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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1227 

To assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected 

by Hurricane Katrina. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 28, 2007 

Ms. WATERS (for herself and Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 

and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income 

families affected by Hurricane Katrina. 

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 ‘‘Gulf Coast Hurricane 

5 Housing Recovery Act of 2007’’. 


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1 TITLE I—COMMUNITY 

2 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS 

3 SEC. 101. FLEXIBILITY OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ROAD 

4 HOME PROGRAM. 

5 (a) FLEXIBILITY OF FUNDS.—Subject to subsection 

6 (b) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the 

7 amounts previously made available to the Louisiana Re8 covery Authority under the Hazard Mitigation Grants pro9 gram of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 

10 $1,200,000,000 of such unexpended amounts shall be con11 sidered to have been made available to such Authority 

12 under the terms of the heading relating to ‘‘Department 

13 of Housing and Urban Development—Community Plan14 ning and Development—Community Development Fund’’ 

15 in chapter 9 of title II of Public Law 109–234 (120 Stat. 

16 472) and approved by the Secretary of Housing and 

17 Urban Development for use under the Road Home Pro18 gram of such Authority. 

19 (b) MONTHLY REPORTS ON PROGRAM.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Louisiana Recovery Au21 thority shall submit reports under this subsection re22 garding the Road Home Program to the Committee 

23 on Financial Services of the House of Representa24 tives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

25 Urban Affairs of the Senate. Each report under this 


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1 subsection shall describe and analyze the implemen2 tation, status, and effectiveness of the Road Home 

3 Program and shall include the following information, 

4 for the applicable reporting period and for the entire 

5 period of the program: 

6 (A) The number of applications submitted 

7 for assistance under the program. 

8 (B) The number of households for which 

9 assistance has been provided under the pro10 gram. 

11 (C) The average amount of assistance pro12 vided for each household under the program 

13 and the total amount of assistance provided 

14 under the program. 

15 (D) The number of personnel involved in 

16 executing all aspects of the program. 

17 (E) Actions taken to improve the program 

18 and recommendations for further such improve19 ments. 

20 (2) REPORTING PERIODS.—The first report 

21 under this subsection shall be submitted not later 

22 than the expiration of the 30-day period that begins 

23 upon the date of the enactment of this Act and re24 ports shall be submitted not later than the expiraVerDate Aug 31 2005 22:04 Mar 01, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1227.IH H1227

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1 tion of each successive 30-day period thereafter dur2 ing the term of the program. 

3 SEC. 102. ELIMINATION OF PROHIBITION OF USE FOR 

4 MATCH REQUIREMENT. 

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

6 amounts made available before the date of the enactment 

7 of this Act for activities under the community development 

8 block grant program under title I of the Housing and 

9 Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et 

10 seq.) for expenses related to disaster relief, long-term re11 covery, and restoration of infrastructure in the areas im12 pacted or distressed by the consequences of Hurricane 

13 Katrina, Rita, or Wilma in States for which the President 

14 declared a major disaster may be used by a State or local15 ity as a matching requirement, share, or contribution for 

16 any other Federal program. 

17 SEC. 103. REIMBURSEMENT OF CDBG AMOUNTS USED FOR 

18 RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE. 

19 There are authorized to be appropriated, from any 

20 amounts made available before the date of the enactment 

21 of this Act under any provision of law to the Federal 

22 Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief under 

23 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As24 sistance Act relating to the consequences of Hurricane 

25 Katrina, Rita, or Wilma that remain unobligated, such 


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1 sums as may be necessary for the Secretary of Housing 

2 and Urban Development to provide assistance under title 

3 I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

4 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) to metropolitan cities and 

5 urban counties that used amounts previously made avail6 able under such title to provide rental housing assistance 

7 for families residing in such city or county pursuant to 

8 evacuation from their previous residences because of such 

9 hurricanes in the amount necessary to provide each such 

10 city and county with an amount equal to the aggregate 

11 amount of previous assistance under such title so used. 

12 TITLE II—PUBLIC HOUSING 

13 SEC. 201. SURVEY OF PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS. 

14 (a) SURVEY.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban 

15 Development shall provide for the conducting of a survey, 

16 by an independent entity or organization, to determine, 

17 of the households who as of August 25, 2005, resided in 

18 public housing (as such term is defined in section 3(b) 

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

20 1437a(b))) operated or administered by the Housing Au21 thority of New Orleans, in Louisiana— 

22 (1) which and how many such households in23 tend to return to residence in such public housing or 

24 a comparable unit, when presented with the options 

25 of— 


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1 (A) returning to residence in a repaired 

2 public housing or comparable dwelling unit in 

3 New Orleans; or 

4 (B) continuing to receive rental housing 

5 assistance from the Federal Government; and 

6 (2) when such households intend to return. 

7 (b) PARTICIPATION OF RESIDENTS.—The Secretary 

8 shall solicit recommendations from resident councils and 

9 residents of public housing operated or administered by 

10 such Housing Authority in designing and conducting the 

11 survey under subsection (a). 

12 (c) PROPOSED SURVEY DOCUMENT.—The Secretary 

13 shall submit the proposed document to be used in con14 ducting the survey to the Committee on Financial Services 

15 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

16 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate not 

17 less than 10 business days before the commencement of 

18 such survey. 

19 (d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report 

20 the Committees referred to in subsection (c) detailing the 

21 results of the survey conducted under subsection (a) not 

22 later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this 

23 Act. 


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1 SEC. 202. RIGHT OF RETURN FOR PREVIOUS RESIDENTS OF 

2 PUBLIC HOUSING. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE DWELLING UNITS.— 

4 Not later than August 1, 2007, the Housing Authority of 

5 New Orleans shall make available for occupancy, subject 

6 to subsection (b), a number of dwelling units (including 

7 those currently occupied) described in subsection (d) that 

8 is not less than the greater of— 

9 (1) 3,000; or 

10 (2) the number of households who have indi11 cated, in the survey conducted pursuant to section 

12 201, that they intend to return to residence in public 

13 housing operated or administered by such public 

14 housing agency. 

15 (b) RIGHT OF RETURN.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject only to subsection 

17 (c), the Housing Authority of New Orleans shall 

18 make available, upon the request of any household 

19 who, as of August 25, 2005, was a tenant of public 

20 housing operated or administered by such public 

21 housing agency, occupancy for such household in a 

22 dwelling unit provided pursuant to subsection (a). 

23 As a condition of exercising a right under this para24 graph to occupancy in such a dwelling unit, not later 

25 than August 1, 2007, a tenant shall provide notice 

26 to such Housing Authority of intent to exercise such 


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1 right and shall identify a date that the tenant in2 tends to occupy such a dwelling unit, which shall not 

3 be later than October 1, 2007. 

4 (2) PREFERENCES.—In making dwelling units 

5 available to households pursuant to paragraph (1), 

6 such Housing Authority shall provide preference to 

7 each such household for occupancy in a dwelling unit 

8 in the following locations, in the following order: 

9 (A) A dwelling unit in the same public 

10 housing project occupied by the household as of 

11 August 25, 2005, if available. 

12 (B) A dwelling unit in the same census 

13 tract in which was located the public housing 

14 dwelling unit occupied by the household as of 

15 August 25, 2005, if available. 

16 (C) A dwelling unit in a census tract adja17 cent to the census tract in which was located 

18 the public housing dwelling unit occupied by the 

19 household as of August 25, 2005, if available. 

20 (D) A dwelling unit in the neighborhood in 

21 which was located the public housing dwelling 

22 unit occupied by the household as of August 25, 

23 2005, if available. 

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1 ment dwelling units set forth in this section shall not, in2 cluding through the application of any waiting list or eligi3 bility, screening, occupancy, or other policy or practice, 

4 prevent any household referred to in subsection (b)(1) 

5 from occupying a replacement dwelling unit provided pur6 suant to subsection (a), except to the extent that any other 

7 provision of Federal law prohibits occupancy or tenancy 

8 of such household in the type of housing of the replace9 ment dwelling unit provided for such household. 

10 (d) REPLACEMENT DWELLING UNITS.—A dwelling 

11 unit described in this subsection is— 

12 (1) a dwelling unit in public housing operated 

13 or administered by the Housing Authority of New 

14 Orleans; or 

15 (2) a dwelling unit in other comparable housing 

16 for which the amount required to be contributed by 

17 the tenant for rent is comparable to the amount re18 quired to be contributed by the tenant for rental of 

19 a comparable public housing dwelling unit. 

20 (e) RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 

21 Housing and Urban Development shall provide, to each 

22 household provided occupancy in a dwelling unit pursuant 

23 to subsection (b), assistance under the Uniform Relocation 

24 Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act of 


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1 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) for relocation to such dwell2 ing unit. 

3 SEC. 203. ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT OF ALL PUBLIC 

4 HOUSING DWELLING UNITS. 

5 (a) CONDITIONS ON DEMOLITION.—After the date of 

6 the enactment of this Act, the Housing Authority of New 

7 Orleans may not demolish or dispose of any dwelling unit 

8 of public housing operated or administered by such agency 

9 (including any uninhabitable unit and any unit previously 

10 approved for demolition) except pursuant to a plan for re11 placement of such units in accordance with, and approved 

12 by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pur13 suant to, subsection (b). 

14 (b) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary may not 

15 approve a plan that provides for demolition or disposition 

16 of any dwelling unit of public housing referred to in sub17 section (a) unless— 

18 (1) such plan is developed with the active par19 ticipation of the resident councils of, and residents 

20 of public housing operated or administered by, such 

21 Housing Authority and with the City of New Orle22 ans, at every phase of the planning and approval 

23 process, through a process that provides opportunity 

24 for comment on specific proposals for redevelopment, 

25 demolition, or disposition; 


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1 (2) not later than 60 days before the date of 

2 the approval of such plan, such Housing Authority 

3 has convened and conducted a public hearing re4 garding the demolition or disposition proposed in the 

5 plan; 

6 (3) such plan provides that for each such dwell7 ing unit demolished or disposed of, such public hous8 ing agency will provide an additional dwelling unit 

9 through— 

10 (A) the acquisition or development of addi11 tional public housing dwelling units; or 

12 (B) the acquisition, development, or con13 tracting (including through project-based assist14 ance) of additional dwelling units that are sub15 ject to requirements regarding eligibility for oc16 cupancy, tenant contribution toward rent, and 

17 long-term affordability restrictions which are 

18 comparable to public housing units; 

19 (4) such plan provides for the implementation 

20 of a right for households to occupancy housing in ac21 cordance with section 202; 

22 (5) such plan provides priority in making units 

23 available under paragraph (3) to residents identified 

24 in section 201; 


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1 (6) such plan provides that the proposed demo2 lition or disposition and relocation will be carried out 

3 in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, 

4 as described in subsection (e) of section 808 of the 

5 Civil Rights Act of 1968; and 

6 (7) to the extent that such plan provides for the 

7 provision of replacement or additional dwelling units, 

8 or redevelopment, in phases over time, such plan 

9 provides that the ratio of dwelling units described in 

10 subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (3) that 

11 are provided in any such single phase to the total 

12 number of dwelling units provided in such phase is 

13 not less than the ratio of the aggregate number of 

14 such dwelling units provided under the plan to the 

15 total number of dwelling units provided under the 

16 plan. 

17 (c) MONITORING.—The Secretary of Housing and 

18 Urban Development shall provide for the appropriate field 

19 offices of the Department to monitor and supervise en20 forcement of this section and plans approved under this 

21 section and to consult, regarding such monitoring and en22 forcement, with resident councils of, and residents of pub23 lic housing operated or administered by, the Housing Au24 thority of New Orleans and with the City of New Orleans. 


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1 SEC. 204. REPORTS ON PROPOSED CONVERSIONS OF PUB2 LIC HOUSING UNITS. 

3 Not later than the expiration of the 15-day period 

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

5 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall sub6 mit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House 

7 of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Hous8 ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a detailed report 

9 identifying all public housing projects located in areas im10 pacted by Hurricane Katrina or Rita of 2005, for which 

11 plans exist to transfer ownership to other entities or agen12 cies. Such report shall include the following information 

13 for each such project: 

14 (1) The name and location. 

15 (2) The number of dwelling units. 

16 (3) The proposed new owner. 

17 (4) The existing income eligibility and rent pro18 visions. 

19 (5) Duration of existing affordability restric20 tions. 

21 (6) The proposed date of transfer. 

22 (7) Any other relevant information regarding 

23 the project. 


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1 SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RE2 PAIR AND REHABILITATION. 

3 There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

4 as may be necessary to carry out activities eligible for 

5 funding under the Capital Fund under section 9 of the 

6 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) 

7 for the repair and rehabilitation of public housing of the 

8 Housing Authority of New Orleans. 

9 SEC. 206. COMPLIANCE OF EXISTING REQUESTS FOR PRO10 POSALS. 

11 Each request for qualification or proposal issued be12 fore the date of the enactment of this Act with respect 

13 to any public housing operated or administered by the 

14 Housing Authority of New Orleans shall, notwithstanding 

15 any existing terms of such requests, be subject to and 

16 comply with all provisions of this title and, to the extent 

17 necessary to so comply, such Housing Authority shall re18 issue such requests. 

19 SEC. 207. REPORTS ON COMPLIANCE. 

20 Not later than the expiration of the 30-day period 

21 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and 

22 not later than the expiration of each calendar quarter 

23 thereafter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop24 ment shall submit a detailed report regarding compliance 

25 with the requirements of this title, including the resident 

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1 Committee on Financial Services of the House of Rep2 resentatives, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

3 Urban Affairs of the Senate, the resident councils of, and 

4 residents of public housing operated or administered by, 

5 the Housing Authority of New Orleans, and the City of 

6 New Orleans. 

7 TITLE III—DISASTER VOUCHER 

8 PROGRAM AND PROJECT9 BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 

10 SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF DVP PROGRAM. 

11 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Dis12 aster Voucher Program of the Department of Housing and 

13 Urban Development, established pursuant to Public Law 

14 109-148 (119 Stat. 2779) and the authority of the Sec15 retary of Housing and Urban Development to waive re16 quirements under section 8 of the United States Housing 

17 Act of 1937 in administering assistance under such pro18 gram, shall be extended until January 1, 2008. 

19 SEC. 302. CLARIFICATION OF VOUCHER ALLOCATION FOR20 MULA FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. 

21 In carrying out section 21033 of the Continuing Ap22 propriations Resolution, 2007, to provide renewal funding 

23 for tenant-based rental housing assistance under section 

24 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for each pub25 lic housing agency, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 


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1 Development shall make, for any public housing agency 

2 impacted by Hurricane Katrina or Rita, such adjustments 

3 as are appropriate to provide adequate funding to adjust 

4 for reduced voucher leasing rates and increased housing 

5 costs arising from such hurricanes. 

6 SEC. 303. PRESERVATION OF PROJECT-BASED HOUSING AS7 SISTANCE PAYMENTS CONTRACTS FOR 

8 DWELLING UNITS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 

9 (a) TOLLING OF CONTRACT TERM.—Notwith10 standing any other provision of law, a project-based hous11 ing assistance payments contract for a covered assisted 

12 multifamily housing project shall not expire or be termi13 nated because of the damage or destruction of dwelling 

14 units in the project by Hurricane Katrina or Rita. The 

15 expiration date of the contract shall be deemed to be the 

16 later of the date specified in the contract or a date ending 

17 three months after the dwelling units in the project or in 

18 a replacement project are first made habitable. 

19 (b) OWNER PROPOSALS FOR REUSE OR RE20 SITING.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop21 ment shall promptly review and shall approve all feasible 

22 proposals made by owners of covered assisted multifamily 

23 housing projects submitted to the Secretary, not later than 

24 October 1, 2007, that provide for the rehabilitation of the 

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1 the contract for the project, or, alternatively, for the trans2 fer, pursuant to subsection (c), of the contract or, in the 

3 case of a project with an interest reduction payments con4 tract, of the remaining budget authority under the con5 tact, to another multifamily housing project. 

6 (c) TRANSFER OF CONTRACT.—In the case of any 

7 covered assisted multifamily housing project, the Sec8 retary of Housing and Urban Development shall, with the 

9 concurrence of the State or unit of general local govern10 ment in which the project is located— 

11 (1) in the case of a project with a project-based 

12 rental assistance payments contract described in 

13 subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (d)(2), 

14 transfer the contract to another appropriate and 

15 habitable existing project or a project to be con16 structed (having the same or a different owner); and 

17 (2) in the case of a project with an interest re18 duction payments contract pursuant to section 236 

19 of the National Housing Act, use the remaining 

20 budget authority under the contract for interest re21 duction payments to reduce financing costs with re22 spect to dwelling units in other habitable projects 

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1 ments are made under section 236 of the National 

2 Housing Act. 

3 A project to which a project-based rental assistance pay4 ments contract is transferred may have a different number 

5 of units or bedroom configuration than the damaged or 

6 destroyed project if approximately the same number of in7 dividuals are expected to occupy the subsidized units in 

8 the replacement project as occupied the damaged or de9 stroyed project. 

10 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

11 (1) COVERED ASSISTED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING

12 PROJECT.—The term ‘‘assisted multifamily housing 

13 project’’ means a multifamily housing project that— 

14 (A) as of the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act, is subject to a project-based rental assist16 ance payments contract (including pursuant to 

17 subsection (a) of this section); and 

18 (B) that was damaged or destroyed by 

19 Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita of 2005. 

20 (2) PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAY21 MENTS CONTRACT.—The term ‘‘project-based rental 

22 assistance payments contract’’ includes— 

23 (A) a contract entered into pursuant to 

24 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 

25 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); 


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1 (B) a contract for project rental assistance 

2 pursuant to section 202(c)(2) of the Housing 

3 Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(c)(2)); 

4 (C) a contract for project rental assistance 

5 pursuant to section 811(d)(2) of the Cranston6 Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); and 

8 (D) an interest reduction payments con9 tract pursuant to section 236 of the National 

10 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1). 

11 SEC. 304. TENANT REPLACEMENT VOUCHERS FOR ALL 

12 LOST UNITS. 

13 There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 

14 2008 such sums as may be necessary to provide tenant 

15 replacement vouchers under section 8 of the United States 

16 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for the number 

17 of households that is equal to— 

18 (1) the number of assisted dwelling units 

19 (whether occupied or unoccupied) located in covered 

20 assisted multifamily housing projects that are not 

21 approved for reuse or re-siting by the Secretary; plus 

22 (2) the number of public housing dwelling units 

23 that, as of August 25, 2005, were considered for 

24 purposes of allocating operating and capital assist25 ance under section 9 of the United States Housing 


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1 Act of 1937 (whether occupied or unoccupied), that 

2 will not be put back into use for occupancy; minus 

3 (3) the number of previously awarded enhanced 

4 vouchers for assisted dwelling units and tenant pro5 tection vouchers for public housing units covered 

6 under this section. 

7 Any amounts made available pursuant to this section 

8 shall, upon the request of a public housing agency for such 

9 voucher assistance, be allocated to the public housing 

10 agency based the number of dwelling units described in 

11 paragraph (1) or (2) that are located in the jurisdiction 

12 of the public housing agency. 

13 SEC. 305. VOUCHER ASSISTANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUS14 ING. 

15 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

16 shall make available to the State of Louisiana or its des17 ignee, upon request, 3,000 vouchers for rental assistance 

18 under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 

19 for the purpose of providing project-based rental assist20 ance for supportive housing dwelling units for elderly fam21 ilies, persons with disabilities, or homeless persons. Such 

22 vouchers may be made available from the vouchers author23 ized under section 304, upon the concurrence of the appro24 priate public housing agency. 


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1 SEC. 306. TRANSFER OF DVP VOUCHERS TO PERMANENT 

2 VOUCHER PROGRAM. 

3 For purposes of allocating amounts made available 

4 for renewal of tenant-based assistance under section 8 of 

5 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f), 

6 any voucher for rental assistance made available under the 

7 Disaster Voucher Program referred to in section 301 of 

8 this Act shall, as of the termination date of the Disaster 

9 Voucher Program, be considered a voucher of the public 

10 housing agency having jurisdiction of the area in which 

11 such assisted family resides as of such termination date, 

12 for purposes of determining the number of leased units 

13 and costs (or any other baseline based on previous vouch14 ers available or used) and any limitation on the number 

15 of authorized units for such agency. 

16 SEC. 307. IDENTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION OF DVP-ELI17 GIBLE HOUSEHOLDS NOT ASSISTED. 

18 The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

19 shall make a good faith effort to identify all households 

20 who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, are eligi21 ble for assistance under the Disaster Voucher Program re22 ferred to in section 301 but are not assisted under such 

23 program. Upon identification of each such household, the 

24 Secretary shall— 


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1 (1) notify such household of the rights of the 

2 household to return a public housing or other as3 sisted dwelling unit; and 

4 (2) to the extent that the family is eligible at 

5 such time of identification, offer the household as6 sistance under the Disaster Voucher program. 

7 TITLE IV—DAMAGES ARISING 

8 FROM FEMA ACTIONS 

9 SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS TO REIM10 BURSE LANDLORDS FOR DAMAGES DUE TO 

11 FEMA MANAGEMENT OF CITY LEASE PRO12 GRAM. 

13 There are authorized to be appropriated, from 

14 amounts made available before the date of the enactment 

15 of this Act under any provision of law to the Federal 

16 Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief under 

17 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief Emergency Assist18 ance Act, such sums as may be necessary for the Secretary 

19 of Housing and Urban Development to provide reimburse20 ment to each landlord who participated in the city lease 

21 program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

22 pursuant to section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

23 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b) 

24 in the amount of actual, documented damages incurred 


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1 by such landlord as a result of abrogation by such Agency 

2 of commitments entered into under such program. 

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