ing and Urban Development—Community Planning and 
Development—Housing Opportunities for Persons With 
AIDS’’ in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136) shall apply with respect to amounts 
made available pursuant to this subsection. 
(f) FUNDING
FOR
PROJECT-BASED
SECTION
RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 for additional 
assistance for project-based rental assistance under sec-
tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f). Any provisions of, and waivers and alter-
native requirements issued by the Secretary pursuant to, 
the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment—Housing Programs—Project-Based Rental Assist-
ance’’ in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public 
Law 116–136) shall apply with respect to amounts made 
available pursuant to this subsection. 
SEC. 108. FAIR HOUSING. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF COVID–19 EMERGENCY PE-
RIOD.— For purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘COVID–19 
emergency period’’ means the period that begins upon the 
date of the enactment of this Act and ends upon the date 
of the termination by the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency of the emergency declared on March 13, 
2020, by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
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aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
4121 et seq.) relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID–19) pandemic. 
(b) FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
ensure existing grantees have sufficient resource for 
fair housing activities and for technology and equip-
ment needs to deliver services through use of the 
Internet or other electronic or virtual means in re-
sponse to the public health emergency related to the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, 
there is authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 
for Fair Housing Organization Initiative grants 
through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program under 
section 561 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a). 
(2) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts made 
available pursuant paragraph (1) that are allocated 
for a grantee and remain unexpended upon the expi-
ration of the 3-year period beginning upon such allo-
cation shall be recaptured by the Secretary. 
(c) FAIR HOUSING EDUCATION.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to carry out a national 
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media campaign and local education and outreach to edu-
cate the public of increased housing rights during 
COVID–19 emergency period, that provides that informa-
tion and materials used in such campaign are available— 
(1) in the languages used by communities with 
limited English proficiency; and 
(2) to persons with disabilities. 
SEC. 109. FUNDING FOR HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.—The Congress finds 
that— 
(1) the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID–19), which is now considered a global pan-
demic, is expected to negatively impact the incomes 
of potentially millions of homeowners, renters, indi-
viduals experiencing homelessness, and individuals at 
risk of homelessness, making it difficult for them to 
pay their mortgages or rents on time; 
(2) housing counseling is critical to ensuring 
that homeowners, renters, individuals experiencing 
homelessness, and individuals at risk of homeless-
ness have the resources they need to manage finan-
cial hardships from the COVID-19 crisis; 
(3) loan preservation and foreclosure mitigation 
services are also critical to address the needs of 
homeowners who lose employment and income be-
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cause of the pandemic and who face serious delin-
quency or home loan default, or are in foreclosing 
proceedings during this period; 
(4) evaluations from the National Foreclosure 
Mitigation Counseling program revealed that home-
owners at risk of or facing foreclosure are better 
served when they have access to a housing counselor 
and a range of tools and resources to help them 
avoid losing their home and have the support they 
need to tailor the best possible response to their sit-
uation. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Neighborhood Rein-
vestment Corporation (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Corporation’’) established under the Neighborhood Rein-
vestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 for housing counseling 
services, which shall remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
(c) PRIORITIZATION
OF
HOUSING
COUNSELING 
SERVICES.—Of any grant funds made available pursuant 
to subsection (b), not less than 40 percent shall be pro-
vided to counseling organizations that target counseling 
services to minority and low-income homeowners, renters, 
individuals experiencing homelessness, and individuals at 
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risk of homelessness or provide such services in neighbor-
hoods with high concentrations of minority and low-in-
come homeowners, renters, individuals experiencing home-
lessness, and individuals at risk of homelessness. 
(d) ELIGIBLE USES.—Amounts made available pur-
suant to subsection (b) may be used in such amounts as 
the Corporation determines for costs of— 
(1) public education and outreach; 
(2) direct services, including the full range of 
services provided by housing counselors to assist 
homeowners, including manufactured homeowners, 
regardless of financing type, renters, individuals ex-
periencing homelessness, and individuals at risk of 
homelessness, including the practices, tools, and in-
novations in foreclosure mitigation that were utilized 
in the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling 
Program, and financial capability, credit counseling, 
homeless counseling, and rental counseling; 
(3) 
equipment 
and 
technology, 
including 
broadband internet and equipment upgrades needed 
to ensure timely and effective service delivery; 
(4) training, including capacitating housing 
counseling staff in various modes of counseling, in-
cluding rental and foreclosure, delivery of remote 
counseling utilizing improved technology, enhanced 
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network security, and supportive options for the de-
livery of client services; and 
(5) administration and oversight of the program 
in accordance with the Corporation’s rate for pro-
gram administration. 
(e) DISBURSEMENT.—The Corporation shall disburse 
all grant funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) 
as expeditiously as possible, through grants to housing 
counseling intermediaries approved by the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, State housing finance 
agencies, and NeighborWorks organizations. The aggre-
gate amount provided to NeighborWorks organizations 
shall not exceed 15 percent of the total of grant funds 
made available pursuant to subsection (b). 
TITLE II—PROTECTING PEOPLE 
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS 
SEC. 201. HOMELESS ASSISTANCE FUNDING. 
(a) EMERGENCY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated under the 
Emergency Solutions Grants program under subtitle 
B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11371 
et 
seq.) 
$11,500,000,000 for grants under such subtitle in 
accordance with this subsection to respond to needs 
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arising from the public health emergency relating to 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Of such 
amounts made available, $4,000,000,000 shall be al-
located in accordance with sections 413 and 414 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11372, 11373). 
(2) FORMULA.—Notwithstanding sections 413 
and 414 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11372, 11373), the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development (in this Act re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall allocate any 
amounts remaining after amounts are allocated pur-
suant to paragraph (1) in accordance with a formula 
to be established by the Secretary that takes into 
consideration the following factors: 
(A) Risk of transmission of coronavirus in 
a jurisdiction. 
(B) Whether a jurisdiction has a high 
number or rate of sheltered and unsheltered 
homeless individuals and families. 
(C) Economic and housing market condi-
tions in a jurisdiction. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—In addition to eligi-
ble activities under section 415(a) of the McKinney- 
Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
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11374(a), amounts made available pursuant to para-
graph (1) may also be used for costs of the following 
activities: 
(A) Providing training on infectious dis-
ease prevention and mitigation. 
(B) Providing hazard pay, including for 
time worked before the effectiveness of this sub-
paragraph, for staff working directly to prevent 
and mitigate the spread of coronavirus or 
COVID-19 among people experiencing or at 
risk of homelessness. 
(C) Reimbursement of costs for eligible ac-
tivities (including activities described in this 
paragraph) relating to preventing, preparing 
for, or responding to the coronavirus or 
COVID-19 that were accrued before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(D) 
Notwithstanding 
CFR 
576.102(a)(3), providing a hotel or motel 
voucher for a homeless individual or family. 
Use of such amounts for activities described in this 
paragraph shall not be considered use for adminis-
trative purposes for purposes of section 418 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11377). 
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(4) 
INAPPLICABILITY
OF
PROCUREMENT 
STANDARDS.—To the extent amounts made available 
pursuant to paragraph (1) are used to procure goods 
and services relating to activities to prevent, prepare 
for, or respond to the coronavirus or COVID-19, the 
standards and requirements regarding procurement 
that are otherwise applicable shall not apply. 
(5) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
HABITABILITY
AND 
ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW
STANDARDS.—Any Fed-
eral standards and requirements regarding habit-
ability and environmental review shall not apply with 
respect to any emergency shelter that is assisted 
with amounts made available pursuant to paragraph 
(1) and has been determined by a State or local 
health official, in accordance with such requirements 
as the Secretary shall establish, to be necessary to 
prevent and mitigate the spread of coronavirus or 
COVID-19, such shelters. 
(6) INAPPLICABILITY OF CAP ON EMERGENCY 
SHELTER
ACTIVITIES.—Subsection (b) of section 
415 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act shall not apply to any amounts made available 
pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection. 
(7) INITIAL ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Sec-
tion 417(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
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ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11376(b)) shall be applied with 
respect to amounts made available pursuant to para-
graph (1) of this subsection by substituting ‘‘30- 
day’’ for ‘‘60-day’’. 
(8) WAIVERS
AND
ALTERNATIVE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
(A) 
AUTHORITY.—In 
administering 
amounts made available pursuant to paragraph 
(1), the Secretary may waive, or specify alter-
native requirements for, any provision of any 
statute or regulation (except for any require-
ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment) 
that the Secretary administers in connection 
with the obligation or use by the recipient of 
such amounts, if the Secretary finds that good 
cause exists for the waiver or alternative re-
quirement and such waiver or alternative re-
quirement is consistent with the purposes de-
scribed in this subsection. 
(B) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall 
notify the public through the Federal Register 
or other appropriate means 5 days before the 
effective date of any such waiver or alternative 
requirement, and any such public notice may be 
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provided on the Internet at the appropriate 
Government web site or through other elec-
tronic media, as determined by the Secretary. 
(C) EXEMPTION.—The use of amounts 
made available pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
not be subject to the consultation, citizen par-
ticipation, or match requirements that other-
wise apply to the Emergency Solutions Grants 
program, except that a recipient shall publish 
how it has and will utilize its allocation at a 
minimum on the Internet at the appropriate 
Government web site or through other elec-
tronic media. 
(9) INAPPLICABILITY OF MATCHING REQUIRE-
MENT.—Subsection (a) of section 416 of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11375(a)) shall not apply to any amounts made 
available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this sub-
section. 
(10) PROHIBITION ON PREREQUISITES.—None 
of the funds authorized under this subsection may 
be used to require people experiencing homelessness 
to receive treatment or perform any other pre-
requisite activities as a condition for receiving shel-
ter, housing, or other services. 
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(b) CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM.—Due to the 
emergency relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID-19) pandemic, the Notice of Funding Availability 
(NOFA) for fiscal year 2020 for the Continuum of Care 
program under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) 
shall have no force or effect and the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall distribute amounts made 
available for such fiscal year for such program based on 
the results of the competition for amounts made available 
for such program for fiscal year 2019 (FR-6300-–25), ex-
cept that grant amounts may be adjusted to account for 
changes in fair market rents. 
SEC. 202. EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE VOUCHER 
PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’), $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to re-
main available until expended, for incremental emergency 
vouchers under subsection (b). 
(b) EMERGENCY VOUCHERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
emergency rental assistance vouchers under this sub-
section, which shall be tenant-based rental assistance 
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under section 8(o) the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)). 
(2) SELECTION OF FAMILIES.— 
(A) MANDATORY
PREFERENCES.—Each 
public housing agency administering assistance 
under this section shall provide preference for 
such assistance to eligible families that are— 
(i) homeless (as such term is defined 
in section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11302(a)); 
(ii) at risk of homelessness (as such 
term is defined in section 401 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11360); or 
(iii) fleeing, or attempting to flee, do-
mestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking. 
(B) ALLOCATION.—In allocating amounts 
made available under this section, the Secretary 
shall— 
(i) not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, allocate 
at least 50 percent of such amounts to 
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public housing agencies in accordance with 
a formula that considers— 
(I) the capability of public hous-
ing agencies to promptly use emer-
gency vouchers provided under this 
section; and 
(II) the need for emergency 
vouchers provided under this section 
in the geographical area, based on 
factors determined by the Secretary, 
including risk of transmission of 
coronavirus, high numbers or rates of 
sheltered and unsheltered homeless-
ness, and economic and housing mar-
ket conditions; 
(ii) allocate remaining amounts in ac-
cordance with a formula that considers— 
(I) the criteria under clause (i) 
and the success of a public housing 
agency in promptly utilizing vouchers 
awarded under clause (i); and 
(II) the capability of the public 
housing agency to create and manage 
structured partnerships with service 
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providers for the delivery of appro-
priate community-based services; and 
(iii) designate the number of vouchers 
under this section that each public housing 
agency that is awarded funds under this 
section is authorized to administer. 
(C) ELECTION NOT TO ADMINISTER.—If a 
public housing agency elects not to administer 
amounts under this section, the Secretary shall 
award such amounts to other public housing 
agencies according to the criteria in subpara-
graph (B). 
(D) FAILURE TO USE VOUCHERS PROMPT-
LY.—If a public housing agency fails to issue 
all of its authorized vouchers under this section 
on behalf of eligible families within a reasonable 
period of time as determined by the Secretary, 
the Secretary shall reallocate any unissued 
vouchers and associated funds to others public 
housing agencies according to the criteria under 
subparagraph (B)(ii). 
(3) WAIVERS
AND
ALTERNATIVE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Any waiver or alternative requirement that 
the Secretary makes available to all public housing 
agencies in connection with assistance made avail-
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able under the heading ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental As-
sistance’’ in title XII of division B of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat.601) shall apply 
to assistance under this section until the expiration 
of such waiver or alternative requirement. 
(4) TERMINATION OF VOUCHERS UPON TURN-
OVER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A public housing agen-
cy may not reissue any vouchers made available 
under this section when assistance for the fam-
ily initially assisted is terminated. 
(B) REALLOCATION.—Upon termination of 
assistance for one or more families assisted by 
a public housing agency under this section, the 
Secretary shall reallocate amounts that are no 
longer needed by such public housing agency 
for assistance under this section to another 
public housing agency for the renewal of vouch-
ers previously authorized under this section. 
Æ 
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