grant amounts only for providing case managers, social 
workers, or other staff who conduct outreach and coordi-
nate services for persons and households who are homeless 
or formerly homeless. 
‘‘(d) TIMING.— 
‘‘(1) CRITERIA
TO
BE
ESTABLISHED
SWIFT-
LY.—The Secretary shall establish the criteria for 
the competition for grants under this section re-
quired under subsection (b) not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.—Amounts appropriated or 
otherwise made available under this section shall be 
distributed according to the competition established 
by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (b) not later 
than 30 days after the establishment of such cri-
teria.’’. 
SEC. 4. HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
(a) FUNDING.— 
(1) ANNUAL FUNDING.—There is appropriated, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be credited to the Housing 
Trust Fund established pursuant to section 1338 of 
the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety 
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and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568) for 
use under such section. 
(2) RENTAL
ASSISTANCE.—There is appro-
priated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for fiscal year 2019 and each fis-
cal year thereafter, $50,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for incremental project-based vouch-
er assistance or project-based rental assistance, to 
be allocated to States pursuant to the formula estab-
lished under section 1338 of the Federal Housing 
Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 
1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568), to be used solely in conjunc-
tion with grant funds awarded under such section 
1338. 
(3) PRIORITY FOR HOUSING THE HOMELESS.— 
(A) PRIORITY.—During the first 5 fiscal 
years that amounts are made available under 
this subsection, the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall ensure that priority 
for occupancy in dwelling units described in 
subparagraph (B) that become available for oc-
cupancy shall be given to persons and house-
holds who are homeless (as such term is defined 
in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302)). 
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(B) COVERED DWELLING UNITS.—A dwell-
ing unit described in this subparagraph is any 
dwelling unit that— 
(i) is located in housing that was at 
any time provided assistance with any 
amounts from the Housing Trust Fund re-
ferred to paragraph (1) that were credited 
to such Trust Fund by such paragraph; or 
(ii) is receiving assistance described in 
paragraph (2) with amounts made avail-
able under such paragraph. 
(b) TENANT RENT CONTRIBUTION.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Subparagraph (A) of section 
1338(c)(7) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Fi-
nancial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 4568(c)(7)(A)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘except that not less than 
75 percent’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘except 
that— 
‘‘(i) not less than 75 percent’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, all rental housing dwelling 
units shall be subject to legally binding 
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commitments that ensure that the con-
tribution toward rent by a family residing 
in the dwelling unit shall not exceed 30 
percent of the adjusted income (as such 
term is defined in section 3(b) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b))) of such family; and’’. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development shall issue regulations to 
implement section 1338(c)(7)(A)(ii) of the Federal 
Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Sound-
ness Act of 1992, as added by the amendment made 
by paragraph (1)(B) of this section, not later than 
the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO HELP STATES 
AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS ALIGN HEALTH 
AND HOUSING SYSTEMS. 
(a) FUNDING.—There is hereby made available to the 
Secretary 
of 
Housing 
and 
Urban 
Development 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for pro-
viding technical assistance under section 405 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11361(b)) to integrate and coordinate assistance provided 
under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
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U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) with health care funded by Federal 
programs, in collaboration with the United States Inter-
agency Council on Homelessness and the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services. 
(b) USE.—In allocating amounts made available by 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall seek to— 
(1) assist States and localities in integrating 
and aligning policies and funding between Medicaid 
programs, behavioral health providers, and housing 
providers to create supportive housing opportunities; 
and 
(2) engage State Medicaid program directors, 
Governors, State housing and homelessness agencies, 
any other relevant State offices, and any relevant 
local government entities, to assist States in increas-
ing use of their Medicaid programs to finance sup-
portive services for homeless persons. 
(c) PRIORITY.—In using amounts made available 
under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to use 
for States and localities having the highest numbers of 
chronically homeless persons. 
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