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HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized 
under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act, as amended, $900,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount made avail-
able under this heading, the threshold reduction requirements in 
sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply to alloca-
tions of such amount: Provided further, That the requirements 
under provisos 2 through 6 under this heading for fiscal year 
2012 and such requirements applicable pursuant to the ‘‘Full-Year 
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013’’, shall not apply to any project 
to which funds were committed on or after August 23, 2013, but 
such projects shall instead be governed by the Final Rule titled 
‘‘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, 2017: 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 
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, $2,135,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2017: 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 $1,862,000,000 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 $7,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
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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 
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: Provided 
further, That with respect to funds provided under this heading 
for the continuum of care program for fiscal years 2012, 2013, 
2014, and 2015 provision of permanent housing rental assistance 
may be administered by private nonprofit organizations: 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, 
$9,330,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2014 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2014), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2015: 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 
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 $210,000,000 shall be available 
for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 project-
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based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided fur-
ther, 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 con-
tracts 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 Cer-
tificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments 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 or a Housing Finance Agency 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, including renewals, 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, $420,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2018: Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, 
up to $70,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continu-
ation 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
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such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: Provided 
further, That upon 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, 
up to $16,000,000 in any such excess amounts shall be remitted 
to the Department and deposited in this account, to be available 
until September 30, 2018, for purposes under this heading, and 
shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise provided under this 
heading for such purposes. 
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, $135,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2018: 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, 2018: 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: 
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 notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
funds originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, 
as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1968, as amended, $47,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2016, including up to $4,500,000 for administra-
tive contract services: Provided, That grants made available from 
amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 
180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds 
shall be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and