Development shall submit a report to the Congress identi-
fying any legislative and regulatory actions and changes 
needed to hold accountable and punish owners of housing 
that is assisted under the housing choice voucher program 
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) who violate the requirements of such 
program or operate in bad faith with respect to such re-
quirements. Such report shall include recommendations 
regarding the circumstances under which such assistance 
should be recovered from such owners. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting any analysis for, 
and preparing, the report required under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Agri-
culture, State and local governments, advocates for ten-
ants’ right, and public housing agencies. 
SEC. 3. RURAL HOUSING RELIEF PILOT PROGRAM. 
Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 14) 
is amended by inserting after section 538 (42 U.S.C. 
1490p–2) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 539. RURAL HOUSING RELIEF PILOT PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) AFFORDABLE HOUSING GRANTS.—The Sec-
retary may make grants under this section to eligible enti-
ties described in subsection (b) that primarily serve rural 
areas for purposes described in subsection (c). 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The Secretary may make 
grants under this subsection only to— 
‘‘(1) State or local governmental agencies or en-
tities; 
‘‘(2) Indian tribes; and 
‘‘(3) nonprofit entities. 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Amounts from a grant 
under this Act may be used only to support or acquire 
housing that is affordable to low-income families or to fi-
nance, assist, or otherwise benefit the development or re-
habilitation of such housing, including for— 
‘‘(1) costs of construction, development, reha-
bilitation, or acquisition of such housing, including 
predevelopment costs; 
‘‘(2) costs of demolition of substandard hous-
ing, with or without development of replacement af-
fordable housing; 
‘‘(3) relocation of residents of substandard 
housing or residents of housing during rehabilitation 
of housing that is affordable to low-income families; 
‘‘(4) purchase of housing by or for low-income 
families in rural areas; 
‘‘(5) construction, development, installation, or 
rehabilitation of related infrastructure for housing 
that is affordable to low-income families; 
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‘‘(6) establishment of revolving loan funds to fi-
nance and assist carrying out other eligible activities 
under this subsection; and 
‘‘(7) such other purposes as the Secretary may 
provide. 
‘‘(d) COST-SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall require each eligible 
entity receiving a grant under this section to con-
tribute to the cost of activities to be carried out with 
such grant amounts an amount that is equal to or 
exceeding 10 percent of the total cost of such activi-
ties. In the case of eligible entities that are State 
agencies or entities, such contributed amount shall 
be derived from non-Federal sources. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply in the case of any activities carried out with 
grant amounts in any area with respect to which a 
major disaster was declared by the President under 
section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) 
during the 5-year period ending upon approval of 
the application for a grant under this section to 
carry out such activities, but not including the major 
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disaster declared by reason of the novel coronavirus 
(COVID-19). 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—Not later than September 30, 2025, 
the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress de-
scribing the activities carried out with grants under this 
section and evaluating the effectiveness of the program 
under this section in developing and rehabilitating housing 
that is affordable to low-income families. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for 
grants under this section $100,000,000 for fiscal year 
2021, which amount shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024.’’. 
SEC. 4. STUDY OF RHS HOME OWNERSHIP OUTREACH EF-
FORTS. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a study 
to determine the efficacy and effectiveness of outreach and 
education activities of the Rural Housing Service of the 
Department of Agriculture regarding the programs of 
such Service that assist families to achieve home owner-
ship, including the single family housing direct and guar-
anteed home loan programs under section 502 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472). Not later than 
the expiration of the 12-month period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act the Secretary shall sub-
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mit a report to the Congress setting forth the findings of 
such study. 
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