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‘‘Home Investment Partnerships Program; Improving Performance 
and Accountability; Updating Property Standards’’ which became 
effective on such date: Provided further, That the Department shall 
notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, 
That $35,000,000 shall be made available for the second, third, 
and fourth capacity building activities authorized under section 
4(a) of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 
of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for 
rural capacity-building activities: Provided further, That $5,000,000 
shall be made available for capacity building by national rural 
housing organizations with experience assessing national rural 
conditions and providing financing, training, technical assistance, 
information, and research to local nonprofits, local governments 
and Indian Tribes serving high need rural communities. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the emergency solutions grants program as authorized 
under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act, as amended; the continuum of care program as authorized 
under subtitle C of title IV of such Act; and the rural housing 
stability assistance program as authorized under subtitle D of title 
IV of such Act, $2,105,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2016: Provided, That any rental assistance amounts that are 
recaptured under such continuum of care program shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That not less than 
$250,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall 
be available for such emergency solutions grants program: Provided 
further, That not less than $1,815,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for such continuum of care 
and rural housing stability assistance programs: Provided further, 
That up to $6,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for the national homeless data analysis project: 
Provided further, That all funds awarded for supportive services 
under the continuum of care program and the rural housing stability 
assistance program shall be matched by not less than 25 percent 
in cash or in kind by each grantee: Provided further, That for 
all match requirements applicable to funds made available under 
this heading for this fiscal year and prior years, a grantee may 
use (or could have used) as a source of match funds other funds 
administered by the Secretary and other Federal agencies unless 
there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on any such use 
of any such funds: Provided further, That the Secretary may renew 
on an annual basis expiring contracts or amendments to contracts
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funded under the continuum of care program if the program is 
determined to be needed under the applicable continuum of care 
and meets appropriate program requirements, performance meas-
ures, and financial standards, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That all awards of assistance under this heading 
shall be required to coordinate and integrate homeless programs 
with other mainstream health, social services, and employment 
programs for which homeless populations may be eligible, including 
Medicaid, State Children’s Health Insurance Program, Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families, Food Stamps, and services funding 
through the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Block Grant, 
Workforce Investment Act, and the Welfare-to-Work grant program: 
Provided further, That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals 
previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account 
and transferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, 
for continuum of care renewals in fiscal year 2014: Provided further, 
That with respect to funds provided under this heading for the 
continuum of care program for fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 2014, 
provision of permanent housing rental assistance may be adminis-
tered by private nonprofit organizations: Provided further, That 
not later than 180 days after awarding fiscal year 2013 funds 
described in the previous proviso to private nonprofit organizations, 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit 
to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the House 
Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate Committee on 
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs a report that includes a 
review of the history of and need for the authority provided in 
the previous proviso, the number and geographic distribution of 
persons assisted under such actions, an analysis of the effectiveness, 
advantages, and disadvantages of the authority under the previous 
proviso and such other information as may be necessary to assess 
the ongoing need for such authority: Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from 
amounts allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts 
allocated) for the emergency solutions grant program within 60 
days of enactment of this Act. 
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, 
$9,516,628,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2013 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2013), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2014: 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
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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 
paragraph: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $265,000,000 shall be available 
for assistance agreements with performance-based contract adminis-
trators for section 8 project-based assistance, for carrying out 42 
U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided further, That the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may also use such amounts in the previous 
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 of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 
8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that author-
izes HUD 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, to be available 
until expended: Provided further, That amounts deposited pursuant 
to the previous 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 amendments to capital advance contracts for housing for 
the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 
1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including amendments to con-
tracts for such assistance and renewal of expiring contracts for 
such assistance for up to a 1-year term, and for senior preservation 
rental assistance contracts, as authorized by section 811(e) of the 
American Housing and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as 
amended, and for supportive services associated with the housing, 
$383,500,000 to remain available until September 30, 2017: Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided under this heading, up to 
$72,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continuation
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of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts 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 governing 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 the request of the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, 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 be available until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by this heading for the purposes authorized under this heading 
and, together with such funds, may be used by the Secretary 
for demonstration programs to test housing with services models 
for the elderly that demonstrate the potential to delay or avoid 
the need for nursing home care: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds 
transferred to or appropriated under this heading may be used 
for the current purposes authorized under this heading, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds were originally appro-
priated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for supportive 
housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act 
and for project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 
of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 
for project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and 
other appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and for supportive 
services associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 
as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $126,000,000 to 
remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 
this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual 
receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project 
rental assistance contract and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 
to be available until September 30, 2017: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided