based 

5 services’’; 

6 (5) in subsection (g), in paragraph (1) (as so 

7 redesignated by section 3(c)(1) of this Act)— 

8 (A) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesig9 nated by section 3(c)(2) of this Act), by strik10 ing ‘‘the necessary supportive services will be 

11 provided’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate supportive 

12 services will be made available’’; and 

13 (B) by striking subparagraph (E) (as so 

14 redesignated by section 3(c)(2) of this Act) and 

15 inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(E) the extent to which the location and 

17 design of the proposed project will facilitate the 

18 provision of community-based supportive serv19 ices and address other basic needs of persons 

20 with disabilities, including access to appropriate 

21 and accessible transportation, access to commu22 nity services agencies, public facilities, and 

23 shopping;’’; 

24 (6) in subsection (j)— 

25 (A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), 

2 and (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respec3 tively; 

4 (7) in subsection (k)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 

6 the period at the end of the first sentence the 

7 following: ‘‘, which provides a separate bedroom 

8 for each tenant of the residence’’; 

9 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the first 

10 sentence, and inserting the following: ‘‘The 

11 term ‘person with disabilities’ means a house12 hold composed of one or more persons who is 

13 18 years of age or older and less than 62 years 

14 of age, and who has a disability.’’; 

15 (C) by striking paragraph (3) and insert16 ing the following new paragraph: 

17 ‘‘(3) The term ‘supportive housing for persons 

18 with disabilities’ means dwelling units that— 

19 ‘‘(A) are designed to meet the permanent 

20 housing needs of very low-income persons with 

21 disabilities; and 

22 ‘‘(B) are located in housing that make 

23 available supportive services that address the 

24 individual health, mental health, or other needs 

25 of such persons.’’; 
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1 (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘a 

2 project for’’; and 

3 (E) in paragraph (6)— 

4 (i) by inserting after and below sub5 paragraph (D) the matter to be inserted by 

6 the amendment made by section 841 of the 

7 American Homeownership and Economic 

8 Opportunity Act of 2000 (Public Law 

9 106–569; 114 Stat. 3022); and 

10 (ii) in the matter inserted by the 

11 amendment made by subparagraph (A) of 

12 this paragraph, by striking ‘‘wholly owned 

13 and’’; and 

14 (8) in subsection (l)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub16 section (c)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

17 (d)(1)’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub19 section (c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

20 (d)(2)’’. 

21 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 Subsection (m) of section 811 is amended to read as 

23 follows: 

24 ‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

25 are authorized to be appropriated for providing assistance 
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1 pursuant to this section $300,000,000 for each of fiscal 

2 years 2011 through 2015.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. GAO STUDY. 

4 The Comptroller General of the United States shall 

5 conduct a study of the supportive housing for persons with 

6 disabilities program under section 811 of the Cranston7 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 8013) to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of such 

9 program in assisting households of persons with disabil10 ities. Such study shall determine— 

11 (1) the total number of households assisted 

12 under such program; 

13 (2) the extent to which households assisted 

14 under other programs of the Department of Housing 

15 and Urban Development that provide rental assist16 ance or rental housing would be eligible to receive 

17 assistance under such section 811 program; and 

18 (3) the extent to which households described in 

19 paragraph (2) who are eligible for, but not receiving, 

20 assistance under such section 811 program are re21 ceiving supportive services from, or assisted by, the 

22 Department of Housing and Urban Development 

23 other than through the section 811 program (includ24 ing under the Resident Opportunity and Self-Suffi25 ciency program) or from other sources. 
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1 Upon the completion of the study required under this sec2 tion, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the 

3 Congress setting forth the findings and conclusions of the 

4 study. 

Passed the Senate December 17, 2010. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1481 

AN ACT 

To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez 

ing for persons with disabilities. program under such section for supportive housNational Affordable Housing Act to improve the