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‘‘(B) performance measures for— 
‘‘(i) increasing housing opportunities 
for extremely low-, very low-, and low-in-
come families, replacing or rehabilitating 
housing at risk of physical deterioration or 
obsolescence, and developing additional af-
fordable housing; 
‘‘(ii) leveraging other Federal, State, 
and local funding sources, including the 
low-income housing tax credit program, to 
expand and preserve affordable housing 
opportunities, including public housing; 
‘‘(iii) moving families to self-suffi-
ciency and increasing employment rates 
and wages of families without imposing a 
significant rent burden on the families hav-
ing the lowest incomes; 
‘‘(iv) reducing administrative costs; 
and 
‘‘(v) any other performance measures 
that the Secretary or evaluating entity, as 
applicable, may establish. 
‘‘(g) RECORDKEEPING, REPORTS, AND AUDITS.— 
‘‘(1) RECORDKEEPING.—Each public housing 
agency participating in the program under this sec-
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tion shall keep such records as the Secretary may 
prescribe as reasonably necessary to disclose the 
amounts and the disposition of amounts under the 
program, to ensure compliance with the require-
ments of this section, and to measure performance. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—In lieu of all other reporting 
requirements, each such agency participating in the 
program shall submit to the Secretary an annual re-
port in a form and at a time specified by the Sec-
retary. Each annual report shall include the fol-
lowing information: 
‘‘(A) A description, including an annual 
consolidated financial report, of the sources and 
uses of funds of the agency under the program, 
which shall account separately for funds made 
available under section 8 and subsections (d) 
and (e) of section 9, and shall compare the 
agency’s actions under the program with its an-
nual plan for the year. 
‘‘(B) An annual audit that complies with 
the requirements of Circular A–133 of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, including the 
OMB Compliance Supplement. 
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‘‘(C) A description of each hardship excep-
tion requested and granted or denied, and of 
the use of any transition rules. 
‘‘(D) Documentation of public and resident 
participation sufficient to comply with the re-
quirements under paragraph (7). 
‘‘(E) A comparison of income and the sizes 
and types of families assisted by the agency 
under the program compared to those assisted 
by the agency in the base year. 
‘‘(F) Every two years, an evaluation of 
rent policies, subsidy level policies, and policies 
on program participation. 
‘‘(G) A description of any ongoing local 
evaluations and the results of any local evalua-
tions completed during the year. 
‘‘(3) ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS BY SECRETARY.— 
The Secretary shall have access for the purpose of 
audit and examination to any books, documents, pa-
pers, and records that are pertinent to assistance in 
connection with, and the requirements of, this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(4) ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS BY THE COMP-
TROLLER
GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States, or any of the duly authorized rep-
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resentatives of the Comptroller General, shall have 
access for the purpose of audit and examination to 
any books, documents, papers, and records that are 
pertinent to assistance in connection with, and the 
requirements of, this section. 
‘‘(5) REPORTS REGARDING EVALUATIONS.—The 
Secretary shall require each public housing agency 
participating in the program under this section to 
submit to the Secretary, as part of the agency’s an-
nual report under paragraph (2), such information 
as the Secretary considers appropriate to permit the 
Secretary to evaluate (pursuant to subsection (f)) 
the performance and success of the agency in achiev-
ing the purposes of the demonstration. 
‘‘(h) ADDITIONAL PROGRAM AGENCIES.—In partici-
pating in the program under the terms of this subsection, 
the public housing agencies designated for such participa-
tion shall be subject to the requirements of this section, 
and the additional following requirements: 
‘‘(1) APPLICABILITY
OF
CERTAIN
EXISTING 
PROVISIONS.—Such agencies shall be subject to the 
provisions of— 
‘‘(A) subsections (a) and (b) of section 3; 
and 
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‘‘(B) section 8(o), except for paragraph 
(11) and except as the requirements of section 
8(o) are modified by subsection (e)(3) of this 
section. 
‘‘(2) NO TIME LIMITS.—Such agencies may not 
impose time limits on the term of housing assistance 
received by families under the program. 
‘‘(3) NO
EMPLOYMENT
CONDITIONS.—Such 
agencies may not condition the receipt of housing as-
sistance by families under the program on the em-
ployment status of one of more family members. 
‘‘(4) ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) CONDITIONS ON DEMOLITION.—Such 
agencies may not demolish or dispose of any 
dwelling unit of public housing operated or ad-
ministered by such agency (including any un-
inhabitable unit and any unit previously ap-
proved for demolition) except pursuant to a 
plan for replacement of such units in accord-
ance with, and approved by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development pursuant to, 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) PLAN
REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may not approve a plan that provides for 
demolition or disposition of any dwelling unit of 
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public housing referred to in subparagraph (A) 
unless— 
‘‘(i) such plan provides for outreach to 
public housing agency residents in accord-
ance with paragraph (5); 
‘‘(ii) not later than 60 days before the 
date of the approval of such plan, such 
agency has convened and conducted a pub-
lic hearing regarding the demolition or dis-
position proposed in the plan; 
‘‘(iii) such plan provides that for each 
such dwelling unit demolished or disposed 
of, such public housing agency will provide 
an additional dwelling unit through— 
‘‘(I) the acquisition or develop-
ment of additional public housing 
dwelling units; or 
‘‘(II) the acquisition, develop-
ment, 
or 
contracting 
(including 
through project-based assistance) of 
additional dwelling units that are sub-
ject to requirements regarding eligi-
bility for occupancy, tenant contribu-
tion toward rent, and long-term af-
fordability restrictions which are com-
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parable to public housing units, except 
that no household may be prevented 
from occupying a replacement dwell-
ing unit provided pursuant to clause 
(iii) except to the extent specifically 
provided by any other provision of 
Federal law (including subtitle F of 
title V of the Quality Housing and 
Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (42 
U.S.C. 13661 et seq.; relating to safe-
ty and security in public and assisted 
housing, subtitle D of title VI of the 
Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13611 et seq.; 
relating to preferences for elderly and 
disabled residents), and section 16(f) 
of this Act (42 U.S.C. 1437n(f)); re-
lating to ineligibility of persons con-
victed of methamphetamine offenses); 
‘‘(iv) such plan provides for a right, 
and implementation of such right, to occu-
pancy of additional dwelling units provided 
in accordance with clause (iii), for house-
holds who, as of the time that dwelling 
units demolished or disposed of were va-
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cated to provide for such demolition or dis-
position, were occupying such dwelling 
units; 
‘‘(v) such plan provides that the pro-
posed demolition or disposition and reloca-
tion will be carried out in a manner that 
affirmatively furthers fair housing, as de-
scribed in subsection (e) of section 808 of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968; and 
‘‘(vi) to the extent that such plan pro-
vides for the provision of replacement or 
additional dwelling units, or redevelop-
ment, in phases over time, such plan pro-
vides that the ratio of dwelling units de-
scribed in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause 
(iii) that are provided in any such single 
phase to the total number of dwelling units 
provided in such phase is not less than the 
ratio of the aggregate number of such 
dwelling units provided under the plan to 
the total number of dwelling units provided 
under the plan. 
‘‘(C) INAPPLICABLE
PROVISIONS.—Sub-
paragraphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of 
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
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U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) shall not apply with re-
spect to vouchers used to comply with the re-
quirements of subparagraph (B)(iii) of this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(D) MONITORING.—The Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall provide 
for the appropriate field offices of the Depart-
ment to monitor and supervise enforcement of 
this paragraph and plans approved under this 
paragraph and to consult, regarding such moni-
toring and enforcement, with resident councils 
of, and residents of public housing operated or 
administered by, the agency. 
‘‘(5) COMPREHENSIVE
OUTREACH
PLAN.—No 
program funds of such agencies may be use to de-
molish or dispose of any public housing dwelling 
units except in accordance with a comprehensive 
outreach plan for such activities, developed by the 
agency in conjunction with the residents of the pub-
lic housing agency, as follows: 
‘‘(A) The plan shall be developed by the 
agency and a resident task force, which may in-
clude members of the Resident Council, but 
may not be limited to such members, and which 
shall represent all segments of the population of 
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residents of the agency, including single parent- 
headed households, the elderly, young employed 
and unemployed adults, teenage youth, and dis-
abled persons. 
‘‘(B) The votes and agreements regarding 
the plan shall involve— 
‘‘(i) in the case of any public housing 
agency that administers 250 or fewer pub-
lic housing dwelling units, not less than 10 
percent of affected residents; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of any public housing 
agency that administers more than 250 
public housing dwelling units, not less than 
25 affected residents. 
‘‘(C) The plan shall provide for and de-
scribe outreach efforts to inform residents of 
the program under this subsection, including a 
door-to-door information program, monthly 
newsletters to each resident household, monthly 
meetings dedicated solely to every aspect of the 
proposed development, including redevelopment 
factors, which shall include the one-for-one re-
placement requirement under paragraph (5), 
resident rights to return, the requirements of 
the program under this subsection, new resident 
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