scription of the changes in the public hous-
ing lease or participation agreement that 
may be required and of the hardship or 
transition protections offered. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of any additional re-
quirements for continued occupancy or par-
ticipation, the agency shall execute a lease 
addendum 
or 
participation 
agreement 
specifying the requirements applicable to 
both the resident and the agency. A resident 
may bring a civil action to enforce commit-
ments of the agency made through the lease 
addendum or participation agreement. 
‘‘(iii) The agency shall reassess rent, 
subsidy level, and policies on program par-
ticipation no less often than every two 
years, which shall include preparing a re-
vised impact analysis, and make available 
to the public the results of such reassessment 
and impact analysis. The requirement 
under this clause may be met by sufficiently 
detailed interim reports, if any, by the na-
tional evaluating entity. 
‘‘(iv) The agency shall include in the 
annual report under paragraph (8) infor-
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mation sufficient to describe any hardship 
requests, including the number and types of 
requests made, granted, and denied, the use 
of transition rules, and adverse impacts re-
sulting from changes in rent or continued 
occupancy policies, including actions taken 
by the agency to mitigate such impacts and 
impacts on families no longer assisted 
under the program. 
‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY
TO
EXISTING
MTW 
AGENCIES.—An existing MTW agency that, be-
fore the date of the enactment of this section, im-
plemented material changes to the requirements 
of this Act regarding tenant rents or contribu-
tions, or conditions of continued occupancy or 
participation, as part of the moving to work 
demonstration shall not be subject to subpara-
graph (A) with regard to such previously imple-
mented changes, but shall comply with the re-
quirements of subparagraph (B)(ii) and provide 
the evaluation and impact analysis required by 
subparagraph (B)(iii) by the end of the second 
agency fiscal year ending after such date of en-
actment. 
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‘‘(5) PROHIBITION AGAINST DECREASE IN PRO-
GRAM FUNDS.—The amount of program funds a par-
ticipating agency receives shall not be diminished by 
its participation in the housing innovation program 
under this section. 
‘‘(6) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—As part of 
the annual report required under subsection (g)(2), 
each participating agency shall submit information 
annually to the Secretary regarding families assisted 
under the program of the agency and comply with 
any other data submissions required by the Secretary 
for purposes of evaluation of the program under this 
section. 
‘‘(7) PUBLIC AND RESIDENT PARTICIPATION.— 
Each participating agency shall provide opportuni-
ties for resident and public participation in the an-
nual plan under paragraph (8), as follows: 
‘‘(A) NOTICE TO RESIDENTS.— 
‘‘(i) NOTICE.—Each year, the agency 
shall provide notice to the low-income fami-
lies it serves under the programs authorized 
by this section as to the impact of proposed 
policy changes and program initiatives and 
of the schedule of resident advisory board 
and public meetings for the annual plan. 
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‘‘(ii) MEETING.—The agency shall hold 
at least one meeting with the resident advi-
sory board (including representatives of re-
cipients of assistance under section 8) to re-
view the annual plan for each year. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC
MEETING.—With respect to 
each annual plan, the agency shall hold at least 
one annual public meeting to obtain comments 
on the plan, which may be combined with a 
meeting to review the annual report. In the case 
of any agency that administers, in the aggregate, 
more than 15,000 public housing units and 
vouchers, the agency shall hold additional meet-
ings in locations that promote attendance by 
residents and other stakeholders. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Before adop-
tion of any annual plan, and not less than 30 
days before the public meeting required under 
subparagraph (A)(ii) with respect to the plan, 
the agency shall make the proposed annual plan 
available for public inspection. The annual plan 
shall be made available for public inspection not 
less than 30 days before approval by the board 
of directors (or other similar governing body) of 
the agency and shall remain publicly available. 
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‘‘(D) BOARD APPROVAL.—Before submitting 
an annual plan or annual report to the Sec-
retary, the plan or report, as applicable, shall be 
approved in a public meeting by the board of di-
rectors or other governing body of the agency. 
‘‘(8) ANNUAL PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—For each year that a 
participating agency participates in the housing 
innovation program under this section, the agen-
cy shall submit to the Secretary, in lieu of all 
other planning requirements, an annual plan 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each annual plan shall 
include the following information: 
‘‘(i) A list and description of all pro-
gram initiatives and generally applicable 
policy changes, including references to af-
fected provisions of law or the implementing 
regulations affected. 
‘‘(ii) A description and comparison of 
changes under the housing innovation pro-
gram of the agency from the plan for such 
program for the preceding year. 
‘‘(iii) A description of property rede-
velopment or portfolio repositioning strate-
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gies and proposed changes in policies or 
uses of funds required to implement such 
strategies. 
‘‘(iv) Documentation of public and 
resident participation sufficient to comply 
with the requirements under paragraphs (4) 
and (7), including a copy of any rec-
ommendations submitted in writing by the 
resident advisory board of the agency and 
members of the public, a summary of com-
ments, and a description of the manner in 
which the recommendations were addressed. 
‘‘(v) Certifications by the agency 
that— 
‘‘(I) the annual plan will be car-
ried out in conformity with title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair 
Housing Act, section 504 of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973, title II of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, and the rules, standards, and 
policies in the approved plan; 
‘‘(II) the agency will affirmatively 
further fair housing; and 
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‘‘(III) the agency has complied 
and will continue to comply with its 
obligations under the national evalua-
tion. 
‘‘(vi) A description of the agency’s 
local asset management strategy for public 
housing properties, which shall be in lieu of 
any other asset management, project based 
management or accounting, or other system 
of allocating resources and costs to partici-
pating agency assets or cost centers that the 
Secretary may otherwise impose under this 
Act. 
‘‘(C) CHANGES.—If the agency proposes to 
make material changes in policies or initiatives 
in the plan during the year covered by the plan, 
the agency shall consult with the resident advi-
sory board for the agency established pursuant to 
section 5A(e) and the public regarding such 
changes before their adoption. 
‘‘(D) APPROVAL PROCESS.— 
‘‘(i) TIMING.—The Secretary shall re-
view and approve or disapprove each an-
nual plan submitted to the Secretary within 
45 days after such submission. 
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‘‘(ii) STANDARDS FOR DISAPPROVAL.— 
The Secretary may disapprove a plan only 
if— 
‘‘(I) the Secretary reasonably de-
termines, based on information con-
tained in the annual plan or annual 
report, that the agency is not in com-
pliance with the requirements of this 
section; 
‘‘(II) the annual plan or most re-
cent annual report is not consistent 
with other reliable information avail-
able to the Secretary; or 
‘‘(III) the annual plan or annual 
report or the agency’s activities under 
the program are not otherwise in ac-
cordance with applicable law. 
‘‘(iii) FAILURE TO DISAPPROVE.—If a 
submitted plan is not disapproved within 
45 days after submission, the plan shall be 
considered to be approved for purposes of 
this section. The preceding sentence shall 
not preclude judicial review regarding such 
compliance pursuant to chapter 7 of title 5, 
United States Code, or an action regarding 
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such compliance under section 1979 of the 
Revised Statutes of the United States (42 
U.S.C. 1983). 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the expiration 
of the one-year period that begins upon selection 
under subsection (d) of at least half of the number of 
agencies able to participate in the program under this 
section, the Secretary shall conduct detailed evalua-
tions of all public housing agencies participating in 
the program under this section— 
‘‘(A) to determine the level of success of each 
public housing agency in achieving the purposes 
of the program under subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) to identify program models that can be 
replicated by other agencies to achieve such suc-
cess. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
submit three reports to the Congress, as provided 
in subparagraph (B), evaluating the programs of 
all public housing agencies participating in the 
program under this section and all agencies par-
ticipating in the moving to work demonstration. 
Each such report shall include findings and rec-
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ommendations for any appropriate legislative 
action. 
‘‘(B) TIMING.—The reports under this para-
graph shall include— 
‘‘(i) an initial report, which shall be 
submitted before the expiration of the 3-year 
period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act 
of 2007; 
‘‘(ii) an interim report, which shall be 
submitted before the expiration of the 5-year 
period beginning on such date of enactment; 
and 
‘‘(iii) a final report, which shall be 
submitted before the expiration of the 10- 
year period beginning on such date of en-
actment. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATING ENTITY.—The Secretary may 
contract out the responsibilities under this para-
graphs (1) and (2) to an independent entity that is 
qualified to perform such responsibilities. 
‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The Secretary 
or the evaluating entity, as applicable, shall establish 
performance measures, which may include— 
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‘‘(A) a baseline performance level against 
which program activities may be evaluated; and 
‘‘(B) performance measures for— 
‘‘(i) increasing housing opportunities 
for extremely low-, very low-, and low-in-
come families, replacing or rehabilitating 
housing at risk of physical deterioration or 
obsolescence, and developing additional af-
fordable housing; 
‘‘(ii) leveraging other Federal, State, 
and local funding sources, including the 
low-income housing tax credit program, to 
expand and preserve affordable housing op-
portunities, including public housing; 
‘‘(iii) moving families to self-suffi-
ciency and increasing employment rates 
and wages of families without imposing a 
significant rent burden on the families hav-
ing the lowest incomes; 
‘‘(iv) reducing administrative costs; 
and 
‘‘(v) any other performance measures 
that the Secretary or evaluating entity, as 
applicable, may establish. 
‘‘(g) RECORDKEEPING, REPORTS, AND AUDITS.— 
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‘‘(1) RECORDKEEPING.—Each public housing 
agency participating in the program under this sec-
tion shall keep such records as the Secretary may pre-
scribe as reasonably necessary to disclose the amounts 
and the disposition of amounts under the program, to 
ensure compliance with the requirements of this sec-
tion, and to measure performance. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—In lieu of all other reporting re-
quirements, each such agency participating in the 
program shall submit to the Secretary an annual re-
port in a form and at a time specified by the Sec-
retary. Each annual report shall include the following 
information: 
‘‘(A) A description, including an annual 
consolidated financial report, of the sources and 
uses of funds of the agency under the program, 
which shall account separately for funds made 
available under section 8 and subsections (d) 
and (e) of section 9, and shall compare the agen-
cy’s actions under the program with its annual 
plan for the year. 
‘‘(B) An annual audit that complies with 
the requirements of Circular A–133 of the Office 
of Management and Budget, including the OMB 
Compliance Supplement. 
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