cremental rental voucher assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for 
use by individuals and families, including adminis-
trative and other expenses. Amounts authorized pur-
suant to this subsection are in addition to any other 
amounts authorized or made available for such pur-
poses. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER EXPENSES.— 
Administrative and other expenses of public housing 
agencies in administering the vouchers funded this 
subsection shall— 
(A) be funded under the same terms for 
administrative and other expenses to public 
housing agencies under paragraph (3) of this 
heading ‘‘Public and Indian Housing—Tenant- 
Based Rental Assistance’’ in title II of division 
H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94; 133 Stat. 
2978), except that those expenses shall not be 
subject to any pro rata reduction under such 
paragraph; and 
(B) include costs related to retention and 
support of participating owners. 
(b) ALLOCATION.— 
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(1) FORMULA.—The Secretary shall allocate 75 
percent of any amounts made available pursuant to 
subsection (a) to public housing agencies not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, according to a formula that— 
(A) is based on an agency’s authorized 
level of units under contract for calendar year 
2020; and 
(B) provides amounts for individuals and 
families residing in rural areas in each State in 
proportion to the population of income-eligible 
individuals and families residing in such areas 
in such State. 
(2) COMPETITION.—The Secretary shall allo-
cate 25 percent of any amounts made available pur-
suant to subsection (a) to public housing agencies 
under a competition based on need for such amounts 
and such other criteria as the Secretary shall estab-
lish. 
(3) REALLOCATION OF UNUSED ASSISTANCE.— 
If a public housing authority elects not to administer 
or does not utilize at least 95 percent of its author-
ized vouchers within a reasonable period of time, the 
Secretary shall reallocate any unissued vouchers and 
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associated funds to other public housing agencies ac-
cording to the criteria under paragraph (1). 
(4) PROHIBITION
ON
REISSUANCE.—A public 
housing agency shall not reissue any vouchers made 
available pursuant to subsection (a) for incremental 
rental voucher assistance when assistance for the 
family initially assisted is terminated. 
(c) ELIGIBLE INCOME.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary shall provide that assist-
ance with amounts made available pursuant to subsection 
(a) be used to assist households having an income not ex-
ceeding 80 percent of the area median income if the Sec-
retary determines it necessary to temporarily provide rent-
al housing assistance to meet moderate income housing 
needs. 
(d) USE FOR RENT AND UTILITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Rental assistance made 
available pursuant to this section may be used for 
providing short- or medium-term assistance with 
rent and rent-related costs including— 
(A) tenant-paid utility costs (including 
costs of internet access service ); 
(B) utility-arrears (including costs of inter-
net access service); 
(C) rent-arrears; 
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(D) fees charged for utility arrears; 
(E) fees charged for rent arrears; 
(F) security deposits; 
(G) utility deposits; 
(H) application fees; and 
(I) landlord incentive payments, includ-
ing— 
(i) payments made to a landlord to 
participate in a public housing agency’s 
housing choice voucher program; 
(ii) payments made to a landlord to 
maintain the landlord’s participation in a 
public housing agency’s housing choice 
voucher program; and 
(iii) payments made to a landlord for 
referring another landlord to participate in 
a public housing agency’s housing choice 
voucher program. 
(2) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall issue 
guidance setting forth procedures for public housing 
agencies to cover or reimburse costs of tenant inter-
net access service. 
(e) WAIVERS AND ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS.— 
In providing tenant-based rental assistance with amounts 
made available pursuant to this section: 
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(1) INCOME.—Any amounts received from un-
employment insurance shall be included as income, 
except that any amounts received from temporary 
supplemental unemployment insurance shall be ex-
cluded from income. 
(2) UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—The Secretary 
shall award any remaining unobligated balances ap-
propriated pursuant to this section only for incre-
mental vouchers under this section to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus. 
(3) AUTHORITY AND CONDITIONS.—Rental as-
sistance made available pursuant to this section shall 
be used under the same authority and conditions as 
the additional appropriations for rental assistance 
for fiscal year 2020 made available under the head-
ing ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental Assistance’’ in title XII 
of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136), except that any amounts provided for adminis-
trative expenses and other expenses of public hous-
ing agencies for carrying out their section 8 rental 
assistance programs, including mainstream vouchers, 
under such heading in the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136) and any amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall also be available for housing as-
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