H. R. 133—702 
(5) up to $82,000,000 shall be to implement projects to 
demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving home-
less youth, age 24 and under, in up to 25 communities with 
a priority for communities with substantial rural populations 
in up to eight locations, can dramatically reduce youth 
homelessness: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 shall be to provide 
technical assistance on improving system responses to youth 
homelessness, and collection, analysis, use, and reporting of 
data and performance measures under the comprehensive 
approaches to serve homeless youth, in addition to and in 
coordination with other technical assistance funds provided 
under this title: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
up to 10 percent of the amount made available under the 
previous proviso to build the capacity of current technical assist-
ance providers or to train new technical assistance providers 
with verifiable prior experience with systems and programs 
for youth experiencing homelessness: 
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance 
under this heading shall not be required to provide third party 
documentation to establish their eligibility under subsection (a) 
or (b) of section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) to receive services: Provided further, That 
unaccompanied youth aged 24 and under or families headed by 
youth aged 24 and under who are living in unsafe situations may 
be served by youth-serving providers funded under this heading: 
Provided further, That persons eligible under section 103(a)(5) of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act may be served by 
any project funded under this heading to provide both transitional 
housing and rapid re-housing: Provided further, That for all 
matching funds requirements applicable to funds made available 
under this heading for this fiscal year and prior fiscal years, a 
grantee may use (or could have used) as a source of match funds 
other funds administered by the Secretary and other Federal agen-
cies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory prohibition on 
any such use of any such funds: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be available 
to provide funding for new projects, except for projects created 
through reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that the con-
tinuum of care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated and 
ranked based on the degree to which they improve the continuum 
of care’s system performance: Provided further, That any unobli-
gated amounts remaining from funds made available under this 
heading in fiscal year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental 
assistance for rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may 
be used for purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the pur-
poses for which such funds were appropriated: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading in fiscal year 2019 or prior years, except for rental assist-
ance amounts that were recaptured and made available until 
expended, shall be available for the current purposes authorized 
under this heading in addition to the purposes for which such 
funds originally were appropriated.
H. R. 133—703 
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, 
$13,065,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2020 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2020), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2021: 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 
heading: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided under 
this heading, not to exceed $350,000,000 shall be available for 
performance-based contract administrators for section 8 project- 
based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary 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 contracts 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 Certificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amend-
ments 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, project funds that are held in residual receipts accounts 
for any project subject to a section 8 project-based Housing Assist-
ance Payments contract that authorizes the Department 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,
H. R. 133—704 
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 capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), for project 
rental assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such 
Act, including amendments to contracts for such assistance and 
renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 5- 
year term, for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, 
including renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American 
Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q note), and for supportive services associated with the housing, 
$855,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
up to $125,000,000 shall be for service coordinators and the continu-
ation of existing congregate service grants for residents of assisted 
housing projects: Provided further, That amounts made available 
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 condi-
tions of project rental assistance, except that the initial contract 
term for such assistance shall not exceed 5 years in duration: 
Provided further, That upon request of the Secretary, 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, shall be remitted to the Department 
and deposited in this account, to remain available until September 
30, 2024: 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 shall be available 
for the current purposes authorized under this heading in addition 
to the purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated: 
Provided further, That of the total amount made available under 
this heading, up to $14,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary 
to continue demonstration programs to test housing with services 
models for the elderly that demonstrate the potential to delay 
or avoid the need for nursing home care: Provided further, That 
of the total amount made available under this heading, up to 
$5,000,000 shall be used to expand the supply of intergenerational 
dwelling units (as such term is defined in section 202 of the Legacy 
Act of 2003 (12 U.S.C. 1701q note)) for elderly caregivers raising 
children. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as
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authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able 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, for project assistance contracts pursuant 
to subsection (h) of section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as 
added by section 205(a) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Amendments of 1978 (Public Law 95–557: 92 Stat. 2090), 
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 Affordable Housing Act, and 
for supportive services associated with the housing for persons 
with disabilities as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, 
$227,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024: Pro-
vided, That amounts made available under this heading shall be 
available for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspec-
tion-related activities associated with section 811 projects: Provided 
further, That, upon the request of the Secretary, 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 contract are in excess of an amount to be 
determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department 
and deposited in this account, to remain available until September 
30, 2024: 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 shall be used 
for the current purposes authorized under this heading in addition 
to 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, $57,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, including up to $4,500,000 for administra-
tive contract services: Provided, That funds shall be used for pro-
viding counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both 
current and prospective, with respect to property maintenance, 
financial management or literacy, and such other matters as may 
be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing conditions, 
meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities 
of tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; and for 
housing counselor training: Provided further, That for purposes 
of providing such grants from amounts provided under this heading, 
the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, 
subject to the availability of annual appropriations: Provided fur-
ther, That an additional $20,000,000 (not subject to such section 
106), to remain available until September 30, 2023, shall be for 
competitive grants to nonprofit or governmental entities to provide 
legal assistance (including assistance related to pretrial activities, 
trial activities, post-trial activities and alternative dispute resolu-
tion) at no cost to eligible low-income tenants at risk of or subject 
to eviction: Provided further, That in awarding grants under the