II
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2517
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 29 (legislative day, JUNE 22), 1993
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs
SEPTEMBER 23 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993
Committee discharged
AN ACT
To establish certain programs and demonstrations to assist
States and communities in efforts to relieve homeless-
ness, assist local community development organizations,
and provide affordable rental housing for low-income
families, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeless and Commu-
nity Development Amendments Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. INNOVATIVE HOMELESS INITIATIVES DEMONSTRA-
TION PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle E of title IV of the Stew-
art B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act is amended by
adding after section 443 (42 U.S.C. 11402) the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 444. INNOVATIVE HOMELESS INITIATIVES DEM-
ONSTRATION PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF DEMONSTRATION.—The
Secretary shall carry out a demonstration under this sec-
tion under which the Secretary may provide financial and
technical assistance—
‘‘(1) to metropolitan cities, urban counties,
units of general local government, Indian tribes, and
private nonprofit organizations to demonstrate the
desirability and feasibility of carrying out projects
and activities that implement a work plan that pro-
vides for a continuum of care for homeless persons
under subsection (c); and
‘‘(2) to States, units of general local govern-
ment, Indian tribes, and private nonprofit organiza-
tions to demonstrate the feasibility and desirability
of carrying out innovative programs to assist home-
less individuals under subsection (d).
‘‘(b) GENERAL PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion:
‘‘(A) The terms ‘State’, ‘metropolitan city’,
‘urban county’, ‘unit of general local govern-
ment’, ‘Secretary’, and ‘Indian tribe’ have the
meanings given such terms in section 102(a) of
the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974.
‘‘(B) The term ‘private nonprofit organiza-
tion’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 422 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act.
‘‘(C) The term ‘homeless individual’ has
the meaning given such term in section 103 of
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act.
‘‘(2) FUNDING.—To such extent or in such
amounts as have been provided in appropriation
Acts for fiscal year 1994, $150,000,000 shall be
available to the Secretary to carry out the dem-
onstration under this section in such fiscal year, of
which—
‘‘(A) $50,000,000 shall be from any
amounts made available to carry out the shelter
plus care program under subtitle F of this title
in such fiscal year;
‘‘(B) $40,000,000 shall be from any
amounts made available to carry out the sup-
portive housing program under subtitle C of
this title in such fiscal year;
‘‘(C) $25,000,000 shall be from any
amounts made available to carry out the
HOME Investment Partnerships Act in such
fiscal year;
‘‘(D) $25,000,000 shall be from any
amounts made available to carry out the com-
munity development block grants program
under title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 in such fiscal year;
and
‘‘(E) $10,000,000 shall be from any
amounts made available under section 402 of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act to carry out the HOPE home-own-
ership programs in such fiscal year.
Of any amounts made available to carry out the
demonstration under this section, 50 percent shall
be available for assistance under subsection (c) and
50 percent shall be available for assistance under
subsection (d).
‘‘(c) HOMELESS CRISIS FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate such metropolitan cities, urban counties, units
of general local government (including units in rural
areas), and Indian tribes as areas eligible for assist-
ance under this subsection, as the Secretary may de-
termine. The Secretary shall establish criteria for
making such designations, which shall at a minimum
include—
‘‘(A) the extent of unmet need of homeless
individuals in the jurisdiction, including those
who are wholly without adequate shelter of any
kind;
‘‘(B) the gap between the jurisdiction’s ex-
isting system of assisting homeless persons and
the continuum of care model described in para-
graph (2);
‘‘(C) the degree of cooperation between the
jurisdiction and nonprofit homeless service pro-
viders;
‘‘(D) the degree to which private nonprofit
and for-profit entities express willingness to
make financial and other commitments to the
jurisdiction’s homeless assistance efforts; and
‘‘(E) national geographic diversity in the
designation of jurisdictions.
After selecting areas for designation under this
paragraph but before designating such areas, the
Secretary shall consult with the Committee on Bank-
ing, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate regarding
such designations.
‘‘(2) WORK PLAN.—To receive assistance under
this subsection within a designated jurisdiction, the
jurisdiction or a private nonprofit organization shall
submit to the Secretary a work plan that shall, at
a minimum—
‘‘(A) describe existing conditions for home-
less persons and families throughout the juris-
diction;
‘‘(B) set forth a realistic and feasible strat-
egy that contains specific projects and activities
resulting in a continuum of care for the juris-
diction’s homeless persons and targets, goals,
and strategies for implementation and comple-
tion of such projects and activities;
‘‘(C) be prepared with appropriate coopera-
tion from affected governments and government
agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and
contributing for-profit entities;
‘‘(D) specify those projects and activities
for which the jurisdiction requests funding from
the Secretary under this subsection and the
amounts thereby requested; and
‘‘(E) specify courses, amounts, and time-
tables for the financing of other projects and
activities.
‘‘(3) DESIGNATION.—The designation referred
to in paragraph (1) and assistance provided under
this subsection shall be made on a noncompetitive
basis.
‘‘(d) INNOVATIVE PROJECT FUNDING.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary is authorized
to provide assistance under this subsection to States,
units of general local government (including units in
rural areas), Indian tribes, and private nonprofit or-
ganizations for assistance for innovative programs to
assist homeless individuals.
‘‘(2) APPLICATIONS.—Applications for assist-
ance under this subsection shall be in such form,
and shall include such information, as the Secretary