any entity in carrying out activities with a grant under 
this title. 
SEC. 105. ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS. 
A grant under this title may be made only for activi-
ties to be conducted in neighborhoods that have— 
(1) a concentration of extreme poverty (as such 
term is defined in section 116); and 
(2) housing that is severely distressed housing 
(as such term is defined in section 116). 
SEC. 106. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from a grant under this 
title may be used only for transformational programs and 
activities in accordance with a transformation plan ap-
proved under section 107 that will further the purposes 
of this title. 
(b) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—Each transformation 
plan submitted pursuant to section 107 and implemented 
by a grantee under this title shall include the following 
activities: 
(1) The transformation of housing through re-
habilitation, preservation, or demolition and replace-
ment of severely distressed housing projects, or any 
combination thereof, which may incorporate energy- 
efficient design principles. 
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(2) The one-for-one replacement of any public 
and assisted housing units demolished or disposed of 
in accordance with the requirements under section 
109. 
(3) Activities that promote economic self-suffi-
ciency of residents of the revitalized housing and of 
the surrounding neighborhood. 
(4) Activities that preserve affordable housing 
in the neighborhood and other activities necessary to 
ensure that existing public and assisted housing resi-
dents have access to the benefits of the neighbor-
hood transformation. 
(5) Activities that demonstrate that each resi-
dent of housing assisted by the grant who is dis-
placed by the transformation plan and who wishes to 
return to the revitalized on-site housing in the neigh-
borhood or to replacement housing outside of the 
neighborhood, can return, and shall be provided a 
preference in accordance with the program require-
ments under section 108. 
(6) Activities that meet the program require-
ments for replacement of housing units under sec-
tion 108. 
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(7) Activities that meet the fair housing pro-
gram requirements under section 110(a) and the ac-
cessibility requirements under section 110(b). 
(8) Appropriate service coordination and sup-
portive services. 
(9) Resident involvement, as described in sec-
tion 108, in planning and implementation of the 
transformation plan, including reasonable steps to 
help ensure meaningful participation for residents 
who, as a result of their national origin, are limited 
in their English language proficiency. 
(10) Monitoring, under section 108(g), of resi-
dents relocated during redevelopment throughout the 
term of the grant or until full occupancy of replace-
ment housing, whichever is completed later. 
(11) Relocation assistance, including tenant- 
based rental assistance renewable under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f), mobility or relocation counseling over mul-
tiple years, reasonable moving costs, and security de-
posits. 
(12) Establishment of links to local education 
efforts, as described in subsection (c)(3) of this sec-
tion. 
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(13) Activities to comply with section 3 of the 
Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 
U.S.C. 1701u). 
(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Amounts from a grant 
under this title may be used for the following activities: 
(1) Construction, acquisition, or rehabilitation 
of affordable housing (as such term is defined in 
section 116), which may include energy efficiency 
improvements and sustainable design features for 
such housing. 
(2) Acquisition or disposition of residential 
properties, including properties subject to a mort-
gage previously insured, and foreclosed upon, by the 
Federal Housing Administration, and demolition. 
(3) Outreach to local educators, and engaging 
in local community planning, to help increase access 
to educational opportunities, a continuum of effec-
tive community services, and strong family supports, 
and to improve the educational and life outcomes 
which have a significant benefit to residents of hous-
ing assisted under this title, including children and 
youth and, as appropriate, for adult residents, in-
cluding the elderly or persons with disabilities. 
(4) Providing supportive services (as such term 
is defined in section 116) which have a significant 
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benefit to residents of housing assisted under this 
title, primarily focused on services described in sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C) of section 116(14). 
(5) Rehabilitation and physical improvement of 
community facilities that are primarily intended to 
facilitate the delivery of community and supportive 
services which have a significant benefit to residents 
of housing assisted by the grant and residents of off- 
site replacement housing. 
(6) Work incentives designed to help low-income 
residents assisted by the housing under this title ac-
cess jobs and move toward self-sufficiency. 
(7) Partnering with employers and for-profit 
and nonprofit organizations to create jobs and job 
training opportunities which have a significant ben-
efit to residents of housing assisted under this title. 
(8) Activities that promote sustainable housing 
by incorporating principles of sustainable design and 
development, including energy efficiency. 
(9) Critical community improvements (as such 
term is defined in section 116 of this title) under-
taken at sites that are adjacent to, or in the imme-
diate vicinity of, housing assisted under this title. 
(10) Loss reserves to protect residents of hous-
ing assisted by the grant and continue the project in 
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the case of default, foreclosure, or any other adverse 
financial event. 
The Secretary shall require any grantee under this title 
that will provide benefits under paragraph (3), (4), (5), 
or (7) to any residents who are not living in housing as-
sisted with a grant under this title, to submit to the Sec-
retary a plan identifying how such services will be pro-
vided. 
(d) ELIGIBLE METHODS
OF SUPPORT.—Activities 
carried out with amounts from a grant under this title 
may be carried out through— 
(1) endowments or revolving loan funds; or 
(2) land assembly, land banking, and other ac-
tivities, except that no amounts made available for 
use under this title may be used to acquire any 
property by means of the exercise of the power of 
eminent domain. 
(e) FUNDING LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) SCHOOL BUILDINGS.—No amounts from a 
grant under this title may be used for construction 
or rehabilitation of an elementary school or sec-
ondary school (as such terms are defined in section 
9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)) or an institution of 
higher education (as such term is defined in section 
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102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1002)). 
(2) NON-HOUSING ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORTIVE 
SERVICES.—For each grant under this title, the 
grantee shall comply with each of the following re-
quirements: 
(A) Of the amount of the grant, not more 
than 25 percent may be used for eligible activi-
ties under paragraphs (3) through (9) of sub-
section (c). 
(B) Of the amount of the grant, not more 
than 5 percent may be used for eligible activi-
ties under paragraphs (8) and (9) of subsection 
(c). 
(3) CONSULTATION.—With respect to activities 
assisted pursuant to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall consult with the Secretary of Labor, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary 
of Energy, the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-
retary of Education, and the Attorney General in 
identifying funding resources that may be provided 
to supplement amounts from grants under this title. 
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SEC. 
107. 
SUBMISSION 
AND 
SELECTION 
OF 
TRANS-
FORMATION PLANS. 
(a) TRANSFORMATION PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—To 
be eligible for a grant under this title, an eligible entity 
shall submit to the Secretary, at such time in accordance 
with procedures as the Secretary shall prescribe, an appli-
cation in the form of a transformation plan that— 
(1) demonstrates how the transformation plan 
will achieve the desired priority outcomes of trans-
forming a distressed neighborhood of extreme pov-
erty into a mixed-income neighborhood with high- 
quality, safe, and affordable housing (including the 
one-for-one replacement of any public or assisted 
housing units demolished or disposed of under the 
transformation plan), economic opportunities, well- 
functioning services, public assets, access to jobs, 
public transportation, and effective education pro-
grams and public schools, including charter schools 
and other autonomous public schools; 
(2) demonstrates how the required activities 
under section 106(b) will be carried out, including a 
detailed description of the housing transformation 
activities under paragraphs (1) and (2) of such sec-
tion; 
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(3) describes the other eligible activities under 
section 106(c) that will be carried out in support of 
the housing transformation; 
(4) defines desired outcomes of the strategy, 
how residents of housing assisted under this title will 
benefit, describes the challenges they face, and the 
evidence base that informs the proposed strategies 
that will result in the desired outcomes for the com-
munity and residents; 
(5) includes a long-term affordability plan, de-
veloped in collaboration with residents of the public 
and assisted housing assisted under this title, that 
describes how the grantee will maintain affordable 
housing in the neighborhood over the next 50 years 
or longer, including affordability provisions relating 
to dwelling units provided using assistance under the 
grant under this title, and an agreement by the ap-
plicant to update such plan every 5 years during 
such period; and 
(6) includes such other information as the Sec-
retary shall, by regulation, prescribe. 
(b) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish criteria for the award of grants under this title, 
which shall include the extent to which the transformation 
plan— 
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(1) demonstrates the ability of the plan to fur-
ther the purposes of this title; 
(2) demonstrates inclusive local planning with 
input from units of local government, housing own-
ers and providers, educators, residents of housing 
assisted under this title, local community organiza-
tions, public schools, early learning in programs, 
health service organizations, and community stake-
holders in the development and implementation of a 
sustainable revitalization program; 
(3) coordinates multiple funding resources, in-
cluding public, private, and philanthropic funding, 
and emphasizes collaboration between the units of 
local government, early learning programs and pub-
lic schools, or a public housing agency, or all three; 
(4) includes current data showing that the 
neighborhood targeted for revitalization is in need of 
and can benefit from the authorized activities de-
scribed in section 106 and proposed in the trans-
formation plan; 
(5) demonstrates the capability and record of 
the applicant and its partners for managing housing 
redevelopment or modernization projects, success-
fully working with public and assisted housing resi-
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dents during the planning and redesign process, and 
meeting performance benchmarks; 
(6) demonstrates that sustainable building and 
energy efficient design principles are incorporated or 
will be incorporated in the activities conducted pur-
suant to the plan; 
(7) demonstrates that the neighborhood will 
have, within a reasonable time, improved access to 
public transportation that provides access to eco-
nomic opportunities and commercial and public serv-
ices; 
(8) demonstrates that the residents of revital-
ized housing developments will have improved access 
to high-quality educational opportunities, including 
early learning and effective elementary and sec-
ondary public schools, in or outside of the neighbor-
hood; 
(9) demonstrates that the transformation plan 
includes the provision of appropriate supportive serv-
ices and activities that promote economic self-suffi-
ciency of residents of housing assisted under the 
grant, and a plan to sustain such services; 
(10) demonstrates that the transformation plan 
provides support for residents displaced as a result 
of the revitalization of the project, including assist-
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ance in obtaining housing in areas with low con-
centrations of poverty in a manner that does not in-
crease racial segregation; 
(11) demonstrates that sufficient housing op-
portunities are available in the neighborhood to be 
revitalized and in low-poverty areas to accommodate 
displaced residents, in a manner that does not in-
crease racial segregation; 
(12) includes a well-documented assessment of 
the number of households with special needs for on-
going supportive services residing in the public or 
assisted housing properties that are the target of the 
grant and an effective plan to address such needs; 
(13) demonstrates the ability to leverage funds 
from other programs of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, from other Federal, State, 
or local programs, or from the private sector, includ-
ing donations of land or services; 
(14) demonstrates the compliance with the re-
quirements of section 109, regarding one-for-one re-
placement of public and assisted housing units; 
(15) demonstrates how the applicant will use 
indicators of housing redevelopment, neighborhood 
quality, resident well-being, and other outcomes to 
measure success, manage program implementation, 
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and engage stakeholders, consistent with require-
ments established by the Secretary; 
(16) demonstrates, if feasible, phased redevelop-
ment that provides for demolition and construction 
of dwelling units in phases, to limit disruptions to 
residents; 
(17) demonstrates that the neighborhood will 
improve its long-term viability through the revitaliza-
tion of severely distressed housing, improved access 
to economic opportunities, improved investment and 
leveraging in well-functioning services, and improved 
education programs, public assets, public transpor-
tation and access to jobs; and 
(18) demonstrates compliance with any other 
factors and priorities that further the purposes of 
this title, as the Secretary may, by regulation, pre-
scribe. 
SEC. 108. RIGHT OF RESIDENTS TO RETURN; RELOCATION. 
(a) 
DETERMINATION
OF
RESIDENT
PREF-
ERENCES.—An applicant shall, not later than 15 days be-
fore submitting an application to the Secretary for a grant 
under this title— 
(1) hold a community meeting and provide in-
formation to all residents who occupy a dwelling unit 
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in public housing or assisted housing subject to the 
transformation plan of— 
(A) the applicant’s intent to submit an ap-
plication for a grant under this title; 
(B) their right to return and relocation 
housing options; and 
(C) all planned replacement housing units; 
and 
(2) solicit from each resident information re-
garding the resident’s desire to return to the re-
placement housing units constructed upon the origi-
nal public or assisted housing location, interest in 
moving to other neighborhoods or communities, or 
interest in retaining a voucher for rental assistance. 
(b) RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each transformation plan 
assisted under this title shall provide opportunities 
for the active involvement and participation of, and 
consultation with, residents of the public and as-
sisted housing that is subject to the transformation 
plan during the planning process for the trans-
formation plan, including prior to submission of the 
application, and during all phases of the planning 
and implementation. Such opportunities for partici-
pation may include participation of members of any 
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resident council or tenant organization, but may not 
be limited to such members, and shall include all 
segments of the population of residents of the public 
and assisted housing that is subject to the revitaliza-
tion plan, including single parent-headed households, 
the elderly, young employed and unemployed adults, 
teenage youth, and disabled persons. Such opportu-
nities shall include a process that provides oppor-
tunity for comment on specific proposals for redevel-
opment, any demolition and disposition involved, and 
any proposed significant amendments or changes to 
the transformation plan. 
(2) PUBLIC MEETING.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant under this title to an applicant unless 
the applicant has convened and conducted a public 
meeting regarding the transformation plan, includ-
ing the one-for-one replacement to occur under the 
plan, not later than 15 days before submission of the 
application for the grant under this section for such 
plan, at a time and location that is convenient for 
residents of the public and assisted housing subject 
to the plan. 
(3) SIGNIFICANT
AMENDMENTS
OR
CHANGES 
TO PLAN.—An applicant may not carry out any sig-
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nificant amendment or change to a transformation 
plan unless— 
(A) the applicant has convened and con-
ducted a public meeting regarding the signifi-
cant amendment or change at a time and loca-
tion that is convenient for residents of the pub-
lic and assisted housing subject to the plan and 
has provided each household occupying a dwell-
ing unit in such public and assisted housing 
with written notice of such meeting not less 
than 10 days before such meeting; 
(B) after such meeting, the applicant 
consults with the households occupying dwelling 
units in the public and assisted housing that 
are subject to, or to be subject to the plan, and 
the agency submits a report to the Secretary 
describing the results of such consultation; and 
(C) the Secretary approves the significant 
amendment or change. 
Notwithstanding subparagraph (C), if the Secretary 
does not approve or disapprove a request for a sig-
nificant amendment or change to a revitalization 
plan before the expiration of the 30-day period be-
ginning upon the receipt by the Secretary of the re-
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port referred to in subparagraph (B), such request 
shall be considered to have been approved. 
(c) RIGHT TO RETURN.—The Secretary may not ap-
prove a transformation plan under this title unless the 
plan provides that each resident of public or assisted hous-
ing displaced by activities under the transformation plan 
who wishes to return to the on-site or off-site replacement 
housing provided under the plan may return if the resi-
dent— 
(1) was in compliance with the lease at the time 
of departure from the housing subject to rehabilita-
tion or demolition; and 
(2) would be eligible, as of the time of such re-
turn, for occupancy under the eligibility, screening, 
and occupancy standards, policies, or practices appli-
cable to the housing from which the resident was 
displaced, as in effect at such time of displacement. 
(d) 
RELOCATION, 
NOTICE, 
APPLICATION
FOR 
VOUCHERS, AND DATA.—All relocation activities resulting 
from, or that will result from, demolition, disposition, or 
both demolition and disposition, to be carried out under 
a transformation plan relating to a grant under this title 
shall be subject to the following requirements: 
(1) UNIFORM
RELOCATION
AND
REAL
PROP-
ERTY ACQUISITION ACT.—The Uniform Relocation 
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and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 
(42 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.) shall apply. To the extent 
the provisions of this subsection and such Act con-
flict, the provisions that provide greater protection 
to residents displaced by the demolition, disposition, 
or demolition and disposition, shall apply. 
(2) RELOCATION
PLAN.—The applicant shall 
submit to the Secretary, together with the applica-
tion for a grant under this title, a relocation plan 
providing for the relocation of residents occupying 
the public or assisted housing for which the demoli-
tion or disposition is proposed, which shall include— 
(A) a statement of the estimated number 
of vouchers for rental assistance under section 
108 that will be needed for such relocation; 
(B) identification of the location of the re-
placement dwelling units that will be made 
available for permanent occupancy; and 
(C) a statement of whether any temporary, 
off-site relocation of any residents is necessary 
and a description of the plans for such reloca-
tion. 
(3) NOTICE
UPON
APPROVAL
OF
APPLICA-
TION.—Within a reasonable time after notice to the 
applicant of the approval of an application for a 
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grant under this section, the applicant shall provide 
notice in writing, in plain and non-technical lan-
guage, to the residents of the public and assisted 
housing subject to the approved transformation plan 
that— 
(A) states that the application and trans-
formation plan has been approved; 
(B) describes the process involved to relo-
cate the residents, including a statement that 
the residents may not be relocated until the 
conditions set forth in section 110 have been 
met; 
(C) provides information regarding reloca-
tion options; and 
(D) advises residents of the availability of 
relocation counseling as required in paragraph 
(7). 
(4) NOTICE BEFORE RELOCATION.—Except in 
cases of a substantial and imminent threat to health 
or safety, not later than 90 days before the date on 
which residents will be relocated, the grantee shall 
provide notice in writing, in plain and non-technical 
language, to each family residing in a public or as-
sisted housing project that is subject to an approved 
transformation plan, and in accordance with such 
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guidelines as the Secretary may issue governing such 
notifications, that— 
(A) the public or assisted housing project 
will be demolished or disposed of; 
(B) the demolition of the building in which 
the family resides will not commence until each 
resident of the building is relocated; and 
(C) if temporary, off-site relocation is nec-
essary, each family displaced by such action 
shall be offered comparable housing— 
(i) that meets housing quality stand-
ards; 
(ii) that is located in an area that is 
generally not less desirable than the loca-
tion of the displaced family’s housing, 
which shall include at least one unit lo-
cated in an area of low-poverty or one unit 
located within the neighborhood of the 
original public or assisted housing site; 
(iii) that is identified and available to 
the family; and 
(iv) which shall include— 
(I) tenant-based assistance, ex-
cept that the requirement under this 
subparagraph regarding offering of 
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comparable housing shall be fulfilled 
by use of tenant-based assistance only 
upon the relocation of the family into 
such housing; 
(II) project-based assistance; 
(III) occupancy in a unit oper-
ated or assisted by the public housing 
agency or the owner of the assisted 
project demolished or disposed of 
under this section, at a rental rate 
paid by the family that is comparable 
to the rental rate applicable to the 
unit from which the family is relo-
cated; or 
(IV) other comparable housing. 
(5) SEARCH
PERIOD.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, in the case of a household 
that is provided tenant-based assistance for reloca-
tion of the household under this section, the period 
during which the household may lease a dwelling 
unit using such assistance shall not be shorter in du-
ration than the 150-day period that begins at the 
time a comparable replacement unit is made avail-
able to the family. If the household is unable to lease 
a dwelling unit using such assistance during such 
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period, the grantee shall extend the period during 
which the household may lease a dwelling unit using 
such assistance, or at the resident’s request, shall 
provide the resident with the next available com-
parable public housing unit or comparable housing 
unit for which project-based assistance is provided. 
(6) PAYMENT
OF
RELOCATION
EXPENSES.— 
The grantee shall provide for the payment of the ac-
tual and reasonable relocation expenses, including 
security deposits, of each resident to be displaced 
and any other relocation expenses as are required by 
the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Prop-
erty Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. 
(7) 
COMPREHENSIVE
RELOCATION
COUN-
SELING.—The grantee shall provide all advisory pro-
grams and services as required by the Uniform Relo-
cation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 
Policies Act of 1970 and counseling for residents 
who are displaced that shall fully inform residents to 
be displaced of all relocation options, which may in-
clude relocating to housing in a neighborhood with 
a lower concentration of poverty than their current 
residence or remaining in the current neighborhood. 
Such counseling shall also include providing school 
options for children and comprehensive housing 
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search assistance for household that receive a vouch-
er for tenant-based assistance. 
(8) TIMING OF DEMOLITION OR DISPOSITION.— 
The grantee shall not commence demolition or com-
plete disposition of a building subject to the ap-
proved transformation plan until all residents resid-
ing in the building are relocated. 
(9) TIMING
OF
RELOCATION.—The applicant 
shall not commence relocation before approval by the 
Secretary of the transformation plan providing for 
the demolition or disposition, unless the applicant 
generally relocates residents in accordance with this 
section, as determined by the Secretary, except in 
the case of a substantial and imminent threat to 
health or safety. 
(e) MONITORING OF DISPLACED HOUSEHOLDS.— 
(1) GRANTEE RESPONSIBILITIES.—To facilitate 
compliance with the requirement under subsection 
(a) (relating to right of residents to return), the Sec-
retary shall, by regulation, require each grantee of 
a grant under this section, during the period of the 
transformation plan assisted with the grant and 
until all funding under the grant has been ex-
pended— 
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(A) to maintain a current address of resi-
dence and contact information for each house-
hold affected by the transformation 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 before 
the grantee has certified to the Secretary that the 
agency has complied with subsection (a) (relating to 
right of residents to return) with respect to each 
resident displaced as a result of the transformation 
plan, including providing occupancy in a replacement 
dwelling unit for each resident who requested such 
a unit in accordance with such subsection. 
(f) PREFERENCE.—A returning resident shall be pro-
vided a preference for occupancy of on-site or off-site re-
placement units before such units are made available for 
occupancy by any other eligible households, or the resident 
may choose to retain tenant-based voucher assistance pro-
vided under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 for relocation from the properties revitalized 
under a transformation plan assisted with a grant under 
this title. 
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(g) PROHIBITION
ON
RE-SCREENING.—A public 
housing agency or any other manager of on-site or off- 
site replacement housing shall not, through the application 
of any additional eligibility, screening, occupancy, or other 
policy or practice, prevent any person otherwise eligible 
under subsection (a) from occupying a replacement hous-
ing unit. 
SEC. 109. ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC AND AS-
SISTED HOUSING DWELLING UNITS. 
(a) ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT OF PUBLIC OR AS-
SISTED HOUSING UNITS.—The Secretary may not ap-
prove a transformation plan that provides for dwelling 
units to be demolished or disposed of unless the plan pro-
vides as follows: 
(1) REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE EACH UNIT.— 
One hundred percent, or such lower percentage as is 
provided pursuant to subsection (b), of the public 
and assisted housing dwelling units and units de-
scribed in section 116(1)(E) that are demolished or 
disposed of pursuant to the transformation plan 
shall be replaced with a newly constructed, rehabili-
tated, or purchased public or assisted housing unit 
or with a newly constructed, rehabilitated, or pur-
chased unit (including through project-based assist-
ance) that is subject to requirements regarding eligi-
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bility for occupancy, tenant contribution toward 
rent, and long-term affordability restrictions that are 
consistent with such requirements for public and as-
sisted housing dwelling units or for State units, as 
applicable, except that— 
(A) subparagraph (D) of section 8(o)(13) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (re-
lating to income-mixing requirement of project- 
based assistance) shall not apply with respect to 
vouchers used to comply with the requirements 
of this paragraph; and 
(B) for purposes of this paragraph, sub-
paragraph (B) of such section 8(o)(13) (relat-
ing to percentage limitation) shall be applied by 
substituting ‘‘50 percent’’ for ‘‘20 percent’’. 
(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Admission to, ad-
ministration of, and eviction from replacement hous-
ing units that replaced public housing units, but 
that are not public housing dwelling units, shall be 
subject to the following provisions to the same ex-
tent as public housing dwelling units: 
(A) Section 578 of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 
U.S.C. 13663; relating to ineligibility of dan-
gerous sex offenders). 
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(B) Section 16(f) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f); re-
lating to ineligibility of certain drug offenders). 
(C) Sections 20 and 21 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437r, 
1437s; relating to resident management). 
(D) Section 25 of the United States Hous-
ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437w; relating to 
transfer of management at request of resi-
dents). 
(E) Section 6(k) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(k); re-
lating to administrative grievance procedure). 
(F) Section 6(f) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(f); re-
lating to housing quality requirements). 
(G) Part 964 of title 24, Code of Federal 
regulations (relating to tenant participation and 
opportunities). 
(3) RETENTION
OF
RIGHTS.—Tenants occu-
pying a replacement housing unit shall have all 
rights provided to tenants of the housing from which 
the tenants were relocated. 
(4) SIZE.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Replacement units shall 
be of comparable size, unless a market analysis 
shows a need for other-sized units, in which 
case such need shall be addressed. 
(B) BEDROOMS.—The number of bed-
rooms within each replacement unit shall be 
sufficient to serve families displaced as a result 
of the demolition or disposition. Replacement 
units may include a greater number of bed-
rooms than the number of bedrooms in units 
replaced if an analysis of the waiting list of the 
public housing agency shows that more bed-
rooms are needed to accommodate families on 
the waiting list. 
(5) LOCATION ON SITE.—At least one-third of 
all replacement units for public and assisted housing 
units demolished shall be public or assisted housing 
units constructed within the immediate area of the 
original public or assisted housing location, unless 
the Secretary determines that— 
(A) construction on such location would re-
sult in the violation of a consent decree; or 
(B) the land on which the public and as-
sisted housing is located is environmentally un-
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safe, geologically unstable, or otherwise is un-
suitable for the construction of housing. 
(6) LOCATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.—Any 
replacement housing units provided in addition to 
dwelling units provided pursuant to paragraph (5) 
shall— 
(A) be provided in areas within the neigh-
borhood, except that if rebuilding the units 
within the neighborhood is not feasible, units 
shall be provided within the jurisdiction of the 
public housing agency— 
(i) in areas having low concentrations 
of poverty; 
(ii) in a manner that furthers the eco-
nomic and educational opportunities for 
residents; 
(iii) in a manner that does not in-
crease racial segregation; and 
(iv) in areas offering access to public 
transportation; and 
(B) have access to social, recreational, edu-
cational, commercial, and health facilities and 
services, including municipal services and facili-
ties, that are comparable to services provided to 
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the revitalized neighborhood from which resi-
dents were displaced. 
(b) WAIVER.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—Upon the written request of 
an applicant for a grant under this title submitted 
as part of the transformation plan pursuant to sec-
tion 107, the Secretary may reduce the percentage 
applicable under subsection (a)(1) to the trans-
formation plan of the applicant to not less than 80 
percent, but only if— 
(A) a judgment, consent decree, or other 
order of a court limits the ability of the appli-
cant to comply with such requirements; or 
(B) the applicant demonstrates that there 
is an excess supply of affordable rental housing 
in areas of low poverty and provides data show-
ing that, in the area surrounding the revitalized 
neighborhood— 
(i) at least 80 percent of vouchers 
issued under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 over the last 
24 months to comparable families were 
successfully used to lease a dwelling unit 
within 120 days of issuance or, if a suffi-
cient number of comparable families have 
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not received vouchers, an alternative meas-
ure, as the Secretary shall design, is met; 
(ii) existing voucher holders are widely 
dispersed geographically in areas of low 
poverty with access to public transpor-
tation, education, and other amenities, as 
determined by the Secretary, among the 
available private rental housing stock; and 
(iii) the applicant provides a market 
analysis demonstrating that— 
(I) there is a relatively high va-
cancy rate among units that would 
meet or exceed housing quality stand-
ards, as determined by the Secretary, 
within the market area with rent and 
utility costs not exceeding the applica-
ble payment standard under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)); and 
(II) such high vacancy rate with-
in the market area is expected to con-
tinue for the next 5 years or longer. 
SEC. 110. OTHER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) FAIR HOUSING.—The demolition or disposition, 
relocation, replacement, and reoccupancy of housing units 
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in connection with a grant under this title shall be carried 
out in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, 
as required by section 808 of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 
(42 U.S.C. 3608(e)). Grantees shall adopt affirmative 
marketing procedures, and require affirmative marketing 
activities of project owners and managers. Such special 
outreach efforts shall be targeted to those who are least 
likely to apply for the housing, to ensure that all persons 
regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, 
sex, disability, or familial status are aware of the housing 
opportunities in each project funded with a grant under 
this title. 
(b) ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—All new con-
struction and alterations of existing buildings carried out 
in connection with a grant under this title shall comply 
with the requirements of the section 504 of Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Accessibility Standards 
for Design, Construction, and Alteration of Publicly 
Owned Residential Structures of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development (24 C.F.R. part 40), the Fair 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), and any other re-
quirements as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT.—Amounts from 
a grant under this title may not be used for assistance 
for any housing property unless the owner of the property 
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assisted agrees to a period of affordability for the property 
which shall be not shorter than the period of affordability 
to which the property is already subject and remains sub-
ject, or 20 years, whichever is longer. 
(d) COST LIMITS.—Subject to the provisions of this 
title, the Secretary shall establish cost limits on eligible 
activities under this title sufficient to provide for effective 
transformation programs. 
(e) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For purposes of en-
vironmental review, assistance and projects under this title 
shall be treated as assistance for special projects that are 
subject to section 305(c) of the Multifamily Housing Prop-
erty Disposition Reform Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 3547), 
and shall be subject to the regulations issued by the Sec-
retary to implement such section. 
(f) GRANTEE REPORTING.—The Secretary shall re-
quire grantees under this title to report the sources and 
uses of all amounts expended and other information for 
transformation plans for the Secretary’s annual report to 
Congress or other purposes as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 111. DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION. 
(a) INAPPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLI-
TION
AND
DISPOSITION
REQUIREMENTS
TO
TRANS-
FORMATION PLAN.—The demolition or disposition of se-
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verely distressed public housing pursuant to a trans-
formation plan approved under this title shall exempt from 
the provisions of section 18 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p). 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF PUBLIC HOUSING DEMOLI-
TION AND DISPOSITION REQUIREMENTS TO REPLACE-
MENT PUBLIC HOUSING.—Nothing in this title may be 
construed to exempt any replacement public housing 
dwelling units provided under a transformation plan in ac-
cordance with the requirements under section 109 (relat-
ing to one-for-one replacement of public housing dwelling 
units) from the provisions of section 18 of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937. 
SEC. 112. PHASE-SPECIFIC UNDERWRITING. 
To the extent that a transformation plan provides for 
different phases of activities, the Secretary may allow for 
the various phases of such plan to be underwritten on a 
separate basis. 
SEC. 113. ADMINISTRATION BY OTHER ENTITIES. 
The Secretary may require a grantee under this title 
to make arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary for 
use of an entity other than the original grantee to carry 
out activities assisted under the transformation plan of the 
grantee, if— 
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(1) the original grantee has failed to meet per-
formance benchmarks relating to implementation of 
the transformation plan; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that such action 
will help to effectuate the purposes of this title. 
SEC. 114. WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDING. 
If a grantee under this title does not proceed within 
a reasonable timeframe in implementing its trans-
formation plan or does not otherwise comply with the re-
quirements of this title and the grant agreement, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, the Secretary may withdraw any 
grant amounts under this title that have not been obli-
gated by the grantee. The Secretary may redistribute any 
withdrawn amounts to one or more other eligible entities 
capable of proceeding expeditiously in the same locality in 
carrying out the transformation plan of the original grant-
ee, or as such plan may be modified and approved by the 
Secretary, or, if that is not feasible, to one or more other 
applicants that has already received assistance under this 
title. 
SEC. 115. ANNUAL REPORT; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF 
GRANT INFORMATION. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not less than 90 days before 
the conclusion of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
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Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the imple-
mentation and status of grants awarded under this title, 
which shall include— 
(1) the number, type, and cost of affordable 
housing units revitalized pursuant to this title; 
(2) the amount and type of financial assistance 
provided under and in conjunction with this title, in-
cluding a specification of the amount and type of as-
sistance provided for educational opportunities, serv-
ices, public assets, public transportation, and access 
to jobs; 
(3) the impact of grants made under this title 
on the original residents, the target neighborhoods, 
and the larger communities within which they are lo-
cated; 
(4) all information submitted to the Secretary 
pursuant to section 108(g)(1) by all grantees and 
summaries of the extent of compliance by grantees 
with the requirements under subsections (a) and (g) 
of section 108; and 
(5) any information related to grantees imple-
mentation of the requirements under section 109 
(relating to one-for-one replacement of public hous-
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ing dwelling units) and the efforts of the Secretary 
to coordinate funding pursuant to section 106(d)(3). 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY
OF GRANT INFORMA-
TION.—To the extent not inconsistent with any other pro-
visions of law, the Secretary shall make publicly available 
through a World Wide Web site of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development all documents of, or 
filed with, the Department relating to the program under 
this title, including applications, grant agreements, plans, 
budgets, reports, and amendments to such documents; ex-
cept that in carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 
shall take such actions as may be necessary to protect the 
privacy of any residents and households displaced from 
public or assisted housing as a result of a transformation 
plan assisted under a grant under this title. 
SEC. 116. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this title, the following definitions 
shall apply: 
(1) AFFORDABLE HOUSING.—The term ‘‘afford-
able housing’’ includes— 
(A) public housing assisted under section 9 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437g); 
(B) assisted housing (as such term is de-
fined in this section); 
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(C) housing assisted under an affordable 
housing program administered by the Secretary 
of Agriculture through Rural Housing Service; 
(D) rental housing that utilizes tax credits 
under section 42 or the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986; 
(E) affordable rental housing owned, devel-
oped, or assisted through a State or local gov-
ernment or State housing finance agency, in-
cluding State-assisted public housing, which is 
subject to a long-term affordability restriction 
requiring occupancy by low-income households; 
and 
(F) private housing for low- and moderate- 
income households and for which the Secretary 
requires the owner or purchaser of the project 
to maintain affordability for no fewer than 20 
years in accordance with use restrictions under 
regulations issued by the Secretary, which re-
strictions shall be— 
(i) contained in a legally enforceable 
document recorded in the appropriate 
records; and 
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(ii) consistent with the long-term via-
bility of the project as rental or homeown-
ership housing. 
(2) APPLICANT.—The term ‘‘applicant’’ means 
an eligible entity under section 104(a) that submits 
an application for a grant under this title pursuant 
to section 107. 
(3) ASSISTED
HOUSING.—The term ‘‘assisted 
housing’’ means rental housing assisted under— 
(A) section 8 of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f, 1437g); 
(B) section 221(d)(3) or 236 of the Na-
tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715l, 1715z– 
1); 
(C) section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); or 
(D) section 811 of Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013). 
(4) CRITICAL
COMMUNITY
IMPROVEMENTS.— 
The 
term 
‘‘critical 
community 
improvements’’ 
means— 
(A) development or improvement of com-
munity facilities to promote upward mobility, 
self-sufficiency, or improved quality of life for 
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residents of the neighborhood, such as construc-
tion or rehabilitation of parks and community 
gardens, environmental improvements, or site 
remediation at affected sites; or 
(B) activities to promote economic develop-
ment, such as development or improvement of 
transit, retail, community financial institutions, 
public services, facilities, assets, or other com-
munity resources. 
(5) EXTREME POVERTY.—The term ‘‘extreme 
poverty’’ means, with respect to a neighborhood, 
that the neighborhood— 
(A) has a high percentage of residents who 
are— 
(i) estimated to be in poverty; or 
(ii) have extremely low incomes based 
on the most recent data collected by the 
United States Census Bureau; and 
(B) is experiencing distress related to one 
or more of the following: 
(i) Per capita crime rates over 3 or 
more years that are significantly higher 
than the per capita crime rates of the city 
or county in which the neighborhood is lo-
cated. 
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(ii) High rates of vacant, abandoned, 
or substandard homes relative to the city 
or county as a whole. 
(iii) A low-performing public school. 
(iv) Other such factors as determined 
by the Secretary that further the purposes 
of this title. 
(6) FAMILIES.—The term ‘‘families’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3(b) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437a(b)). 
(7) GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘grantee’’ means an 
eligible entity under section 104 that is awarded a 
grant under this title, pursuant to selection under 
section 107. 
(8) LONG-TERM VIABILITY.—The term ‘‘long- 
term viability’’ means, with respect to a neighbor-
hood, that the neighborhood is sustainable on an 
economic, education, and environmental basis. 
(9) NEIGHBORHOOD.—The term ‘‘neighbor-
hood’’ means an area that— 
(A) has distinguishing characteristics; 
(B) represents the geographical distribu-
tion of targeted populations; and 
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(C) is not exclusive of areas that are inte-
grally related to the composition of the commu-
nity. 
(10) PUBLIC HOUSING; PUBLIC HOUSING AGEN-
CY.—The terms ‘‘public housing’’ and ‘‘public hous-
ing agency’’ have the meanings given such terms in 
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(11) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
(12) SEVERELY
DISTRESSED
HOUSING.—The 
term ‘‘severely distressed housing’’ means a public 
or assisted housing project (or building in a project) 
that— 
(A)(i) has been certified, by an engineer or 
architect licensed by a State licensing board, as 
meeting criteria for physical distress that indi-
cate that the project requires major redesign, 
reconstruction, or redevelopment, or partial or 
total demolition, to correct serious deficiencies 
in the original design (including inappropriately 
high-population density), deferred maintenance, 
physical deterioration or obsolescence of major 
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systems, and other deficiencies in the physical 
plant of the project; and 
(ii) is a significant contributing factor to 
the physical decline of and disinvestment by 
public and private entities in the surrounding 
neighborhood, as documented by evidence of 
non-physical distress, such as extreme poverty, 
including census data and past surveys of 
neighborhood stability conducted by an appli-
cant or co-applicant or their qualified designee; 
or 
(B) was a project described in subpara-
graph (A) that has been legally vacated or de-
molished, but for which the Secretary has not 
yet provided replacement housing assistance 
other than tenant-based assistance. 
(13) SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENT OR CHANGE.— 
The term ‘‘significant’’ means, with respect to an 
amendment or change to a transformation plan, that 
the amendment or change— 
(A) changes the use of 20 percent or more 
of the total amount of the grant provided under 
this title from use for one activity to use for an-
other; 
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(B) eliminates an activity that is a re-
quired 
activity 
that, 
notwithstanding 
the 
change, would otherwise be carried out under 
the plan; or 
(C) significantly changes the scope, loca-
tion, or beneficiaries of the project carried out 
under the plan. 
(14) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘sup-
portive services’’ includes all activities that will pro-
mote upward mobility, self-sufficiency, or improved 
quality of life, including— 
(A) such activities as literacy training, re-
medial and continuing education, job training, 
financial literacy instruction, daycare, youth 
services, aging-in-place, physical and mental 
health services, and other programs for which 
such residents demonstrate need; 
(B) case management and service coordi-
nation services, including providing coordinators 
for the Family Self-Sufficiency program under 
section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u) and the Resident Op-
portunity and Supportive Services program 
under section 34 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1437z–6); and 
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(C) technical assistance to enable residents 
to access programs from other key agencies and 
local service providers in order to help residents 
be stably housed, improve outcomes for chil-
dren, and enhance adults’ capacity for self-suf-
ficiency and economic security, and services for 
the elderly and persons with disabilities to 
maintain independence. 
SEC. 117. FUNDING. 
There are authorized to be appropriated the following 
amounts: 
(1) GRANTS.—$575,000,000 for fiscal year 
2011 and such sums as may be necessary in each of 
fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015, for 
grants under this title, of which, in any fiscal year— 
(A) up to 10 percent of such amount au-
thorized may be used for planning grants, ex-
cept that in awarding planning grants, the Sec-
retary may elect to base selection on a subset 
of the required provisions of this title; 
(B) up to 5 percent of the amount author-
ized may be used for technical assistance and 
program evaluation efforts related to grants 
awarded under this title, or under predecessor 
programs; and 
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(C) not less than two-thirds shall be used 
for, or two-thirds of the number of housing 
units assisted under this title shall be, public 
housing units, subject to de minimis variations 
as may result from the grantee selection proc-
ess. 
(2) RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—Such sums as may 
be necessary for each of fiscal years 2011 through 
2015 for providing tenant-based assistance for relo-
cation and for rental assistance under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 for the pur-
poses of complying with section 108(c) of this title, 
but not to exceed the amount of assistance for the 
number of units demolished or disposed of under 
section 108(c)(1). 
SEC. 118. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out the following 
provisions of this title: 
(1) Subsections (c) and (e) of section 106. 
(2) Section 9(b). 
(3) Paragraphs (4), (5), (8), (9), and (12) of 
section 116. 
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TITLE II—PUBLIC HOUSING ONE- 
FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT AND 
TENANT PROTECTION 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Public Housing One- 
for-One Replacement and Tenant Protection Act of 
2010’’. 
SEC. 202. DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC HOUS-
ING. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 18.—Section 18 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (h) 
as subsections (b) through (i), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so re-
designated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, this section shall apply to— 
‘‘(1) demolition, disposition, or demolition or 
disposition or both pursuant to conversion under 
section 22 or 33 of any public housing unit; and 
‘‘(2) the taking of public housing units, directly 
or indirectly, through the use of eminent domain.’’; 
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(3) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘if the public housing 
agency certifies’’ and inserting ‘‘only if the 
Secretary determines that’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘low-income housing’’ and inserting ‘‘housing 
for low-income, very-low income, and extremely 
low-income families consistent with the needs 
identified pursuant to section 5A(d)(1) in the 
public housing agency plan for the agency and 
with targeting requirements under section 16(a) 
for public housing’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (4); 
(D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(E) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 
(6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
(F) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so 
redesignated) the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(6) that the public housing agency has ob-
tained from each resident information pursuant to 
subsection (f)(3)(B) and has established a replace-
ment housing preference for each such resident.’’; 
(4) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(C) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) the application does not provide for the ac-
tive involvement and participation of, and consulta-
tion with, residents, resident advisory boards, and 
resident councils of the public housing development 
that is subject to the application during the planning 
and implementation of the plan for demolition, relo-
cation, and replacement of the units; 
‘‘(4) the proposed relocation, demolition, dis-
position, demolition or disposition or both pursuant 
to conversion under section 22 or 33, or the provi-
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sion of replacement housing will not be carried out 
in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing, 
as described in section 808(e) of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)), or that the measures 
proposed by the public housing agency to mitigate 
potential adverse impacts of the proposed relocation, 
demolition, disposition, demolition or disposition or 
both pursuant to conversion under section 22 or 33, 
or the provision of replacement housing on persons 
protected by section 804 of the Civil Rights Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 3604), are clearly insufficient or 
inappropriate; or 
‘‘(5) the Secretary determines that the proposed 
plan for relocation, demolition, disposition, demoli-
tion or disposition or both subsequent to conversion 
pursuant to section 22 or 33, or the provision of re-
placement housing does not comply with the require-
ments of subsection (e) of this section.’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (e) (as so redesig-
nated by paragraph (1) of this subsection) and in-
serting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) REPLACEMENT UNITS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT TO REPLACE OR MAINTAIN 
EACH UNIT.— 
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‘‘(A) REPLACEMENT.—Except for demoli-
tion pursuant to subsection (g) or as provided 
in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each public 
housing dwelling unit demolished or disposed of 
after August 1, 2008, shall be replaced with a 
newly constructed, rehabilitated, or purchased 
public housing rental unit or with a newly con-
structed, rehabilitated, or purchased unit (in-
cluding through project-based assistance), and 
each public housing unit that is converted pur-
suant to section 22 or 33 shall be converted to 
project-based assistance. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO RE-
PLACEMENT UNITS.—Such replacement or con-
verted units shall be subject to requirements re-
garding eligibility for occupancy, tenant con-
tribution toward rent, and affordability restric-
tions that are consistent with such requirements 
for public housing dwelling units, and such re-
quirements shall not terminate unless units are 
replaced with a comparable number of units 
that are subject to the same requirements. 
‘‘(C) 
INAPPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN 
PROJECT-BASED
VOUCHER
REQUIREMENTS.— 
Subparagraphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) 
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of the United States Housing Act of 1936 (re-
lating to percentage limitation and income mix-
ing requirement of project-based assistance) 
shall not apply with respect to vouchers used to 
comply with the requirements of this para-
graph. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The requirement under para-
graph (1) may be waived by the Secretary with re-
spect to up to 10 percent of the total number of 
public housing units owned by a public housing 
agency in any 10-year period, if— 
‘‘(A) a judgment, consent decree, or other 
order of a court limits the ability of the appli-
cant to comply with such requirements; or 
‘‘(B) the public housing agency dem-
onstrates that there is an excess supply of af-
fordable rental housing in areas of low poverty 
and provides data showing that, in the area 
surrounding the project or projects in which 
such units are located— 
‘‘(i) at least 80 percent of vouchers 
issued under section 8(o) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 over the last 
24 months to comparable families were 
successfully used to lease a dwelling unit 
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‘‘(I) the percentage of residents 
age 62 and older; 
‘‘(II) the percentage of disabled 
residents; and 
‘‘(III) the percentage of unem-
ployed or underemployed residents; 
‘‘(ii) the ability of an eligible entity to 
provide training that leads to the provision 
of quality care; 
‘‘(iii) the record of the quality of care 
of an eligible entity; and 
‘‘(iv) such other criteria as determined 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) GEOGRAPHIC
CONSIDERATION.—In 
awarding grants, the Secretary shall consider a 
geographic mix of a variety of eligible entities 
so that the grant program will include at 
least— 
‘‘(i) one employment training program 
described in paragraph (2)(B) that pri-
marily serves an urban population; 
‘‘(ii) one employment training pro-
gram described in paragraph (2)(B) that 
primarily serves a rural population; 
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