cal year 2021, $5,000,000,000, as authorized under title 
II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.), to remain 
available until September 30, 2025, except that amounts 
authorized under subsection (d)(3) shall remain available 
until September 30, 2029, for the following activities to 
primarily benefit qualifying individuals or families: 
(1) Tenant-based rental assistance. 
(2) The development and support of affordable 
housing pursuant to section 212(a) of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 12742(a)) (‘‘the Act’’ herein). 
(3) Supportive services to qualifying individuals 
or families not already receiving such supportive 
services, including— 
(A) activities listed in section 401(29) of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11360(29)); 
(B) housing counseling; and 
(C) homeless prevention services. 
(4) The acquisition and development of non- 
congregate shelter units, all or a portion of which 
may— 
(A) be converted to permanent affordable 
housing; 
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(B) be used as emergency shelter under 
subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371– 
11378); 
(C) be converted to permanent housing 
under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11381–11389); or 
(D) remain as non-congregate shelter 
units. 
(b) QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS
OR FAMILIES DE-
FINED.—For the purposes of this section, qualifying indi-
viduals or families are those who are— 
(1) homeless, as defined in section 103(a) of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11302(a)); 
(2) at-risk of homelessness, as defined in sec-
tion 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); 
(3) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or 
human trafficking; 
(4) in other populations where providing sup-
portive services or assistance under section 212(a) of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(a)) would prevent the 
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family’s homelessness or would serve those with the 
greatest risk of housing instability; or 
(5) veterans and families that include a veteran 
family member that meet one of the preceding cri-
teria. 
(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.—The cost limits 
in section 212(e) (42 U.S.C. 12742(e)), the commit-
ment requirements in section 218(g) (42 U.S.C. 
12749(g)), the matching requirements in section 220 
(42 U.S.C. 12750), and the set-aside for housing de-
veloped, sponsored, or owned by community housing 
development organizations required in section 231 of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 12771) shall not apply for 
amounts made available in this section. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Notwithstanding 
sections 212(c) and (d)(1) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12742(c) and (d)(1)), of the funds made available in 
this section for carrying out activities authorized in 
this section, a grantee may use up to fifteen percent 
of its allocation for administrative and planning 
costs. 
(3) OPERATING
EXPENSES.—Notwithstanding 
sections 212(a) and (g) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12742(a) and (g)), a grantee may use up to an addi-
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tional five percent of its allocation for the payment 
of operating expenses of community housing develop-
ment organizations and nonprofit organizations car-
rying out activities authorized under this section, 
but only if— 
(A) such funds are used to develop the ca-
pacity of the community housing development 
organization or nonprofit organization in the ju-
risdiction or insular area to carry out activities 
authorized under this section; and 
(B) the community housing development 
organization or nonprofit organization complies 
with the limitation on assistance in section 
234(b) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12774(b)). 
(d) ALLOCATION.— 
(1) FORMULA
ASSISTANCE.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (2) and (3), amounts made 
available under this section shall be allocated pursu-
ant to section 217 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12746) to 
grantees that received allocations pursuant to that 
same formula in fiscal year 2021, and such alloca-
tions shall be made within 30 days of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Up 
to 
$25,000,000 of the amounts made available under 
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this section shall be used, without competition, to 
make new awards or increase prior awards to exist-
ing technical assistance providers to provide an im-
mediate increase in capacity building and technical 
assistance available to any grantees implementing 
activities or projects consistent with this section. 
(3) OTHER COSTS.—Up to $50,000,000 of the 
amounts made available under this section shall be 
used for the administrative costs to oversee and ad-
minister implementation of this section and the 
HOME program generally, including information 
technology, financial reporting, and other costs. 
(4) WAIVERS.—Any provision of any statute or 
regulation used to administer the amounts made 
available under this section (except for requirements 
related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
standards, and the environment), may be waived 
upon a finding that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary to expedite or facilitate 
the use of amounts made available in this section. 
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