H. R. 2617—699 
U.S.C. 4103)), or other entities approved by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may reserve an amount for Indian 
Tribes within such competition: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may approve entities for selection that partner with one or several 
residents of such eligible communities or that propose to implement 
a grant program that would assist residents of such eligible commu-
nities: Provided further, That eligible uses of such grants may 
include infrastructure, planning, resident and community services 
(including relocation assistance and eviction prevention), resiliency 
activities, and providing other assistance to residents or owners 
of manufactured homes, which may include providing assistance 
for manufactured housing land and site acquisition: Provided fur-
ther, That, except as determined by the Secretary, participation 
in this program shall not encumber the future transfer of title 
or use of property by the residents, owners, or communities: Pro-
vided further, That when selecting recipients, the Secretary shall 
prioritize applications that primarily benefit low- or moderately 
low-income residents and preserve long-term housing affordability 
for residents of manufactured housing or a manufactured housing 
community: Provided further, That eligible manufactured housing 
communities may include those that are— 
(1) owned by the residents of the manufactured housing 
community through a resident-controlled entity, as defined by 
the Secretary; or 
(2) determined by the Secretary to be subject to binding 
agreements that will preserve the community and maintain 
affordability on a long-term basis: 
Provided further, That, of the amounts made available under this 
heading, $25,000,000 shall be for a pilot program for the Secretary 
to provide grants to assist in the redevelopment of manufactured 
housing communities (including pre-1976 mobile homes) as replace-
ment housing that is affordable, as defined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That each such redevelopment project shall provide, 
for each unit of single-family manufactured housing (including pre- 
1976 mobile homes) replaced under the project, up to 4 dwelling 
units of such affordable housing: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall define eligible activities for grant assistance under 
the pilot program, which may include relocation assistance or buy- 
outs for residents of a manufactured housing community or down-
payment assistance for such residents: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall require each grantee under the pilot program to 
supplement the amount of the grant with non-Federal amounts 
exceeding 50 percent of the grant: Provided further, That resiliency 
activities means the reconstruction, repair, or replacement of manu-
factured housing and manufactured housing communities to protect 
the health and safety of manufactured housing residents and to 
address weatherization and energy efficiency needs, except that 
for pre-1976 mobile homes, funds made available under this heading 
may be used only for replacement: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may waive or specify alternative requirements for any provi-
sion of any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 
in connection with the use of amounts made available under this 
heading (except for requirements related to fair housing, non-
discrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon a 
finding that such waiver or alternative requirement is necessary 
to facilitate the use of such amounts.
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SELF-HELP AND ASSISTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM 
For the Self-Help and Assisted Homeownership Opportunity 
Program, as authorized under section 11 of the Housing Opportunity 
Program Extension Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 12805 note), and for 
related activities and assistance, $62,500,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $13,500,000 shall be available for the Self-Help Home-
ownership Opportunity Program as authorized under such sec-
tion 11; 
(2) $42,000,000 shall be available for the second, third, 
and fourth capacity building entities specified in section 4(a) 
of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 9816 note), 
of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be for rural capacity 
building activities: Provided, That for purposes of awarding 
grants from amounts made available in this paragraph, the 
Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements, as appropriate, 
subject to the availability of annual appropriations; 
(3) $6,000,000 shall be available for capacity building by 
national 
rural 
housing 
organizations 
having 
experience 
assessing national rural conditions and providing financing, 
training, technical assistance, information, and research to local 
nonprofit organizations, local governments, and Indian Tribes 
serving high need rural communities; and 
(4) $1,000,000 shall be available for a program to rehabili-
tate and modify the homes of disabled or low-income veterans, 
as authorized under section 1079 of the Carl Levin and Howard 
P. ‘‘Buck’’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2015 (38 U.S.C. 2101 note): Provided, That the 
issuance of a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the amounts 
made available in this paragraph shall be completed not later 
than 120 days after enactment of this Act and such amounts 
shall be awarded not later than 180 days after such issuance. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For assistance under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.), and for related activities 
and assistance, $3,633,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this 
heading— 
(1) $290,000,000 shall be available for the Emergency Solu-
tions Grants program authorized under subtitle B of such title 
IV (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.): Provided, That the Department 
shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts 
allocated (which may represent initial or final amounts allo-
cated) for the Emergency Solutions Grant program not later 
than 60 days after enactment of this Act; 
(2) $3,154,000,000 shall be available for the Continuum 
of Care program authorized under subtitle C of such title IV 
(42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and the Rural Housing Stability 
Assistance programs authorized under subtitle D of such title 
IV (42 U.S.C. 11408): Provided, That the Secretary shall 
prioritize funding under the Continuum of Care program to 
continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity to reallo-
cate funding from lower performing projects to higher per-
forming projects: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
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provide incentives to create projects that coordinate with 
housing providers and healthcare organizations to provide 
permanent supportive housing and rapid re-housing services: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may establish by notice 
an alternative maximum amount for administrative costs 
related to the requirements described in sections 402(f)(1) and 
402(f)(2) of subtitle A of such title IV or no more than 5 
percent or $50,000, whichever is greater, notwithstanding the 
3 percent limitation in section 423(a)(10) of such subtitle C: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available for the 
Continuum of Care program under this paragraph, not less 
than $52,000,000 shall be for grants for new rapid re-housing 
projects and supportive service projects providing coordinated 
entry, and for eligible activities that the Secretary determines 
to be critical in order to assist survivors of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking: Provided further, 
That amounts made available for the Continuum of Care pro-
gram under this paragraph and any remaining unobligated 
balances under this heading in prior Acts may be used to 
competitively or non-competitively renew or replace grants for 
youth homeless demonstration projects under the Continuum 
of Care program, notwithstanding any conflict with the require-
ments of the Continuum of Care program; 
(3) $7,000,000 shall be available for the national homeless 
data analysis project: Provided, That notwithstanding the provi-
sions of the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreements Act 
of 1977 (31 U.S.C. 6301–6308), the amounts made available 
under this paragraph and any remaining unobligated balances 
under this heading for such purposes in prior Acts may be 
used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements 
with such entities as may be determined by the Secretary, 
including public and private organizations, agencies, and 
institutions; 
(4) $107,000,000 shall be available 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, That of the amount made available 
under this paragraph, not less than $25,000,000 shall be for 
youth homelessness system improvement grants to support 
communities, including but not limited to the communities 
assisted under the matter preceding this proviso, in establishing 
and implementing a response system for youth homelessness, 
or for improving their existing system: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this paragraph, up to 
$10,000,000 shall be to provide technical assistance to commu-
nities, including but not limited to the communities assisted 
in the preceding proviso and the matter preceding such proviso, 
on improving system responses to youth homelessness, and 
collection, analysis, use, and reporting of data and performance 
measures under the comprehensive approaches to serve home-
less youth, in addition to and in coordination with other tech-
nical assistance funds provided under this title: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may use up to 10 percent of the 
amount made available under the preceding proviso to build 
the capacity of current technical assistance providers or to
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train new technical assistance providers with verifiable prior 
experience with systems and programs for youth experiencing 
homelessness; and 
(5) $75,000,000 shall be available for one-time awards 
under the Continuum of Care program for new construction, 
acquisition, or rehabilitation of new permanent supportive 
housing, of which not more than 20 percent of such awards 
may be used for other Continuum of Care eligible activities 
associated with such projects and not more than 10 percent 
of such awards may be used for project administration: Pro-
vided, That these amounts shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis, based on need and other factors to be determined by 
the Secretary, including incentives to establish projects that 
coordinate with housing providers, healthcare organizations and 
social service providers: Provided further, That not less than 
$30,000,000 shall be awarded to applicants for projects within 
States with populations less than 2,500,000, except that if 
such amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts may 
be awarded to qualified applicants for projects in any State: 
Provided further, That the grants for ongoing costs associated 
with such projects shall be eligible for renewal under the Con-
tinuum of Care program subject to the same terms and condi-
tions as other renewal applicants: 
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