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shall be made available for rural capacity building activities: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount provided under this heading, 
$5,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building by national 
rural housing organizations with experience assessing national 
rural conditions and providing financing, training, technical assist-
ance, information, and research to local nonprofits, local govern-
ments, and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities: 
Provided further, That an additional $4,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for a program to rehabilitate and modify 
homes of disabled or low-income veterans, as authorized under 
section 1079 of Public Law 113–291. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For the Emergency Solutions Grants program as authorized 
under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act, as amended; the Continuum of Care program as author-
ized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the Rural Housing 
Stability Assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of 
title IV of such Act, $2,513,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts 
that are recaptured under such Continuum of Care program shall 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That not less 
than $270,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: 
Provided further, That not less than $2,106,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for such Con-
tinuum of Care and Rural Housing Stability Assistance programs: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, up to $50,000,000 shall be made available for grants 
for rapid re-housing projects and supportive service projects pro-
viding coordinated entry, and for eligible activities the Secretary 
determines to be critical in order to assist survivors of domestic 
violence, dating violence, and stalking: Provided further, That such 
projects shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of care 
program subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 
applicants: Provided further, That up to $7,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated under this heading shall be available for the national 
homeless data analysis project: Provided further, That all funds 
awarded for supportive services under the Continuum of Care pro-
gram and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall 
be matched by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by 
each grantee: Provided further, That for all match requirements 
applicable to funds made available under this heading for this 
fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may use (or could have 
used) as a source of match funds other funds administered by 
the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) 
a specific statutory prohibition on any such use of any such funds: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall collect system perform-
ance measures for each continuum of care, and that relative to 
fiscal year 2015, under the Continuum of Care competition with 
respect to funds made available under this heading, the Secretary 
shall base an increasing share of the score on performance criteria: 
Provided further, That none of the funds provided under this 
heading shall be available to provide funding for new projects, 
except for projects created through reallocation, unless the Secretary 
determines that the continuum of care has demonstrated that
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projects are evaluated and ranked based on the degree to which 
they improve the continuum of care’s system performance: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding under the Con-
tinuum of Care program to continuums of care that have dem-
onstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from lower performing 
projects to higher performing projects: Provided further, That all 
awards of assistance under this heading shall be required to coordi-
nate and integrate homeless programs with other mainstream 
health, social services, and employment programs for which home-
less populations may be eligible: Provided further, That any unobli-
gated amounts remaining from funds appropriated under this 
heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 
assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may 
be used for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided further, 
That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded 
from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to 
this account shall be available, if recaptured, for Continuum of 
Care renewals in fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from 
amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts 
allocated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program within 60 
days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That up to 
$80,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be to implement projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive 
approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up 
to 25 communities, including at least eight communities with 
substantial rural populations, can dramatically reduce youth 
homelessness: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under the previous proviso, up to $5,000,000 shall be available 
to provide technical assistance on youth homelessness, and collec-
tion, analysis, and reporting of data and performance measures 
under the comprehensive approaches to serve homeless youth, in 
addition to and in coordination with other technical assistance 
funds provided under this title: Provided further, That such projects 
shall be eligible for renewal under the continuum of care program 
subject to the same terms and conditions as other renewal 
applicants: Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking 
assistance under this heading shall not be required to provide 
third party documentation to establish their eligibility under 42 
U.S.C. 11302(a) or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by 
youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may 
be served by youth-serving providers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 
$11,115,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2017 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2017), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2018: Provided, That the amounts
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made available under this heading shall be available for expiring 
or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to 
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 mod-
erate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant 
to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 
in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 
the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeowner-
ship Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses associ-
ated with project-based activities and assistance funded under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $285,000,000 shall be available 
for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 project- 
based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
also use such amounts in the previous proviso for performance- 
based contract administrators for the administration of: interest 
reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments 
pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance con-
tracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant 
to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86– 
372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, 
That amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Cer-
tificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to 
section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based contract 
administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, upon the request of the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 
8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that author-
izes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require that surplus 
project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts 
account and that are in excess of an amount to be determined 
by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 
in this account, to be available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided by this 
heading for uses authorized under this heading. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental 
assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act,
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including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 
of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 
and for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, including 
renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing 
and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for sup-
portive services associated with the housing, $678,000,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, of which $105,000,000 shall 
be for capital advance and project-based rental assistance awards: 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, up 
to $90,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation 
of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts under this 
heading shall be available for Real Estate Assessment Center 
inspections and inspection-related activities associated with section 
202 projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the 
provisions of section 202 governing the terms and conditions of 
project rental assistance, except that the initial contract term for 
such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided 
further, That upon request of the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, project funds that are held in residual receipts 
accounts for any project subject to a section 202 project rental 
assistance contract, and that upon termination of such contract 
are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 
to be available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by this heading, for amendments and renewals: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for amendments and renewals notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds originally were appro-
priated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as 
authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), as amended, and for project 
rental assistance for supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
under section 811(d)(2) of such Act and for project assistance con-
tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public 
Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), including amendments to contracts 
for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for such 
assistance for up to a 1–year term, for project rental assistance 
to State housing finance agencies and other appropriate entities 
as authorized under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Housing Act, and for supportive services associated with 
the housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 
811(b)(1) of such Act, $229,600,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, of which $82,600,000 shall be for capital advance 
and project rental assistance awards: Provided, That amounts made 
available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 
this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing