‘‘(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 section. 
‘‘(4) ACCESS
TO
DOCUMENTS
BY
THE
COMP-
TROLLER GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States, or any of the duly authorized rep-
resentatives of the Comptroller General, shall have ac-
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cess for the purpose of audit and examination to any 
books, documents, papers, and records that are perti-
nent to assistance in connection with, and the re-
quirements 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 Sec-
retary to evaluate (pursuant to subsection (f)) the 
performance and success of the agency in achieving 
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 PRO-
VISIONS.—Such agencies shall be subject to the provi-
sions of— 
‘‘(A) subsections (a) and (b) of section 3; 
and 
‘‘(B) section 8(o), except for paragraph (11) 
and except that such agencies shall not be re-
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quired to comply with any provision of such sec-
tion 8(o) that pursuant to subsection (e)(3) of 
this section does not apply to agencies that are 
subject to such section (e)(3). 
‘‘(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 agen-
cies may not condition the receipt of housing assist-
ance by families under the program on the employ-
ment 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 accordance with, 
and approved by the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development pursuant to, subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(B) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
may not approve a plan that provides for demo-
lition or disposition of any dwelling unit of pub-
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lic housing referred to in subparagraph (A) un-
less— 
‘‘(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 public 
hearing regarding the demolition or disposi-
tion 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, development, 
or 
contracting 
(including 
through 
project-based assistance) of additional 
dwelling units that are subject to re-
quirements regarding eligibility for oc-
cupancy, tenant contribution toward 
rent, and long-term affordability re-
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strictions which are comparable to 
public housing units; 
‘‘(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-
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 ad-
ditional dwelling units, or redevelopment, 
in phases over time, such plan provides that 
the ratio of dwelling units described in sub-
clauses (I) and (II) of clause (iii) that are 
provided in any such single phase to the 
total number of dwelling units provided in 
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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.—Subpara-
graphs (B) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(13)) shall not apply with respect to 
vouchers used to comply with the requirements of 
subparagraph (B)(iii) of this paragraph. 
‘‘(D) MONITORING.—The Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall provide for the 
appropriate field offices of the Department to 
monitor and supervise enforcement of this para-
graph and plans approved under this paragraph 
and to consult, regarding such monitoring and 
enforcement, with resident councils of, and resi-
dents of public housing operated or administered 
by, the agency. 
‘‘(5) COMPREHENSIVE
OUTREACH
PLAN.—No 
program funds of such agencies may be use to demol-
ish, dispose of, or eliminate any public housing dwell-
ing units except in accordance with a comprehensive 
outreach plan for such activities, developed by the 
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agency in conjunction with the residents of the public 
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 resi-
dents 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 not less than 25 and not 
more than 35 persons. 
‘‘(C) The plan shall provide for and describe 
outreach efforts to inform residents of the pro-
gram 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 replacement 
requirement under paragraph (5), resident rights 
to return, the requirements of the program under 
this subsection, new resident support and com-
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munity services to be provided, opportunities for 
participation in architectural design, and em-
ployment opportunities for residents, which shall 
reserve at least 70 percent of the jobs in demoli-
tion activities and 50 percent of the jobs in con-
struction activities related to the redevelopment 
project, including job training, apprenticeships, 
union membership assistance. 
‘‘(D) The plan shall provide for regularly 
scheduled monthly meeting updates and a system 
for filing complaints about any aspect of the re-
development process. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(1) EXISTING MTW AGENCY.—The term ‘existing 
MTW agency’ means a public housing agency that as 
of the date of the enactment of the Section 8 Voucher 
Reform Act of 2007 has an existing agreement with 
the Secretary pursuant to the moving to work dem-
onstration. 
‘‘(2) BASE YEAR.—The term ‘base year’ means, 
with respect to a participating agency, the agency fis-
cal year most recently completed prior to selection 
and approval for participation in the housing inno-
vation program under this section. 
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‘‘(3) MOVING TO WORK DEMONSTRATION.—The 
term ‘moving to work demonstration’ means the mov-
ing to work demonstration program under section 204 
of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note). 
‘‘(4) PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.—The term ‘par-
ticipating agencies’ means public housing agencies 
designated and approved for participation, and par-
ticipating, in the housing innovation program under 
this section. 
‘‘(5) PROGRAM
FUNDS.—The term ‘program 
funds’ means, with respect to a participating agency, 
any amounts that the agency is authorized, pursuant 
to subsection (e)(1), to use to carry out the housing 
innovation program under this section of the agency. 
‘‘(6) RESIDENTS.—The term ‘residents’ means, 
with respect to a public housing agency, tenants of 
public housing of the agency and participants in the 
voucher or other housing assistance programs of the 
agency funded under section 8(o), or tenants of other 
units owned by the agency and assisted under this 
section. 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RESI-
DENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—There is authorized to be 
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appropriated for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 
$10,000,000, for providing capacity building and technical 
assistance to enhance the capabilities of low-income families 
assisted under the program under this section to participate 
in the process for establishment of annual plans under this 
section for participating agencies. 
‘‘(k) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EVAL-
UATIONS.—There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$15,000,000 to the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment for the purpose of conducting the evaluations re-
quired under subsection (f)(1).’’. 
(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 48 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit a report to the Congress 
on the extent to which the public housing agencies partici-
pating in the housing innovation program under section 
36 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 are meeting 
the goals and purposes of such program, as identified in 
subsection (a) of such section 36. 
SEC. 17. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM WAIVER AUTHORITY. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development may enter into such 
agreements as may be necessary with the Social Security 
Administration and the Secretary of Health and Human 
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