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Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 4851b)): Provided further, That for pur-
poses of environmental review, a grant under this 
paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or 
activities under title I of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes 
of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and 
shall be subject to the regulations implementing 
such section; and 
(7) $25,000,000 shall be available for competi-
tive grants to public housing agencies for activities 
authorized under the Healthy Homes Initiative, pur-
suant to sections 501 and 502 of the Housing and 
Urban Development Act of 1970, which shall include 
research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning mold, 
carbon monoxide poisoning, and other housing-re-
lated diseases and hazards. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
For 2020 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $4,753,116,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
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CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (subject to section 24 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v), unless otherwise 
specified under this heading), for transformation, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of both public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable mixed income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation and access to jobs, $300,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That 
grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That the use of funds made available under this 
heading shall not be deemed to be public housing notwith-
standing section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, 
That grantees shall commit to an additional period of af-
fordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer than 
20 years: Provided further, That grantees shall provide a 
match in State, local, other Federal or private funds: Pro-
vided further, That grantees may include local govern-
ments, tribal entities, public housing authorities, and non-
profits: Provided further, That for-profit developers may 
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apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That 
for purposes of environmental review, a grantee shall be 
treated as a public housing agency under section 26 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437x), and grants under this heading shall be subject 
to the regulations issued by the Secretary to implement 
such section: Provided further, That of the amount pro-
vided, not less than $150,000,000 shall be awarded to 
public housing agencies: Provided further, That such 
grantees shall create partnerships with other local organi-
zations including assisted housing owners, service agen-
cies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Edu-
cation, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Serv-
ices, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, 
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Fed-
eral resources: Provided further, That no more than 
$5,000,000 of funds made available under this heading 
may be provided as grants to undertake comprehensive 
local planning with input from residents and the commu-
nity: Provided further, That unobligated balances, includ-
ing recaptures, remaining from funds appropriated under 
the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Distressed Public 
Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior fiscal 
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years may be used for purposes under this heading, not-
withstanding the purposes for which such amounts were 
appropriated: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue the Notice of Funding Availability for funds made 
available under this heading no later than 120 days after 
enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall make grant awards no later than one year 
from the date of enactment of this Act in such amounts 
that the Secretary determines: Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 24(o) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v(o)), the Secretary may, 
until September 30, 2023, obligate any available unobli-
gated balances made available under this heading in this, 
or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-
ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, $150,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000): Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this heading are 
provided as follows— 
(1) $100,000,000 (increased by $5,000,000) 
shall be for the Family Self-Sufficiency program to 
support family self-sufficiency coordinators under 
section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437u), to promote the development of 
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local strategies to coordinate the use of assistance 
under sections 8 and 9 of such Act with public and 
private resources, and enable eligible families to 
achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency: 
Provided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Reg-
ister notice, waive or specify alternative require-
ments under subsections (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5), or 
(c)(1) of section 23 of such Act in order to facilitate 
the operation of a unified self-sufficiency program 
for individuals receiving assistance under different 
provisions of the Act, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That owners of a privately 
owned multifamily property with a section 8 contract 
may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such prop-
erty in accordance with procedures established by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That such proce-
dures established pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 
funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) and shall 
allow owners to use funding from residual receipt ac-
counts to hire coordinators for their own Family 
Self-Sufficiency program; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Op-
portunity and Self-Sufficiency program to provide 
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