(B) a person with disabilities;
(C) working, attending school or vocational
training, or otherwise complying with work re-
quirements applicable under other public assist-
ance programs (as determined by the agencies or
organizations responsible for administering such
programs); or
(D) otherwise physically impaired to the ex-
tent that they are unable to comply with the re-
quirement, as certified by a doctor.
(b) REQUIREMENT REGARDING TARGET DATE FOR
TRANSITION OUT OF ASSISTED HOUSING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each public housing agency
shall require, as a condition of occupancy of a public
housing dwelling unit by a family and of providing
housing assistance under title III on behalf of a fam-
ily, that the family and the agency enter into an
agreement 
(included, 
pursuant 
to 
subsection
(d)(2)(C), as a term of an agreement under subsection
(d)) establishing a target date by which the family in-
tends to graduate from, terminate tenancy in, or no
longer receive public housing or housing assistance
under title III.
(2) RIGHTS
OF
OCCUPANCY.—This subsection
may not be construed (nor may any provision of sub-
section (d) or (e)) to create a right on the part of any
public housing agency to evict or terminate assistance
for a family solely on the basis of any failure of the
family to comply with the target date established pur-
suant to paragraph (1).
(3) FACTORS.—In establishing a target date pur-
suant to paragraph (1) for a family that receives ben-
efits for welfare or public assistance from a State or
other public agency under a program that limits the
duration during which such benefits may be received,
the public housing agency and the family may take
into consideration such time limit. This section may
not be construed to require any public housing agency
to adopt any such time limit on the duration of wel-
fare or public assistance benefits as the target date
pursuant to paragraph (1) for a resident.
(4) EXEMPTIONS.—A public housing agency
shall provide for the exemption, from the applicability
of the requirements under paragraph (1), of each in-
dividual who is—
(1) an elderly person;
(2) a person with disabilities;
(3) working, attending school or vocational
training, or otherwise complying with work require-
ments applicable under other public assistance pro-
grams (as determined by the agencies or organiza-
tions responsible for administering such programs);
or
(4) otherwise physically impaired to the extent
that they are unable to comply with the requirement,
as certified by a doctor.
(c) TREATMENT
OF INCOME CHANGES RESULTING
FROM WELFARE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) COVERED FAMILY.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘covered family’’ means a family
that (A) receives benefits for welfare or public assist-
ance from a State or other public agency under a pro-
gram for which the Federal, State, or local law relat-
ing to the program requires, as a condition of eligi-
bility for assistance under the program, participation
of a member of the family in an economic self-suffi-
ciency program, and (B) resides in a public housing
dwelling unit or is provided housing assistance under
title III.
(2) DECREASES
IN
INCOME
FOR
FAILURE
TO
COMPLY.—Notwithstanding the provisions of sections
225 and 322 (relating to family rental contributions),
if the welfare or public assistance benefits of a covered
family are reduced under a Federal, State, or local
law regarding such an assistance program because of
any failure of any member of the family to comply
with the conditions under the assistance program re-
quiring participation in an economic self-sufficiency
program, the amount required to be paid by the fam-
ily as a monthly contribution toward rent may not
be decreased, during the period of the reduction, as
a result of any decrease in the income of the family
(to the extent that the decrease in income is a result
of the benefits reduction).
(3) EFFECT
OF
FRAUD.—Notwithstanding the
provisions of sections 225 and 322 (relating to family
rental contributions), if the welfare or public assist-
ance benefits of a covered family are reduced because
of an act of fraud by a member of the family under
the law or program, the amount required to be paid
by the covered family as a monthly contribution to-
ward rent may not be decreased, during the period of
the reduction, as a result of any decrease in the in-
come of the family (to the extent that the decrease in
income is a result of the benefits reduction).
(4) NOTICE.—Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not
apply to any covered family before the public housing
agency providing assistance under this Act on behalf
of the family obtains written notification from the
relevant welfare or public assistance agency specify-
ing that the family’s benefits have been reduced be-
cause of noncompliance with economic self-sufficiency
program requirements or fraud and the level of such
reduction.
(5) OCCUPANCY RIGHTS.—This subsection may
not be construed to authorize any public housing
agency to establish any time limit on tenancy in a
public housing dwelling unit or on receipt of housing
assistance under title III.
(6) REVIEW.—Any covered family residing in
public housing that is affected by the operation of this
subsection shall have the right to review the deter-
mination under this subsection through the adminis-
trative grievance procedure established pursuant to
section 110 for the public housing agency.
(7) COOPERATION AGREEMENTS FOR ECONOMIC
SELF-SUFFICIENCY ACTIVITIES.—
(A) 
REQUIREMENT.—A 
public 
housing
agency providing public housing dwelling units
or housing assistance under title III for covered
families shall make its best efforts to enter into
such cooperation agreements, with State, local,
and other agencies providing assistance to cov-
ered families under welfare or public assistance
programs, as may be necessary, to provide for
such agencies to transfer information to facilitate
administration of subsection (a) and paragraphs
(2), (3), and (4) of this subsection, and other in-
formation regarding rents, income, and assist-
ance that may assist a public housing agency or
welfare or public assistance agency in carrying
out its functions.
(B) CONTENTS.—A public housing agency
shall seek to include in a cooperation agreement
under this paragraph requirements and provi-
sions designed to target assistance under welfare
and public assistance programs to families resid-
ing in public housing developments and receiv-
ing choice-based assistance under title III, which
may include providing for self-sufficiency serv-
ices within such housing, providing for services
designed to meet the unique employment-related
needs of residents of such housing and recipients
of such assistance, providing for placement of
workfare positions on-site in such housing, and
such other elements as may be appropriate.
(C) 
CONFIDENTIALITY.—This 
paragraph
may not be construed to authorize any release of
information that is prohibited by, or in con-
travention of, any other provision of Federal,
State, or local law.
(d) COMMUNITY WORK
AND FAMILY SELF-SUFFI-
CIENCY AGREEMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A public housing agency shall
enter into a community work and family self-suffi-
ciency agreement under this subsection with each
adult member and head of household of each family
who is to reside in a dwelling unit in public housing
of the agency and each family on behalf of whom the
agency will provide housing assistance under title III.
Under the agreement the family shall agree that, as
a condition of occupancy of the public housing dwell-
ing unit or of receiving such housing assistance, the
family will comply with the terms of the agreement.
(2) TERMS.—An agreement under this subsection
shall include the following:
(A) Terms designed to encourage and facili-
tate the economic self-sufficiency of the assisted
family entering into the agreement and the grad-
uation of the family from assisted housing to un-
assisted housing.
(B) Notice of the requirements under sub-
section (a) (relating to community work) and the