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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2019, commitments to guarantee loans under 
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall 
not exceed a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations 
guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding 
subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy 
cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as author-
ized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, as amended, $1,250,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount 
made available under this heading, the threshold reduction require-
ments in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply 
to allocations of such amount: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $54,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program 
as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be 
made available for the second, third, and fourth capacity building 
activities authorized under section 4(a) of the HUD Demonstration 
Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), of which not less than $5,000,000 
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 of the total amount provided under this 
heading, $4,000,000, shall be made available for a program to 
rehabilitate and modify the homes of disabled or low-income vet-
erans, as authorized under section 1079 of Public Law 113–291: 
Provided further, That funds provided under the previous proviso 
shall be awarded within 180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That funds provided for such program in fiscal years 2016, 
2017, and 2018 shall be awarded within 60 days of enactment 
of this Act.
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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, $2,636,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: 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 $280,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for such Emergency Solutions Grants program: 
Provided further, That not less than $2,219,000,000 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 fiscal 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 
performance 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 
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
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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 2019: 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, 
$11,347,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2018 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2018), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2019: Provided, That the amounts 
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
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paragraph: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $245,000,000 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 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 contracts 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 Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amend-
ments 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, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 
for any project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assist-
ance Payments contract that authorizes 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, for project rental 
assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 
of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 
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, 2022: 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,