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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1160 

To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 1, 2009 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. BROWN, and Mr. MENENDEZ) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homes for Heroes Act 

5 of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR VETERANS AFFAIRS IN OF7 FICE OF SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND 

8 URBAN DEVELOPMENT. 

9 Section 4 of the Department of Housing and Urban 

10 Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3533) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(g) SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR VETERANS AF2 FAIRS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be in the 

4 Department a Special Assistant for Veterans Af5 fairs, who shall be in the Office of the Secretary. 

6 ‘‘(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Special Assistant for 

7 Veterans Affairs shall be appointed based solely on 

8 merit and shall be covered under the provisions of 

9 title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 

10 in the competitive service. 

11 ‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Special Assist12 ant for Veterans Affairs shall be responsible for— 

13 ‘‘(A) ensuring veterans have access to 

14 housing and homeless assistance under each 

15 program of the Department providing either 

16 such assistance; 

17 ‘‘(B) coordinating all programs and activi18 ties of the Department relating to veterans; 

19 ‘‘(C) serving as a liaison for the Depart20 ment with the Department of Veterans Affairs, 

21 including establishing and maintaining relation22 ships with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; 

23 ‘‘(D) serving as a liaison for the Depart24 ment, and establishing and maintaining rela25 tionships with officials of State, local, regional, 


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1 and nongovernmental organizations concerned 

2 with veterans; 

3 ‘‘(E) providing information and advice re4 garding— 

5 ‘‘(i) sponsoring housing projects for 

6 veterans assisted under programs adminis7 tered by the Department; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) assisting veterans in obtaining 

9 housing or homeless assistance under pro10 grams administered by the Department; 

11 ‘‘(F) preparing the annual report under 

12 section 8 of Homes for Heroes Act of 2009; 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(G) carrying out such other duties as may 

15 be assigned to the Special Assistant by the Sec16 retary or by law.’’. 

17 SEC. 3. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR VERY LOW-INCOME 

18 VETERAN FAMILIES. 

19 (a) PURPOSE.—The purposes of this section are— 

20 (1) to expand the supply of permanent housing 

21 for very low-income veteran families; and 

22 (2) to provide supportive services through such 

23 housing to support the needs of such veteran fami24 lies. 

25 (b) AUTHORITY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing 

2 and Urban Development shall, to the extent amounts 

3 are made available for assistance under this section 

4 and the Secretary receives approvable applications 

5 for such assistance, provide assistance to private 

6 nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives 

7 to expand the supply of supportive housing for very 

8 low-income veteran families. 

9 (2) NATURE OF ASSISTANCE.—The assistance 

10 provided under paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) shall be available for use to plan for 

12 and finance the acquisition, construction, recon13 struction, or moderate or substantial rehabilita14 tion of a structure or a portion of a structure 

15 to be used as supportive housing for very low16 income veteran families in accordance with this 

17 section; and 

18 (B) may also cover the cost of real prop19 erty acquisition, site improvement, conversion, 

20 demolition, relocation, and other expenses that 

21 the Secretary determines are necessary to ex22 pand the supply of supportive housing for very 

23 low-income veteran families. 


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1 (3) CONSULTATION.—In meeting the require2 ment of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult 

3 with— 

4 (A) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and 

5 (B) the Special Assistant for Veterans Af6 fairs, as such Special Assistant was established 

7 under section 4(g) of the Department of Hous8 ing and Urban Development Act. 

9 (c) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this 

10 section shall be made available in the following forms: 

11 (1) PLANNING GRANTS.—Assistance may be 

12 provided as a grant for costs of planning a project 

13 to be used as supportive housing for very low-income 

14 veteran families. 

15 (2) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—Assistance may be 

16 provided as a capital advance under this paragraph 

17 for a project, such advance shall— 

18 (A) bear no interest; 

19 (B) not be required to be repaid so long as 

20 the housing remains available for occupancy by 

21 very low-income veteran families in accordance 

22 with this section; and 

23 (C) be in an amount calculated in accord24 ance with the development cost limitation estab25 lished pursuant to subsection (i). 


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1 (3) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Assistance 

2 may be provided as project rental assistance, under 

3 an annual contract that— 

4 (A) obligates the Secretary to make 

5 monthly payments to cover any part of the 

6 costs attributed to units occupied (or, as ap7 proved by the Secretary, held for occupancy) by 

8 very low-income veteran families that is not met 

9 from project income; 

10 (B) provides for the project not more than 

11 the sum of the initial annual project rentals for 

12 all units so occupied and any initial utility al13 lowances for such units, as approved by the 

14 Secretary; 

15 (C) provides that any contract amounts 

16 not used by a project in any year shall remain 

17 available to the project until the expiration of 

18 the contract; 

19 (D) provides that upon the expiration of 

20 each contract term, the Secretary shall adjust 

21 the annual contract amount to provide for rea22 sonable project costs, and any increases, includ23 ing adequate reserves, supportive services, and 

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1 tract term shall not be available for such ad2 justments upon renewal; and 

3 (E) provides that in the event of emer4 gency situations that are outside the control of 

5 the owner, the Secretary shall increase the an6 nual contract amount, subject to reasonable re7 view and limitations as the Secretary shall pro8 vide. 

9 (d) TENANT RENT CONTRIBUTION.—A very low-in10 come veteran family shall pay as rent for a dwelling unit 

11 assisted under this section the highest of the following 

12 amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar: 

13 (1) Thirty percent of the veteran family’s ad14 justed monthly income. 

15 (2) Ten percent of the veteran family’s monthly 

16 income. 

17 (3) If the veteran family is receiving payments 

18 for welfare assistance from a public agency and a 

19 part of such payments, adjusted in accordance with 

20 the veteran family’s actual housing costs, is specifi21 cally designated by such agency to meet the veteran 

22 family’s housing costs, the portion of such payments 

23 which is so designated. 

24 (e) TERM OF COMMITMENT.— 


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1 (1) USE LIMITATIONS.—All units in housing as2 sisted under this section shall be made available for 

3 occupancy by very low-income veteran families for 

4 not less than 15 years. 

5 (2) CONTRACT TERMS FOR PROJECT RENTAL

6 ASSISTANCE.— 

7 (A) INITIAL TERM.—The initial term of a 

8 contract entered into under subsection (c)(3) 

9 shall be 60 months. 

10 (B) EXTENSION.—The Secretary shall, 

11 subject only to the availability of amounts pro12 vided in appropriation Acts, renew the contract 

13 entered into under subsection (c)(3) for 10 con14 secutive one-year terms, the first such term be15 ginning upon the expiration of such 60-month 

16 period. 

17 (C) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY TO MAKE

18 EARLY COMMITMENTS.—In order to facilitate 

19 the orderly extension of expiring contracts, the 

20 Secretary may make commitments to extend ex21 piring contracts during the year prior to the 

22 date of expiration. 

23 (f) APPLICATIONS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts made available 

25 under this section shall be allocated by the Secretary 


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1 among approvable applications submitted by private 

2 nonprofit organizations and consumer cooperatives. 

3 (2) CONTENT OF APPLICATION.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Applications for assist5 ance under this section shall be submitted by an 

6 applicant in such form and in accordance with 

7 such procedures as the Secretary shall estab8 lish. 

9 (B) REQUIRED CONTENT.—Applications 

10 for assistance under this section shall contain— 

11 (i) a description of the proposed hous12 ing; 

13 (ii) a description of the assistance the 

14 applicant seeks under this section; 

15 (iii) a description of— 

16 (I) the supportive services to be 

17 provided to the persons occupying 

18 such housing; 

19 (II) the manner in which such 

20 services will be provided to such per21 sons, including, in the case of frail el22 derly persons (as such term is defined 

23 in section 202 of the Housing Act of 

24 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q)), evidence of 

25 such residential supervision as the 


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1 Secretary determines is necessary to 

2 facilitate the adequate provision of 

3 such services; and 

4 (III) the public or private sources 

5 of assistance that can reasonably be 

6 expected to fund or provide such serv7 ices; 

8 (iv) a certification from the public of9 ficial responsible for submitting a housing 

10 strategy for the jurisdiction to be served in 

11 accordance with section 105 of the Cran12 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 

13 Act (42 U.S.C. 12705) that the proposed 

14 project is consistent with the approved 

15 housing strategy; and 

16 (v) such other information or certifi17 cations that the Secretary determines to be 

18 necessary or appropriate to achieve the 

19 purposes of this section. 

20 (3) REJECTION.—The Secretary shall not reject 

21 any application for assistance under this section on 

22 technical grounds without giving notice of that rejec23 tion and the basis therefore to the applicant. 

24 (g) INITIAL SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROC25 ESSING.— 


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1 (1) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall 

2 establish selection criteria for assistance under this 

3 section, which shall include— 

4 (A) criteria based upon— 

5 (i) the ability of the applicant to de6 velop and operate the proposed housing; 

7 (ii) the need for supportive housing 

8 for very low-income veteran families in the 

9 area to be served; 

10 (iii) the extent to which the proposed 

11 size and unit mix of the housing will en12 able the applicant to manage and operate 

13 the housing efficiently and ensure that the 

14 provision of supportive services will be ac15 complished in an economical fashion; 

16 (iv) the extent to which the proposed 

17 design of the housing will meet the service18 connected disability needs of very low-in19 come veteran families; 

20 (v) the extent to which the applicant 

21 has demonstrated that the supportive serv22 ices identified pursuant to subsection 

23 (f)(2)(B)(iii) will be provided on a con24 sistent, long-term basis; 


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1 (vi) the extent to which the proposed 

2 design of the housing will accommodate the 

3 provision of supportive services that are ex4 pected to be needed, either initially or over 

5 the useful life of the housing, by the very 

6 low-income veterans the housing is in7 tended to serve; 

8 (vii) the extent to which the applicant 

9 has ensured that a service coordinator will 

10 be employed or otherwise retained for the 

11 housing, who has the managerial capacity 

12 and responsibility for carrying out the ac13 tions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 

14 subsection (h)(2)(A); and 

15 (viii) such other factors as the Sec16 retary determines to be appropriate to en17 sure that funds made available under this 

18 section are used effectively; 

19 (B) a preference in such selection for ap20 plications proposing housing to be reserved for 

21 occupancy by very low-income veteran families 

22 who are homeless (as such term is defined in 

23 section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 

24 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)); and 


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1 (C) criteria appropriate to consider the 

2 need for supportive housing for very low-income 

3 veteran families in nonmetropolitan areas and 

4 by Indian tribes. 

5 (2) DELEGATED PROCESSING.— 

6 (A) DELEGATION TO STATE OR LOCAL

7 HOUSING AUTHORITY.—In issuing a capital ad8 vance under this subsection for any project for 

9 which financing for the purposes described in 

10 subsection (b)(2) is provided by a combination 

11 of a capital advance under subsection (c)(2) 

12 and sources other than this section, within 30 

13 days of award of the capital advance, the Sec14 retary shall delegate review and processing of 

15 such projects to a State or local housing agency 

16 that— 

17 (i) is in geographic proximity to the 

18 property; 

19 (ii) has demonstrated experience in 

20 and capacity for underwriting multifamily 

21 housing loans that provide housing and 

22 supportive services; 

23 (iii) may or may not be providing low24 income housing tax credits in combination 


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1 with the capital advance under this section; 

2 and 

3 (iv) agrees to issue a firm commit4 ment within 12 months of delegation. 

5 (B) PROCESSING BY SECRETARY.—The 

6 Secretary shall retain the authority to process 

7 capital advances in cases in which no State or 

8 local housing agency has applied to provide del9 egated processing pursuant to this paragraph or 

10 no such agency has entered into an agreement 

11 with the Secretary to serve as a delegated proc12 essing agency. 

13 (C) PROCESSING FEES.—An agency to 

14 which review and processing is delegated pursu15 ant to subparagraph (A) may assess a reason16 able fee which shall be included in the capital 

17 advance amounts and may recommend project 

18 rental assistance amounts in excess of those ini19 tially awarded by the Secretary. The Secretary 

20 shall develop a schedule for reasonable fees 

21 under this subparagraph to be paid to delegated 

22 processing agencies, which shall take into con23 sideration any other fees to be paid to the agen24 cy for other funding provided to the project by 


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1 the agency, including bonds, tax credits, and 

2 other gap funding. 

3 (D) AUTHORITY RETAINED BY SEC4 RETARY.—Under such delegated system, the 

5 Secretary shall retain the authority to approve 

6 rents and development costs and to execute a 

7 capital advance within 60 days of receipt of the 

8 commitment from the State or local agency. 

9 The Secretary shall provide to such agency and 

10 the project sponsor, in writing, the reasons for 

11 any reduction in capital advance amounts or 

12 project rental assistance and such reductions 

13 shall be subject to appeal. 

14 (h) PROVISION OF SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO VET15 ERAN FAMILIES.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing 

17 and Urban Development shall coordinate with the 

18 Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that any 

19 housing assistance provided to veterans or veteran 

20 families includes a range of services tailored to the 

21 needs of the very low-income veteran families occu22 pying such housing, which may include services 

23 for— 

24 (A) outreach; 


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1 (B) health (including counseling, mental 

2 health, substance abuse, post-traumatic stress 

3 disorder, and traumatic brain injury) diagnosis 

4 and treatment; 

5 (C) habilitation and rehabilitation; 

6 (D) case management; 

7 (E) daily living; 

8 (F) personal financial planning; 

9 (G) transportation; 

10 (H) vocation; 

11 (I) employment and training; 

12 (J) education; 

13 (K) assistance in obtaining veterans bene14 fits and public benefits; 

15 (L) assistance in obtaining income support; 

16 (M) assistance in obtaining health insur17 ance; 

18 (N) fiduciary and representative payee; 

19 (O) legal aid; 

20 (P) child care; 

21 (Q) housing counseling; 

22 (R) service coordination; and 

23 (S) other services necessary for maintain24 ing independent living. 

25 (2) LOCAL COORDINATION OF SERVICES.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Hous2 ing and Urban Development shall coordinate 

3 with the Secretary of the Department of Vet4 erans Affairs to ensure that owners of housing 

5 assisted under this section have the managerial 

6 capacity to— 

7 (i) assess on an ongoing basis the 

8 service needs of residents; 

9 (ii) coordinate the provision of sup10 portive services and tailor such services to 

11 the individual needs of residents; and 

12 (iii) seek on a continuous basis new 

13 sources of assistance to ensure the long14 term provision of supportive services. 

15 (B) CLASSIFICATION OF COSTS.—Any cost 

16 associated with this subsection relating to the 

17 coordination of services shall be an eligible cost 

18 under subsections (c)(3). 

19 (i) DEVELOPMENT COST LIMITATIONS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall periodi21 cally establish reasonable development cost limita22 tions by market area for various types and sizes of 

23 supportive housing for very low-income veteran fami24 lies by publishing a notice of the cost limitations in 

25 the Federal Register. 


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1 (2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The cost limitations es2 tablished under paragraph (1) shall reflect— 

3 (A) the cost of construction, reconstruc4 tion, or moderate or substantial rehabilitation 

5 of supportive housing for very low-income vet6 eran families that meets applicable State and 

7 local housing and building codes; 

8 (B) the cost of movables necessary to the 

9 basic operation of the housing, as determined 

10 by the Secretary; 

11 (C) the cost of special design features nec12 essary to make the housing accessible to very 

13 low-income veteran families; 

14 (D) the cost of community space necessary 

15 to accommodate the provision of supportive 

16 services to veteran families; 

17 (E) if the housing is newly constructed, the 

18 cost of meeting the energy efficiency standards 

19 promulgated by the Secretary in accordance 

20 with section 109 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na21 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 12709); and 

23 (F) the cost of land, including necessary 

24 site improvement. 


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1 (3) USE OF DATA.—In establishing development 

2 cost limitations for a given market area under this 

3 subsection, the Secretary shall use data that reflect 

4 currently prevailing costs of construction, recon5 struction, or moderate or substantial rehabilitation, 

6 and land acquisition in the area. 

7 (4) COMMUNITY SPACE.—For purposes of para8 graph (2), a community space shall include space for 

9 cafeterias or dining halls, community rooms or build10 ings, workshops, child care, adult day health facili11 ties or other outpatient health facilities, or other es12 sential service facilities. 

13 (5) COMMERCIAL FACILITIES.—Neither this 

14 section nor any other provision of law may be con15 strued as prohibiting or preventing the location and 

16 operation, in a project assisted under this section, of 

17 commercial facilities for the benefit of residents of 

18 the project and the community in which the project 

19 is located, except that assistance made available 

20 under this section may not be used to subsidize any 

21 such commercial facility. 

22 (6) ACQUISITION.—In the case of existing hous23 ing and related facilities to be acquired, the cost lim24 itations shall include— 

25 (A) the cost of acquiring such housing; 


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1 (B) the cost of rehabilitation, alteration, 

2 conversion, or improvement, including the mod3 erate or substantial rehabilitation thereof; and 

4 (C) the cost of the land on which the hous5 ing and related facilities are located. 

6 (7) ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary 

7 shall adjust the cost limitation not less than annu8 ally to reflect changes in the general level of con9 struction, reconstruction, and moderate and substan10 tial rehabilitation costs. 

11 (8) INCENTIVES FOR SAVINGS.— 

12 (A) SPECIAL HOUSING ACCOUNT.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

14 use the development cost limitations estab15 lished under paragraph (1) or (6) to cal16 culate the amount of financing to be made 

17 available to individual owners. 

18 (ii) ACTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL COSTS

19 LESS THAN FINANCING.—Owners which 

20 incur actual development costs that are 

21 less than the amount of financing shall be 

22 entitled to retain 50 percent of the savings 

23 in a special housing account. 

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1 under clause (ii) shall be increased to 75 

2 percent for owners which add energy effi3 ciency features which— 

4 (I) exceed the energy efficiency 

5 standards promulgated by the Sec6 retary in accordance with section 109 

7 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Af8 fordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 12709); 

10 (II) substantially reduce the life11 cycle cost of the housing; and 

12 (III) reduce gross rent require13 ments. 

14 (B) USES.—The special housing account 

15 established under subparagraph (A) may be 

16 used— 

17 (i) to provide services to residents of 

18 the housing or funds set aside for replace19 ment reserves; or 

20 (ii) for such other purposes as deter21 mined by the Secretary. 

22 (9) DESIGN FLEXIBILITY.—The Secretary shall, 

23 to the extent practicable, give owners the flexibility 

24 to design housing appropriate to their location and 


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1 proposed resident population within broadly defined 

2 parameters. 

3 (10) USE OF FUNDS FROM OTHER SOURCES.— 

4 An owner shall be permitted voluntarily to provide 

5 funds from sources other than this section for amen6 ities and other features of appropriate design and 

7 construction suitable for supportive housing under 

8 this section if the cost of such amenities is— 

9 (A) not financed with the advance; and 

10 (B) is not taken into account in deter11 mining the amount of Federal assistance or of 

12 the rent contribution of tenants. 

13 (j) TENANT SELECTION.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—An owner shall adopt writ15 ten tenant selection procedures that are— 

16 (A) satisfactory to the Secretary and which 

17 are— 

18 (i) consistent with the purpose of im19 proving housing opportunities for very low20 income veteran families; and 

21 (ii) reasonably related to program eli22 gibility and an applicant’s ability to per23 form the obligations of the lease; and 

24 (B) compliant with subtitle C of title VI of 

25 the Housing and Community Development Act 


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1 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13601 et seq.) and any reg2 ulations issued under such subtitle. 

3 (2) NOTIFICATION OF REJECTION.—Owners 

4 shall promptly notify in writing any rejected appli5 cant of the grounds for any rejection. 

6 (3) INFORMATION REGARDING HOUSING.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

8 provide, to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

9 and the Secretary of Labor, information regard10 ing the availability of the housing assisted 

11 under this section. 

12 (B) SHARING OF INFORMATION WITH AD13 DITIONAL AGENCIES.—Within 30 days of re14 ceipt of the information, the Secretary of Vet15 erans Affairs and Secretary of Labor shall pro16 vide such information to agencies in the area of 

17 the housing that receive assistance from the 

18 Department of Veterans Affairs and the De19 partment of Labor for providing medical care, 

20 housing, supportive services or employment and 

21 training services to homeless veterans. 

22 (k) MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.— 

23 (1) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 

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1 ticipate more fully in the program carried out under 

2 this section. 

3 (2) CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE.—Each owner 

4 shall certify, to the satisfaction of the Secretary, 

5 that assistance made available under this section will 

6 be conducted and administered in conformity with 

7 title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 

8 2000a et seq.), the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 3601 et seq.), and other Federal, State, and local 

10 laws prohibiting discrimination and promoting equal 

11 opportunity. 

12 (3) OWNER DEPOSIT.— 

13 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re14 quire an owner of housing, assisted under this 

15 section, to deposit an amount not to exceed 

16 $15,000 in a special escrow account to ensure 

17 the owner’s commitment to the housing. Such 

18 amount shall be used only to cover operating 

19 deficits during the first three years of oper20 ations and shall not be used to cover construc21 tion shortfalls or inadequate initial project rent22 al assistance amounts. 

23 (B) REDUCTION OF REQUIREMENT.— 

24 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

25 reduce or waive the owner deposit specified 


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1 under subparagraph (A) for individual ap2 plicants if the Secretary finds that such 

3 waiver or reduction is necessary to achieve 

4 the purposes of this section and the appli5 cant demonstrates to the satisfaction of 

6 the Secretary that it has the capacity to 

7 manage and maintain the housing in ac8 cordance with this section. 

9 (ii) NONPROFITS.—The Secretary 

10 may reduce or waive the requirement of 

11 the owner deposit under subparagraph (A) 

12 in the case of a nonprofit applicant that is 

13 not affiliated with a national sponsor, as 

14 determined by the Secretary. 

15 (4) NOTICE OF APPEAL.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall no17 tify an owner not less than 30 days prior to 

18 canceling any reservation of assistance provided 

19 under this section. 

20 (B) APPEAL.— 

21 (i) FILING DEADLINE.—During the 

22 30-day period following the receipt of any 

23 notice required under subparagraph (A), 

24 an owner may appeal the proposed can25 cellation. 


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1 (ii) TIMING OF DECISION.—Any ap2 peal undertaken under clause (i), including 

3 review by the Secretary, shall be completed 

4 not later than 45 days after the appeal is 

5 filed. 

6 (5) LABOR.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

8 take such action as may be necessary to ensure 

9 that all laborers and mechanics employed by 

10 contractors and subcontractors in the construc11 tion of housing with 12 or more units assisted 

12 under this section shall be paid wages at rates 

13 not less than the rates prevailing in the locality 

14 involved for the corresponding classes of labor15 ers and mechanics employed on construction of 

16 a similar character, as determined by the Sec17 retary of Labor in accordance with subchapter 

18 IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 

19 Code. 

20 (B) EXEMPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall 

21 not apply to any individual who— 

22 (i) performs services for which the in23 dividual volunteered; 

24 (ii) does not receive compensation for 

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1 able benefits, or a nominal fee for such 

2 services; and 

3 (iii) is not otherwise employed at any 

4 time in the construction work. 

5 (6) ACCESS TO RESIDUAL RECEIPTS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall au7 thorize the owner of a housing project assisted 

8 under this section to use any residual receipts 

9 held for the project in excess of $500 per unit 

10 (or in excess of such other amount prescribed 

11 by the Secretary based on the needs of the 

12 project) for activities to retrofit and renovate 

13 the project as described under section 802(d)(3) 

14 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 

15 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8011(d)(3)) or to pro16 vide supportive services to residents of the 

17 project. 

18 (B) REPORT.—Any owner that uses resid19 ual receipts under this paragraph shall submit 

20 to the Secretary a report, not less than annu21 ally, describing the uses of the residual receipts. 

22 (C) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In de23 termining the amount of project rental assist24 ance to be provided to a project under sub25 section (c)(3) of this section, the Secretary may 


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1 take into consideration the residual receipts 

2 held for the project only if, and to the extent 

3 that, excess residual receipts are not used under 

4 this paragraph. 

5 (7) OCCUPANCY STANDARDS AND OBLIGA6 TIONS.—Each owner shall operate housing assisted 

7 under this section in compliance with subtitle C of 

8 title VI of the Housing and Community Develop9 ment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13601 et seq.) and 

10 any regulations issued under such subtitle. 

11 (8) USE OF PROJECT RESERVES.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts for project re13 serves for a project assisted under this section 

14 may be used for costs, subject to reasonable 

15 limitations as the Secretary determines appro16 priate, for reducing the number of dwelling 

17 units in the project. 

18 (B) APPROVAL OF SECRETARY RE19 QUIRED.—Any use described in subparagraph 

20 (A) of amounts for project reserves for a 

21 project assisted under this section shall be sub22 ject to the approval of the Secretary to ensure 

23 that such use is designed to retrofit units that 

24 are currently obsolete or unmarketable. 


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1 (9) REPAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE AND PREVEN2 TION OF UNDUE BENEFITS.— 

3 (A) REPAYMENT.—If a recipient, or a 

4 project sponsor receiving funds from the recipi5 ent, receives assistance under subsection (b) for 

6 use pursuant to paragraph (2) of such sub7 section for the construction, acquisition, or re8 habilitation of supportive housing for very low9 income veteran families and the project ceases 

10 to provide permanent housing, the Secretary 

11 shall require the recipient, or such project spon12 sor, to repay the following percentage of such 

13 assistance: 

14 (i) In the case of a project that ceases 

15 to be used for such supportive housing be16 fore the expiration of the 10-year period 

17 beginning upon commencement of the op18 eration of the project, 100 percent. 

19 (ii) In the case of a project that 

20 ceases to be used for such supportive hous21 ing on or after the expiration of the 10- 

22 year period beginning upon commencement 

23 of the operation of the project, but before 

24 the expiration of the 15-year period begin25 ning upon such commencement, 20 percent 


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1 of the assistance for each of the years dur2 ing such 15-year period for which the 

3 project fails to provide permanent housing. 

4 (B) PREVENTION OF UNDUE BENEFITS.— 

5 Except as provided in paragraph (C), if any 

6 property is used for a project that receives as7 sistance under subsection (b) for use pursuant 

8 to paragraph (2) of such subsection for the con9 struction, acquisition or rehabilitation of sup10 portive housing for very low-income veteran 

11 families, and the sale or other disposition of the 

12 property occurs before the expiration of the 15- 

13 year period beginning upon commencement of 

14 the operation of the project, the recipient (or 

15 the project sponsor receiving funds from the re16 cipient) shall comply with such terms and con17 ditions as the Secretary may prescribe to pre18 vent the recipient (or such project sponsor) 

19 from unduly benefitting from such sale or dis20 position. 

21 (C) EXCEPTION.—A recipient, or a project 

22 sponsor receiving funds from the recipient, shall 

23 not be required to make repayments, and com24 ply with the terms and conditions, required 

25 under subparagraph (A) or (B) if— 


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1 (i) the sale or disposition of the prop2 erty used for the project results in the use 

3 of the property for the direct benefit of 

4 very-low income persons; 

5 (ii) all of the proceeds of the sale or 

6 disposition are used to provide permanent 

7 housing for very-low income veteran fami8 lies meeting the requirements of this sec9 tion; 

10 (iii) project-based rental assistance or 

11 operating cost assistance from any Federal 

12 program or an equivalent State or local 

13 program is no longer made available and 

14 the project is meeting applicable perform15 ance standards, provided that the portion 

16 of the project that had benefitted from 

17 such assistance continues to meet the ten18 ant income and rent restrictions for low-in19 come units under section 42(g) of the In20 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; or 

21 (iv) there are no low-income veteran 

22 families in the geographic area of the prop23 erty who meet the program criteria, in 

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1 comes described in subsection (l)(2) of this 

2 section. 

3 (10) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY OF VERY LOW-IN4 COME VETERAN FAMILIES.—A veteran family resid5 ing in supportive housing assisted under this section 

6 may not be considered to lose its status as such a 

7 family for purposes of eligibility for continued occu8 pancy in such housing due to the death of any vet9 eran member of the family, including the sole vet10 eran member of the family. 

11 (l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi12 nitions shall apply: 

13 (1) CONSUMER COOPERATIVE.—The term ‘‘con14 sumer cooperative’’ has the same meaning given 

15 such term for purposes of the supportive housing for 

16 the elderly program under section 202 of the Hous17 ing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q). 

18 (2) VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILY.—The 

19 term ‘‘very low-income veteran family’’ means a vet20 eran family whose income does not exceed 50 per21 cent of the median income for the area, as deter22 mined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller 

23 and larger families, except that the Secretary may 

24 establish an income ceiling higher or lower than 50 

25 percent of the median for the area on the basis of 


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1 the Secretary’s findings that such variations are nec2 essary because of prevailing levels of construction 

3 costs or fair market rents (as determined under sec4 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

5 U.S.C. 1437f)), or unusually high or low family in6 comes. 

7 (3) OWNER.—The term ‘‘owner’’ means a pri8 vate nonprofit organization or consumer cooperative 

9 that receives assistance under this section to develop 

10 and operate supportive housing for very low-income 

11 veteran families. 

12 (4) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The 

13 term ‘‘private nonprofit organization’’ means— 

14 (A) any incorporated private institution or 

15 foundation— 

16 (i) no part of the net earnings of 

17 which inures to the benefit of any member, 

18 founder, contributor, or individual; 

19 (ii) which has a governing board that 

20 is responsible for the operation of the 

21 housing assisted under this section; and 

22 (iii) which is approved by the Sec23 retary as to financial responsibility; 

24 (B) a for-profit limited partnership the 

25 sole or managing general partner of which is an 


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1 organization meeting the requirements under 

2 clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A) or 

3 a corporation meeting the requirements of sub4 paragraph (C); 

5 (C) a corporation wholly owned and con6 trolled by an organization meeting the require7 ments under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of sub8 paragraph (A); and 

9 (D) a tribally designated housing entity, as 

10 such term is defined in section 4 of the Native 

11 American Housing Assistance and Self-Deter12 mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 

13 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

14 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 

15 except where specifically provided otherwise. 

16 (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 

17 several States, the District of Columbia, the Com18 monwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of 

19 the United States. 

20 (7) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR VERY LOW-IN21 COME VETERAN FAMILIES.—The term ‘‘supportive 

22 housing for very low-income veteran families’’ means 

23 housing that is designed to accommodate the provi24 sion of supportive services that are expected to be 

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1 housing, by the veteran families that the housing is 

2 intended to serve. 

3 (8) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 

4 meaning given the term in section 101 of title 38, 

5 United States Code. 

6 (9) VETERAN FAMILY.—The term ‘‘veteran 

7 family’’ includes a veteran who is a single person, a 

8 family (including families with children) whose head 

9 of household (or whose spouse) is a veteran, and one 

10 or more veterans living together with 1 or more per11 sons. 

12 (m) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of any amounts made 

13 available for assistance under this section: 

14 (1) PLANNING GRANTS.—Not more than 2.5 

15 percent shall be available for planning grants in ac16 cordance with subsection (c)(1). 

17 (2) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—Such sums as may be 

18 necessary shall be available for capital advances in 

19 accordance with subsection (c)(2). 

20 (3) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Such sums 

21 as may be necessary shall be available for project 

22 rental assistance in accordance with subsection 

23 (c)(3). 


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1 (4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Not more than 1 

2 percent shall be available for technical assistance in 

3 accordance with subsection (k)(1). 

4 (n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR

5 HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—There is authorized to be appro6 priated for assistance under this section $200,000,000 for 

7 fiscal year 2009 and such sums as may be necessary for 

8 each fiscal year thereafter. 

9 SEC. 4. HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS FOR HOMELESS VET10 ERANS. 

11 Section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act 

12 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended to read as fol13 lows: 

14 ‘‘(19) RENTAL VOUCHERS FOR HOMELESS VET15 ERANS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) ADDITIONAL VOUCHERS.—In addition 

17 to any amount made available for rental assist18 ance under this subsection, the Secretary shall 

19 make available the amount specified in subpara20 graph (B), for use only for providing rental as21 sistance for homeless veterans in conjunction 

22 with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

23 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in 

24 this subparagraph is, for each fiscal year, the 

25 amount necessary to provide not fewer than 


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1 20,000 vouchers for rental assistance under this 

2 subsection. 

3 ‘‘(C) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY OF HOME4 LESS VETERAN FAMILIES.—If any veteran 

5 member of a household for which rental assist6 ance is being provided under this paragraph, in7 cluding the sole veteran member of the house8 hold, dies, such household may not be consid9 ered, due to such death, to lose its status as the 

10 household of a homeless veteran for purposes 

11 of— 

12 ‘‘(i) eligibility for continued assistance 

13 under this paragraph; or 

14 ‘‘(ii) continued occupancy in the 

15 dwelling unit in which such family is resid16 ing using such assistance at the time of 

17 such death. 

18 ‘‘(D) FUNDING.—The budget authority 

19 made available under any other provisions of 

20 law for rental assistance under this subsection 

21 for fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year there22 after is authorized to be increased in each such 

23 fiscal year by such sums as may be necessary 

24 to provide the number of vouchers specified in 

25 subparagraph (B) for such fiscal year.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. INCLUSION OF VETERANS IN HOUSING PLANNING. 

2 (a) PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS.—Section 

3 5A(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 

4 U.S.C. 1437c–1(d)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and dis5 abled families’’ and inserting ‘‘, disabled families, and vet6 erans (as such term is defined in section 101 of title 38, 

7 United States Code)’’. 

8 (b) COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

9 STRATEGIES.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 105 of the Cran11 ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 12705) is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘vet14 erans (as such term is defined in section 101 of 

15 title 38, United States Code),’’ after ‘‘acquired 

16 immunodeficiency syndrome,’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (b)(20), by striking ‘‘and 

18 service’’ and inserting ‘‘veterans service, and 

19 other service’’; and 

20 (C) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting ‘‘vet21 erans (as such term is defined in section 101 of 

22 title 38, United States Code),’’ after ‘‘homeless 

23 persons,’’. 

24 (2) CONSOLIDATED PLANS.—The Secretary of 

25 Housing and Urban Development shall revise the 

26 regulations relating to submission of consolidated 


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1 plans (part 91 of title 24, Code of Federal Regula2 tions) in accordance with the amendments made by 

3 paragraph (1) of this subsection to require inclusion 

4 of appropriate information relating to veterans and 

5 veterans service agencies in all such plans. 

6 SEC. 6. EXCLUSION OF VETERANS BENEFITS FROM AS7 SISTED HOUSING RENT CONSIDERATIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi9 sion of law, for purposes of determining the amount of 

10 rent paid by a family for occupancy of a dwelling unit as11 sisted under a federally assisted housing program under 

12 subsection (b) or in housing assisted under any other fed13 erally assisted housing program, the income and the ad14 justed income of the family shall not be considered to in15 clude any amounts received by any member of the family 

16 from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs as— 

17 (1) compensation, as such term is defined in 

18 section 101(13) of title 38, United States Code; and 

19 (2) dependency and indemnity compensation, as 

20 such term is defined in section 101(14) of such title. 

21 (b) FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING PROGRAM.— 

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1 (1) the public housing program under the 

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

3 et seq.); 

4 (2) the tenant-based rental assistance program 

5 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 

6 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), including the program 

7 under subsection (o)(19) of such section for housing 

8 rental vouchers for low-income veteran families; 

9 (3) the project-based rental assistance program 

10 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 

11 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 

12 (4) the program for housing opportunities for 

13 persons with AIDS under subtitle D of title VIII of 

14 the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.); 

16 (5) the supportive housing for the elderly pro17 gram under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 

18 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); 

19 (6) the supportive housing for persons with dis20 abilities program under section 811 of the Cranston21 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 8013); 

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1 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et 

2 seq.); 

3 (8) the program for moderate rehabilitation of 

4 single room occupancy dwellings for occupancy by 

5 the homeless under section 441 of the McKinney6 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11401); 

7 (9) the shelter plus care for the homeless pro8 gram under subtitle F of title IV of the McKinney9 Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11403 et 

10 seq.); 

11 (10) the supportive housing for very low-income 

12 veteran families program under section 3 of this Act; 

13 (11) the rental assistance payments program 

14 under section 521(a)(2)(A) of the Housing Act of 

15 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)(A)); 

16 (12) the rental assistance program under sec17 tion 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 

18 1715z–1); 

19 (13) the rural housing programs under section 

20 515 and 538 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

21 1485, 1490p–2); 

22 (14) the HOME investment partnerships pro23 gram under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na24 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 

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1 (15) the block grant programs for affordable 

2 housing for Native Americans and Native Hawaiians 

3 under titles I through IV and VIII of the Native 

4 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina5 tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq., 4221 et 

6 seq.); and 

7 (16) any other program for housing assistance 

8 administered by the Secretary of Housing and 

9 Urban Development or the Secretary of Agriculture 

10 under which eligibility for occupancy in the housing 

11 assisted or for housing assistance is based upon in12 come. 

13 SEC. 7. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR HOUSING AS14 SISTANCE FOR VETERANS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 

16 Urban Development shall, to the extent amounts are made 

17 available in appropriation Acts for grants under this sec18 tion, make grants to eligible entities under subsection (b) 

19 to provide to nonprofit organizations technical assistance 

20 appropriate to assist such organizations in— 

21 (1) sponsoring housing projects for veterans as22 sisted under programs administered by the Depart23 ment of Housing and Urban Development; 


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1 (2) fulfilling the planning and application proc2 esses and requirements necessary under such pro3 grams administered by the Department; and 

4 (3) assisting veterans in obtaining housing or 

5 homeless assistance under programs administered by 

6 the Department. 

7 (b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eligible entity under 

8 this subsection is a nonprofit entity or organization having 

9 such expertise as the Secretary shall require in providing 

10 technical assistance to providers of services for veterans. 

11 (c) SELECTION OF GRANT RECIPIENTS.—The Sec12 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish 

13 criteria for selecting applicants for grants under this sec14 tion to receive such grants and shall select applicants 

15 based upon such criteria. 

16 (d) FUNDING.—Of any amounts made available in 

17 fiscal year 2009 or any fiscal year thereafter to the De18 partment of Housing and Urban Development for salaries 

19 and expenses, $1,000,000 shall be available, and shall re20 main available until expended, for grants under this sec21 tion. 

22 SEC. 8. ANNUAL REPORT ON HOUSING ASSISTANCE TO VET23 ERANS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31 each 

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1 shall submit a report on the activities of the Department 

2 of Housing and Urban Development relating to veterans 

3 during such year to the following: 

4 (1) The Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

5 Urban Affairs of the Senate. 

6 (2) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

7 Senate. 

8 (3) The Committee on Appropriations of the 

9 Senate. 

10 (4) The Committee on Financial Services of the 

11 House of Representatives. 

12 (5) The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

13 House of Representatives. 

14 (6) The Committee on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives. 

16 (7) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 

17 (b) CONTENTS.—Each report required under sub18 section (a) shall include the following information with re19 spect to the year for which the report is submitted: 

20 (1) The number of very low-income veteran 

21 families provided assistance under the program of 

22 supportive housing for very low-income veteran fami23 lies under section 3, the socioeconomic characteris24 tics of such families, the types of assistance provided 


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1 such families, and the number, types, and locations 

2 of owners of housing assisted under such section. 

3 (2) The number of homeless veterans provided 

4 assistance under the program of housing choice 

5 vouchers for homeless veterans under section 

6 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

7 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) (as amended by section 4), 

8 the socioeconomic characteristics of such homeless 

9 veterans, and the number, types, and locations of en10 tities contracted under such section to administer 

11 the vouchers. 

12 (3) A summary description of the special con13 siderations made for veterans under public housing 

14 agency plans submitted pursuant to section 5A of 

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

16 1437c–1) and under comprehensive housing afford17 ability strategies submitted pursuant to section 105 

18 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous19 ing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705). 

20 (4) A description of the technical assistance 

21 provided to organizations pursuant to grants under 

22 section 7. 

23 (5) A description of the activities of the Special 

24 Assistant for Veterans Affairs. 


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1 (6) A description of the efforts of the Depart2 ment of Housing and Urban Development to coordi3 nate the delivery of housing and services to veterans 

4 with other Federal departments and agencies, in5 cluding the Department of Defense, Department of 

6 Justice, Department of Labor, Department of 

7 Health and Human Services, Department of Vet8 erans Affairs, Interagency Council on Homelessness, 

9 and the Social Security Administration. 

10 (7) The cost to the Department of Housing and 

11 Urban Development of administering the programs 

12 and activities relating to veterans. 

13 (8) Any other information that the Secretary 

14 considers relevant in assessing the programs and ac15 tivities of the Department of Housing and Urban 

16 Development relating to veterans. 

17 (c) ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING NEEDS OF VERY LOW18 INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—For the first report sub20 mitted pursuant to subsection (a) and every fifth re21 port thereafter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 

22 Development shall— 

23 (A) conduct an assessment of the housing 

24 needs of very low-income veteran families (as 

25 such term is defined in section 3); and 


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1 (B) shall include in each such report find2 ings regarding such assessment. 

3 (2) CONTENT.—Each assessment under this 

4 subsection shall include— 

5 (A) conducting a survey of, and direct 

6 interviews with, a representative sample of very 

7 low-income veteran families (as such term is de8 fined in section 3) to determine past and cur9 rent— 

10 (i) socioeconomic characteristics of 

11 such veteran families; 

12 (ii) barriers to such veteran families 

13 obtaining safe, quality, and affordable 

14 housing; 

15 (iii) levels of homelessness among 

16 such veteran families; and 

17 (iv) levels and circumstances of, and 

18 barriers to, receipt by such veteran families 

19 of rental housing and homeownership as20 sistance; and 

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1 erans, homelessness, and very low-income hous2 ing, may be useful to the assessment. 

3 (3) CONDUCT.—If the Secretary contracts with 

4 an entity other than the Department of Housing and 

5 Urban Development to conduct the assessment 

6 under this subsection, such entity shall be a non7 governmental organization determined by the Sec8 retary to have appropriate expertise in quantitative 

9 and qualitative social science research. 

10 (4) FUNDING.—Of any amounts made available 

11 pursuant to section 501 of the Housing and Urban 

12 Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1701z–1) for 

13 programs of research, studies, testing, or demonstra14 tion relating to the mission or programs of the De15 partment of Housing and Urban Development for 

16 any fiscal year in which an assessment under this 

17 subsection is required pursuant to paragraph (1) of 

18 this subsection, $1,000,000 shall be available until 

19 expended for costs of the assessment under this sub20 section. 

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