‘‘(B) 
OFF-SITE
MIXED-INCOME
HOUS-
ING.—Any other replacement housing units pro-
vided in addition to the dwelling units provided 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be pro-
vided, in areas within the jurisdiction of the 
public housing agency having low concentra-
tions of poverty, through— 
‘‘(i) the acquisition or development of 
additional public housing dwelling units; or 
‘‘(ii) the acquisition, development, or 
contracting (including through project- 
based assistance) of additional dwelling 
units that are subject to requirements re-
garding eligibility for occupancy, tenant 
contribution toward rent, and long-term af-
fordability restrictions which are com-
parable to public housing units, except that 
subparagraphs (B) and (D) of section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13); relating 
to percentage limitation and income-mixing 
requirement for project-based assistance) 
shall not apply with respect to vouchers 
used to comply with the requirements of 
this clause. 
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‘‘(3) TIMING.—All replacement dwelling units 
provided pursuant to this subsection shall be pro-
vided not later than the expiration of the 12-month 
period beginning upon the demolition or disposition 
of the public housing dwelling units. To the greatest 
extent practicable, such replacement or additional 
dwelling units, or redevelopment, shall be accom-
plished in phases over time and, in each such phase, 
the public housing dwelling units and the dwelling 
units described in subparagraph (B)(ii) of paragraph 
(2) shall be made available for occupancy before any 
nonassisted dwelling unit is made available for occu-
pancy. 
‘‘(4) FAIR HOUSING.—The demolition or dis-
position, relocation, and provision of replacement 
housing units under paragraph (2)(B) shall be car-
ried out in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair 
housing, as described in subsection (e) of section 
808 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3608(e)). 
‘‘(k) MONITORING OF DISPLACED HOUSEHOLDS.— 
‘‘(1) PHA RESPONSIBILITIES.—To facilitate 
compliance with the requirement under subsection 
(i) (relating to right to expanded housing opportuni-
ties), the Secretary shall, by regulation, require each 
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public housing agency that receives a grant under 
this section, during the period of the revitalization 
plan assisted with the grant and until all funding 
under the grant has been expended— 
‘‘(A) to maintain a current address of resi-
dence and contact information for each house-
hold affected by the revitalization plan who was 
occupying a dwelling unit in the housing that is 
subject to the plan; and 
‘‘(B) to provide such updated information 
to the Secretary on at least a quarterly basis. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary may not 
close out any grant made under this section to a 
public housing agency before the agency has cer-
tified to the Secretary that the agency has complied 
with subsection (i) (relating to a right to expanded 
housing opportunities for resident households) with 
respect to each resident displaced as a result of the 
revitalization plan, including providing occupancy in 
a replacement dwelling unit for each household who 
requested such a unit in accordance with such sub-
section. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS BY SECRETARY.—Not less fre-
quently than once every six months, the Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Congress that includes 
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all information submitted to the Secretary pursuant 
to paragraph (1) by all public housing agencies and 
summarizes the extent of compliance by public hous-
ing agencies with the requirements under this sub-
section and subsection (i). 
‘‘(l) GREEN DEVELOPMENTS REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant under this section to an applicant un-
less the proposed revitalization plan of the applicant 
to be carried out with such grant amounts meets the 
following requirements, as applicable: 
‘‘(A) 
GREEN
COMMUNITIES
CRITERIA 
CHECKLIST.—All residential construction under 
the proposed plan complies with the national 
Green Communities criteria checklist for resi-
dential construction that provides criteria for 
the design, development, and operation of af-
fordable housing, as such checklist is in effect 
for purposes of this subsection pursuant to 
paragraph (3) at the date of the application for 
the grant, or any substantially equivalent stand-
ard as determined by the Secretary, as follows: 
‘‘(i) The proposed plan shall comply 
with all items of the national Green Com-
munities criteria checklist for residential 
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construction that are identified as manda-
tory. 
‘‘(ii) The proposed plan shall comply 
with such other nonmandatory items of 
such national Green Communities criteria 
checklist so as to result in a cumulative 
number of points attributable to such non-
mandatory items under such checklist of 
not less than— 
‘‘(I) 25 points, in the case of any 
proposed plan (or portion thereof) 
consisting of new construction; and 
‘‘(II) 20 points, in the case of 
any proposed plan (or portion thereof) 
consisting of rehabilitation. 
‘‘(B) LEED RATINGS SYSTEM.—All non- 
residential construction under the proposed 
plan complies with version 2.2 of the LEED for 
New Construction rating system, version 2.0 of 
the LEED for Core and Shell rating system, 
version 2.0 of the LEED for Commercial Inte-
riors rating system, as such systems are in ef-
fect for purposes of this subsection pursuant to 
paragraph (3) at the time of the application for 
the grant, at least to the minimum extent nec-
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