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not less than $75,000,000 shall be awarded to public housing agen-
cies: Provided further, That such grantees shall create partnerships 
with other local organizations including assisted housing owners, 
service agencies, and resident organizations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary 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 no 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 issue the Notice of 
Funding Availability for funds made available under this heading 
no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall make grant awards no later than 270 
days after enactment of this Act in such amounts that the Secretary 
determines. 
FAMILY SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
For the Family Self-Sufficiency program to support family self- 
sufficiency coordinators under section 23 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937, to promote the development of local strategies 
to coordinate the use of assistance under sections 8(o) and 9 of 
such Act with public and private resources, and enable eligible 
families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 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 the Act, as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That owners of a privately 
owned multifamily property with a section 8 contract may volun-
tarily make a Family Self-Sufficiency program available 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 proviso shall permit partici-
pating tenants to accrue escrow funds in accordance with section 
23(d)(2) and shall allow owners to use funding from residual receipt 
accounts to hire coordinators for their own Family Self-Sufficiency 
program. 
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of the Native American Housing Assistance 
and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 4111 
et seq.), $655,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That, notwithstanding NAHASDA, to determine
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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 such Act 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 of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $7,000,000 shall be for providing training and technical 
assistance to 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 further, That of the funds made available under 
the previous provisos, not less than $2,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for a national organization as authorized under section 703 
of NAHASDA (25 U.S.C. 4212): Provided further, That amounts 
made available under the previous two provisos may be used, con-
tracted, or competed as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading, $2,000,000 
shall be made available for the cost of guaranteed notes and other 
obligations, as authorized by title VI of NAHASDA: Provided fur-
ther, 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 these funds are available to subsidize the total principal 
amount of any notes and other obligations, any part of which 
is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $17,391,304: Provided further, 
That the Department will notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That for an additional amount for the Native American 
Housing Block Grants program, as authorized under title I of 
NAHASDA, $100,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided further, That the Secretary shall obligate this addi-
tional amount for competitive grants to eligible recipients author-
ized under NAHASDA that apply for funds: Provided further, That 
in awarding this additional amount, the Secretary shall consider 
need and administrative capacity, and shall give priority to projects 
that will spur construction and rehabilitation: Provided further, 
That up to 1 percent of this additional amount may be transferred, 
in aggregate, to ‘‘Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Public 
and Indian Housing’’ for necessary costs of administering and over-
seeing the obligation and expenditure of this additional amount: 
Provided further, That any funds transferred pursuant to the pre-
vious proviso shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by section 
184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 1715z–13a), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to 
subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
up to $270,270,270, to remain available until expended: Provided
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further, That up to $750,000 of this amount may be for administra-
tive contract expenses including management processes and systems 
to carry out the loan guarantee program. 
NATIVE HAWAIIAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
For the Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant program, as 
authorized under title VIII of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.), 
$2,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 812(b) of such Act, the Department 
of Hawaiian Home Lands may not invest grant amounts provided 
under this heading in investment securities and other obligations: 
Provided further, That the language under the first proviso under 
the heading ‘‘Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant’’ in the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2015 
(Public Law 113–235) is amended by striking ‘‘Hawaii-based’’: Pro-
vided further, That amounts made available under this heading 
in this and prior fiscal years may be used to provide rental assist-
ance to eligible Native Hawaiian families both on and off the 
Hawaiian Home Lands, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with 
AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $375,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, except that amounts allocated pursuant 
to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2020: Provided, That the Secretary shall renew all 
expiring contracts for permanent supportive housing that initially 
were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made 
available under this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior fiscal 
years that meet all program requirements before awarding funds 
for new contracts under such section: Provided further, That the 
Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 
60 days of enactment of this Act. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For assistance to units of State and local government, and 
to other entities, for economic and community development activi-
ties, and for other purposes, $3,365,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2020, unless otherwise specified: Provided, 
That of the total amount provided, $3,300,000,000 is for carrying 
out the community development block grant program under title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 
amended (‘‘the Act’’ herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.): Provided fur-
ther, That unless explicitly provided for under this heading, not 
to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be expended for planning and management 
development and administration: Provided further, That a metro-
politan city, urban county, unit of general local government, Indian 
tribe, or insular area that directly or indirectly receives funds 
under this heading may not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer all
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or any portion of such funds to another such entity in exchange 
for any other funds, credits or non-Federal considerations, but must 
use such funds for activities eligible under title I of the Act: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 105(e)(1) of the Act, no funds 
provided under this heading may be provided to a for-profit entity 
for an economic development project under section 105(a)(17) unless 
such project has been evaluated and selected in accordance with 
guidelines required under subsection (e)(2): Provided further, That 
the Department shall notify grantees of their formula allocation 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, $65,000,000 shall 
be for grants to Indian tribes 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. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOAN GUARANTEES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
Subject to section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
during fiscal year 2018, commitments to guarantee loans under 
section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5308), any part of which is guaranteed, shall 
not exceed a total principal amount of $300,000,000, notwith-
standing any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations 
guaranteed in subsection (k) of such section 108: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall collect fees from borrowers, notwithstanding 
subsection (m) of such section 108, to result in a credit subsidy 
cost of zero for guaranteeing such loans, and any such fees shall 
be collected in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM 
For the HOME Investment Partnerships program, as author-
ized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act, as amended, $1,362,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding the amount 
made available under this heading, the threshold reduction require-
ments in sections 216(10) and 217(b)(4) of such Act shall not apply 
to allocations of such amount: Provided further, That the Depart-
ment shall notify grantees of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment 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, 2020: Provided, That of the total 
amount provided under this heading, $10,000,000 shall be made 
available to the Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program 
as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program 
Extension Act of 1996, as amended: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided under this heading, $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