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SEC. 104. EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under the Emer-
gency Solutions Grants program under subtitle B of title 
IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11371 et seq.) $100,000,000,000 for grants under 
such subtitle only for providing rental assistance in ac-
cordance with section 415(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
11374(a)(4)) and this section to respond to needs arising 
from the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) 
relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) 
pandemic. 
(b) INCOME TARGETING.—For purposes of assistance 
made available with amounts made available pursuant to 
subsection (a)— 
(1) section 401(1)(A) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)(A)) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘‘80 percent’’ for 
‘‘30 percent’’; and 
(2) each grantee of such amounts shall use not 
less than 50 percent of the amounts received only 
for providing assistance for persons or families expe-
riencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, 
who have incomes not exceeding 50 percent of the 
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median income for the relevant geographic area; ex-
cept that the Secretary may waive the requirement 
under this paragraph if the grantee demonstrates to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary that the population 
in the geographic area served by the grantee having 
such incomes is sufficiently being served with respect 
to activities eligible for funding with such amounts. 
(c) DEFINITION OF AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.— 
For purposes of assistance made available with amounts 
made available pursuant to subsection (a), section 401(1) 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act shall be 
applied, during the period that begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ends upon the expiration of the 
6-month period that begins upon the termination by the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency of the emergency 
declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, as if 
subparagraph (C) were repealed. 
(d) 
3-YEAR
AVAILABILITY.—Each 
grantee 
of 
amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a) shall 
expend— 
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(1) at least 60 percent of such grant amounts 
within 2 years of the date that such funds became 
available to the grantee for obligation; and 
(2) 100 percent of such grant amounts within 
3 years of such date. 
The Secretary may recapture any amounts not expended 
in compliance with paragraph (1) of this subsection and 
reallocate such amounts to grantees in compliance with 
the formula referred to in subsection (h)(1)(A) of this sec-
tion. 
(e) RENT RESTRICTIONS.—Paragraph (1) of section 
576.106(d) of the Secretary’s regulations (24 C.F.R. 
576.106(d)(1)) shall be applied, with respect to rental as-
sistance made available with amounts made available pur-
suant to subsection (a), by substituting ‘‘120 percent of 
the Fair Market Rent’’ for ‘‘the Fair Market Rent’’. 
(f) SUBLEASES.—Notwithstanding the second sen-
tence of subsection (g) of section 576.106 of the Sec-
retary’s regulations (24 C.F.R. 576.106(g)), a program 
participant may sublet, with rental assistance made avail-
able with amounts made available pursuant to subsection 
(a) of this section, a dwelling unit from a renter of the 
dwelling unit if there is a legally binding, written lease 
agreement for such sublease. 
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(g) HOUSING RELOCATION OR STABILIZATION AC-
TIVITIES.—A grantee of amounts made available pursuant 
to subsection (a) may expend up to 20 percent of its allo-
cation for activities under section 415(a)(5) of the McKin-
ney-Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11374(a)(5)). 
(h) ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In allocating amounts made 
available pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall— 
(A) not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, allocate any such 
amounts that do not exceed $50,000,000,000 
under the formula specified in subsections (a), 
(b), and (e) of section 414 of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11373) to, and notify, each State, metropolitan 
city, and urban county that is to receive a di-
rect grant of such amounts; and 
(B) not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, allocate any re-
maining amounts to eligible grantees by a for-
mula to be developed by the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development that takes into 
consideration the formula referred to in sub-
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paragraph (A) of this paragraph, and the need 
for emergency rental assistance under this sec-
tion, including severe housing cost burden 
among extremely low- and very low-income 
renters and disruptions in housing and eco-
nomic conditions, including unemployment. 
(2) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—A State recipi-
ent of an allocation under this section may elect to 
directly administer up to 50 percent of its allocation 
to carry out activities eligible under this section. 
(3) ELECTION
NOT
TO
ADMINISTER.—If a 
grantee elects not to receive funds under this sec-
tion, such funds shall be allocated to the State re-
cipient in which the grantee is located. 
(i) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
MATCHING
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Subsection (a) of section 416 of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11375(a)) 
shall not apply to any amounts made available pursuant 
to subsection (a) of this section. 
(j) PROHIBITION ON PREREQUISITES.—None of the 
funds authorized under this section may be used to require 
people experiencing homelessness to receive treatment or 
perform any other prerequisite activities as a condition for 
receiving shelter, housing, or other services. 
(k) PUBLIC HEARINGS.— 
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