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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 2672 

To authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income 

neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities, by revitalizing severely distressed housing, and investing and leveraging investments in 

well-functioning services, educational opportunities, public assets, public 

transportation, and improved access to jobs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 7, 2021 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, 

Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the Department of Housing and Urban Development to transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty 

into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access 

to economic opportunities, by revitalizing severely distressed housing, and investing and leveraging investments in well-functioning services, educational opportunities, public assets, public transportation, and improved 

access to jobs, and for other purposes. 

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. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods 

3 Initiative Act of 2021’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) AFFORDABLE HOUSING.—The term ‘‘afford7 able housing’’ includes— 

8 (A) public housing assisted under section 9 

9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

10 U.S.C. 1437g); 

11 (B) assisted housing; 

12 (C) housing assisted under an affordable 

13 housing program administered by the Secretary 

14 of Agriculture through Rural Housing Service; 

15 (D) rental housing that utilizes tax credits 

16 under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code 

17 of 1986; 

18 (E) affordable rental housing owned, devel19 oped, or assisted through a State or local gov20 ernment or State housing finance agency, in21 cluding State-assisted public housing, which is 

22 subject to a long-term affordability restriction 

23 requiring occupancy by low-income households; 

24 and 

25 (F) private housing for low- and moderate26 income households and for which the Secretary 


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1 requires the owner or purchaser of the project 

2 to maintain affordability for not less than 20 

3 years in accordance with use restrictions under 

4 regulations issued by the Secretary, which re5 strictions shall be— 

6 (i) contained in a legally enforceable 

7 document recorded in the appropriate 

8 records; and 

9 (ii) consistent with the long-term via10 bility of the project as rental or homeown11 ership housing. 

12 (2) APPLICANT.—The term ‘‘applicant’’ means 

13 an eligible entity under section 4(a) that submits an 

14 application for a grant under this Act pursuant to 

15 section 7. 

16 (3) ASSISTED HOUSING.—The term ‘‘assisted 

17 housing’’ means rental housing assisted under— 

18 (A) section 8 of the United States Housing 

19 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 

20 (B) section 221(d)(3) or 236 of the Na21 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l, 1715z– 

22 1); 

23 (C) section 202 of the Housing Act of 

24 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 


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1 (D) section 811 of Cranston-Gonzalez Na2 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 8013). 

4 (4) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORA5 TION.—The term ‘‘community development corpora6 tion’’ has the meaning given the term in section 

7 204(b) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and 

8 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent 

9 Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (12 U.S.C. 

10 1715z–11a(b)). 

11 (5) CRITICAL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS.— 

12 The term ‘‘critical community improvements’’ 

13 means— 

14 (A) development or improvement of com15 munity facilities to promote upward mobility, 

16 self-sufficiency, or improved quality of life for 

17 residents of the neighborhood, such as construc18 tion or rehabilitation of parks and community 

19 gardens, environmental improvements, or site 

20 remediation at affected sites; or 

21 (B) activities to promote economic develop22 ment, such as development or improvement of 

23 transit, retail, community financial institutions, 

24 public services, facilities, assets, or other com25 munity resources. 


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1 (6) ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; SECONDARY

2 SCHOOL.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘sec3 ondary school’’ have the meanings given those terms 

4 in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

5 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

6 (7) EXTREME POVERTY.—The term ‘‘extreme 

7 poverty’’ means, with respect to a neighborhood, 

8 that the neighborhood— 

9 (A) has a high percentage of residents who 

10 are— 

11 (i) estimated to be in poverty; or 

12 (ii) have extremely low incomes based 

13 on the most recent data collected by the 

14 Bureau of the Census; and 

15 (B) is experiencing distress related to— 

16 (i) per capita crime rates over 3 or 

17 more years that are significantly higher 

18 than the per capita crime rates of the city 

19 or county in which the neighborhood is lo20 cated; 

21 (ii) high rates of vacant, abandoned, 

22 or substandard homes relative to the city 

23 or county as a whole; 

24 (iii) a low-performing public school; or 


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1 (iv) other such factors as determined 

2 by the Secretary that further the purposes 

3 of this Act. 

4 (8) FAMILIES; PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC HOUS5 ING AGENCY.—The terms ‘‘families’’, ‘‘public hous6 ing’’, and ‘‘public housing agency’’ have the mean7 ings given those terms in section 3(b) of the United 

8 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 

9 (9) GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘grantee’’ means an 

10 eligible entity under section 4 that is awarded a 

11 grant under this Act, pursuant to selection under 

12 section 7. 

13 (10) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

14 The term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

15 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 

17 (11) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘local 

18 government’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘unit 

19 of general local government’’ in section 102(a)(1) of 

20 the Housing and Community Development Act of 

21 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)). 

22 (12) LONG-TERM VIABILITY.—The term ‘‘long23 term viability’’ means, with respect to a neighbor24 hood, that the neighborhood is sustainable on an 

25 economic, education, and environmental basis. 


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1 (13) NEIGHBORHOOD.—The term ‘‘neighbor2 hood’’ means an area that— 

3 (A) has distinguishing characteristics; 

4 (B) represents the geographical distribu5 tion of targeted populations; and 

6 (C) is not exclusive of areas that are inte7 grally related to the composition of the commu8 nity. 

9 (14) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

10 means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop11 ment. 

12 (15) SEVERELY DISTRESSED HOUSING.—The 

13 term ‘‘severely distressed housing’’ means a public 

14 or assisted housing project (or building in a project) 

15 that— 

16 (A)(i) has been certified, by an engineer or 

17 architect licensed by a State licensing board, as 

18 meeting criteria for physical distress that indi19 cate that the project requires major redesign, 

20 reconstruction, or redevelopment, or partial or 

21 total demolition, to correct serious deficiencies 

22 in the original design (including inappropriately 

23 high-population density), deferred maintenance, 

24 physical deterioration or obsolescence of major 


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1 systems, and other deficiencies in the physical 

2 plant of the project; and 

3 (ii) is a significant contributing factor to 

4 the physical decline of and disinvestment by 

5 public and private entities in the surrounding 

6 neighborhood, as documented by evidence of 

7 non-physical distress, such as extreme poverty, 

8 including census data and past surveys of 

9 neighborhood stability conducted by an appli10 cant or co-applicant or their qualified designee; 

11 or 

12 (B) was a project described in subpara13 graph (A) that has been legally vacated or de14 molished, but for which the Secretary has not 

15 yet provided replacement housing assistance 

16 other than tenant-based assistance. 

17 (16) SIGNIFICANT.—The term ‘‘significant’’ 

18 means, with respect to an amendment or change to 

19 a transformation plan, that the amendment or 

20 change— 

21 (A) changes the use of 20 percent or more 

22 of the total amount of the grant provided under 

23 this Act from use for 1 activity to use for an24 other; 


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1 (B) eliminates an activity that is a re2 quired activity that, notwithstanding the 

3 change, would otherwise be carried out under 

4 the plan; or 

5 (C) significantly changes the scope, loca6 tion, or beneficiaries of the project carried out 

7 under the plan. 

8 (17) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘sup9 portive services’’ includes all activities that will pro10 mote upward mobility, self-sufficiency, or improved 

11 quality of life, including— 

12 (A) such activities as literacy training, re13 medial and continuing education, job training, 

14 financial literacy instruction, daycare, youth 

15 services, aging-in-place, physical and mental 

16 health services, and other programs for which 

17 such residents demonstrate need; 

18 (B) case management and service coordi19 nation services, including providing coordinators 

20 for the Family Self-Sufficiency program under 

21 section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 

22 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u) and the Resident Op23 portunity and Supportive Services program 

24 under section 34 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 1437z–6); and 


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1 (C) technical assistance to enable residents 

2 to access programs from other key agencies and 

3 local service providers in order to help residents 

4 be stably housed, improve outcomes for chil5 dren, and enhance adults’ capacity for self-suf6 ficiency and economic security, and services for 

7 the elderly and persons with disabilities to 

8 maintain independence. 

9 SEC. 3. GRANT AUTHORITY. 

10 The Secretary may make competitive grants to eligi11 ble entities that submit transformation plans for eligible 

12 neighborhoods that will further the purposes of this Act 

13 in eligible neighborhoods. 

14 SEC. 4. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

15 (a) PRIMARY APPLICANTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this Act may 

17 be made only to a local government, a public housing 

18 agency, or a nonprofit entity that owns a major 

19 housing project that is proposed to be assisted under 

20 a grant under this Act, either as a sole applicant or 

21 as a co-applicant with another local government or 

22 public housing agency or with an entity specified in 

23 subsection (b). 

24 (2) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—A nonprofit entity 

25 may be a sole applicant under paragraph (1) only if 


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1 the application has the support of a local govern2 ment. 

3 (b) CO-APPLICANTS.— 

4 (1) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORA5 TIONS.—A community development corporation may, 

6 at the request of an entity specified in subsection 

7 (a), be a co-applicant for a grant under this Act. 

8 (2) FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES.—A for-profit entity 

9 that owns a major housing project that is proposed 

10 to be assisted under a grant under this Act made in 

11 fiscal year 2022 or thereafter and that has an estab12 lished presence in the community may be a co-appli13 cant for a grant under this Act. 

14 (3) REQUIRED CO-APPLICANTS.—A grant under 

15 this Act may not be made for an application that 

16 will involve transformation of a major public housing 

17 project unless the public housing agency having ju18 risdiction with respect to the project is the sole ap19 plicant or a co-applicant for the application. 

20 (c) PARTNERS.—Nothing in this section may be con21 strued to limit the ability of an applicant to partner with 

22 any entity in carrying out activities with a grant under 

23 this Act. 


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1 SEC. 5. ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS. 

2 A grant under this Act may be made only for activi3 ties to be conducted in neighborhoods that have— 

4 (1) a concentration of extreme poverty; and 

5 (2) housing that is severely distressed housing. 

6 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from a grant under this 

8 Act may be used only for transformational programs and 

9 activities in accordance with a transformation plan ap10 proved under section 7 that will further the purposes of 

11 this Act. 

12 (b) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Each transformation 

13 plan submitted pursuant to section 7 and implemented by 

14 a grantee under this Act shall include the following activi15 ties: 

16 (1) The transformation of housing through re17 habilitation, preservation, or demolition and replace18 ment of severely distressed housing projects, expan19 sion of affordable housing opportunities, or any com20 bination thereof, which may incorporate energy-effi21 cient design principles. 

22 (2) The one-for-one replacement of any public 

23 and assisted housing units demolished or disposed of 

24 in accordance with the requirements under section 9. 


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1 (3) Activities that promote economic self-suffi2 ciency of residents of the revitalized housing and of 

3 the surrounding neighborhood. 

4 (4) Activities that preserve affordable housing 

5 in the neighborhood and other activities necessary to 

6 ensure that existing public and assisted housing resi7 dents have access to the benefits of the neighbor8 hood transformation. 

9 (5) Activities that demonstrate that each resi10 dent of housing assisted by the grant who is dis11 placed by the transformation plan and who wishes to 

12 return to the revitalized on-site housing in the neigh13 borhood or to replacement housing outside of the 

14 neighborhood, can return, and shall be provided a 

15 preference in accordance with the program require16 ments under section 8. 

17 (6) Activities that meet the program require18 ments for replacement of housing units under sec19 tion 9. 

20 (7) Activities that meet the fair housing pro21 gram requirements under section 10(a) and the ac22 cessibility requirements under section 10(b). 

23 (8) Appropriate service coordination and sup24 portive services. 


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1 (9) Resident involvement, as described in sec2 tion 8, in planning and implementation of the trans3 formation plan, including reasonable steps to help 

4 ensure meaningful participation for residents who, 

5 as a result of their national origin, are limited in 

6 their English language proficiency. 

7 (10) Monitoring, under section 8(g), of resi8 dents relocated during redevelopment throughout the 

9 term of the grant or until full occupancy of replace10 ment housing, whichever is completed later. 

11 (11) Relocation assistance, including tenant12 based rental assistance renewable under section 8 of 

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

14 1437f), mobility or relocation counseling over mul15 tiple years, reasonable moving costs, and security de16 posits. 

17 (12) Establishment of links to local education 

18 efforts, as described in subsection (c)(3). 

19 (13) Activities to comply with section 3 of the 

20 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 

21 U.S.C. 1701u). 

22 (c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Amounts from a grant 

23 under this Act may be used for the following activities: 

24 (1) Construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation 

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1 ciency improvements and sustainable design features 

2 for that housing. 

3 (2) Acquisition or disposition of residential 

4 properties, including properties subject to a mort5 gage previously insured, and foreclosed upon, by the 

6 Federal Housing Administration, and demolition. 

7 (3) Outreach to local educators, and engaging 

8 in local community planning, to help increase access 

9 to educational opportunities, a continuum of effec10 tive community services, and strong family supports, 

11 and to improve the educational and life outcomes 

12 that have a significant benefit to residents of hous13 ing assisted under this Act, including children and 

14 youth and, as appropriate, for adult residents, in15 cluding the elderly or persons with disabilities. 

16 (4) Providing supportive services that have a 

17 significant benefit to residents of housing assisted 

18 under this Act, primarily focused on services de19 scribed in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 

20 2(17). 

21 (5) Rehabilitation and physical improvement of 

22 community facilities that are primarily intended to 

23 facilitate the delivery of community and supportive 

24 services that have a significant benefit to residents 


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1 of housing assisted by the grant and residents of off2 site replacement housing. 

3 (6) Work incentives designed to help low-income 

4 residents assisted by the housing under this Act ac5 cess jobs and move toward self-sufficiency. 

6 (7) Partnering with employers and for-profit 

7 and nonprofit organizations to create jobs and job 

8 training opportunities that have a significant benefit 

9 to residents of housing assisted under this Act. 

10 (8) Activities that promote sustainable housing 

11 by incorporating principles of sustainable design and 

12 development, including energy efficiency. 

13 (9) Critical community improvements under14 taken at sites that are adjacent to, or in the imme15 diate vicinity of, housing assisted under this Act. 

16 (10) Loss reserves to protect residents of hous17 ing assisted by the grant and continue the project in 

18 the case of default, foreclosure, or any other adverse 

19 financial event. 

20 (d) ADDITIONAL PLAN.—The Secretary shall require 

21 any grantee under this Act that will provide benefits under 

22 paragraph (3), (4), (5), or (7) of subsection (c) to any 

23 residents who are not living in housing assisted with a 

24 grant under this Act to submit to the Secretary a plan 

25 identifying how such services will be provided. 


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1 (e) ELIGIBLE METHODS OF SUPPORT.—Activities 

2 carried out with amounts from a grant under this Act may 

3 be carried out through— 

4 (1) endowments or revolving loan funds; or 

5 (2) land assembly, land banking, and other ac6 tivities, except that no amounts made available for 

7 use under this Act may be used to acquire any prop8 erty by means of the exercise of the power of emi9 nent domain. 

10 (f) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.— 

11 (1) SCHOOL BUILDINGS.—No amounts from 

12 grant under this Act may be used for construction 

13 or rehabilitation of an elementary school or sec14 ondary school or an institution of higher education, 

15 except that such amounts may be used to construct 

16 common infrastructure that is shared by such a 

17 school or institution and by housing assisted under 

18 this Act, or community facilities authorized under 

19 subsection (c)(5), but only if costs are shared on a 

20 pro rata basis and the grantee certifies, and the Sec21 retary determines, that such use of funds will not 

22 promote or further segregation. 

23 (2) NON-HOUSING ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORTIVE

24 SERVICES.—For each grant under this Act, the 


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1 grantee shall comply with each of the following re2 quirements: 

3 (A) Of the amount of the grant, not more 

4 than 25 percent may be used for eligible activi5 ties under paragraphs (3) through (9) of sub6 section (c). 

7 (B) Of the amount of the grant, not more 

8 than 5 percent may be used for eligible activi9 ties under paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection 

10 (c). 

11 (3) CONSULTATION.—With respect to activities 

12 assisted pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary 

13 shall consult with the Secretary of Labor, the Sec14 retary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary 

15 of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec16 retary of Education, and the Attorney General in 

17 identifying funding resources that may be provided 

18 to supplement amounts from grants under this Act. 

19 SEC. 7. SUBMISSION AND SELECTION OF TRANS20 FORMATION PLANS. 

21 (a) TRANSFORMATION PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—To 

22 be eligible for a grant under this Act, an eligible entity 

23 shall submit to the Secretary, at such time in accordance 

24 with procedures as the Secretary shall prescribe, an appli25 cation in the form of a transformation plan that— 


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1 (1) demonstrates how the transformation plan 

2 will achieve the desired priority outcomes of trans3 forming a distressed neighborhood of extreme pov4 erty into a mixed-income neighborhood with high 

5 quality, safe, and affordable housing (including the 

6 one-for-one replacement of any public or assisted 

7 housing units demolished or disposed of under the 

8 transformation plan), economic opportunities, well9 functioning services, public assets, access to jobs, 

10 public transportation, and effective education pro11 grams and public schools, including charter schools 

12 and other autonomous public schools; 

13 (2) demonstrates how the required activities 

14 under section 6(b) will be carried out, including a 

15 detailed description of the housing transformation 

16 activities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sec17 tion; 

18 (3) describes the other eligible activities under 

19 section 6(c) that will be carried out in support of the 

20 housing transformation; 

21 (4) defines desired outcomes of the strategy, 

22 how residents of housing assisted under this Act will 

23 benefit, describes the challenges they face, and the 

24 evidence base that informs the proposed strategies 


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1 that will result in the desired outcomes for the com2 munity and residents; 

3 (5) includes a long-term affordability plan, de4 veloped in collaboration with residents of the public 

5 and assisted housing assisted under this Act, that 

6 describes how the grantee will maintain affordable 

7 housing in the neighborhood over the next 50 years 

8 or longer, including affordability provisions relating 

9 to dwelling units provided using assistance under the 

10 grant under this Act, and an agreement by the ap11 plicant to update the plan every 5 years during such 

12 period; and 

13 (6) includes such other information as the Sec14 retary shall, by regulation, prescribe. 

15 (b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall es16 tablish criteria for the award of grants under this Act, 

17 with the greatest consideration given to applicant and 

18 neighborhood need as identified in section 5, and which 

19 shall include the extent to which the transformation 

20 plan— 

21 (1) demonstrates the ability of the plan to fur22 ther the purposes of this Act; 

23 (2) demonstrates inclusive local planning with 

24 input from local governments, housing owners and 

25 providers, educators, residents of housing assisted 


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1 under this Act, local community organizations, pub2 lic schools, early learning in programs, health service 

3 organizations, and community stakeholders in the 

4 development and implementation of a sustainable re5 vitalization program; 

6 (3) includes efforts to coordinate multiple fund7 ing resources, including public, private, and philan8 thropic funding, and emphasizes collaboration be9 tween local governments, early learning programs 

10 and public schools, or a public housing agency, or all 

11 3; 

12 (4) includes current data showing that the 

13 neighborhood targeted for revitalization is in need of 

14 and can benefit from the authorized activities de15 scribed in section 6 and proposed in the trans16 formation plan; 

17 (5) demonstrates the capability and record of 

18 the applicant and the partners of the applicant for 

19 managing housing redevelopment or modernization 

20 projects, successfully working with public and as21 sisted housing residents during the planning and re22 design process, and meeting performance bench23 marks; 

24 (6) demonstrates that sustainable building and 

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1 will be incorporated in the activities conducted pur2 suant to the plan; 

3 (7) demonstrates that the applicant has plans 

4 to have, within a reasonable time, improved access 

5 to public transportation in the neighborhood that 

6 provides access to economic opportunities and com7 mercial and public services; 

8 (8) demonstrates that the residents of revital9 ized housing developments will have, to the extent 

10 possible, improved access to high-quality educational 

11 opportunities, including early learning and effective 

12 elementary and secondary public schools, in or out13 side of the neighborhood; 

14 (9) demonstrates that the transformation plan 

15 includes the provision of appropriate supportive serv16 ices and activities that promote economic self-suffi17 ciency of residents of housing assisted under the 

18 grant, and a plan to sustain those services; 

19 (10) demonstrates that the transformation plan 

20 provides support for residents displaced as a result 

21 of the revitalization of the project, including assist22 ance in obtaining housing in areas with low con23 centrations of poverty in a manner that does not in24 crease racial segregation; 


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1 (11) demonstrates that sufficient housing op2 portunities are available in the neighborhood to be 

3 revitalized and in low-poverty areas to accommodate 

4 displaced residents, in a manner that does not in5 crease racial segregation; 

6 (12) includes a well-documented assessment of 

7 the number of households with special needs for on8 going supportive services residing in the public or 

9 assisted housing properties that are the target of the 

10 grant and an effective plan to address those needs; 

11 (13) demonstrates the compliance with the re12 quirements of section 9, regarding one-for-one re13 placement of public and assisted housing units; 

14 (14) demonstrates how the applicant will use 

15 indicators of housing redevelopment, neighborhood 

16 quality, resident well-being, and other outcomes to 

17 measure success, manage program implementation, 

18 and engage stakeholders, consistent with require19 ments established by the Secretary; 

20 (15) demonstrates, if feasible, phased redevelop21 ment that provides for demolition and construction 

22 of dwelling units in phases, to limit disruptions to 

23 residents; 

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1 tion of severely distressed housing, improved access 

2 to economic opportunities, improved investment and 

3 leveraging in well-functioning services, and improved 

4 education programs, public assets, public transpor5 tation and access to jobs; and 

6 (17) demonstrates compliance with any other 

7 factors and priorities that further the purposes of 

8 this Act, as the Secretary may, by regulation, pre9 scribe. 

10 SEC. 8. RIGHT OF RESIDENTS TO RETURN; RELOCATION. 

11 (a) DETERMINATION OF RESIDENT PREF12 ERENCES.—An applicant shall, not later than 30 days be13 fore submitting an application to the Secretary for a grant 

14 under this Act— 

15 (1) hold a community meeting and provide in16 formation to all residents who occupy a dwelling unit 

17 in public housing or assisted housing subject to the 

18 transformation plan of— 

19 (A) the intent of the applicant to submit 

20 an application for a grant under this Act; 

21 (B) their right to return and relocation 

22 housing options; and 

23 (C) all planned replacement housing units; 

24 and 


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1 (2) solicit from each resident information re2 garding the desire of the resident to return to the 

3 replacement housing units constructed upon the 

4 original public or assisted housing location, interest 

5 in moving to other neighborhoods or communities, or 

6 interest in retaining a voucher for rental assistance. 

7 (b) RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each transformation plan 

9 assisted under this Act shall provide opportunities 

10 for the active involvement and participation of, and 

11 consultation with, residents of the public and as12 sisted housing that is subject to the transformation 

13 plan during the planning process for the trans14 formation plan, including prior to submission of the 

15 application, and during all phases of the planning 

16 and implementation, which opportunities— 

17 (A) may include participation of members 

18 of any resident council or tenant organization, 

19 but may not be limited to those members; and 

20 (B) shall include— 

21 (i) all segments of the population of 

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1 employed adults, teenage youth, and dis2 abled persons; and 

3 (ii) a process that provides oppor4 tunity for comment on specific proposals 

5 for redevelopment, any demolition and dis6 position involved, and any proposed signifi7 cant amendments or changes to the trans8 formation plan. 

9 (2) PUBLIC MEETING.—The Secretary may not 

10 make a grant under this Act to an applicant unless 

11 the applicant has convened and conducted a public 

12 meeting regarding the transformation plan, includ13 ing the one-for-one replacement to occur under the 

14 plan, not later than 30 days before submission of the 

15 application for the grant under this section for the 

16 plan, at a time and location that is convenient for 

17 residents of the public and assisted housing subject 

18 to the plan. 

19 (3) SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES

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1 tion that is convenient for residents of the pub2 lic and assisted housing subject to the plan and 

3 has provided each household occupying a dwell4 ing unit in the public and assisted housing with 

5 written notice of the meeting not less than 10 

6 days before such meeting; 

7 (B) after the meeting held under subpara8 graph (A), the applicant consults with the 

9 households occupying dwelling units in the pub10 lic and assisted housing that are subject to, or 

11 to be subject to the plan, and the agency sub12 mits a report to the Secretary describing the re13 sults of the consultation; and 

14 (C) the Secretary approves the significant 

15 amendment or change. 

16 (c) RIGHT TO RETURN.—The Secretary may not ap17 prove a transformation plan under this Act unless the plan 

18 provides that each resident of public or assisted housing 

19 displaced by activities under the transformation plan who 

20 wishes to return to the on-site or off-site replacement 

21 housing provided under the plan may return if the resi22 dent— 

23 (1) was in compliance with the lease at the time 

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1 (2) would be eligible, as of the time of the re2 turn, for occupancy under the eligibility, screening, 

3 and occupancy standards, policies, or practices appli4 cable to the housing from which the resident was 

5 displaced, as in effect at the time of displacement. 

6 (d) RELOCATION, NOTICE, APPLICATION FOR

7 VOUCHERS, AND DATA.—All relocation activities resulting 

8 from, or that will result from, demolition, disposition, or 

9 both demolition and disposition, to be carried out under 

10 a transformation plan relating to a grant under this Act 

11 shall be subject to the following requirements: 

12 (1) UNIFORM RELOCATION AND REAL PROP13 ERTY ACQUISITION ACT.—The Uniform Relocation 

14 and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 

15 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) shall apply. To the extent 

16 the provisions of this subsection and such Act con17 flict, the provisions that provide greater protection 

18 to residents displaced by the demolition, disposition, 

19 or demolition and disposition, shall apply. 

20 (2) RELOCATION PLAN.—The applicant shall 

21 submit to the Secretary, together with the applica22 tion for a grant under this Act, a relocation plan 

23 providing for the relocation of residents occupying 

24 the public or assisted housing for which the demoli25 tion or disposition is proposed, which shall include— 


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1 (A) a statement of the estimated number 

2 of vouchers for rental assistance under section 

3 8 that will be needed for such relocation; 

4 (B) identification of the location of the re5 placement dwelling units that will be made 

6 available for permanent occupancy; and 

7 (C) a statement of whether any temporary, 

8 off-site relocation of any residents is necessary 

9 and a description of the plans for such reloca10 tion. 

11 (3) NOTICE UPON APPROVAL OF APPLICA12 TION.—Within a reasonable time after notice to the 

13 applicant of the approval of an application for a 

14 grant under this section, the applicant shall provide 

15 notice in writing, in plain and non-technical lan16 guage, to the residents of the public and assisted 

17 housing subject to the approved transformation plan 

18 that— 

19 (A) states that the application and trans20 formation plan has been approved; 

21 (B) describes the process involved to relo22 cate the residents, including a statement that 

23 the residents may not be relocated until the 

24 conditions set forth in section 10 have been 

25 met; 


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1 (C) provides information regarding reloca2 tion options; and 

3 (D) advises residents of the availability of 

4 relocation counseling as required in paragraph 

5 (7). 

6 (4) NOTICE BEFORE RELOCATION.—Except in 

7 cases of a substantial and imminent threat to health 

8 or safety, not later than 90 days before the date on 

9 which residents will be relocated, the grantee shall 

10 provide notice in writing, in plain and non-technical 

11 language, to each family residing in a public or as12 sisted housing project that is subject to an approved 

13 transformation plan, and in accordance with such 

14 guidelines as the Secretary may issue governing such 

15 notifications, that— 

16 (A) the public or assisted housing project 

17 will be demolished or disposed of; 

18 (B) the demolition of the building in which 

19 the family resides will not commence until each 

20 resident of the building is relocated; and 

21 (C) if temporary, off-site relocation is nec22 essary, each family displaced by the action shall 

23 be offered comparable housing— 

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1 (ii) that is located in an area that is 

2 generally not less desirable than the loca3 tion of the housing of the displaced family, 

4 which shall include not less than 1 unit lo5 cated in an area of low poverty or 1 unit 

6 located within the neighborhood of the 

7 original public or assisted housing site; 

8 (iii) that is identified and available to 

9 the family; and 

10 (iv) which shall include— 

11 (I) tenant-based assistance, ex12 cept that the requirement under this 

13 subparagraph regarding offering of 

14 comparable housing shall be fulfilled 

15 by use of tenant-based assistance only 

16 upon the relocation of the family into 

17 such housing; 

18 (II) project-based assistance; 

19 (III) occupancy in a unit oper20 ated or assisted by the public housing 

21 agency or the owner of the assisted 

22 project demolished or disposed of 

23 under this section, at a rental rate 

24 paid by the family that is comparable 

25 to the rental rate applicable to the 


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1 unit from which the family is relo2 cated; or 

3 (IV) other comparable housing. 

4 (5) SEARCH PERIOD.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

6 other provision of law, in the case of a house7 hold that is provided tenant-based assistance 

8 for relocation of the household under this sec9 tion, the period during which the household 

10 may lease a dwelling unit using that assistance 

11 shall not be shorter in duration than the 150- 

12 day period that begins at the time a comparable 

13 replacement unit is made available to the fam14 ily. 

15 (B) EXTENSION.—If a household is unable 

16 to lease a dwelling unit using the assistance de17 scribed in subparagraph (A) during the period 

18 described in that subparagraph, the grantee 

19 shall— 

20 (i) extend the period during which the 

21 household may lease a dwelling unit using 

22 the assistance; or 

23 (ii) at the request of the resident, pro24 vide the resident with the next available 

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1 parable housing unit for which project2 based assistance is provided. 

3 (6) PAYMENT OF RELOCATION EXPENSES.— 

4 The grantee shall provide for the payment of the ac5 tual and reasonable relocation expenses, including 

6 security deposits, of each resident to be displaced 

7 and any other relocation expenses as are required by 

8 the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Prop9 erty Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 

10 4601 et seq.). 

11 (7) COMPREHENSIVE RELOCATION COUN12 SELING.—The grantee shall provide all advisory pro13 grams and services as required by the Uniform Relo14 cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 

15 Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) and 

16 counseling for residents who are displaced that 

17 shall— 

18 (A) fully inform residents to be displaced 

19 of all relocation options, which may include re20 locating to housing in a neighborhood with a 

21 lower concentration of poverty than their cur22 rent residence, a neighborhood where relocation 

23 will not increase racial segregation, or remain24 ing in the current neighborhood; and 


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1 (B) include providing school options for 

2 children and comprehensive housing search as3 sistance for households that receive a voucher 

4 for tenant-based assistance. 

5 (8) TIMING OF DEMOLITION OR DISPOSITION.— 

6 The grantee shall not commence demolition or com7 plete disposition of a building subject to the ap8 proved transformation plan until all residents resid9 ing in the building are relocated. 

10 (9) TIMING OF RELOCATION.—The applicant 

11 shall not commence relocation before approval by the 

12 Secretary of the transformation plan providing for 

13 the demolition or disposition, unless the applicant 

14 generally relocates residents in accordance with this 

15 section, as determined by the Secretary, except in 

16 the case of a substantial and imminent threat to 

17 health or safety. 

18 (e) MONITORING OF DISPLACED HOUSEHOLDS.— 

19 (1) GRANTEE RESPONSIBILITIES.—To facilitate 

20 compliance with the requirement under subsection 

21 (a) (relating to right of residents to return), the Sec22 retary shall, by regulation, require each grantee of 

23 a grant under this section, during the period of the 

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1 until all funding under the grant has been ex2 pended— 

3 (A) to maintain a current address of resi4 dence and contact information for each house5 hold affected by the transformation plan who 

6 was occupying a dwelling unit in the housing 

7 that is subject to the plan; and 

8 (B) to provide such updated information to 

9 the Secretary on at least a quarterly basis. 

10 (2) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary may not 

11 close out any grant made under this section before 

12 the grantee has certified to the Secretary that the 

13 agency has complied with subsection (a) (relating to 

14 right of residents to return) with respect to each 

15 resident displaced as a result of the transformation 

16 plan, including providing occupancy in a replacement 

17 dwelling unit for each resident who requested such 

18 a unit in accordance with such subsection. 

19 (f) PREFERENCE.—A returning resident shall be pro20 vided a preference for occupancy of on-site or off-site re21 placement units before those units are made available for 

22 occupancy by any other eligible households, or the resident 

23 may choose to retain tenant-based voucher assistance pro24 vided under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 

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1 erties revitalized under a transformation plan assisted 

2 with a grant under this Act. 

3 (g) PROHIBITION ON RE-SCREENING.—A public 

4 housing agency or any other manager of on-site or off5 site replacement housing shall not, through the application 

6 of any additional eligibility, screening, occupancy, or other 

7 policy or practice, prevent any person otherwise eligible 

8 under subsection (a) from occupying a replacement hous9 ing unit. 

10 SEC. 9. ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC AND AS11 SISTED HOUSING DWELLING UNITS. 

12 (a) ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC OR AS13 SISTED HOUSING UNITS.—The Secretary may not ap14 prove a transformation plan that provides for dwelling 

15 units to be demolished or disposed of unless the plan pro16 vides as follows: 

17 (1) REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE EACH UNIT.— 

18 One hundred percent of the public and assisted 

19 housing dwelling units and units described in section 

20 2(1)(E) that are demolished or disposed of pursuant 

21 to the transformation plan shall be replaced with a 

22 newly constructed, rehabilitated, or purchased public 

23 or assisted housing unit or with a newly constructed, 

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1 ments regarding eligibility for occupancy, tenant 

2 contribution toward rent, and long-term affordability 

3 restrictions that are consistent with such require4 ments for public and assisted housing dwelling units 

5 or for State units, as applicable, except that sub6 paragraphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the 

7 United States Housing Act of 1936 (relating to per8 centage limitation and income mixing requirement of 

9 project-based assistance) shall not apply with respect 

10 to vouchers used to comply with the requirements of 

11 this paragraph. 

12 (2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Admission to, ad13 ministration of, and eviction from replacement hous14 ing units that replaced public housing units, but 

15 that are not public housing dwelling units, shall be 

16 subject to the following provisions to the same ex17 tent as public housing dwelling units: 

18 (A) Section 578 of the Quality Housing 

19 and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 

20 U.S.C. 13663; relating to ineligibility of dan21 gerous sex offenders). 

22 (B) Section 16(f) of the United States 

23 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f); re24 lating to ineligibility of certain drug offenders). 


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1 (C) Sections 20 and 21 of the United 

2 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437r, 

3 1437s; relating to resident management). 

4 (D) Section 25 of the United States Hous5 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437w; relating to 

6 transfer of management at request of resi7 dents). 

8 (E) Section 6(k) of the United States 

9 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(k); re10 lating to administrative grievance procedure). 

11 (F) Section 6(f) of the United States 

12 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(f); re13 lating to housing quality requirements). 

14 (G) Part 964 of title 24, Code of Federal 

15 Regulations (relating to tenant participation 

16 and opportunities). 

17 (3) RETENTION OF RIGHTS.—Tenants occu18 pying a replacement housing unit shall have all 

19 rights provided to tenants of the housing from which 

20 the tenants were relocated. 

21 (4) SIZE.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Replacement units shall 

23 be of comparable size, unless a market analysis 

24 shows a need for other-sized units, in which 

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1 (B) BEDROOMS.—The number of bed2 rooms within each replacement unit shall be 

3 sufficient to serve families displaced as a result 

4 of the demolition or disposition. 

5 (5) LOCATION ON SITE.—At least one-third of 

6 all replacement units for public and assisted housing 

7 units demolished shall be public or assisted housing 

8 units constructed within the immediate area of the 

9 original public or assisted housing location, unless 

10 the Secretary determines that— 

11 (A) construction on the location would re12 sult in the violation of a consent decree; or 

13 (B) the land on which the public and as14 sisted housing is located is environmentally un15 safe or geologically unstable. 

16 (6) LOCATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.—Any 

17 replacement housing units provided in addition to 

18 dwelling units provided pursuant to paragraph (5) 

19 shall— 

20 (A) be provided in areas within the neigh21 borhood, except that if rebuilding the units 

22 within the neighborhood is not feasible, units 

23 shall be provided within the jurisdiction of the 

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1 (i) in a manner that furthers the eco2 nomic and educational opportunities for 

3 residents; and 

4 (ii) in areas offering access to public 

5 transportation; and 

6 (B) have access to social, recreational, edu7 cational, commercial, and health facilities and 

8 services, including municipal services and facili9 ties, that are comparable to services provided to 

10 the revitalized neighborhood from which resi11 dents were displaced. 

12 (7) LOCATION OUTSIDE OF JURISDICTION.—If 

13 rebuilding replacement housing units within the ju14 risdiction, in a manner that complies with the re15 quirements of clauses (i) through (iv) of subpara16 graph (A) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) 

17 is not feasible, units may be provided outside of the 

18 jurisdiction of the public housing agency, but within 

19 the metropolitan area of such jurisdiction, pro20 vided— 

21 (A) the grantee requests, and the public 

22 housing agency or local government in which 

23 such units shall be located, agrees to such 

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1 (B) the units shall comply with the re2 quirements of clauses (i) through (iv) of sub3 paragraph (A) and subparagraph (B) of para4 graph (6). 

5 (b) WAIVER.— 

6 (1) AUTHORITY.—Upon the written request of 

7 an applicant for a grant under this Act submitted as 

8 part of the transformation plan pursuant to section 

9 7, the Secretary may reduce the percentage applica10 ble under subsection (a)(1) to the transformation 

11 plan of the applicant to not less than 90 percent, 

12 but only if— 

13 (A) a judgment, consent decree, or other 

14 order of a court limits the ability of the appli15 cant to comply with such requirements; or 

16 (B) the applicant demonstrates that there 

17 is an excess supply of affordable rental housing 

18 in areas of low poverty and provides data show19 ing that, in the area surrounding the revitalized 

20 neighborhood— 

21 (i) not less than 90 percent of vouch22 ers issued under section 8(o) of the United 

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

24 1437f(o)) over the last 24 months to com25 parable families were successfully used to 


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1 lease a dwelling unit within 120 days of 

2 issuance or, if a sufficient number of com3 parable families have not received vouch4 ers, an alternative measure, as the Sec5 retary shall design, is met; 

6 (ii) existing voucher holders are widely 

7 dispersed geographically in areas of low 

8 poverty with access to public transpor9 tation, education, and other amenities, as 

10 determined by the Secretary, among the 

11 available private rental housing stock; and 

12 (iii) the applicant provides a market 

13 analysis demonstrating that— 

14 (I) there is a relatively high va15 cancy rate among units that would 

16 meet or exceed housing quality stand17 ards, as determined by the Secretary, 

18 within the market area with rent and 

19 utility costs not exceeding the applica20 ble payment standard under section 

21 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 

22 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)); and 

23 (II) the high vacancy rate within 

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1 SEC. 10. OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

2 (a) FAIR HOUSING.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—The demolition or disposi4 tion, relocation, replacement, and re-occupancy of 

5 housing units in connection with a grant under this 

6 Act shall be carried out in a manner that affirma7 tively furthers fair housing, as required by section 

8 808(e) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

9 3608(e)). 

10 (2) MARKETING AND OUTREACH.—Grantees 

11 shall adopt affirmative marketing procedures, and 

12 require affirmative marketing activities of project 

13 owners and managers, which shall be targeted to 

14 those who are least likely to apply for the housing, 

15 to ensure that all persons regardless of their race, 

16 color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or fa17 milial status are aware of the housing opportunities 

18 in each project funded with a grant under this Act. 

19 (b) ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—All new con20 struction and alterations of existing buildings carried out 

21 in connection with a grant under this Act shall comply 

22 with the requirements of the section 504 of Rehabilitation 

23 Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Accessibility Standards 

24 for Design, Construction, and Alteration of Publicly 

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1 Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, 

2 the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and any 

3 other requirements as determined by the Secretary. 

4 (c) AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT.—Amounts from 

5 a grant under this Act may not be used for assistance 

6 for any housing property unless the owner of the property 

7 assisted agrees to a period of affordability for the property 

8 which shall be not shorter than the period of affordability 

9 to which the property is already subject and remains sub10 ject, or 20 years, whichever is longer. 

11 (d) COST LIMITS.—Subject to the provisions of this 

12 Act, the Secretary shall establish cost limits on eligible ac13 tivities under this Act sufficient to provide for effective 

14 transformation programs. 

15 (e) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For purposes of en16 vironmental review, assistance and projects under this Act 

17 shall be— 

18 (1) treated as assistance for special projects 

19 that are subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily 

20 Housing Property Disposition Reform Act of 1994 

21 (42 U.S.C. 3547(c)); and 

22 (2) subject to the regulations issued by the Sec23 retary to implement such section. 

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1 uses of all amounts expended and other information for 

2 transformation plans for the annual report of the Sec3 retary to Congress or other purposes as determined by the 

4 Secretary. 

5 SEC. 11. DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION. 

6 (a) INAPPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLI7 TION AND DISPOSITION REQUIREMENTS TO TRANS8 FORMATION PLAN.—The demolition or disposition of se9 verely distressed public housing pursuant to a trans10 formation plan approved under this Act shall be exempt 

11 from the provisions of section 18 of the United States 

12 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p). 

13 (b) APPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLI14 TION AND DISPOSITION REQUIREMENTS TO REPLACE15 MENT PUBLIC HOUSING.—Nothing in this Act may be 

16 construed to exempt any replacement public housing 

17 dwelling units provided under a transformation plan in ac18 cordance with the requirements under section 8 (relating 

19 to one-for-one replacement of public housing dwelling 

20 units) from the provisions of section 18 of the United 

21 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p). 

22 SEC. 12. PHASE-SPECIFIC UNDERWRITING. 

23 To the extent that a transformation plan provides for 

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1 the various phases of the plan to be underwritten on a 

2 separate basis. 

3 SEC. 13. ADMINISTRATION BY OTHER ENTITIES. 

4 The Secretary may require a grantee under this Act 

5 to make arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary for 

6 use of an entity other than the original grantee to carry 

7 out activities assisted under the transformation plan of the 

8 grantee, if— 

9 (1) the original grantee has failed to meet per10 formance benchmarks relating to implementation of 

11 the transformation plan; and 

12 (2) the Secretary determines that the action 

13 will help to effectuate the purposes of this Act. 

14 SEC. 14. WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDING. 

15 If a grantee under this Act does not proceed within 

16 a reasonable timeframe in implementing the trans17 formation plan of the grantee or does not otherwise com18 ply with the requirements of this Act and the grant agree19 ment, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary 

20 may— 

21 (1) withdraw any grant amounts under this Act 

22 that have not been obligated by the grantee; and 

23 (2) redistribute any withdrawn amounts to 1 or 

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1 transformation plan of the original grantee, or as 

2 such plan may be modified and approved by the Sec3 retary, or, if that is not feasible, to 1 or more other 

4 applicants that have already received assistance 

5 under this Act. 

6 SEC. 15. ANNUAL REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF 

7 GRANT INFORMATION. 

8 (a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not less than 90 days before 

9 the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall sub10 mit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

11 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 

12 Services of the House of Representatives a report on the 

13 implementation and status of grants awarded under this 

14 Act, which shall include— 

15 (1) the number, type, and cost of affordable 

16 housing units revitalized pursuant to this Act; 

17 (2) the amount and type of financial assistance 

18 provided under and in conjunction with this Act, in19 cluding a specification of the amount and type of as20 sistance provided for educational opportunities, serv21 ices, public assets, public transportation, and access 

22 to jobs; 

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1 and the larger communities within which they are lo2 cated; 

3 (4) all information submitted to the Secretary 

4 pursuant to section 8(e)(1) by all grantees and sum5 maries of the extent of compliance by grantees with 

6 the requirements under subsections (a) and (g) of 

7 section 8; and 

8 (5) any information related to grantees imple9 mentation of the requirements under section 9 (re10 lating to one-for-one replacement of public housing 

11 dwelling units) and the efforts of the Secretary to 

12 coordinate funding pursuant to section 6(e)(3). 

13 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GRANT INFORMA14 TION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—To the extent not incon16 sistent with any other provisions of law, the Sec17 retary shall make publicly available through a 

18 website of the Department of Housing and Urban 

19 Development all documents of, or filed with, the De20 partment relating to the program under this Act, in21 cluding applications, grant agreements, plans, budg22 ets, reports, and amendments to those documents. 

23 (2) PRIVACY.—In carrying out this subsection, 

24 the Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec25 essary to protect the privacy of any residents and 


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1 households displaced from public or assisted housing 

2 as a result of a transformation plan assisted under 

3 a grant under this Act. 

4 SEC. 16. FUNDING. 

5 There are authorized to be appropriated the following 

6 amounts: 

7 (1) GRANTS.—$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 

8 2022 and such sums as may be necessary in each 

9 subsequent fiscal year, for grants under this Act, of 

10 which, in any fiscal year— 

11 (A) up to 10 percent of such amount au12 thorized may be used for planning grants, ex13 cept that in awarding planning grants, the Sec14 retary may elect to base selection on a subset 

15 of the required provisions of this Act; 

16 (B) up to 5 percent of the amount author17 ized may be used for technical assistance and 

18 program evaluation efforts related to grants 

19 awarded under this Act, or under predecessor 

20 programs; and 

21 (C) not less than 80 percent shall be used 

22 for, or 80 percent of the number of housing 

23 units assisted under this Act shall be, public 

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1 as may result from the grantee selection proc2 ess. 

3 (2) RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Such sums as may 

4 be necessary for fiscal year 2022 and each subse5 quent fiscal year for providing tenant-based assist6 ance for relocation and for rental assistance under 

7 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

8 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for the purposes of complying 

9 with section 8(c) of this Act, but not to exceed the 

10 amount of assistance for the number of units demol11 ished or disposed of under section 8(c)(1). 

12 SEC. 17. REGULATIONS. 

13 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

14 of this Act, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry 

15 out the following provisions of this Act: 

16 (1) Paragraphs (5), (7), (12), (13), and (15) of 

17 section 2. 

18 (2) Subsections (c) and (f) of section 6. 

19 (3) Section 9(b). 

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