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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1481 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1481

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Frank Melville 
Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, section 811 or any other provision of 
section 811, the reference shall be considered to be made to section 
811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013).

SEC. 2. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Renewal Through Section 8.--Section 811(d)(4) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(4) Tenant-based rental assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Tenant-based rental assistance 
                provided under subsection (b)(1) shall be provided 
                under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 
                1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)).
                    ``(B) Conversion of existing assistance.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated for tenant-based rental 
                assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
                Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons 
                with disabilities an amount not less than the amount 
                necessary to convert the number of authorized vouchers 
                and funding under an annual contributions contract in 
                effect on the date of enactment of the Frank Melville 
                Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010. Such 
                converted vouchers may be administered by the entity 
                administering the vouchers prior to conversion. For 
                purposes of administering such converted vouchers, such 
                entities shall be considered a `public housing agency' 
                authorized to engage in the operation of tenant-based 
                assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing 
                Act of 1937.
                    ``(C) Requirements upon turnover.--The Secretary 
                shall develop and issue, to public housing agencies 
                that receive voucher assistance made available under 
                this subsection and to public housing agencies that 
                received voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the 
                United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) 
                for non-elderly disabled families pursuant to 
                appropriation Acts for fiscal years 1997 through 2002 
                or any other subsequent appropriations for incremental 
                vouchers for non-elderly disabled families, guidance to 
                ensure that, to the maximum extent possible, such 
                vouchers continue to be provided upon turnover to 
                qualified persons with disabilities or to qualified 
                non-elderly disabled families, respectively.''.
    (b) Provision of Technical Assistance.--The Secretary is authorized 
to the extent amounts are made available in future appropriations Acts, 
to provide technical assistance to public housing agencies and other 
administering entities to facilitate using vouchers to provide 
permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, help States 
reduce reliance on segregated restrictive settings for people with 
disabilities to meet community care requirements, end chronic 
homelessness, as ``chronically homeless'' is defined in section 401 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361), and for 
other related purposes.

SEC. 3. MODERNIZED CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Project Rental Assistance Contracts.--Section 811 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A) Initial project rental 
                assistance contract.--'' after ``Project rental 
                assistance.--'';
                    (B) in the first sentence, by inserting after 
                ``shall'' the following: ``comply with subsection 
                (e)(2) and shall'';
                    (C) by striking ``annual contract amount'' each 
                place such term appears and inserting ``amount provided 
                under the contract for each year covered by the 
                contract''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(B) Renewal of and increases in contract amounts.--
                    ``(i) Expiration of contract term.--Upon the 
                expiration of each contract term, subject to the 
                availability of amounts made available in appropriation 
                Acts, the Secretary shall adjust the annual contract 
                amount to provide for reasonable project costs, 
                including adequate reserves and service coordinators as 
                appropriate, except that any contract amounts not used 
                by a project during a contract term shall not be 
                available for such adjustments upon renewal.
                    ``(ii) Emergency situations.--In the event of 
                emergency situations that are outside the control of 
                the owner, the Secretary shall increase the annual 
                contract amount, subject to reasonable review and 
                limitations as the Secretary shall provide.''.
            (2) in subsection (e)(2)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by inserting before the 
                period at the end the following: ``, except that, in 
                the case of the sponsor of a project assisted with any 
                low-income housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of 
                the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or with any tax-
                exempt housing bonds, the contract shall have an 
                initial term of not less than 360 months and shall 
                provide funding for a term of 60 months''; and
                    (B) by striking ``extend any expiring contract'' 
                and insert ``upon expiration of a contract (or any 
                renewed contract), renew such contract''.
    (b) Program Requirements.--Section 811 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by striking the subsection heading and 
                inserting the following: ``Program Requirements'';
                    (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following new paragraph:
            ``(1) Use restrictions.--
                    ``(A) Term.--Any project for which a capital 
                advance is provided under subsection (d)(1) shall be 
                operated for not less than 40 years as supportive 
                housing for persons with disabilities, in accordance 
                with the application for the project approved by the 
                Secretary and shall, during such period, be made 
                available for occupancy only by very low-income persons 
                with disabilities.
                    ``(B) Conversion.--If the owner of a project 
                requests the use of the project for the direct benefit 
                of very low-income persons with disabilities and, 
                pursuant to such request the Secretary determines that 
                a project is no longer needed for use as supportive 
                housing for persons with disabilities, the Secretary 
                may approve the request and authorize the owner to 
                convert the project to such use.''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraphs:
            ``(3) Limitation on use of funds.--No assistance received 
        under this section (or any State or local government funds used 
        to supplement such assistance) may be used to replace other 
        State or local funds previously used, or designated for use, to 
        assist persons with disabilities.
            ``(4) Multifamily projects.--
                    ``(A) Limitation.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), of the total number of dwelling units 
                in any multifamily housing project (including any 
                condominium or cooperative housing project) containing 
                any unit for which assistance is provided from a 
                capital grant under subsection (d)(1) made after the 
                date of the enactment of the Frank Melville Supportive 
                Housing Investment Act of 2010, the aggregate number 
                that are used for persons with disabilities, including 
                supportive housing for persons with disabilities, or to 
                which any occupancy preference for persons with 
                disabilities applies, may not exceed 25 percent of such 
                total.
                    ``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
                in the case of any project that is a group home or 
                independent living facility.''; and
            (2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4).
    (c) Delegated Processing.--Subsection (g) of section 811 (42 U.S.C. 
8013(g)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Selection Criteria.--'' and inserting 
        ``Selection Criteria and Processing.--(1) Selection criteria.--
        '';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), 
        (6), and (7) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), and 
        (H), respectively; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) Delegated Processing.--
            ``(A) In issuing a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) 
        for any multifamily project (but not including any project that 
        is a group home or independent living facility) for which 
        financing for the purposes described in the last sentence of 
        subsection (b) is provided by a combination of the capital 
        advance and sources other than this section, within 30 days of 
        award of the capital advance, the Secretary shall delegate 
        review and processing of such projects to a State or local 
        housing agency that--
                    ``(i) is in geographic proximity to the property;
                    ``(ii) has demonstrated experience in and capacity 
                for underwriting multifamily housing loans that provide 
                housing and supportive services;
                    ``(iii) may or may not be providing low-income 
                housing tax credits in combination with the capital 
                advance under this section; and
                    ``(iv) agrees to issue a firm commitment within 12 
                months of delegation.
            ``(B) The Secretary shall retain the authority to process 
        capital advances in cases in which no State or local housing 
        agency is sufficiently qualified to provide delegated 
        processing pursuant to this paragraph or no such agency has 
        entered into an agreement with the Secretary to serve as a 
        delegated processing agency.
            ``(C) The Secretary shall--
                    ``(i) develop criteria and a timeline to 
                periodically assess the performance of State and local 
                housing agencies in carrying out the duties delegated 
                to such agencies pursuant to subparagraph (A); and
                    ``(ii) retain the authority to review and process 
                projects financed by a capital advance in the event 
                that, after a review and assessment, a State or local 
                housing agency is determined to have failed to satisfy 
                the criteria established pursuant to clause (i).
            ``(D) An agency to which review and processing is delegated 
        pursuant to subparagraph (A) may assess a reasonable fee which 
        shall be included in the capital advance amounts and may 
        recommend project rental assistance amounts in excess of those 
        initially awarded by the Secretary. The Secretary shall develop 
        a schedule for reasonable fees under this subparagraph to be 
        paid to delegated processing agencies, which shall take into 
        consideration any other fees to be paid to the agency for other 
        funding provided to the project by the agency, including bonds, 
        tax credits, and other gap funding.
            ``(E) Under such delegated system, the Secretary shall 
        retain the authority to approve rents and development costs and 
        to execute a capital advance within 60 days of receipt of the 
        commitment from the State or local agency. The Secretary shall 
        provide to such agency and the project sponsor, in writing, the 
        reasons for any reduction in capital advance amounts or project 
        rental assistance and such reductions shall be subject to 
        appeal.''.
    (d) Leveraging Other Resources.--Paragraph (1) of section 811(g) 
(as so designated by subsection (c)(1) of this section) is amended by 
inserting after subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated by subsection 
(c)(2) of this section) the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) the extent to which the per-unit cost of 
                units to be assisted under this section will be 
                supplemented with resources from other public and 
                private sources;''.
    (e) Tenant Protections and Eligibility for Occupancy.--Section 811 
is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting the following new 
subsection:
    ``(i) Admission and Occupancy.--
            ``(1) Tenant selection.--
                    ``(A) Procedures.--An owner shall adopt written 
                tenant selection procedures that are satisfactory to 
                the Secretary as (i) consistent with the purpose of 
                improving housing opportunities for very low-income 
                persons with disabilities; and (ii) reasonably related 
                to program eligibility and an applicant's ability to 
                perform the obligations of the lease. Owners shall 
                promptly notify in writing any rejected applicant of 
                the grounds for any rejection.
                    ``(B) Requirement for occupancy.--Occupancy in 
                dwelling units provided assistance under this section 
                shall be available only to persons with disabilities 
                and households that include at least one person with a 
                disability.
                    ``(C) Availability.--Except only as provided in 
                subparagraph (D), occupancy in dwelling units in 
                housing provided with assistance under this section 
                shall be available to all persons with disabilities 
                eligible for such occupancy without regard to the 
                particular disability involved.
                    ``(D) Limitation on occupancy.--Notwithstanding any 
                other provision of law, the owner of housing developed 
                under this section may, with the approval of the 
                Secretary, limit occupancy within the housing to 
                persons with disabilities who can benefit from the 
                supportive services offered in connection with the 
                housing.
            ``(2) Tenant protections.--
                    ``(A) Lease.--The lease between a tenant and an 
                owner of housing assisted under this section shall be 
                for not less than one year, and shall contain such 
                terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine 
                to be appropriate.
                    ``(B) Termination of tenancy.--An owner may not 
                terminate the tenancy or refuse to renew the lease of a 
                tenant of a rental dwelling unit assisted under this 
                section except--
                            ``(i) for serious or repeated violation of 
                        the terms and conditions of the lease, for 
                        violation of applicable Federal, State, or 
                        local law, or for other good cause; and
                            ``(ii) by providing the tenant, not less 
                        than 30 days before such termination or refusal 
                        to renew, with written notice specifying the 
                        grounds for such action.
                    ``(C) Voluntary participation in services.--A 
                supportive service plan for housing assisted under this 
                section shall permit each resident to take 
                responsibility for choosing and acquiring their own 
                services, to receive any supportive services made 
                available directly or indirectly by the owner of such 
                housing, or to not receive any supportive services.''.
    (f) Development Cost Limitations.--Subsection (h) of section 811 is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting 
                ``Group homes'';
                    (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``various 
                types and sizes'' and inserting ``group homes'';
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (E); and
                    (D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
                subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``established pursuant 
        to paragraph (1)'' after ``cost limitation''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Applicability of home program cost limitations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The provisions of section 212(e) 
                of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(e)) and the cost limits 
                established by the Secretary pursuant to such section 
                with respect to the amount of funds under subtitle A of 
                title II of such Act that may be invested on a per unit 
                basis, shall apply to supportive housing assisted with 
                a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) and the 
                amount of funds under such subsection that may be 
                invested on a per unit basis.
                    ``(B) Waivers.--The Secretary may provide for 
                waiver of the cost limits applicable pursuant to 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) in the cases in which the cost limits 
                        established pursuant to section 212(e) of the 
                        Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
                        Act may be waived; and
                            ``(ii) to provide for--
                                    ``(I) the cost of special design 
                                features to make the housing accessible 
                                to persons with disabilities;
                                    ``(II) the cost of special design 
                                features necessary to make individual 
                                dwelling units meet the special needs 
                                of persons with disabilities; and
                                    ``(III) the cost of providing the 
                                housing in a location that is 
                                accessible to public transportation and 
                                community organizations that provide 
                                supportive services to persons with 
                                disabilities.''.
    (g) Congressional Notification of Waiver.--Section 811(k) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by adding the following after the 
        second sentence: ``Not later than the date of the exercise of 
        any waiver permitted under the previous sentence, the Secretary 
        shall notify the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
        Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services 
        of the House of Representatives of the waiver or the intention 
        to exercise the waiver, together with a detailed explanation of 
        the reason for the waiver.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4)--
                    (A) by striking ``prescribe, subject to the 
                limitation under subsection (h)(6) of this section)'' 
                and inserting ``prescribe)''; and
                    (B) by adding the following after the first 
                sentence: ``Not later than the date that the Secretary 
                prescribes a limit exceeding the 24 person limit in the 
                previous sentence, the Secretary shall notify the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the 
                House of Representatives of the limit or the intention 
                to prescribe a limit in excess of 24 persons, together 
                with a detailed explanation of the reason for the new 
                limit.''.
    (h) Minimum Allocation for Multifamily Projects.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 811(l) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) Minimum allocation for multifamily projects.--The 
        Secretary shall establish a minimum percentage of the amount 
        made available for each fiscal year for capital advances under 
        subsection (d)(1) that shall be used for multifamily projects 
        subject to subsection (e)(4).''.

SEC. 4. PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 811(b) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``is 
        authorized--'' and inserting ``is authorized to take the 
        following actions:'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) to provide tenant-based'' and 
                inserting ``(1) Tenant-based assistance.--To provide 
                tenant-based''; and
                    (B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) to provide 
        assistance'' and inserting ``(2) Capital advances.--To provide 
        assistance''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Project rental assistance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To offer additional methods of 
                financing supportive housing for non-elderly adults 
                with disabilities, the Secretary shall make funds 
                available for project rental assistance pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B) for eligible projects under 
                subparagraph (C). The Secretary shall provide for State 
                housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities 
                to apply to the Secretary for such project rental 
                assistance funds, which shall be made available by such 
                agencies and entities for dwelling units in eligible 
                projects based upon criteria established by the 
                Secretary. The Secretary may not require any State 
                housing finance agency or other entity applying for 
                such project rental assistance funds to identify in 
                such application the eligible projects for which such 
                funds will be used, and shall allow such agencies and 
                applicants to subsequently identify such eligible 
                projects pursuant to the making of commitments 
                described in subparagraph (C)(ii).
                    ``(B) Contract terms.--
                            ``(i) Contract terms.--Project rental 
                        assistance under this paragraph shall be 
                        provided--
                                    ``(I) in accordance with subsection 
                                (d)(2); and
                                    ``(II) under a contract having an 
                                initial term of not less than 180 
                                months that provides funding for a term 
                                60 months, which funding shall be 
                                renewed upon expiration, subject to the 
                                availability of sufficient amounts in 
                                appropriation Acts.
                            ``(ii) Limitation on units assisted.--Of 
                        the total number of dwelling units in any 
                        multifamily housing project containing any unit 
                        for which project rental assistance under this 
                        paragraph is provided, the aggregate number 
                        that are provided such project rental 
                        assistance, that are used for supportive 
                        housing for persons with disabilities, or to 
                        which any occupancy preference for persons with 
                        disabilities applies, may not exceed 25 percent 
                        of such total.
                            ``(iii) Prohibition of capital advances.--
                        The Secretary may not provide a capital advance 
                        under subsection (d)(1) for any project for 
                        which assistance is provided under this 
                        paragraph.
                            ``(iv) Eligible population.--Project rental 
                        assistance under this paragraph may be provided 
                        only for dwelling units for extremely low-
                        income persons with disabilities and extremely 
                        low-income households that include at least one 
                        person with a disability.
                    ``(C) Eligible projects.--An eligible project under 
                this subparagraph is a new or existing multifamily 
                housing project for which--
                            ``(i) the development costs are paid with 
                        resources from other public or private sources; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) a commitment has been made--
                                    ``(I) by the applicable State 
                                agency responsible for allocation of 
                                low-income housing tax credits under 
                                section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code 
                                of 1986, for an allocation of such 
                                credits;
                                    ``(II) by the applicable 
                                participating jurisdiction that 
                                receives assistance under the HOME 
                                Investment Partnership Act, for 
                                assistance from such jurisdiction; or
                                    ``(III) by any Federal agency or 
                                any State or local government, for 
                                funding for the project from funds from 
                                any other sources.
                    ``(D) State agency involvement.--Assistance under 
                this paragraph may be provided only for projects for 
                which the applicable State agency responsible for 
                health and human services programs, and the applicable 
                State agency designated to administer or supervise the 
                administration of the State plan for medical assistance 
                under title XIX of the Social Security Act, have 
                entered into such agreements as the Secretary considers 
                appropriate--
                            ``(i) to identify the target populations to 
                        be served by the project;
                            ``(ii) to set forth methods for outreach 
                        and referral; and
                            ``(iii) to make available appropriate 
                        services for tenants of the project.
                    ``(E) Use requirements.--In the case of any project 
                for which project rental assistance is provided under 
                this paragraph, the dwelling units assisted pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B) shall be operated for not less than 30 
                years as supportive housing for persons with 
                disabilities, in accordance with the application for 
                the project approved by the Secretary, and such 
                dwelling units shall, during such period, be made 
                available for occupancy only by persons and households 
                described in subparagraph (B)(iv).
                    ``(F) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the 
                date of the enactment of this paragraph, and again 2 
                years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
                Congress a report--
                            ``(i) describing the assistance provided 
                        under this paragraph;
                            ``(ii) analyzing the effectiveness of such 
                        assistance, including the effectiveness of such 
                        assistance compared to the assistance program 
                        for capital advances set forth under subsection 
                        (d)(1) (as in effect pursuant to the amendments 
                        made by such Act); and
                            ``(iii) making recommendations regarding 
                        future models for assistance under this 
                        section.''.

SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

    Section 811 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking ``provides'' and inserting 
                        ``makes available''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(3) promotes and facilitates community integration for 
        people with significant and long-term disabilities.'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``special'' and 
                inserting ``housing and community-based services''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) make available voluntary supportive services 
                that address the individual needs of persons with 
                disabilities occupying such housing;''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
                        comma and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``provided under'' 
        and all that follows through ``shall bear'' and inserting 
        ``provided pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall bear'';
            (4) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``receive'' and inserting ``be offered'';
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(C) evidence of the applicant's experience in--
                            ``(i) providing such supportive services; 
                        or
                            ``(ii) creating and managing structured 
                        partnerships with service providers for the 
                        delivery of appropriate community-based 
                        services;'';
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
                        ``such persons'' and all that follows through 
                        ``provision of such services'' and inserting 
                        ``tenants''; and
                            (iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 
                        ``other Federal, and'' before ``State''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``special'' and 
                inserting ``housing and community-based services'';
            (5) in subsection (g), in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated 
        by section 3(c)(1) of this Act)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated by 
                section 3(c)(2) of this Act), by striking ``the 
                necessary supportive services will be provided'' and 
                inserting ``appropriate supportive services will be 
                made available''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (E) (as so 
                redesignated by section 3(c)(2) of this Act) and 
                inserting the following:
                    ``(E) the extent to which the location and design 
                of the proposed project will facilitate the provision 
                of community-based supportive services and address 
                other basic needs of persons with disabilities, 
                including access to appropriate and accessible 
                transportation, access to community services agencies, 
                public facilities, and shopping;'';
            (6) in subsection (j)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (4); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) 
                as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
            (7) in subsection (k)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the 
                period at the end of the first sentence the following: 
                ``, which provides a separate bedroom for each tenant 
                of the residence'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the first 
                sentence, and inserting the following: ``The term 
                `person with disabilities' means a household composed 
                of one or more persons who is 18 years of age or older 
                and less than 62 years of age, and who has a 
                disability.'';
                    (C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
                following new paragraph:
            ``(3) The term `supportive housing for persons with 
        disabilities' means dwelling units that--
                    ``(A) are designed to meet the permanent housing 
                needs of very low-income persons with disabilities; and
                    ``(B) are located in housing that make available 
                supportive services that address the individual health, 
                mental health, or other needs of such persons.'';
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``a project 
                for''; and
                    (E) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) by inserting after and below 
                        subparagraph (D) the matter to be inserted by 
                        the amendment made by section 841 of the 
                        American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity 
                        Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-569; 114 Stat. 
                        3022); and
                            (ii) in the matter inserted by the 
                        amendment made by subparagraph (A) of this 
                        paragraph, by striking ``wholly owned and''; 
                        and
            (8) in subsection (l)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``subsection 
                (c)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(1)''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``subsection 
                (c)(2)'' and inserting ``subsection (d)(2)''.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Subsection (m) of section 811 is amended to read as follows:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for providing assistance pursuant to this section 
$300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.''.

SEC. 7. GAO STUDY.

    The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study 
of the supportive housing for persons with disabilities program under 
section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013) to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of such 
program in assisting households of persons with disabilities. Such 
study shall determine--
            (1) the total number of households assisted under such 
        program;
            (2) the extent to which households assisted under other 
        programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
        that provide rental assistance or rental housing would be 
        eligible to receive assistance under such section 811 program; 
        and
            (3) the extent to which households described in paragraph 
        (2) who are eligible for, but not receiving, assistance under 
        such section 811 program are receiving supportive services 
        from, or assisted by, the Department of Housing and Urban 
        Development other than through the section 811 program 
        (including under the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency 
        program) or from other sources.
Upon the completion of the study required under this section, the 
Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress setting forth 
the findings and conclusions of the 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 National Affordable 
 Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive 
                 housing for persons with disabilities.
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