H. R. 2471—695 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), $3,213,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading— 
(1) $290,000,000 shall be for the Emergency Solutions 
Grants program authorized under subtitle B of such title IV 
(42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.): Provided, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allo-
cated (which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) 
for the Emergency Solutions Grant program not later than 
60 days after enactment of this Act; 
(2) $2,809,000,000 shall be for the Continuum of Care 
program authorized under subtitle C of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 
11381 et seq.) and the Rural Housing Stability Assistance pro-
grams authorized under subtitle D of such title IV (42 U.S.C. 
11408): Provided, That the Secretary shall prioritize funding 
under the Continuum of Care program to continuums of care 
that have demonstrated a capacity to reallocate funding from 
lower performing projects to higher performing projects: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall provide incentives to 
create projects that coordinate with housing providers and 
healthcare organizations to provide permanent supportive 
housing and rapid re-housing services: Provided further, That 
of the amounts made available for the Continuum of Care 
program under this paragraph, not less than $52,000,000 shall 
be for grants for new rapid re-housing projects and supportive 
service projects providing coordinated entry, and for eligible 
activities that the Secretary determines to be critical in order 
to assist survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking: Provided further, That amounts made 
available for the Continuum of Care program under this 
heading in this Act and any remaining unobligated balances 
from prior Acts may be used to competitively or non-competi-
tively renew or replace grants for youth homeless demonstration 
projects under the Continuum of Care program, notwith-
standing any conflict with the requirements of the Continuum 
of Care program; 
(3) $7,000,000 shall be for the national homeless data anal-
ysis project: Provided, That notwithstanding the provisions of 
the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977 
(31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), the amounts made available under this 
paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances under this 
heading for such purposes in prior Acts may be used by the 
Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with such enti-
ties as may be determined by the Secretary, including public 
and private organizations, agencies, and institutions; and 
(4) $107,000,000 shall be to implement projects to dem-
onstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless 
youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities with a 
priority for communities with substantial rural populations in 
up to eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth homeless-
ness: Provided, That of the amount made available under this 
paragraph, not less than $25,000,000 shall be for youth 
homelessness system improvement grants to support commu-
nities, including but not limited to the communities assisted
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under the matter preceding this proviso, in establishing and 
implementing a response system for youth homelessness, or 
for improving their existing system: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be to provide technical assistance to commu-
nities, including but not limited to the communities assisted 
in the preceding proviso and the matter preceding such proviso, 
on improving system responses to youth homelessness, and 
collection, analysis, use, and reporting of data and performance 
measures under the comprehensive approaches to serve home-
less youth, in addition to and in coordination with other tech-
nical assistance funds provided under this title: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may use up to 10 percent of the 
amount made available under the preceding proviso to build 
the capacity of current technical assistance providers or to 
train new technical assistance providers with verifiable prior 
experience with systems and programs for youth experiencing 
homelessness: 
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 subsection (a) 
or (b) of section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) 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: 
Provided further, That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act may be served by 
any project funded under this heading to provide both transitional 
housing and rapid re-housing: Provided further, That for all 
matching funds 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 agen-
cies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on 
any such use of any such funds: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be available 
to provide funding for new projects, except for projects created 
through reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the con-
tinuum 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 any unobli-
gated amounts remaining from funds made available under this 
heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 
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 unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading in fiscal year 2019 or prior years, except for rental assist-
ance amounts that were recaptured and made available until 
expended, shall be available for the current purposes authorized 
under this heading in addition to the purposes for which such 
funds originally were appropriated.
H. R. 2471—697 
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, 
$13,540,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2021 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2021), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2022: 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 
heading: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided under 
this heading, not to exceed $355,000,000 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 preceding 
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 the Department 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,
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to be available until expended: Provided further, That amounts 
deposited pursuant to the preceding 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 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), 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 5- 
year term, for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, 
including renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American 
Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q note), and for supportive services associated with the housing, 
$1,033,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2025: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
up to $125,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continu-
ation of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That any funding for existing 
service coordinators under the preceding proviso shall be provided 
within 120 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading shall be available for 
Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related 
activities associated with section 202 projects: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 202 gov-
erning the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, except 
that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not exceed 
5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon request of the 
Secretary, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 
for any project subject to a section 202 project rental assistance 
contract, and that upon termination of such contract are in excess 
of an amount to be determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted 
to the Department and deposited in this account, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That amounts 
deposited in this account pursuant to the preceding proviso shall 
be available, in addition to the amounts otherwise provided by 
this heading, for the purposes authorized under this heading: Pro-
vided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and 
carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the current purposes 
authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for which 
such funds originally were appropriated: Provided further, That 
of the total amount made available under this heading, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be used to expand the supply of intergenerational 
dwelling units (as such term is defined in section 202 of the Legacy 
Act of 2003 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note)) for elderly caregivers raising 
children: Provided further, That for the purposes of the preceding 
proviso the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative require-
ments for, any provision of section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) in order to facilitate the development of 
such units, except for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environment: Provided 
further, That of the total amount made available under this heading,