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HUD-VASH eligible veterans that have not yet re-
ceived a referral from the Department of Veterans 
Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may waive, or 
specify alternative requirements for (in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment administers in connection with the use of 
funds made available under this paragraph (except 
for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any 
such waivers or alternative requirements are nec-
essary for the effective delivery and administration 
of such voucher assistance: Provided further, That 
assistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for homeless veterans 
upon turn-over; 
(7) $30,000,000 shall be made available for the 
family unification program as authorized under sec-
tion 8(x) of the Act: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this paragraph are provided as 
follows: 
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(A) $5,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance: Provided, That the 
assistance made available under this subpara-
graph shall continue to remain available for 
family unification upon turnover; and 
(B) $25,000,000 shall be for new incre-
mental voucher assistance to assist eligible 
youth as defined by such section 8(x)(2)(B): 
Provided, That assistance made available under 
this subparagraph shall continue to remain 
available for such eligible youth upon turnover: 
Provided further, That of the total amount 
made available under this subparagraph, up to 
$15,000,000 shall be available on a noncompeti-
tive basis to public housing agencies that part-
ner with public child welfare agencies to iden-
tify such eligible youth, that request such as-
sistance to timely assist such eligible youth, and 
that meet any other criteria as specified by the 
Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall review utilization of the assistance made 
available under the preceding proviso, at an in-
terval to be determined by the Secretary, and 
unutilized voucher assistance that is no longer 
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needed shall be recaptured by the Secretary and 
reallocated pursuant to the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That for any public housing agency 
administering voucher assistance appropriated in a 
prior Act under the family unification program, or 
made available and competitively selected under this 
paragraph, that determines that it no longer has an 
identified need for such assistance upon turnover, 
such agency shall notify the Secretary, and the Sec-
retary shall recapture such assistance from the agen-
cy and reallocate it to any other public housing 
agency or agencies based on need for voucher assist-
ance in connection with such specified program or 
eligible youth, as applicable; 
(8) $1,100,000,000 shall be made available for 
new incremental voucher assistance under section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to 
be allocated pursuant to a method, as determined by 
the Secretary, which may include a formula that 
may include such factors as severe cost burden, over-
crowding, substandard housing for very low-income 
renters, homelessness, and administrative capacity, 
where such allocation method shall include both 
rural and urban areas: Provided, That the Secretary 
may specify additional terms and conditions to en-
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sure that public housing agencies provide vouchers 
for use by survivors of domestic violence, or individ-
uals and families who are homeless, as defined in 
section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)), or at risk of 
homelessness, as defined in section 401(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); 
(9) $25,000,000 shall be for mobility-related 
services, as defined by the Secretary, for voucher 
families with children modeled after services pro-
vided in connection with the mobility demonstration 
authorized under section 235 of division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f note; Public Law 116–6): Provided, That the 
Secretary shall make funding available to public 
housing agencies on a competitive basis and shall 
give preference to public housing agencies with high-
er concentrations of housing choice voucher families 
with children residing in high-poverty neighborhoods: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may recapture 
from the public housing agencies unused balances 
based on utilization of such awards and reallocate 
such amounts to any other public housing agency or 
agencies based on need for such mobility-related 
services as identified under such competition; and 
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(10) the Secretary shall separately track all 
special purpose vouchers funded under this heading: 
Provided, That the Secretary may waive, or specify 
alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
in connection with the use of funds made available 
for new incremental voucher assistance or renewals 
for the Mainstream program, the HUD-VASH pro-
gram (in consultation with the Secretary of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs), and the family unifi-
cation program (including the Foster Youth to Inde-
pendence program) in this and prior Acts (except for 
requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina-
tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a 
finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or al-
ternative requirements are necessary for the effective 
delivery and administration of voucher assistance in 
such respective programs. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and car-
ryover, remaining from funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development under this 
heading, the heading ‘‘Annual Contributions for Assisted 
Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assist-
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ance’’, for fiscal year 2023 and prior years may be used 
for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based 
contracts and for performance-based contract administra-
tors, notwithstanding the purposes for which such funds 
were appropriated: Provided, That any obligated balances 
of contract authority from fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal 
years that have been terminated shall be rescinded: Pro-
vided further, That amounts heretofore recaptured, or re-
captured during the current fiscal year, from section 8 
project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 
through fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority, equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain 
available until expended, for the purposes set forth under 
this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For 2023 payments to public housing agencies for the 
operation and management of public housing, as author-
ized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) (the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out 
capital and management activities for public housing 
agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of the Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,733,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this heading are provided as follows: 
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(1) $5,038,500,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Operating 
Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, for 2023 payments: Provided, That 
the amount of any forgone increases in tenant rent 
payments due to the implementation of rent incen-
tives as authorized pursuant to waivers or alter-
native requirements of the Jobs-Plus initiative as de-
scribed under the heading ‘‘Self-Sufficiency Pro-
grams’’ shall be factored into the PHA’s general op-
erating fund eligibility pursuant to such formula; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available to the Sec-
retary to allocate pursuant to a need-based applica-
tion process notwithstanding section 203 of this title 
and not subject to such Operating Fund formula to 
public housing agencies that experience, or are at 
risk of, financial shortfalls, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided, That after all such shortfall 
needs are met, the Secretary may distribute any re-
maining funds to all public housing agencies on a 
pro-rata basis pursuant to such Operating Fund for-
mula; 
(3) $3,400,000,000 shall be available to the 
Secretary to allocate pursuant to the Capital Fund 
formula at section 905.400 of title 24, Code of Fed-
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eral Regulations: Provided, That for funds provided 
under this paragraph, the limitation in section 
9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may waive the limitation in 
the preceding proviso to allow public housing agen-
cies to fund activities authorized under section 
9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify public housing agencies re-
questing waivers under the preceding proviso if the 
request is approved or denied within 14 days of sub-
mitting the request: Provided further, That from the 
funds made available under this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2023 to public housing agencies that are designated 
high performers: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify public housing agencies of their 
formula allocation within 60 days of enactment of 
this Act; 
(4) $65,000,000 shall be available for the Sec-
retary to make grants, notwithstanding section 203 
of this title, to public housing agencies for emer-
gency capital needs, including safety and security 
measures necessary to address crime and drug-re-
lated activity, as well as needs resulting from unfore-
seen or unpreventable emergencies and natural dis-
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asters excluding Presidentially declared emergencies 
and natural disasters under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2023, of which 
$45,000,000 shall be available for public housing 
agencies under administrative and judicial receiver-
ships or under the control of a Federal monitor: 
Provided, That of the amount made available under 
this paragraph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be 
for safety and security measures: Provided further, 
That in addition to the amount in the preceding pro-
viso for such safety and security measures, any 
amounts that remain available, after all applications 
received on or before September 30, 2024, for emer-
gency capital needs have been processed, shall be al-
located to public housing agencies for such safety 
and security measures; 
(5) $65,000,000 shall be for competitive grants 
to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce 
residential health hazards in public housing, includ-
ing lead-based paint (by carrying out the activities 
of risk assessments, abatement, and interim con-
trols, as those terms are defined in section 1004 of 
the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, 
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mold, radon, and fire safety: Provided, That not less 
than $25,000,000 of the amounts provided under 
this paragraph shall be awarded for evaluating and 
reducing lead-based paint hazards: Provided further, 
That for purposes of environmental review, a grant 
under this paragraph shall be considered funds for 
projects or activities under title I of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
seq.) for purposes of section 26 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1437x) and shall be subject to the regula-
tions implementing such section: Provided further, 
That amounts made available under this paragraph 
shall be combined with amounts made available 
under the sixth paragraph under this heading in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 
116–260) and shall be used in accordance with the 
purposes and requirements under this paragraph: 
Provided further, That amounts made available 
under this paragraph may be used for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies that improve water 
and energy efficiency, or reduce the risk of harm to 
occupants or property from natural hazards; 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be to support the costs of 
administrative and judicial receiverships and for 
competitive grants to PHAs in receivership, des-
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ignated troubled or substandard, or otherwise at 
risk, as determined by the Secretary, for costs asso-
ciated with public housing asset improvement, in ad-
dition to other amounts for that purpose provided 
under any heading under this title; 
(7) $50,000,000 shall be to support ongoing 
public housing financial and physical assessment ac-
tivities; 
(8) $75,000,000 shall be available to improve 
the energy or water efficiency or climate resilience of 
public housing, including for competitive grants to 
public housing agencies for capital improvements to 
achieve such purposes: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph, up to 
$20,000,000, 
shall 
be 
available 
for 
utility 
benchmarking, including research and evaluations, 
technical assistance, to develop systems and tools 
necessary to collect and analyze PHA utility 
benchmarking data, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of environmental review, grants under this 
paragraph shall be considered funds for projects or 
activities under title I of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) for purposes 
of section 26 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) and 
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shall be subject to the regulations implementing 
such section: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law or regulation, during fiscal year 2023, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development may not dele-
gate to any Department official other than the Deputy 
Secretary and the Assistant Secretary for Public and In-
dian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) of sec-
tion 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time 
periods under such section: Provided further, That for pur-
poses 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 Neighbor-
hoods Initiative (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, rehabili-
tation, and replacement housing needs of public and 
HUD-assisted housing and to transform neighborhoods of 
poverty into functioning, sustainable, mixed-income neigh-
borhoods with appropriate services, schools, public assets, 
transportation, and access to jobs, $450,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That 
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grant funds may be used for resident and community serv-
ices, community development, and affordable housing 
needs in the community, and for conversion of vacant or 
foreclosed properties to affordable housing: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than 20 percent of the amount of any 
grant made with amounts made available under this head-
ing may be used for necessary supportive services notwith-
standing subsection (d)(1)(L) of such section 24: Provided 
further, That the use of amounts made available under 
this heading shall not be deemed to be for public housing, 
notwithstanding section 3(b)(1) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That grantees shall commit to an additional period 
of affordability determined by the Secretary of not fewer 
than 20 years: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
specify a period of affordability that is less than 20 years 
with respect to owner-occupied homeownership units de-
veloped with grants from amounts made available under 
this heading: Provided further, That grantees shall provide 
a match in State, local, other Federal, or private funds: 
Provided further, That grantees may include local govern-
ments, Tribal entities, public housing agencies, and non-
profit organizations: Provided further, That for-profit de-
velopers may apply jointly with a public entity: Provided 
further, That for purposes of environmental review, a 
grantee shall be treated as a public housing agency under 
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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: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading, not less than $225,000,000 shall be awarded 
to public housing agencies: Provided further, That such 
grantees shall create partnerships with other local organi-
zations, including assisted housing owners, service agen-
cies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall consult with the Secretaries of Edu-
cation, Labor, Transportation, Health and Human Serv-
ices, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Attorney General, 
and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to coordinate and leverage other appropriate Fed-
eral resources: Provided further, That not more than 
$10,000,000 of the amounts made available under this 
heading may be provided as grants to undertake com-
prehensive local planning with input from residents and 
the community: Provided further, That unobligated bal-
ances, including recaptures, remaining from amounts 
made available under the heading ‘‘Revitalization of Se-
verely Distressed Public Housing (HOPE VI)’’ in fiscal 
year 2011 and prior fiscal years may be used for purposes 
under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for 
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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 un-
obligated balances made available under this heading in 
this or any prior Act. 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 
For activities and assistance related to Self-Suffi-
ciency Programs, to remain available until September 30, 
2026, $175,000,000: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $125,000,000 shall be for the Family Self- 
Sufficiency program to support family self-suffi-
ciency 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 co-
ordinate the use of assistance under sections 8 and 
9 of such Act with public and private resources, and 
enable eligible families to achieve economic inde-
pendence and self-sufficiency: Provided, That the 
Secretary may, by Federal Register notice, waive or 
specify alternative requirements under subsections 
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(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 as-
sistance under different provisions of such Act, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
an owner or sponsor of a multifamily property re-
ceiving project-based rental assistance under section 
8 of such Act shall be eligible to receive awards from 
the Secretary under this paragraph in this and prior 
Acts to support family self-sufficiency coordinators 
as established in the final rule ‘‘Streamlining and 
Implementation of Economic Growth, Regulatory 
Relief, and Consumer Protection Act Changes to 
Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program’’ published 
in the Federal Register on May 17, 2022 (87 Fed. 
Reg. 30020): Provided further, That owners or spon-
sors of a multifamily property receiving project- 
based rental assistance under section 8 of such Act 
may voluntarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency pro-
gram available to the assisted tenants of such prop-
erty in accordance with procedures established by 
the Secretary: Provided further, That such proce-
dures established pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall permit participating tenants to accrue escrow 
funds in accordance with section 23(d)(2) of such 
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Act and shall allow owners to use funding from re-
sidual receipt accounts to hire coordinators for their 
own Family Self-Sufficiency program; 
(2) $35,000,000 shall be for the Resident Op-
portunity 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 Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4101 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph may be made available for 
grant renewal for the Resident Opportunity and 
Self-Sufficiency program for any public housing 
agency or owner of a multifamily property receiving 
project-based rental assistance under section 8 of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f) that lost any amount of funding for the Resi-
dent Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency program as a 
result of participation in the program created under 
the heading ‘‘Rental Assistance Demonstration’’ in 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-55), as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437f note); and 
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