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Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, which shall 
include research, studies, testing, and demonstration efforts, 
including education and outreach concerning mold, radon, 
carbon monoxide poisoning, and other housing-related diseases 
and hazards; 
(7) $15,000,000 shall be to support the costs of administra-
tive and judicial receiverships and for competitive grants to 
PHAs in receivership, designated troubled or substandard, or 
otherwise at risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs 
associated with public housing asset improvement, in addition 
to other amounts for that purpose provided under any heading 
under this title; 
(8) $23,000,000 shall be to support ongoing public housing 
financial and physical assessment activities; and 
(9) $4,000,000 shall be for a radon testing and mitigation 
resident safety demonstration program (the radon demonstra-
tion) in public housing: Provided, That the testing method, 
mitigation method, or action level used under the radon dem-
onstration shall be as specified by applicable State or local 
law, if such law is more protective of human health or the 
environment than the method or level specified by the Sec-
retary: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or regulation, during fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department offi-
cial other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) 
of section 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time periods 
under such section: Provided further, That for purposes of such 
section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
result in outlays, immediately or in the future. 
CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE 
For competitive grants under the Choice Neighborhoods Initia-
tive (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, rehabilitation, and replacement 
housing needs of both public and HUD-assisted housing and to 
transform neighborhoods of poverty into functioning, sustainable 
mixed income neighborhoods with appropriate services, schools, 
public assets, transportation and access to jobs, $200,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That grant 
funds may be used for resident and community services, community 
development, and affordable housing needs in the community, and 
for conversion of vacant or foreclosed properties to affordable 
housing: Provided further, That the use of funds made available 
under this heading shall not be deemed to be for public housing 
notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That 
grantees shall commit to an additional period of affordability deter-
mined 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: Provided further, That grantees may include local 
governments, Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and nonprofit 
organizations: Provided further, That for-profit developers may
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apply jointly with a public entity: Provided further, That for pur-
poses 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 made with amounts 
available under this heading shall be subject to the regulations 
issued by the Secretary to implement such section: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, not less than 
$100,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agencies: Provided 
further, That such grantees shall create partnerships with other 
local organizations, including assisted housing owners, service agen-
cies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall consult with the Secretaries of Education, Labor, 
Transportation, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, and Com-
merce, the Attorney General, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to coordinate and leverage other appro-
priate Federal resources: Provided further, That not 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 community: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances, including recaptures, remaining from funds 
appropriated under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Severely Dis-
tressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal year 2011 and prior 
fiscal years may be used for purposes under this heading, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appropriated: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall make grant awards not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act in such 
amounts that the Secretary determines: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 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 unobligated balances made avail-
able under this heading in this or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Sufficiency Pro-
grams, to remain available until September 30, 2024, $155,000,000: 
Provided, That the amounts made available under this heading 
are provided as follows: 
(1) $105,000,000 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 local strategies to coordi-
nate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 9 of such 
Act with public and private resources, and enable eligible fami-
lies to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, 
waive or specify alternative requirements 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 such Act, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That owners or sponsors of a multifamily property receiving 
project-based rental assistance under section 8 of such Act 
may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency program avail-
able to the assisted tenants of such property in accordance 
with procedures established by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That such procedures established pursuant to the previous
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proviso shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 
funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) of such Act and shall 
allow owners to use funding from residual receipt accounts 
to hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Opportunity and 
Self-Sufficiency program to provide for supportive services, 
service coordinators, and congregate services as authorized by 
section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437z–6) and the Native American Housing Assistance and 
Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.); and 
(3) $15,000,000 shall be for a Jobs-Plus initiative, modeled 
after the Jobs-Plus demonstration: Provided, That funding pro-
vided under this paragraph shall be available for competitive 
grants to partnerships between public housing authorities, local 
workforce investment boards established under section 107 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (29 
U.S.C. 3122), and other agencies and organizations that provide 
support to help public housing residents obtain employment 
and increase earnings: Provided further, That applicants must 
demonstrate the ability to provide services to residents, partner 
with workforce investment boards, and leverage service dollars: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may allow public housing 
agencies to request exemptions from rent and income limitation 
requirements under sections 3 and 6 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437d), as necessary 
to implement the Jobs-Plus program, on such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary may approve upon a finding by the 
Secretary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 
are necessary for the effective implementation of the Jobs- 
Plus initiative as a voluntary program for residents: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall publish by notice in the Fed-
eral Register any waivers or alternative requirements pursuant 
to the preceding proviso no later than 10 days before the 
effective date of such notice. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance authorized under title I of the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 with respect to Indian 
tribes (42 U.S.C. 5306(a)(1)), and related training and technical 
assistance, $825,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2025: Provided, That the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $647,000,000 shall be available for the Native American 
Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I 
of NAHASDA: Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to 
determine the amount of the allocation under title I of such 
Act for each Indian tribe, the Secretary shall apply the formula 
under section 302 of NAHASDA with the need component based 
on single-race census data and with the need component based 
on multi-race census data, and the amount of the allocation 
for each Indian tribe shall be the greater of the two resulting 
allocation amounts: Provided further, That the Secretary will
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notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 days of 
the date of enactment of this Act; 
(2) $100,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
under the Native American Housing Block Grants program, 
as authorized under title I of NAHASDA: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall obligate this additional amount for competitive 
grants to eligible recipients authorized under NAHASDA that 
apply for funds: Provided further, That in awarding this addi-
tional amount, the Secretary shall consider need and adminis-
trative capacity, and shall give priority to projects that will 
spur construction and rehabilitation of housing: Provided fur-
ther, That a grant funded pursuant to this paragraph shall 
be in an amount not less than $500,000 and not greater than 
$10,000,000: Provided further, That any funds transferred for 
the necessary costs of administering and overseeing the obliga-
tion and expenditure of such additional amounts in prior Acts 
may also be used for the necessary costs of administering 
and overseeing such additional amount; 
(3) $1,000,000 shall be available for the cost of guaranteed 
notes and other obligations, as authorized by title VI of 
NAHASDA: Provided, That such costs, including the costs of 
modifying such notes and other obligations, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as 
amended: Provided further, That for fiscal year 2021 funds 
made available in this Act for the cost of guaranteed notes 
and other obligations and any unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from amounts appro-
priated for this purpose under this heading or under the 
heading ‘‘Native American Housing Block Grants’’ in prior Acts 
are available to subsidize the total principal amount of any 
notes and other obligations, any part of which is to be guaran-
teed, not to exceed $45,649,452; 
(4) $70,000,000 shall be available for grants to Indian 
tribes for carrying out the Indian Community Development 
Block Grant program under title I of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) 
of such Act, of which, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law (including section 203 of this Act), up to $4,000,000 
may be used for emergencies that constitute imminent threats 
to health and safety: Provided, That not to exceed 20 percent 
of any grant made with funds appropriated under this para-
graph shall be expended for planning and management develop-
ment and administration; and 
(5) $7,000,000 shall be available for providing training 
and technical assistance to Indian tribes, Indian housing 
authorities, and tribally designated housing entities, to support 
the inspection of Indian housing units, contract expertise, and 
for training and technical assistance related to funding provided 
under this heading and other headings under this Act for 
the needs of Native American families and Indian country: 
Provided, That of the funds made available under this para-
graph, not less than $2,000,000 shall be available for a national 
organization as authorized under section 703 of NAHASDA 
(25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph may be used, contracted, or competed 
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the provisions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative