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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2231 

To transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty by reforming the public 

housing demolition and disposition rules to require one-for-one replacement and tenant protections, and to provide public housing agencies 

with additional resources and flexibility to preserve public housing units, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 1, 2015 

Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty by reforming 

the public housing demolition and disposition rules to 

require one-for-one replacement and tenant protections, 

and to provide public housing agencies with additional 

resources and flexibility to preserve public housing units, 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘Public Housing Tenant Protection and Reinvestment Act 

6 of 2015’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 

TITLE I—PUBLIC HOUSING ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT AND 

TENANT PROTECTION 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Demolition and disposition of public housing. 

Sec. 103. Authority to convert public housing to vouchers. 

Sec. 104. Required conversion of distressed public housing to tenant-based assistance. 

Sec. 105. Limitation of public housing dwelling units. 

Sec. 106. Regulations. 

TITLE II—PUBLIC HOUSING PRESERVATION AND 

REHABILITATION 

Sec. 201. Short title. 

Sec. 202. Authorizations of appropriations for Capital and Operating Funds. 

Sec. 203. Leveraging of other assistance. 

Sec. 204. Capital Fund flexibility. 

TITLE III—CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 

Sec. 301. Short title. 

Sec. 302. Grant authority. 

Sec. 303. Eligible entities. 

Sec. 304. Eligible neighborhoods. 

Sec. 305. Authorized activities. 

Sec. 306. Submission and selection of transformation plans. 

Sec. 307. Right of residents to return; relocation. 

Sec. 308. One-for-one replacement of public and assisted housing dwelling 

units. 

Sec. 309. Other program requirements. 

Sec. 310. Demolition and disposition. 

Sec. 311. Phase-specific underwriting. 

Sec. 312. Administration by other entities. 

Sec. 313. Withdrawal of funding. 

Sec. 314. Annual report; public availability of grant information. 

Sec. 315. Definitions. 

Sec. 316. Funding. 

Sec. 317. Regulations. 

TITLE IV—PILOT PROGRAM TO TRAIN PUBLIC HOUSING 

RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE HOME-BASED HEALTH SERVICES 

Sec. 401. Short title. 

Sec. 402. Pilot grant program to train public housing residents to provide covered home-based health services. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

2 (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 

3 (1) public housing is a critical public asset that 

4 has served an important role on the continuum of 

5 affordable housing since the 1930s, and is integral 

6 to our Nation’s social safety net, providing housing 

7 for 1.2 million families; 

8 (2) the public housing program serves a popu9 lation of ‘‘hard-to-house’’ people who face challenges 

10 that often make it impossible for them to obtain 

11 adequate and affordable housing in the private mar12 ket; 

13 (3) public housing has been plagued by chronic 

14 underfunding, resulting in a backlog of capital needs 

15 of over $26 billion, a large amount of severely dis16 tressed public housing concentrated in neighbor17 hoods of extreme poverty, and resident families fac18 ing deteriorating living conditions; 

19 (4) as a result of this disinvestment, the pro20 gram has lost thousands of units due to demolition 

21 and disposition as well as due to previous revitaliza22 tion programs’ failure to require one-for-one replace23 ment, and many more units are at risk of being lost; 

24 and 

25 (5) a holistic approach is now needed to fully 

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1 ing efforts to stop the loss of public housing units 

2 through full-funding, one-for-one replacement of 

3 units and robust tenant protections during the revi4 talization process, and the creation of the financial 

5 tools necessary to transform neighborhoods of ex6 treme poverty into communities that will improve 

7 the quality of life of current and future residents. 

8 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 

9 (1) to transform neighborhoods of extreme pov10 erty by revitalizing severely distressed public housing 

11 while improving access to economic opportunities 

12 and investing and leveraging investments in sup13 portive services, education programs, public assets, 

14 public transportation, and improved access to jobs; 

15 (2) to require the one-for-one replacement of 

16 public and assisted housing dwelling units that are 

17 demolished or disposed of; 

18 (3) to provide for increased tenant protections 

19 through the revitalization process; 

20 (4) to ensure that current residents benefit 

21 from transformation by preserving affordable hous22 ing in the neighborhood and, to the maximum extent 

23 possible, providing residents the choice to stay in 

24 their communities or move to affordable housing in 

25 another neighborhood of opportunity; 


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1 (5) to protect public housing as a critical public 

2 asset; 

3 (6) to restore robust funding for the public 

4 housing program; and 

5 (7) to support public housing residents through 

6 job training to provide for increased earnings and 

7 positive life outcomes. 

8 TITLE I—PUBLIC HOUSING ONE9 FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT AND 

10 TENANT PROTECTION 

11 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Housing One13 for-One Replacement and Tenant Protection Act of 

14 2015’’. 

15 SEC. 102. DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC HOUS16 ING. 

17 (a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 18.—Section 18 of 

18 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p) 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (h) 

21 as subsections (b) through (i), respectively; 

22 (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re23 designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the 

24 following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, this section shall apply to— 

3 ‘‘(1) demolition, disposition, or demolition or 

4 disposition or both pursuant to conversion under 

5 section 22 or 33 of any public housing unit; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the taking of public housing units, directly 

7 or indirectly, through the use of eminent domain.’’; 

8 (3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated by 

9 paragraph (1) of this subsection)— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph 

11 (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘if the public housing 

15 agency certifies’’ and inserting ‘‘only if the 

16 Secretary determines that’’; 

17 (B) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 

18 ‘‘low-income housing’’ and inserting ‘‘housing 

19 for low-income, very-low income, and extremely 

20 low-income families consistent with the needs 

21 identified pursuant to section 5A(d)(1) in the 

22 public housing agency plan for the agency and 

23 with targeting requirements under section 16(a) 

24 for public housing’’; 

25 (C) by striking paragraph (4); 


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1 (D) in paragraph (5)(B)(ii), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

3 (E) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘sub4 section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 

5 (F) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 

6 (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 

7 (G) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so 

8 redesignated) the following new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(6) that the public housing agency has ob10 tained from each resident information pursuant to 

11 subsection (f)(3)(B) and has established a replace12 ment housing preference for each such resident.’’; 

13 (4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated by 

14 paragraph (1) of this subsection)— 

15 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

16 by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub17 section (b)’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

19 the end; 

20 (C) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the 

21 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

22 and 

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

24 paragraphs: 


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1 ‘‘(3) the application does not provide for the ac2 tive involvement and participation of, and consulta3 tion with, residents, resident advisory boards, and 

4 resident councils of the public housing development 

5 that is subject to the application during the planning 

6 and implementation of the plan for demolition, relo7 cation, and replacement of the units; 

8 ‘‘(4) the proposed relocation, demolition, dis9 position, demolition or disposition or both pursuant 

10 to conversion under section 22 or 33, or the provi11 sion of replacement housing will not be carried out 

12 in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, 

13 as described in section 808(e) of the Civil Rights Act 

14 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)), or that the measures 

15 proposed by the public housing agency to mitigate 

16 potential adverse impacts of the proposed relocation, 

17 demolition, disposition, demolition or disposition or 

18 both pursuant to conversion under section 22 or 33, 

19 or the provision of replacement housing on persons 

20 protected by section 804 of the Civil Rights Act of 

21 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3604), are clearly insufficient or 

22 inappropriate; or 

23 ‘‘(5) the proposed plan for relocation, demoli24 tion, disposition, demolition or disposition or both 

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1 33, or the provision of replacement housing does 

2 not— 

3 ‘‘(A) comply with the requirements of sub4 section (e) of this section; 

5 ‘‘(B) include such certifications as the Sec6 retary shall require of compliance with the re7 quirements of subsection (f)(3); or 

8 ‘‘(C) include a relocation plan that meets 

9 the requirements of subsection (h)(2).’’; 

10 (5) by striking subsection (e) (as so redesig11 nated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) and in12 serting the following new subsection: 

13 ‘‘(e) REPLACEMENT UNITS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE OR MAINTAIN

15 EACH UNIT.— 

16 ‘‘(A) REPLACEMENT.—Except for demoli17 tion pursuant to subsection (g) or as provided 

18 in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each public 

19 housing dwelling unit that undergoes demoli20 tion, disposition, or demolition or disposition or 

21 both pursuant to conversion under section 22 or 

22 33, or that is the subject of a taking, directly 

23 or indirectly, through the use of eminent do24 main, after the date of the enactment of the 

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1 vestment Act of 2015, shall be replaced with a 

2 newly constructed, rehabilitated, acquired, or 

3 converted rental unit that complies with all of 

4 the requirements of this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO RE6 PLACEMENT UNITS.—Such replacement or con7 verted units shall be subject to the same re8 quirements regarding eligibility for occupancy 

9 (including income eligibility), tenant contribu10 tion toward rent (including tenant authority to 

11 select rental payment determination method), 

12 eviction protections and procedures, and afford13 ability restrictions that are applicable to public 

14 housing dwelling units. Such requirements shall 

15 not terminate unless units are replaced with a 

16 comparable number of units that are subject to 

17 the same requirements. 

18 ‘‘(C) TENANT PROTECTION VOUCHERS TO

19 REPLACE DEMOLISHED, DISPOSED OF, OR CON20 VERTED UNITS ON ONE-FOR-ONE BASIS.—Sub21 ject only to the availability of amounts provided 

22 in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall pro23 vide replacement vouchers for rental assistance 

24 under section 8 for all dwelling units in projects 

25 that are demolished or disposed of pursuant to 


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1 this section or converted pursuant to section 22 

2 or 33. 

3 ‘‘(D) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN

4 PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 Subparagraphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) 

6 of the United States Housing Act of 1936 (re7 lating to percentage limitation and income mix8 ing requirement of project-based assistance) 

9 shall not apply with respect to vouchers used to 

10 comply with the requirements of this para11 graph. 

12 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The requirement under para13 graph (1) may be waived by the Secretary with re14 spect to up to 10 percent of the total number of 

15 public housing units owned by a public housing 

16 agency in any 10-year period, if— 

17 ‘‘(A) a judgment, consent decree, or other 

18 order of a court limits the ability of the appli19 cant to comply with such requirements; or 

20 ‘‘(B) the public housing agency dem21 onstrates that there is an excess supply of af22 fordable rental housing in areas of low poverty 

23 and provides data showing that, in the area 

24 surrounding the project or projects in which 

25 such units are located— 


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1 ‘‘(i) at least 90 percent of vouchers 

2 issued under section 8(o) of the United 

3 States Housing Act of 1937 over the last 

4 24 months to comparable families were 

5 successfully used to lease a dwelling unit 

6 within 120 days of issuance or, if a suffi7 cient number of comparable families have 

8 not received vouchers, an alternative meas9 ure, as the Secretary shall design, is met; 

10 ‘‘(ii) existing voucher holders are 

11 widely dispersed geographically in areas of 

12 low poverty with access to public transpor13 tation, education, and other amenities, as 

14 determined by the Secretary, among the 

15 available private rental housing stock; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the applicant provides a market 

17 analysis demonstrating that— 

18 ‘‘(I) there is a relatively high va19 cancy rate among units that would 

20 meet or exceed housing quality stand21 ards, as determined by the Secretary, 

22 within the market area with rent and 

23 utility costs not exceeding the applica24 ble payment standard under section 


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1 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 

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

3 ‘‘(II) such high vacancy rate 

4 within the market area is expected to 

5 continue for the next 5 years or 

6 longer. 

7 ‘‘(3) CONTINUATION OF USE RESTRICTIONS.— 

8 In the event of a foreclosure or bankruptcy of an 

9 owner of such a property, notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of State or Federal law, such property 

11 shall remain subject to the requirements of any 

12 project-based rental assistance contract in existence 

13 at the time of the foreclosure or bankruptcy, the 

14 lease between the prior owner and tenants assisted 

15 under such contract, and any use agreement in ef16 fect immediately before the foreclosure or bank17 ruptcy filing, and a successor in interest in such 

18 property shall assume such contract, extensions, 

19 leases, and use agreement obligations, provided that 

20 the Secretary may modify this requirement if the 

21 Secretary determines that the converted units are 

22 not physically viable. 

23 ‘‘(4) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Admission to, 

24 administration of, and eviction from replacement 

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1 units shall be subject to the following provisions to 

2 the same extent as public housing dwelling units: 

3 ‘‘(A) Section 578 of the Quality Housing 

4 and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 

5 U.S.C. 13663; relating to ineligibility of dan6 gerous sex offenders). 

7 ‘‘(B) Section 16(f) of the United States 

8 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f); re9 lating to ineligibility of certain drug offenders). 

10 ‘‘(C) Sections 20 and 21 of the United 

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

12 1437s; relating to resident management). 

13 ‘‘(D) Section 25 of the United States 

14 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437w; relat15 ing to transfer of management at request of 

16 residents). 

17 ‘‘(E) Section 6(k) of the United States 

18 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(k); re19 lating to administrative grievance procedure). 

20 ‘‘(F) Section 6(f) of the United States 

21 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(f); re22 lating to housing quality requirements). 

23 ‘‘(G) Part 964 of title 24, Code of Federal 

24 regulations (relating to tenant participation and 

25 opportunities). 


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1 ‘‘(5) RETENTION OF RIGHTS.—Tenants occu2 pying a replacement housing unit shall have all 

3 rights provided to tenants of public housing under 

4 this Act. 

5 ‘‘(6) SIZE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Replacement units 

7 shall be of comparable size, unless a market 

8 analysis shows a need for other sized units, in 

9 which case such need shall be addressed. 

10 ‘‘(B) BEDROOMS.—The number of bed11 rooms within each replacement unit shall be 

12 sufficient to serve families displaced as a result 

13 of the demolition or disposition. 

14 ‘‘(7) LOCATION ON SITE AND IN NEIGHBOR15 HOOD.— 

16 ‘‘(A) ON-SITE REQUIREMENT RELATING TO

17 DEMOLITION.—Subject to subparagraph (B), at 

18 least one-third of all replacement units for pub19 lic housing units demolished shall be public 

20 housing units constructed on the original public 

21 housing location, unless the Secretary deter22 mines that— 

23 ‘‘(i) construction on such location 

24 would result in the violation of a consent 

25 decree; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the land on which the public 

2 housing is located is environmentally un3 safe or geologically unstable. 

4 ‘‘(B) TENANT CHOICE.—A public housing 

5 agency shall ensure that, in providing replace6 ment units pursuant to paragraph (1), suffi7 cient units are provided on the original location 

8 of any public housing demolished or in the same 

9 neighborhood of the public housing dwelling 

10 units being replaced to accommodate all tenants 

11 residing in the units demolished or disposed of 

12 at the time of such demolition or disposition 

13 who elect to remain in such location or neigh14 borhood.’’; 

15 (6) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated by 

16 paragraph (1) of this subsection)— 

17 (A) by striking the subsection designation 

18 and all that follow through ‘‘Nothing’’ and in19 serting the following: 

20 ‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF OCCUPANCY.— 

21 ‘‘(1) CONSOLIDATION OF OCCUPANCY WITHIN

22 OR AMONG BUILDINGS.—Nothing’’; 

23 (B) by inserting before the period at the 

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1 lition or disposition pursuant to this section 

2 may not consolidate any units during the period 

3 that begins upon submission of such application 

4 and ends upon approval of the application by 

5 the Secretary, except in cases of an imminent 

6 and substantial threat to health or safety’’; and 

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

8 paragraphs: 

9 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF OCCUPANCY.—For 

10 purposes of this subsection, the number of public 

11 housing residents residing in a development shall be 

12 determined as of the date the initial public housing 

13 agency plan or a proposed amendment thereto indi14 cating an intent to apply for a demolition application 

15 pursuant to subsection (b) of this section is or 

16 should have been presented to the resident advisory 

17 board for consideration, or in the case of a demoli18 tion application due to a natural disaster, on the 

19 date of the natural disaster. 

20 ‘‘(3) RESIDENT PREFERENCES.—A public hous21 ing agency shall, not later than 90 days before sub22 mitting an application to the Secretary for demoli23 tion, disposition, or demolition or disposition or both 

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1 ‘‘(A) meet with and inform in writing all 

2 residents who occupied a public housing unit on 

3 the date determined in accordance with para4 graph (2) of this subsection of— 

5 ‘‘(i) the public housing agency’s intent 

6 to submit an application for demolition, 

7 disposition, or both; 

8 ‘‘(ii) their right to return and reloca9 tion housing options; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) all planned replacement housing 

11 units; and 

12 ‘‘(B) solicit from each resident information 

13 regarding the resident’s desire to return to the 

14 replacement housing units constructed upon the 

15 original public housing location or in the same 

16 neighborhood, interest in moving to other neigh17 borhoods or communities, or interest in retain18 ing a voucher for rental assistance.’’; and 

19 (7) by striking subsection (h) (as so redesig20 nated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) and in21 serting the following new subsection: 

22 ‘‘(h) RELOCATION, NOTICE, APPLICATION FOR

23 VOUCHERS, AND DATA.—In the case of all relocation ac24 tivities resulting from, or that will result from, demolition, 

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1 to conversion under section 22 or 33 of this Act, of public 

2 housing dwelling units: 

3 ‘‘(1) UNIFORM RELOCATION AND REAL PROP4 ERTY ACQUISITION ACT.—The Uniform Relocation 

5 and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 

6 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) shall apply. To the extent 

7 the provisions of this subsection and such Act con8 flict, the provisions that provide greater protection 

9 to residents displaced by the demolition, disposition, 

10 or demolition and disposition, shall apply. 

11 ‘‘(2) RELOCATION PLAN.—The public housing 

12 agency shall submit to the Secretary, together with 

13 the application for demolition or disposition, a relo14 cation plan providing for the relocation of residents 

15 occupying the public housing for which the demoli16 tion or disposition application is proposed, which 

17 shall include— 

18 ‘‘(A) a statement of the estimated number 

19 of vouchers for rental assistance under section 

20 8 that will be needed for such relocation; 

21 ‘‘(B) identification of the location of the 

22 replacement dwelling units that will be made 

23 available for permanent occupancy; and 

24 ‘‘(C) a statement of whether any tem25 porary, off-site relocation of any residents is 


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1 necessary and a description of the plans for 

2 such relocation. 

3 ‘‘(3) NOTICE UPON APPROVAL OF APPLICA4 TION.—Within a reasonable time after notice to the 

5 public housing agency of the approval of an applica6 tion for demolition or disposition, the public housing 

7 agency shall provide notice in writing, in plain and 

8 non-technical language, to the residents of the public 

9 housing subject to the approved application that— 

10 ‘‘(A) states that the application has been 

11 approved; 

12 ‘‘(B) describes the process involved to relo13 cate the residents, including a statement that 

14 the residents may not be relocated until the 

15 conditions set forth in paragraph (10) have 

16 been met; 

17 ‘‘(C) provides information regarding relo18 cation options; 

19 ‘‘(D) advises residents of the availability of 

20 relocation counseling as required in paragraph 

21 (8); and 

22 ‘‘(E) provides information on the location 

23 of tenant-based vouchers issued by the agency. 

24 ‘‘(4) NOTICE BEFORE RELOCATION.—Except in 

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

2 which residents will be relocated, the public housing 

3 agency shall provide notice in writing, in plain and 

4 non-technical language, to each family residing in a 

5 public housing project that is subject to an approved 

6 demolition or disposition application, and in accord7 ance with such guidelines as the Secretary may issue 

8 governing such notifications, that— 

9 ‘‘(A) the public housing project will be de10 molished or disposed of; 

11 ‘‘(B) the demolition of the building in 

12 which the family resides will not commence 

13 until each resident of the building is relocated; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(C) if temporary, off-site relocation is 

16 necessary, each family displaced by such action 

17 shall be offered comparable housing— 

18 ‘‘(i) that meets housing quality stand19 ards; 

20 ‘‘(ii) that is located in an area that is 

21 generally not less desirable than the loca22 tion of the displaced family’s housing, 

23 which shall include at least one unit lo24 cated in an area of low poverty and one 


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1 unit located within the neighborhood of the 

2 original public housing site; 

3 ‘‘(iii) that is identified and available 

4 to the family; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) which shall include— 

6 ‘‘(I) tenant-based assistance, ex7 cept that the requirement under this 

8 subparagraph regarding offering of 

9 comparable housing shall be fulfilled 

10 by use of tenant-based assistance only 

11 upon the relocation of the family into 

12 such housing; 

13 ‘‘(II) project-based assistance; 

14 ‘‘(III) occupancy in a unit oper15 ated or assisted by the public housing 

16 agency at a rental rate paid by the 

17 family that is comparable to the rent18 al rate applicable to the unit from 

19 which the family is relocated; and 

20 ‘‘(IV) other comparable housing. 

21 ‘‘(5) SEARCH PERIOD.—Notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, in the case of a household 

23 that is provided tenant-based assistance for reloca24 tion of the household under this section, the period 

25 during which the household may lease a dwelling 


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1 unit using such assistance shall not be shorter in du2 ration than the 150-day period that begins at the 

3 time a comparable replacement unit is made avail4 able to the family. If the household is unable to lease 

5 a dwelling unit using such assistance during such 

6 period, the public housing agency shall extend the 

7 period during which the household may lease a 

8 dwelling unit using such assistance, or at the ten9 ant’s request, shall provide the tenant with the next 

10 available comparable public housing unit or com11 parable housing unit for which project-based assist12 ance is provided. 

13 ‘‘(6) PAYMENT OF RELOCATION EXPENSES.— 

14 The public housing agency shall provide for the pay15 ment of the actual and reasonable relocation ex16 penses, including security deposits, of each resident 

17 to be displaced and any other relocation expenses as 

18 are required by the Uniform Relocation Assistance 

19 and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. 

20 ‘‘(7) COMPARABLE HOUSING.—The public hous21 ing agency shall ensure that each displaced resident 

22 is offered comparable housing in accordance with the 

23 notice under paragraph (4). 

24 ‘‘(8) COMPREHENSIVE RELOCATION COUN25 SELING.—The public housing agency shall provide 


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1 all advisory programs and services as required by 

2 the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Prop3 erty Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and counseling 

4 for residents who are displaced that shall fully in5 form residents to be displaced of all relocation op6 tions, which may include relocating to housing in a 

7 neighborhood with a lower concentration of poverty 

8 than their current residence, a neighborhood where 

9 relocation will not increase racial segregation, or re10 maining in the current neighborhood. Such coun11 seling shall also include providing school options for 

12 children and comprehensive housing search assist13 ance for household that receive a voucher for tenant14 based assistance. 

15 ‘‘(9) TIMING OF DEMOLITION OR DISPOSI16 TION.—The public housing agency shall not com17 mence demolition or complete disposition of a build18 ing subject to the approved application until all resi19 dents residing in the building are relocated. 

20 ‘‘(10) AFFIRMATIVE FURTHERANCE OF FAIR

21 HOUSING.—The public housing agency shall have ob22 tained data regarding, and analyzed the potential 

23 impact of, the proposed demolition or disposition 

24 and relocation on persons protected by section 804 

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1 including the tenants residing in the public housing 

2 project, occupants of the surrounding neighborhood, 

3 and neighborhoods into which project tenants are 

4 likely to be relocated, and persons on the agency’s 

5 waiting list, has described in the application for 

6 demolition or disposition actions that the public 

7 housing agency has taken or will take to mitigate 

8 those adverse impacts, and has certified in the pub9 lic housing agency plan for the agency, with sup10 porting information, that the proposed demolition or 

11 disposition, relocation, or replacement housing will 

12 be carried out in a manner that affirmatively fur13 thers fair housing, as described in section 808(e) of 

14 the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)). 

15 ‘‘(11) TIMING OF RELOCATION.—The public 

16 housing agency shall not commence relocation prior 

17 to approval by the Secretary of the application for 

18 demolition or disposition, except in the case of a 

19 substantial and imminent threat to health or safety. 

20 ‘‘(12) APPLICATION FOR VOUCHERS.—The pub21 lic housing agency shall submit to the Secretary an 

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1 section at the same time that the agency submits the 

2 application for demolition or disposition.’’; 

3 (8) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated by 

4 paragraph (1) of this subsection), by striking ‘‘may’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and 

6 (9) by adding at the end the following new sub7 sections: 

8 ‘‘(j) RIGHT OF RETURN.— 

9 ‘‘(1) RIGHT.—Any person who, on the date de10 termined in accordance with subsection (f)(2), occu11 pies a public housing unit that is the subject of an 

12 application for demolition, disposition, or demolition 

13 or disposition or both subsequent to conversion pur14 suant to section 22 or 33, and whose tenancy or 

15 right of occupancy has not been validly terminated 

16 pursuant to section 6 or 8(o), shall be eligible to oc17 cupy a replacement federally assisted housing unit 

18 or voucher. 

19 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW RETURN.—A 

20 public housing agency or any other manager of re21 placement housing units shall not, through the appli22 cation of any additional eligibility, screening, occu23 pancy, or other policy or practice, prevent any per24 son otherwise eligible under paragraph (1) from oc25 cupying a replacement housing unit. Such replaceVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:47 May 13, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2231.IH H2231

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1 ment dwelling unit shall be made available to each 

2 household displaced as a result of a demolition, dis3 position, or demolition or disposition or both pursu4 ant to conversion under section 22 or 33 before any 

5 replacement dwelling unit is made available to any 

6 other eligible household. 

7 ‘‘(k) ENFORCEMENT.—Any affected person shall 

8 have the right to enforce this section pursuant to section 

9 1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (42 

10 U.S.C. 1983). Nothing in this section may be construed 

11 to limit the rights and remedies available under State or 

12 local law to any affected person.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 subsection (a) shall take effect upon the date of the enact15 ment of this Act and shall apply to any demolition, disposi16 tion, or demolition and disposition, or both pursuant to 

17 conversion under section 22 or 33 of the United States 

18 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437t, 1437z–5) that 

19 is approved by the Secretary after such date of the enact20 ment. 

21 SEC. 103. AUTHORITY TO CONVERT PUBLIC HOUSING TO 

22 VOUCHERS. 

23 Section 22 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

24 (42 U.S.C. 1437t) is amended— 

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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATION.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may require 

5 a public housing agency to provide to the Secretary 

6 or to public housing residents such information as 

7 the Secretary considers to be necessary for the ad8 ministration of this section. 

9 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 18.—Section 

10 18 shall apply to the subsequent demolition or dis11 position of public housing dwelling units removed 

12 from the inventory of the public housing agency pur13 suant to this section.’’; and 

14 (3) in subsection (d)(5), by striking ‘‘section 

15 18(a)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 18(b)(5)’’. 

16 SEC. 104. REQUIRED CONVERSION OF DISTRESSED PUBLIC 

17 HOUSING TO TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE. 

18 Section 33(h)(2) of the United States Housing Act 

19 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–5(h)(2)) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘shall not apply to the demolition of public housing 

21 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘shall apply to the subsequent 

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1 SEC. 105. LIMITATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING DWELLING 

2 UNITS. 

3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 

4 85.31 of the regulations of the Secretary of Housing and 

5 Urban Development (24 C.F.R. 85.31) and any regula6 tions implementing subpart B of part 970 of the Sec7 retary’s proposed regulations published in the Federal 

8 Register on October 16, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 62250; Dock9 et No. FR–5399–P–01) or any substantially similar regu10 lations shall not apply to real property that includes any 

11 dwelling units in public housing. 

12 SEC. 106. REGULATIONS. 

13 Not later than the expiration of the 120-day period 

14 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

15 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue 

16 regulations to carry out this title and the amendments 

17 made by this title. 

18 TITLE II—PUBLIC HOUSING 

19 PRESERVATION AND REHA20 BILITATION 

21 SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Housing Pres23 ervation and Rehabilitation Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR CAP2 ITAL AND OPERATING FUNDS. 

3 Paragraph (2) of section 9(c) of the United States 

4 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(c)(2)) is amended 

5 to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(2) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be ap7 propriated for assistance under this section for pub8 lic housing agencies the following amounts: 

9 ‘‘(A) CAPITAL FUND.—For each of fiscal 

10 years 2016 through 2025, for allocations of as11 sistance from the Capital Fund— 

12 ‘‘(i) such sums as may be necessary to 

13 fully fund for each such year the estimated 

14 need of public housing agencies for assist15 ance from such Fund; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) $5,000,000,000 for each such 

17 year for addressing backlogged need for as18 sistance from such Fund. 

19 ‘‘(B) OPERATING FUND.—For each of fis20 cal years 2016 through 2025, for allocations of 

21 assistance from the Operating Fund, such sums 

22 as may be necessary to fully fund for each such 

23 year the estimated need of public housing agen24 cies for assistance from such Fund.’’. 


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1 SEC. 203. LEVERAGING OF OTHER ASSISTANCE. 

2 (a) CAPITAL FUND LOAN GUARANTEES.—Subsection 

3 (d) of section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

4 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)) is amended by adding at the end 

5 the following new paragraph: 

6 ‘‘(4) LOAN GUARANTEES.— 

7 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may, 

8 upon such terms and conditions as the Sec9 retary may prescribe, guarantee and make com10 mitments to guarantee notes or other obliga11 tions issued by public housing agencies for the 

12 purposes of financing— 

13 ‘‘(i) the rehabilitation of public hous14 ing owned by the agency; 

15 ‘‘(ii) the modernization, through en16 ergy efficiency improvements, of public 

17 housing units owned by the agency; or 

18 ‘‘(iii) the construction, rehabilitation, 

19 purchase, or conversion of units to replace 

20 public housing units that are demolished or 

21 disposed of pursuant to section 18 or con22 verted pursuant to section 22 or 33. 

23 ‘‘(B) TERMS.—Notes or other obligations 

24 guaranteed pursuant to this paragraph shall be 

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1 may be prescribed by regulations issued by the 

2 Secretary. The term of such loan guarantee 

3 shall not exceed 20 years. 

4 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON PERCENTAGE.—A 

5 guarantee made pursuant to this paragraph 

6 shall guarantee repayment of 95 percent of the 

7 unpaid principal and interest due on the notes 

8 or other obligations guaranteed. 

9 ‘‘(D) USE OF CAPITAL AND OPERATING

10 FUNDS.—Funds allocated to an issuer pursuant 

11 to this subsection or subsection (e) may be used 

12 for payment of principal and interest due (in13 cluding such servicing, underwriting, or other 

14 costs as may be specified in regulations of the 

15 Secretary) on notes or other obligations guaran16 teed pursuant to this paragraph. 

17 ‘‘(E) REPAYMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(i) CONTRACT; PLEDGE.—To ensure 

19 the repayment of notes or other obligations 

20 guaranteed under this paragraph and 

21 charges incurred under this paragraph and 

22 as a condition for receiving such guaran23 tees, the Secretary shall require the issuer 

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1 ‘‘(I) enter into a contract, in a 

2 form acceptable to the Secretary, for 

3 repayment of notes or other obliga4 tions so guaranteed; and 

5 ‘‘(II) pledge any grant or alloca6 tion for which the issuer is or may be7 come eligible under this subsection or 

8 subsection (e) for the repayment of 

9 notes or other obligations so guaran10 teed. 

11 ‘‘(ii) CREDITING OF GRANTS.—The 

12 Secretary may, notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of this Act, apply grants pledged 

14 pursuant to clause (i)(II) of this subpara15 graph to any repayments due the United 

16 States as a result of such guarantees. 

17 ‘‘(F) FULL FAITH AND CREDIT.—The full 

18 faith and credit of the United States is pledged 

19 to the payment of all guarantees made under 

20 this paragraph. Any such guarantee made by 

21 the Secretary shall be conclusive evidence of the 

22 eligibility of the obligations for such guarantee 

23 with respect to principal and interest, and the 

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1 incontestable in the hands of a holder of the 

2 guaranteed obligations. 

3 ‘‘(G) AMOUNT.—Subject only to the ab4 sence of qualified requests for guarantees and 

5 to the availability of amounts to cover the costs 

6 (as such term is defined in section 502 of the 

7 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 

8 661a)), as are provided in advance in appro9 priation Acts, the Secretary shall enter into 

10 commitments to guarantee notes and obliga11 tions under this paragraph having an aggregate 

12 principal amount of $500,000,000 each for fis13 cal years 2016, 2017, and 2018.’’. 

14 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTIES WITH HOUS15 ING TAX CREDITS.—Section 9 of the United States Hous16 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(n) REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTIES WITH HOUS19 ING TAX CREDITS.—A public housing agency that utilizes 

20 tax credits under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code 

21 of 1986 for rental housing units that are currently or for22 merly assisted under subsection (d) or (e) shall ensure, 

23 with respect to such units, that— 

24 ‘‘(1) all significant tenant and applicants rights 

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1 ‘‘(2) the agency retains its interest in the prop2 erty to the maximum extent possible, including 

3 through the use of a ground lease when feasible; 

4 ‘‘(3) the agency maintains an active role in 

5 property management decisions and operations of 

6 such housing sufficient to guarantee access to rel7 evant information and public accountability; 

8 ‘‘(4) long-term affordability protections are en9 forced, including such protections applicable in the 

10 event of default or foreclosure; and 

11 ‘‘(5) affected tenants are provided information 

12 about the proposal for use of the property, before 

13 submission of the proposal to the Secretary, and an 

14 opportunity to comment on such proposal, pursuant 

15 to processes and requirements that are substantially 

16 similar to the requirements for tenant notice and 

17 comment under section 18.’’. 

18 SEC. 204. CAPITAL FUND FLEXIBILITY. 

19 Subsection (g) of section 9 of the United States 

20 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is amended 

21 by striking paragraph (3). 


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1 TITLE III—CHOICE 

2 NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 

3 SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods 

5 Initiative Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 302. GRANT AUTHORITY. 

7 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

8 may make competitive grants to eligible entities that sub9 mit transformation plans for eligible neighborhoods that 

10 will further the purposes of this title in such neighbor11 hoods. 

12 SEC. 303. ELIGIBLE ENTITIES. 

13 (a) PRIMARY APPLICANTS.—A grant under this title 

14 may be made only to a unit of local government, a public 

15 housing agency, or a nonprofit entity that owns a major 

16 housing project that is proposed to be assisted under a 

17 grant under this title, either as a sole applicant or as a 

18 co-applicant with another unit of local government or pub19 lic housing agency or with an entity specified in subsection 

20 (b). A nonprofit entity may be a sole applicant only if the 

21 application has the support of a local government. 

22 (b) CO-APPLICANTS.— 

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1 ments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban 

2 Development, and Independent Agencies Appropria3 tions Act, 1997 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–11a(b))) may, at 

4 the request of an entity specified in subsection (a), 

5 be a co-applicant for a grant under this title. 

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

7 that owns a major housing project that is proposed 

8 to be assisted under a grant under this title made 

9 in fiscal year 2016 or thereafter and that has an es10 tablished presence in the community may be a co-ap11 plicant for a grant under this title. 

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

13 this title may not be made for an application that 

14 will involve transformation of a major public housing 

15 project unless the public housing agency having ju16 risdiction with respect to such project is the sole ap17 plicant or a co-applicant for such application. 

18 (c) PARTNERS.—Nothing in this section may be con19 strued to limit the ability of an applicant to partner with 

20 any entity in carrying out activities with a grant under 

21 this title. 

22 SEC. 304. ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS. 

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1 (1) a concentration of extreme poverty (as such 

2 term is defined in section 315); and 

3 (2) housing that is severely distressed housing 

4 (as such term is defined in section 315). 

5 SEC. 305. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. 

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

7 title may be used only for transformational programs and 

8 activities in accordance with a transformation plan ap9 proved under section 306 that will further the purposes 

10 of this title. 

11 (b) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Each transformation 

12 plan submitted pursuant to section 306 and implemented 

13 by a grantee under this title shall include the following 

14 activities: 

15 (1) The transformation of housing through re16 habilitation, preservation, or demolition and replace17 ment of severely distressed housing projects, expan18 sion of affordable housing opportunities, or any com19 bination thereof, which may incorporate energy-effi20 cient design principles. 

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

22 and assisted housing units demolished or disposed of 

23 in accordance with the requirements under section 

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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 307. 

17 (6) Activities that meet the program require18 ments for replacement of housing units under sec19 tion 308. 

20 (7) Activities that meet the fair housing pro21 gram requirements under section 309(a) and the ac22 cessibility requirements under section 309(b). 

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1 (9) Resident involvement, as described in sec2 tion 307, in planning and implementation of the 

3 transformation plan, including reasonable steps to 

4 help ensure meaningful participation for residents 

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

6 in their English language proficiency. 

7 (10) Monitoring, under section 307(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) of this sec19 tion. 

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

21 Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 

22 U.S.C. 1701u). 

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

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1 (1) Construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation 

2 of affordable housing (as such term is defined in 

3 section 315), which may include energy efficiency 

4 improvements and sustainable design features for 

5 such housing. 

6 (2) Acquisition or disposition of residential 

7 properties, including properties subject to a mort8 gage previously insured, and foreclosed upon, by the 

9 Federal Housing Administration, and demolition. 

10 (3) Outreach to local educators, and engaging 

11 in local community planning, to help increase access 

12 to educational opportunities, a continuum of effec13 tive community services, and strong family supports, 

14 and to improve the educational and life outcomes 

15 which have a significant benefit to residents of hous16 ing assisted under this title, including children and 

17 youth and, as appropriate, for adult residents, in18 cluding the elderly or persons with disabilities. 

19 (4) Providing supportive services (as such term 

20 is defined in section 315) which have a significant 

21 benefit to residents of housing assisted under this 

22 title, primarily focused on services described in sub23 paragraphs (B) and (C) of section 315(14). 

24 (5) Rehabilitation and physical improvement of 

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1 facilitate the delivery of community and supportive 

2 services which have a significant benefit to residents 

3 of housing assisted by the grant and residents of off4 site replacement housing. 

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

6 residents assisted by the housing under this title ac7 cess jobs and move toward self-sufficiency. 

8 (7) Partnering with employers and for-profit 

9 and nonprofit organizations to create jobs and job 

10 training opportunities which have a significant ben11 efit to residents of housing assisted under this title. 

12 (8) Activities that promote sustainable housing 

13 by incorporating principles of sustainable design and 

14 development, including energy efficiency. 

15 (9) Critical community improvements (as such 

16 term is defined in section 315 of this title) under17 taken at sites that are adjacent to, or in the imme18 diate vicinity of, housing assisted under this title. 

19 (10) Loss reserves to protect residents of hous20 ing assisted by the grant and continue the project in 

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

22 financial event. 

23 The Secretary shall require any grantee under this title 

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1 sisted with a grant under this title, to submit to the Sec2 retary a plan identifying how such services will be pro3 vided. 

4 (d) ELIGIBLE METHODS OF SUPPORT.—Activities 

5 carried out with amounts from a grant under this title 

6 may be carried out through— 

7 (1) endowments or revolving loan funds; or 

8 (2) land assembly, land banking, and other ac9 tivities, except that no amounts made available for 

10 use under this title may be used to acquire any 

11 property by means of the exercise of the power of 

12 eminent domain. 

13 (e) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.— 

14 (1) SCHOOL BUILDINGS.—No amounts from a 

15 grant under this title may be used for construction 

16 or rehabilitation of an elementary school or sec17 ondary school (as such terms are defined in section 

18 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

19 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) or an institution of 

20 higher education (as such term is defined in section 

21 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

22 U.S.C. 1002)), except that such amounts may be 

23 used to construct common infrastructure that is 

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1 authorized under subsection (c)(5), but only if costs 

2 are shared on a pro rata basis and the grantee cer3 tifies, and the Secretary determines, that such use 

4 of funds will not promote or further segregation. 

5 (2) NON-HOUSING ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORTIVE

6 SERVICES.—For each grant under this title, the 

7 grantee shall comply with each of the following re8 quirements: 

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

10 than 25 percent may be used for eligible activi11 ties under paragraphs (3) through (9) of sub12 section (c). 

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

14 than 5 percent may be used for eligible activi15 ties under paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection 

16 (c). 

17 (3) CONSULTATION.—With respect to activities 

18 assisted pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary 

19 shall consult with the Secretary of Labor, the Sec20 retary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary 

21 of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec22 retary of Education, and the Attorney General in 

23 identifying funding resources that may be provided 

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1 SEC. 306. SUBMISSION AND SELECTION OF TRANS2 FORMATION PLANS. 

3 (a) TRANSFORMATION PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—To 

4 be eligible for a grant under this title, an eligible entity 

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

6 with procedures as the Secretary shall prescribe, an appli7 cation in the form of a transformation plan that— 

8 (1) demonstrates how the transformation plan 

9 will achieve the desired priority outcomes of trans10 forming a distressed neighborhood of extreme pov11 erty into a mixed-income neighborhood with high12 quality, safe, and affordable housing (including the 

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

14 housing units demolished or disposed of under the 

15 transformation plan), economic opportunities, well16 functioning services, public assets, access to jobs, 

17 public transportation, and effective education pro18 grams and public schools, including charter schools 

19 and other autonomous public schools; 

20 (2) demonstrates how the required activities 

21 under section 305(b) will be carried out, including a 

22 detailed description of the housing transformation 

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1 (3) describes the other eligible activities under 

2 section 305(c) that will be carried out in support of 

3 the housing transformation; 

4 (4) defines desired outcomes of the strategy, 

5 how residents of housing assisted under this title will 

6 benefit, describes the challenges they face, and the 

7 evidence base that informs the proposed strategies 

8 that will result in the desired outcomes for the com9 munity and residents; 

10 (5) includes a long-term affordability plan, de11 veloped in collaboration with residents of the public 

12 and assisted housing assisted under this title, that 

13 describes how the grantee will maintain affordable 

14 housing in the neighborhood over the next 50 years 

15 or longer, including affordability provisions relating 

16 to dwelling units provided using assistance under the 

17 grant under this title, and an agreement by the ap18 plicant to update such plan every 5 years during 

19 such period; and 

20 (6) includes such other information as the Sec21 retary shall, by regulation, prescribe. 

22 (b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall es23 tablish criteria for the award of grants under this title, 

24 with the greatest consideration given to applicant and 

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1 shall include the extent to which the transformation 

2 plan— 

3 (1) demonstrates the ability of the plan to fur4 ther the purposes of this title; 

5 (2) demonstrates inclusive local planning with 

6 input from units of local government, housing own7 ers and providers, educators, residents of housing 

8 assisted under this title, local community organiza9 tions, public schools, early learning in programs, 

10 health service organizations, and community stake11 holders in the development and implementation of a 

12 sustainable revitalization program; 

13 (3) includes efforts to coordinate multiple fund14 ing resources, including public, private, and philan15 thropic funding, and emphasizes collaboration be16 tween the units of local government, early learning 

17 programs and public schools, or a public housing 

18 agency, or all three; 

19 (4) includes current data showing that the 

20 neighborhood targeted for revitalization is in need of 

21 and can benefit from the authorized activities de22 scribed in section 305 and proposed in the trans23 formation plan; 

24 (5) demonstrates the capability and record of 

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1 redevelopment or modernization projects, success2 fully working with public and assisted housing resi3 dents during the planning and redesign process, and 

4 meeting performance benchmarks; 

5 (6) demonstrates that sustainable building and 

6 energy efficient design principles are incorporated or 

7 will be incorporated in the activities conducted pur8 suant to the plan; 

9 (7) demonstrates that the applicant has plans 

10 to have, within a reasonable time, improved access 

11 to public transportation in the neighborhood that 

12 provides access to economic opportunities and com13 mercial and public services; 

14 (8) demonstrates that the residents of revital15 ized housing developments will have, to the extent 

16 possible, improved access to high-quality educational 

17 opportunities, including early learning and effective 

18 elementary and secondary public schools, in or out19 side of the neighborhood; 

20 (9) demonstrates that the transformation plan 

21 includes the provision of appropriate supportive serv22 ices and activities that promote economic self-suffi23 ciency of residents of housing assisted under the 

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1 (10) demonstrates that the transformation plan 

2 provides support for residents displaced as a result 

3 of the revitalization of the project, including assist4 ance in obtaining housing in areas with low con5 centrations of poverty in a manner that does not in6 crease racial segregation; 

7 (11) demonstrates that sufficient housing op8 portunities are available in the neighborhood to be 

9 revitalized and in low-poverty areas to accommodate 

10 displaced residents, in a manner that does not in11 crease racial segregation; 

12 (12) includes a well-documented assessment of 

13 the number of households with special needs for on14 going supportive services residing in the public or 

15 assisted housing properties that are the target of the 

16 grant and an effective plan to address such needs; 

17 (13) demonstrates the compliance with the re18 quirements of section 308, regarding one-for-one re19 placement of public and assisted housing units; 

20 (14) demonstrates how the applicant will use 

21 indicators of housing redevelopment, neighborhood 

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

23 measure success, manage program implementation, 

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1 (15) demonstrates, if feasible, phased redevelop2 ment that provides for demolition and construction 

3 of dwelling units in phases, to limit disruptions to 

4 residents; 

5 (16) demonstrates that the neighborhood will 

6 improve its long-term viability through the revitaliza7 tion of severely distressed housing, improved access 

8 to economic opportunities, improved investment and 

9 leveraging in well-functioning services, and improved 

10 education programs, public assets, public transpor11 tation and access to jobs; and 

12 (17) demonstrates compliance with any other 

13 factors and priorities that further the purposes of 

14 this title, as the Secretary may, by regulation, pre15 scribe. 

16 SEC. 307. RIGHT OF RESIDENTS TO RETURN; RELOCATION. 

17 (a) DETERMINATION OF RESIDENT PREF18 ERENCES.—An applicant shall, not later than 30 days be19 fore submitting an application to the Secretary for a grant 

20 under this title— 

21 (1) hold a community meeting and provide in22 formation to all residents who occupy a dwelling unit 

23 in public housing or assisted housing subject to the 

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1 (A) the applicant’s intent to submit an ap2 plication for a grant under this title; 

3 (B) their right to return and relocation 

4 housing options; and 

5 (C) all planned replacement housing units; 

6 and 

7 (2) solicit from each resident information re8 garding the resident’s desire to return to the re9 placement housing units constructed upon the origi10 nal public or assisted housing location, interest in 

11 moving to other neighborhoods or communities, or 

12 interest in retaining a voucher for rental assistance. 

13 (b) RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each transformation plan 

15 assisted under this title shall provide opportunities 

16 for the active involvement and participation of, and 

17 consultation with, residents of the public and as18 sisted housing that is subject to the transformation 

19 plan during the planning process for the trans20 formation plan, including prior to submission of the 

21 application, and during all phases of the planning 

22 and implementation. Such opportunities for partici23 pation may include participation of members of any 

24 resident council or tenant organization, but may not 

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1 segments of the population of residents of the public 

2 and assisted housing that is subject to the revitaliza3 tion plan, including single parent-headed households, 

4 the elderly, young employed and unemployed adults, 

5 teenage youth, and disabled persons. Such opportu6 nities shall include a process that provides oppor7 tunity for comment on specific proposals for redevel8 opment, any demolition and disposition involved, and 

9 any proposed significant amendments or changes to 

10 the transformation plan. 

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

12 make a grant under this title to an applicant unless 

13 the applicant has convened and conducted a public 

14 meeting regarding the transformation plan, includ15 ing the one-for-one replacement to occur under the 

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

17 application for the grant under this section for such 

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

19 residents of the public and assisted housing subject 

20 to the plan. 

21 (3) SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES

22 TO PLAN.—An applicant may not carry out any sig23 nificant amendment or change to a transformation 

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1 (A) the applicant has convened and con2 ducted a public meeting regarding the signifi3 cant amendment or change at a time and loca4 tion that is convenient for residents of the pub5 lic and assisted housing subject to the plan and 

6 has provided each household occupying a dwell7 ing unit in such public and assisted housing 

8 with written notice of such meeting not less 

9 than 10 days before such meeting; 

10 (B) after such meeting, the applicant 

11 consults with the households occupying dwelling 

12 units in the public and assisted housing that 

13 are subject to, or to be subject to the plan, and 

14 the agency submits a report to the Secretary 

15 describing the results of such consultation; and 

16 (C) the Secretary approves the significant 

17 amendment or change. 

18 (c) RIGHT TO RETURN.—The Secretary may not ap19 prove a transformation plan under this title unless the 

20 plan provides that each resident of public or assisted hous21 ing displaced by activities under the transformation plan 

22 who wishes to return to the on-site or off-site replacement 

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

2 of departure from the housing subject to rehabilita3 tion or demolition; and 

4 (2) would be eligible, as of the time of such re5 turn, for occupancy under the eligibility, screening, 

6 and occupancy standards, policies, or practices appli7 cable to the housing from which the resident was 

8 displaced, as in effect at such time of displacement. 

9 (d) RELOCATION, NOTICE, APPLICATION FOR

10 VOUCHERS, AND DATA.—All relocation activities resulting 

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

12 both demolition and disposition, to be carried out under 

13 a transformation plan relating to a grant under this title 

14 shall be subject to the following requirements: 

15 (1) UNIFORM RELOCATION AND REAL PROP16 ERTY ACQUISITION ACT.—The Uniform Relocation 

17 and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 

18 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) shall apply. To the extent 

19 the provisions of this subsection and such Act con20 flict, the provisions that provide greater protection 

21 to residents displaced by the demolition, disposition, 

22 or demolition and disposition, shall apply. 

23 (2) RELOCATION PLAN.—The applicant shall 

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1 providing for the relocation of residents occupying 

2 the public or assisted housing for which the demoli3 tion or disposition is proposed, which shall include— 

4 (A) a statement of the estimated number 

5 of vouchers for rental assistance under section 

6 307 that will be needed for such relocation; 

7 (B) identification of the location of the re8 placement dwelling units that will be made 

9 available for permanent occupancy; and 

10 (C) a statement of whether any temporary, 

11 off-site relocation of any residents is necessary 

12 and a description of the plans for such reloca13 tion. 

14 (3) NOTICE UPON APPROVAL OF APPLICA15 TION.—Within a reasonable time after notice to the 

16 applicant of the approval of an application for a 

17 grant under this section, the applicant shall provide 

18 notice in writing, in plain and non-technical lan19 guage, to the residents of the public and assisted 

20 housing subject to the approved transformation plan 

21 that— 

22 (A) states that the application and trans23 formation plan has been approved; 

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1 the residents may not be relocated until the 

2 conditions set forth in section 309 have been 

3 met; 

4 (C) provides information regarding reloca5 tion options; and 

6 (D) advises residents of the availability of 

7 relocation counseling as required in paragraph 

8 (7). 

9 (4) NOTICE BEFORE RELOCATION.—Except in 

10 cases of a substantial and imminent threat to health 

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

12 which residents will be relocated, the grantee shall 

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

14 language, to each family residing in a public or as15 sisted housing project that is subject to an approved 

16 transformation plan, and in accordance with such 

17 guidelines as the Secretary may issue governing such 

18 notifications, that— 

19 (A) the public or assisted housing project 

20 will be demolished or disposed of; 

21 (B) the demolition of the building in which 

22 the family resides will not commence until each 

23 resident of the building is relocated; and 


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1 (C) if temporary, off-site relocation is nec2 essary, each family displaced by such action 

3 shall be offered comparable housing— 

4 (i) that meets housing quality stand5 ards; 

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

7 generally not less desirable than the loca8 tion of the displaced family’s housing, 

9 which shall include at least one unit lo10 cated in an area of low poverty or one unit 

11 located within the neighborhood of the 

12 original public or assisted housing site; 

13 (iii) that is identified and available to 

14 the family; and 

15 (iv) which shall include— 

16 (I) tenant-based assistance, ex17 cept that the requirement under this 

18 subparagraph regarding offering of 

19 comparable housing shall be fulfilled 

20 by use of tenant-based assistance only 

21 upon the relocation of the family into 

22 such housing; 

23 (II) project-based assistance; 

24 (III) occupancy in a unit oper25 ated or assisted by the public housing 


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1 agency or the owner of the assisted 

2 project demolished or disposed of 

3 under this section, at a rental rate 

4 paid by the family that is comparable 

5 to the rental rate applicable to the 

6 unit from which the family is relo7 cated; or 

8 (IV) other comparable housing. 

9 (5) SEARCH PERIOD.—Notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law, in the case of a household 

11 that is provided tenant-based assistance for reloca12 tion of the household under this section, the period 

13 during which the household may lease a dwelling 

14 unit using such assistance shall not be shorter in du15 ration than the 150-day period that begins at the 

16 time a comparable replacement unit is made avail17 able to the family. If the household is unable to lease 

18 a dwelling unit using such assistance during such 

19 period, the grantee shall extend the period during 

20 which the household may lease a dwelling unit using 

21 such assistance, or at the resident’s request, shall 

22 provide the resident with the next available com23 parable public housing unit or comparable housing 

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1 (6) PAYMENT OF RELOCATION EXPENSES.— 

2 The grantee shall provide for the payment of the ac3 tual and reasonable relocation expenses, including 

4 security deposits, of each resident to be displaced 

5 and any other relocation expenses as are required by 

6 the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Prop7 erty Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. 

8 (7) COMPREHENSIVE RELOCATION COUN9 SELING.—The grantee shall provide all advisory pro10 grams and services as required by the Uniform Relo11 cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 

12 Policies Act of 1970 and counseling for residents 

13 who are displaced that shall fully inform residents to 

14 be displaced of all relocation options, which may in15 clude relocating to housing in a neighborhood with 

16 a lower concentration of poverty than their current 

17 residence, a neighborhood where relocation will not 

18 increase racial segregation, or remaining in the cur19 rent neighborhood. Such counseling shall also in20 clude providing school options for children and com21 prehensive housing search assistance for households 

22 that receive a voucher for tenant-based assistance. 

23 (8) TIMING OF DEMOLITION OR DISPOSITION.— 

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1 proved transformation plan until all residents resid2 ing in the building are relocated. 

3 (9) TIMING OF RELOCATION.—The applicant 

4 shall not commence relocation before approval by the 

5 Secretary of the transformation plan providing for 

6 the demolition or disposition, unless the applicant 

7 generally relocates residents in accordance with this 

8 section, as determined by the Secretary, except in 

9 the case of a substantial and imminent threat to 

10 health or safety. 

11 (e) MONITORING OF DISPLACED HOUSEHOLDS.— 

12 (1) GRANTEE RESPONSIBILITIES.—To facilitate 

13 compliance with the requirement under subsection 

14 (a) (relating to right of residents to return), the Sec15 retary shall, by regulation, require each grantee of 

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

17 transformation plan assisted with the grant and 

18 until all funding under the grant has been ex19 pended— 

20 (A) to maintain a current address of resi21 dence and contact information for each house22 hold affected by the transformation plan who 

23 was occupying a dwelling unit in the housing 

24 that is subject to the plan; and 


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1 (B) to provide such updated information to 

2 the Secretary on at least a quarterly basis. 

3 (2) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary may not 

4 close out any grant made under this section before 

5 the grantee has certified to the Secretary that the 

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

7 right of residents to return) with respect to each 

8 resident displaced as a result of the transformation 

9 plan, including providing occupancy in a replacement 

10 dwelling unit for each resident who requested such 

11 a unit in accordance with such subsection. 

12 (f) PREFERENCE.—A returning resident shall be pro13 vided a preference for occupancy of on-site or off-site re14 placement units before such units are made available for 

15 occupancy by any other eligible households, or the resident 

16 may choose to retain tenant-based voucher assistance pro17 vided under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 

18 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for relocation from the prop19 erties revitalized under a transformation plan assisted 

20 with a grant under this title. 

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

22 housing agency or any other manager of on-site or off23 site replacement housing shall not, through the application 

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

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1 under subsection (a) from occupying a replacement hous2 ing unit. 

3 SEC. 308. ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC AND AS4 SISTED HOUSING DWELLING UNITS. 

5 (a) ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC OR AS6 SISTED HOUSING UNITS.—The Secretary may not ap7 prove a transformation plan that provides for dwelling 

8 units to be demolished or disposed of unless the plan pro9 vides as follows: 

10 (1) REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE EACH UNIT.— 

11 One hundred percent of the public and assisted 

12 housing dwelling units and units described in section 

13 315(1)(E) that are demolished or disposed of pursu14 ant to the transformation plan shall be replaced with 

15 a newly constructed, rehabilitated, or purchased pub16 lic or assisted housing unit or with a newly con17 structed, rehabilitated, or purchased unit (including 

18 through project-based assistance) that is subject to 

19 requirements regarding eligibility for occupancy, ten20 ant contribution toward rent, and long-term afford21 ability restrictions that are consistent with such re22 quirements for public and assisted housing dwelling 

23 units or for State units, as applicable, except that 

24 subparagraphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of 

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1 percentage limitation and income mixing require2 ment of project-based assistance) shall not apply 

3 with respect to vouchers used to comply with the re4 quirements of this paragraph. 

5 (2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Admission to, ad6 ministration of, and eviction from replacement hous7 ing units that replaced public housing units, but 

8 that are not public housing dwelling units, shall be 

9 subject to the following provisions to the same ex10 tent as public housing dwelling units: 

11 (A) Section 578 of the Quality Housing 

12 and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 

13 U.S.C. 13663; relating to ineligibility of dan14 gerous sex offenders). 

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

16 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f); re17 lating to ineligibility of certain drug offenders). 

18 (C) Sections 20 and 21 of the United 

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

20 1437s; relating to resident management). 

21 (D) Section 25 of the United States Hous22 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437w; relating to 

23 transfer of management at request of resi24 dents). 


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

2 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(k); re3 lating to administrative grievance procedure). 

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

5 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(f); re6 lating to housing quality requirements). 

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

8 regulations (relating to tenant participation and 

9 opportunities). 

10 (3) RETENTION OF RIGHTS.—Tenants occu11 pying a replacement housing unit shall have all 

12 rights provided to tenants of the housing from which 

13 the tenants were relocated. 

14 (4) SIZE.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Replacement units shall 

16 be of comparable size, unless a market analysis 

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

18 case such need shall be addressed. 

19 (B) BEDROOMS.—The number of bed20 rooms within each replacement unit shall be 

21 sufficient to serve families displaced as a result 

22 of the demolition or disposition. 

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

24 all replacement units for public and assisted housing 

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1 units constructed within the immediate area of the 

2 original public or assisted housing location, unless 

3 the Secretary determines that— 

4 (A) construction on such location would re5 sult in the violation of a consent decree; or 

6 (B) the land on which the public and as7 sisted housing is located is environmentally un8 safe or geologically unstable. 

9 (6) LOCATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.—Any 

10 replacement housing units provided in addition to 

11 dwelling units provided pursuant to paragraph (5) 

12 shall— 

13 (A) be provided in areas within the neigh14 borhood, except that if rebuilding the units 

15 within the neighborhood is not feasible, units 

16 shall be provided within the jurisdiction of the 

17 public housing agency— 

18 (i) in a manner that furthers the eco19 nomic and educational opportunities for 

20 residents; and 

21 (ii) in areas offering access to public 

22 transportation; and 

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1 ties, that are comparable to services provided to 

2 the revitalized neighborhood from which resi3 dents were displaced. 

4 (7) LOCATION OUTSIDE OF JURISDICTION.—If 

5 rebuilding replacement housing units within the ju6 risdiction, in a manner that complies with the re7 quirements of clauses (i) through (iv) of subpara8 graph (A) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6) 

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

10 jurisdiction of the public housing agency, but within 

11 the metropolitan area of such jurisdiction, provided 

12 the grantee requests, and the public housing agency 

13 or unit of local government in which such units shall 

14 be located, agrees to such transfer of units. All such 

15 units shall comply with the requirements of clauses 

16 (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (A) and subpara17 graph (B) of paragraph (6). 

18 (b) WAIVER.— 

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

20 an applicant for a grant under this title submitted 

21 as part of the transformation plan pursuant to sec22 tion 306, the Secretary may reduce the percentage 

23 applicable under subsection (a)(1) to the trans24 formation plan of the applicant to not less than 90 

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

2 order of a court limits the ability of the appli3 cant to comply with such requirements; or 

4 (B) the applicant demonstrates that there 

5 is an excess supply of affordable rental housing 

6 in areas of low poverty and provides data show7 ing that, in the area surrounding the revitalized 

8 neighborhood— 

9 (i) at least 90 percent of vouchers 

10 issued under section 8(o) of the United 

11 States Housing Act of 1937 over the last 

12 24 months to comparable families were 

13 successfully used to lease a dwelling unit 

14 within 120 days of issuance or, if a suffi15 cient number of comparable families have 

16 not received vouchers, an alternative meas17 ure, as the Secretary shall design, is met; 

18 (ii) existing voucher holders are widely 

19 dispersed geographically in areas of low 

20 poverty with access to public transpor21 tation, education, and other amenities, as 

22 determined by the Secretary, among the 

23 available private rental housing stock; and 

24 (iii) the applicant provides a market 

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1 (I) there is a relatively high va2 cancy rate among units that would 

3 meet or exceed housing quality stand4 ards, as determined by the Secretary, 

5 within the market area with rent and 

6 utility costs not exceeding the applica7 ble payment standard under section 

8 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 

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

10 (II) such high vacancy rate with11 in the market area is expected to con12 tinue for the next 5 years or longer. 

13 SEC. 309. OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 

14 (a) FAIR HOUSING.—The demolition or disposition, 

15 relocation, replacement, and re-occupancy of housing units 

16 in connection with a grant under this title shall be carried 

17 out in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, 

18 as required by section 808 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 

19 (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)). Grantees shall adopt affirmative 

20 marketing procedures, and require affirmative marketing 

21 activities of project owners and managers. Such special 

22 outreach efforts shall be targeted to those who are least 

23 likely to apply for the housing, to ensure that all persons 

24 regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, 

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1 opportunities in each project funded with a grant under 

2 this title. 

3 (b) ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—All new con4 struction and alterations of existing buildings carried out 

5 in connection with a grant under this title shall comply 

6 with the requirements of the section 504 of Rehabilitation 

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

8 for Design, Construction, and Alteration of Publicly 

9 Owned Residential Structures of the Department of Hous10 ing and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. part 40), the Fair 

11 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and any other re12 quirements as determined by the Secretary. 

13 (c) AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT.—Amounts from 

14 a grant under this title may not be used for assistance 

15 for any housing property unless the owner of the property 

16 assisted agrees to a period of affordability for the property 

17 which shall be not shorter than the period of affordability 

18 to which the property is already subject and remains sub19 ject, or 20 years, whichever is longer. 

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

21 title, the Secretary shall establish cost limits on eligible 

22 activities under this title sufficient to provide for effective 

23 transformation programs. 

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1 shall be treated as assistance for special projects that are 

2 subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Prop3 erty Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), 

4 and shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Sec5 retary to implement such section. 

6 (f) GRANTEE REPORTING.—The Secretary shall re7 quire grantees under this title to report the sources and 

8 uses of all amounts expended and other information for 

9 transformation plans for the Secretary’s annual report to 

10 Congress or other purposes as determined by the Sec11 retary. 

12 SEC. 310. DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION. 

13 (a) INAPPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLI14 TION AND DISPOSITION REQUIREMENTS TO TRANS15 FORMATION PLAN.—The demolition or disposition of se16 verely distressed public housing pursuant to a trans17 formation plan approved under this title shall exempt from 

18 the provisions of section 18 of the United States Housing 

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

20 (b) APPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLI21 TION AND DISPOSITION REQUIREMENTS TO REPLACE22 MENT PUBLIC HOUSING.—Nothing in this title may be 

23 construed to exempt any replacement public housing 

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1 ing to one-for-one replacement of public housing dwelling 

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

3 States Housing Act of 1937. 

4 SEC. 311. PHASE-SPECIFIC UNDERWRITING. 

5 To the extent that a transformation plan provides for 

6 different phases of activities, the Secretary may allow for 

7 the various phases of such plan to be underwritten on a 

8 separate basis. 

9 SEC. 312. ADMINISTRATION BY OTHER ENTITIES. 

10 The Secretary may require a grantee under this title 

11 to make arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary for 

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

13 out activities assisted under the transformation plan of the 

14 grantee, if— 

15 (1) the original grantee has failed to meet per16 formance benchmarks relating to implementation of 

17 the transformation plan; and 

18 (2) the Secretary determines that such action 

19 will help to effectuate the purposes of this title. 

20 SEC. 313. WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDING. 

21 If a grantee under this title does not proceed within 

22 a reasonable timeframe in implementing its trans23 formation plan or does not otherwise comply with the re24 quirements of this title and the grant agreement, as deter25 mined by the Secretary, the Secretary may withdraw any 


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1 grant amounts under this title that have not been obli2 gated by the grantee. The Secretary may redistribute any 

3 withdrawn amounts to one or more other eligible entities 

4 capable of proceeding expeditiously in the same locality in 

5 carrying out the transformation plan of the original grant6 ee, or as such plan may be modified and approved by the 

7 Secretary, or, if that is not feasible, to one or more other 

8 applicants that has already received assistance under this 

9 title. 

10 SEC. 314. ANNUAL REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF 

11 GRANT INFORMATION. 

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

13 the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall sub14 mit to Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

16 and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the imple17 mentation and status of grants awarded under this title, 

18 which shall include— 

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

20 housing units revitalized pursuant to this title; 

21 (2) the amount and type of financial assistance 

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1 ices, public assets, public transportation, and access 

2 to jobs; 

3 (3) the impact of grants made under this title 

4 on the original residents, the target neighborhoods, 

5 and the larger communities within which they are lo6 cated; 

7 (4) all information submitted to the Secretary 

8 pursuant to section 307(e)(1) by all grantees and 

9 summaries of the extent of compliance by grantees 

10 with the requirements under subsections (a) and (g) 

11 of section 307; and 

12 (5) any information related to grantees imple13 mentation of the requirements under section 308 

14 (relating to one-for-one replacement of public hous15 ing dwelling units) and the efforts of the Secretary 

16 to coordinate funding pursuant to section 305(e)(3). 

17 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF GRANT INFORMA18 TION.—To the extent not inconsistent with any other pro19 visions of law, the Secretary shall make publicly available 

20 through a World Wide Web site of the Department of 

21 Housing and Urban Development all documents of, or 

22 filed with, the Department relating to the program under 

23 this title, including applications, grant agreements, plans, 

24 budgets, reports, and amendments to such documents; ex25 cept that in carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 


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1 shall take such actions as may be necessary to protect the 

2 privacy of any residents and households displaced from 

3 public or assisted housing as a result of a transformation 

4 plan assisted under a grant under this title. 

5 SEC. 315. DEFINITIONS. 

6 For purposes of this title, the following definitions 

7 shall apply: 

8 (1) AFFORDABLE HOUSING.—The term ‘‘afford9 able housing’’ includes— 

10 (A) public housing assisted under section 9 

11 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

12 U.S.C. 1437g); 

13 (B) assisted housing (as such term is de14 fined in this section); 

15 (C) housing assisted under an affordable 

16 housing program administered by the Secretary 

17 of Agriculture through Rural Housing Service; 

18 (D) rental housing that utilizes tax credits 

19 under section 42 or the Internal Revenue Code 

20 of 1986; 

21 (E) affordable rental housing owned, devel22 oped, or assisted through a State or local gov23 ernment or State housing finance agency, in24 cluding State-assisted public housing, which is 

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1 requiring occupancy by low-income households; 

2 and 

3 (F) private housing for low- and moderate4 income households and for which the Secretary 

5 requires the owner or purchaser of the project 

6 to maintain affordability for no fewer than 20 

7 years in accordance with use restrictions under 

8 regulations issued by the Secretary, which re9 strictions shall be— 

10 (i) contained in a legally enforceable 

11 document recorded in the appropriate 

12 records; and 

13 (ii) consistent with the long-term via14 bility of the project as rental or homeown15 ership housing. 

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

17 an eligible entity under section 303(a) that submits 

18 an application for a grant under this title pursuant 

19 to section 306. 

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

21 housing’’ means rental housing assisted under— 

22 (A) section 8 of the United States Housing 

23 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f, 1437g); 


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1 (B) section 221(d)(3) or 236 of the Na2 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l, 1715z– 

3 1); 

4 (C) section 202 of the Housing Act of 

5 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 

6 (D) section 811 of Cranston-Gonzalez Na7 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 8013). 

9 (4) CRITICAL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS.— 

10 The term ‘‘critical community improvements’’ 

11 means— 

12 (A) development or improvement of com13 munity facilities to promote upward mobility, 

14 self-sufficiency, or improved quality of life for 

15 residents of the neighborhood, such as construc16 tion or rehabilitation of parks and community 

17 gardens, environmental improvements, or site 

18 remediation at affected sites; or 

19 (B) activities to promote economic develop20 ment, such as development or improvement of 

21 transit, retail, community financial institutions, 

22 public services, facilities, assets, or other com23 munity resources. 


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1 (5) EXTREME POVERTY.—The term ‘‘extreme 

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

3 that the neighborhood— 

4 (A) has a high percentage of residents who 

5 are— 

6 (i) estimated to be in poverty; or 

7 (ii) have extremely low incomes based 

8 on the most recent data collected by the 

9 United States Census Bureau; and 

10 (B) is experiencing distress related to one 

11 or more of the following: 

12 (i) Per capita crime rates over 3 or 

13 more years that are significantly higher 

14 than the per capita crime rates of the city 

15 or county in which the neighborhood is lo16 cated. 

17 (ii) High rates of vacant, abandoned, 

18 or substandard homes relative to the city 

19 or county as a whole. 

20 (iii) A low-performing public school. 

21 (iv) Other such factors as determined 

22 by the Secretary that further the purposes 

23 of this title. 

24 (6) FAMILIES.—The term ‘‘families’’ has the 

25 meaning given such term in section 3(b) of the 


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

2 1437a(b)). 

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

4 eligible entity under section 303 that is awarded a 

5 grant under this title, pursuant to selection under 

6 section 306. 

7 (8) LONG-TERM VIABILITY.—The term ‘‘long8 term viability’’ means, with respect to a neighbor9 hood, that the neighborhood is sustainable on an 

10 economic, education, and environmental basis. 

11 (9) NEIGHBORHOOD.—The term ‘‘neighbor12 hood’’ means an area that— 

13 (A) has distinguishing characteristics; 

14 (B) represents the geographical distribu15 tion of targeted populations; and 

16 (C) is not exclusive of areas that are inte17 grally related to the composition of the commu18 nity. 

19 (10) PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC HOUSING AGEN20 CY.—The terms ‘‘public housing’’ and ‘‘public hous21 ing agency’’ have the meanings given such terms in 

22 section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 

23 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 


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1 (11) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

2 means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop3 ment. 

4 (12) SEVERELY DISTRESSED HOUSING.—The 

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

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

7 that— 

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

9 architect licensed by a State licensing board, as 

10 meeting criteria for physical distress that indi11 cate that the project requires major redesign, 

12 reconstruction, or redevelopment, or partial or 

13 total demolition, to correct serious deficiencies 

14 in the original design (including inappropriately 

15 high-population density), deferred maintenance, 

16 physical deterioration or obsolescence of major 

17 systems, and other deficiencies in the physical 

18 plant of the project; and 

19 (ii) is a significant contributing factor to 

20 the physical decline of and disinvestment by 

21 public and private entities in the surrounding 

22 neighborhood, as documented by evidence of 

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1 cant or co-applicant or their qualified designee; 

2 or 

3 (B) was a project described in subpara4 graph (A) that has been legally vacated or de5 molished, but for which the Secretary has not 

6 yet provided replacement housing assistance 

7 other than tenant-based assistance. 

8 (13) SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENT OR CHANGE.— 

9 The term ‘‘significant’’ means, with respect to an 

10 amendment or change to a transformation plan, that 

11 the amendment or change— 

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

13 of the total amount of the grant provided under 

14 this title from use for one activity to use for an15 other; 

16 (B) eliminates an activity that is a re17 quired activity that, notwithstanding the 

18 change, would otherwise be carried out under 

19 the plan; or 

20 (C) significantly changes the scope, loca21 tion, or beneficiaries of the project carried out 

22 under the plan. 

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1 mote upward mobility, self-sufficiency, or improved 

2 quality of life, including— 

3 (A) such activities as literacy training, re4 medial and continuing education, job training, 

5 financial literacy instruction, daycare, youth 

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

7 health services, and other programs for which 

8 such residents demonstrate need; 

9 (B) case management and service coordi10 nation services, including providing coordinators 

11 for the Family Self-Sufficiency program under 

12 section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 

13 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u) and the Resident Op14 portunity and Supportive Services program 

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

16 1437z–6); and 

17 (C) technical assistance to enable residents 

18 to access programs from other key agencies and 

19 local service providers in order to help residents 

20 be stably housed, improve outcomes for chil21 dren, and enhance adults’ capacity for self-suf22 ficiency and economic security, and services for 

23 the elderly and persons with disabilities to 

24 maintain independence. 


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1 SEC. 316. FUNDING. 

2 There are authorized to be appropriated the following 

3 amounts: 

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

5 2016 and such sums as may be necessary in each of 

6 fiscal years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, for grants 

7 under this title, of which, in any fiscal year— 

8 (A) up to 10 percent of such amount au9 thorized may be used for planning grants, ex10 cept that in awarding planning grants, the Sec11 retary may elect to base selection on a subset 

12 of the required provisions of this title; 

13 (B) up to 5 percent of the amount author14 ized may be used for technical assistance and 

15 program evaluation efforts related to grants 

16 awarded under this title, or under predecessor 

17 programs; and 

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

19 for, or 80 percent of the number of housing 

20 units assisted under this title shall be, public 

21 housing units, subject to de minimis variations 

22 as may result from the grantee selection proc23 ess. 

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

25 be necessary for each of fiscal years 2016 through 

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1 cation and for rental assistance under section 8 of 

2 the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the pur3 poses of complying with section 307(c) of this title, 

4 but not to exceed the amount of assistance for the 

5 number of units demolished or disposed of under 

6 section 307(c)(1). 

7 SEC. 317. REGULATIONS. 

8 Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period 

9 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

10 Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the following 

11 provisions of this title: 

12 (1) Subsections (c) and (e) of section 305. 

13 (2) Section 308(b). 

14 (3) Paragraphs (4), (5), (8), (9), and (12) of 

15 section 315. 

16 TITLE IV—PILOT PROGRAM TO 

17 TRAIN PUBLIC HOUSING 

18 RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE 

19 HOME-BASED HEALTH SERV20 ICES 

21 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 

22 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Together We Care 

23 Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 402. PILOT GRANT PROGRAM TO TRAIN PUBLIC HOUS2 ING RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE COVERED 

3 HOME-BASED HEALTH SERVICES. 

4 Section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

5 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) is amended by adding at the end 

6 the following new subsections: 

7 ‘‘(f) PILOT GRANT PROGRAM TO TRAIN PUBLIC

8 HOUSING RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE COVERED HOME9 BASED HEALTH SERVICES.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF PILOT GRANT PRO11 GRAM.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Sec12 retary of Health and Human Services, shall estab13 lish a competitive grant program to make grants to 

14 eligible entities under paragraph (2) for use for the 

15 training of public housing residents as home health 

16 aides and as providers of home-based health services 

17 (including as personal and home care aides) to en18 able such residents to provide covered home-based 

19 health services to— 

20 ‘‘(A) residents of public housing who are 

21 elderly or disabled, or both (including elderly 

22 and disabled veterans who are residents of pub23 lic housing); and 

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1 assisted rental housing who are elderly or dis2 abled, or both. 

3 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—A grant under this 

4 subsection may be made only to an entity that— 

5 ‘‘(A) is a public housing agency or other 

6 unit of State or local government (including an 

7 agency of such unit), community health center, 

8 home care provider organization, faith-based or9 ganization, labor organization, or other organi10 zation determined to be qualified by the Sec11 retary; and 

12 ‘‘(B) demonstrates to the satisfaction of 

13 the Secretary that it has established, or pro14 vides such assurances that it will establish, an 

15 employment training program to train public 

16 housing residents to provide covered home17 based health services that complies with regula18 tions that the Secretary shall issue. 

19 ‘‘(3) RESIDENTS OF FEDERALLY-ASSISTED

20 RENTAL HOUSING.—The Secretary may set forth 

21 criteria under which an entity receiving funding 

22 under this subsection may train public housing resi23 dents to provide covered home-based health services 

24 to elderly and disabled residents of federally-assisted 

25 rental housing. 


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1 ‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—To be eligible for a grant 

2 under this subsection an eligible entity under para3 graph (2) shall submit to the Secretary an applica4 tion at such time, in such manner, and containing 

5 such information as the Secretary shall require. 

6 ‘‘(5) COMPETITIVE GRANT AWARDS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) GENERAL CRITERIA FOR SELEC8 TION.—The Secretary shall establish policies 

9 and procedures for reviewing and approving 

10 funding for eligible entities through a competi11 tive process taking into consideration— 

12 ‘‘(i) with respect to the service area in 

13 which public housing residents trained 

14 under an employment training program de15 scribed in paragraph (2)(B) will provide 

16 covered home-based health services— 

17 ‘‘(I) the percentage of residents 

18 age 62 and older; 

19 ‘‘(II) the percentage of disabled 

20 residents; and 

21 ‘‘(III) the percentage of unem22 ployed or underemployed residents; 

23 ‘‘(ii) the ability of an eligible entity to 

24 provide training that leads to the provision 

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1 ‘‘(iii) the record of the quality of care 

2 of an eligible entity; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) such other criteria as determined 

4 by the Secretary. 

5 ‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC CONSIDERATION.—In 

6 awarding grants, the Secretary shall consider a 

7 geographic mix of a variety of eligible entities 

8 so that the grant program will include at 

9 least— 

10 ‘‘(i) one employment training program 

11 described in paragraph (2)(B) that pri12 marily serves an urban population; 

13 ‘‘(ii) one employment training pro14 gram described in paragraph (2)(B) that 

15 primarily serves a rural population; 

16 ‘‘(iii) one employment training pro17 gram described in paragraph (2)(B) that 

18 primarily serves an Indian population; and 

19 ‘‘(iv) one employment training pro20 gram described in paragraph (2)(B) that 

21 primarily serves a population in the Com22 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 

23 States Virgin Islands, Guam, American 

24 Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the 

25 Northern Mariana Islands. 


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1 ‘‘(6) USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—An entity receiv2 ing funding under this subsection may use such 

3 funds— 

4 ‘‘(A) to establish (or maintain) and carry5 out an employment training program to train 

6 public housing residents to provide covered 

7 home-based health care services to elderly and 

8 disabled public housing residents and elderly 

9 and disabled residents of federally-assisted rent10 al housing; 

11 ‘‘(B) for the transportation expenses of 

12 public housing residents in training under such 

13 an employment training program; 

14 ‘‘(C) for the child care expenses of public 

15 housing residents in training under such an em16 ployment training program; 

17 ‘‘(D) for the administrative expenses of 

18 carrying out such an employment training pro19 gram; and 

20 ‘‘(E) for any other activity the Secretary 

21 determines appropriate. 

22 ‘‘(7) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

23 24 months after the date of the enactment of the 

24 Together We Care Act of 2015, the Secretary shall 

25 submit to Congress a report on the use and impact 


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1 of the grant program established by this subsection. 

2 The report shall include— 

3 ‘‘(A) a review of the effectiveness of the 

4 program in— 

5 ‘‘(i) providing jobs for public housing 

6 residents; 

7 ‘‘(ii) meeting the unmet health and 

8 long-term care needs of elderly and dis9 abled residents of public housing and elder10 ly and disabled residents of federally-as11 sisted rental housing; and 

12 ‘‘(iii) enabling the provision of quality 

13 care; and 

14 ‘‘(B) any recommendations the Secretary 

15 determines appropriate regarding the grant pro16 gram. 

17 ‘‘(8) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this subsection, 

18 subsection (g), and subsection (h): 

19 ‘‘(A) HOME-BASED HEALTH SERVICES.— 

20 The term ‘home-based health services’ means 

21 health care and long-term services provided to 

22 an individual in a place of residence used as 

23 such individual’s home and includes— 


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1 ‘‘(i) home health services described in 

2 section 1861(m) of the Social Security Act 

3 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(m)); 

4 ‘‘(ii) personal care services described 

5 in section 1905(a)(24) of such Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(24)); and 

7 ‘‘(iii) home-based services which may 

8 be covered under a waiver under subsection 

9 (c) or (d) of section 1915 of such Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 1396n). 

11 ‘‘(B) HOME HEALTH AIDE.—The term 

12 ‘home health aide’ has the meaning given the 

13 term in section 1891(a)(3)(E) of the Social Se14 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395bbb(a)(3)(E)). 

15 ‘‘(C) COVERED.—The term ‘covered’ 

16 means, with respect to home-based health serv17 ices, such services— 

18 ‘‘(i) for which medical assistance is 

19 available under a State plan under title 

20 XIX of the Social Security Act; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) for which financial assistance is 

22 available under subsection (g). 

23 ‘‘(D) FEDERALLY-ASSISTED RENTAL

24 HOUSING.—The term ‘federally-assisted rental 

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1 ‘‘(i) housing assisted under section 

2 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

3 U.S.C. 1701q); 

4 ‘‘(ii) housing assisted under section 

5 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1485); 

7 ‘‘(iii) housing assisted under section 8 

8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

9 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) (including project-based 

10 and tenant-based assistance); 

11 ‘‘(iv) housing assisted under the block 

12 grant program under the Native American 

13 Housing Assistance and Self-Determina14 tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); 

15 ‘‘(v) housing financed by a mortgage 

16 insured under section 221(d)(3) of the Na17 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

18 1715l(d)(3)) or held by the Secretary, a 

19 State, or State agency; and 

20 ‘‘(vi) housing assisted under section 

21 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af22 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013). 

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1 apply to this subsection, subsection (g), and sub2 section (h). 

3 ‘‘(10) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This sub4 section and subsection (g) may not be construed as 

5 affecting any requirement under State law for train6 ing, licensure, or any other certification as a home 

7 health aide or as a provider of any home-based 

8 health service under this subsection and subsection 

9 (g). 

10 ‘‘(11) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months 

11 after the date of enactment of the Together We Care 

12 Act of 2015, the Secretary shall issue regulations to 

13 carry out this subsection. 

14 ‘‘(12) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

15 There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 

16 for each of the fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018, 

17 for grants under this subsection. 

18 ‘‘(g) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HOME-BASED

19 HEALTH SERVICES IN CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary, 

21 in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 

22 Human Services, may provide financial assistance 

23 under this subsection to entities receiving grant 

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1 ing residents as home health aides and as providers 

2 of home-based health services and provide (or pay 

3 for) such services for use only for their costs in pro4 viding (or paying for) such services to— 

5 ‘‘(A) residents of public housing who are 

6 elderly or disabled, or both (including elderly or 

7 disabled veterans who are residents of public 

8 housing); or 

9 ‘‘(B) at the discretion of the Secretary, 

10 residents of federally-assisted rental housing 

11 who are elderly or disabled, or both. 

12 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— 

13 ‘‘(A) LOCATION.—Assistance under para14 graph (1) may be provided only for services fur15 nished in locations in which medical assistance 

16 for home-based health services is not available 

17 under a State plan under title XIX of the So18 cial Security Act. 

19 ‘‘(B) TRAINED PUBLIC HOUSING RESI20 DENTS.—Assistance under paragraph (1) may 

21 be used only for costs of services described in 

22 paragraph (1) that are provided by public hous23 ing residents trained by an entity receiving 

24 grant funds under the pilot program established 

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1 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for financial 

2 assistance under this subsection an entity shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) provide such assurances as the Sec4 retary shall require that it will use the funds 

5 only as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2); 

6 ‘‘(B) submit to the Secretary an applica7 tion at such time, in such manner, and con8 taining such information as the Secretary re9 quires; and 

10 ‘‘(C) comply with such other terms and 

11 conditions as the Secretary shall establish to 

12 carry out this subsection. 

13 ‘‘(4) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

14 There are authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 

15 for each of the fiscal years 2016, 2017, and 2018, 

16 for financial assistance under this subsection. 

17 ‘‘(h) IMPACT OF INCOME ON ELIGIBILITY FOR HOUS18 ING BENEFITS.—For any resident of public housing who 

19 is trained as a home health aide or as a provider of home20 based health services pursuant to the program under sub21 section (f), any income received by such resident for pro22 viding covered home-based health services shall apply to23 wards eligibility for benefits under Federal housing pro24 grams as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) No income received shall apply for the 12 

2 months after the completion of the training of such 

3 resident. 

4 ‘‘(2) Twenty-five percent of income received 

5 shall apply for the period that is 12 to 24 months 

6 after the completion of the training of such resident. 

7 ‘‘(3) Fifty percent of income received shall 

8 apply for the period that is 24 to 36 months after 

9 the completion of the training of such resident. 

10 ‘‘(4) One hundred percent of income received 

11 shall apply for any period that begins after 36 

12 months after the completion of the training of such 

13 resident.’’. 

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