I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1877 
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the 
Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 2, 2009 
Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for herself, Mrs. BIGGERT, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 
DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. 
CARSON of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to 
reauthorize the Act, 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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition 
to Housing Act of 2009’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definition of homelessness. 
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Sec. 4. United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. 
TITLE I—HOUSING ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 101. Definitions. 
Sec. 102. Community homeless assistance planning boards. 
Sec. 103. General provisions. 
Sec. 104. Protection of personally identifying information by victim service pro-
viders. 
Sec. 105. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM 
Sec. 201. Grant assistance. 
Sec. 202. Eligible activities. 
Sec. 203. Participation in Homeless Management Information System. 
Sec. 204. Administrative provision. 
Sec. 205. GAO study of administrative fees. 
TITLE III—CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM 
Sec. 301. Continuum of care. 
Sec. 302. Eligible activities. 
Sec. 303. High performing communities. 
Sec. 304. Program requirements. 
Sec. 305. Selection criteria, allocation amounts, and funding. 
Sec. 306. Research. 
TITLE IV—RURAL HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
Sec. 401. Rural housing stability assistance. 
Sec. 402. GAO study of homelessness and homeless assistance in rural areas. 
TITLE V—REPEALS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
Sec. 501. Repeals. 
Sec. 502. Conforming amendments. 
Sec. 503. Effective date. 
Sec. 504. Regulations. 
Sec. 505. Amendment to table of contents. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) a lack of affordable housing and limited 
scale of housing assistance programs are the pri-
mary causes of homelessness; and 
(2) homelessness affects all types of commu-
nities in the United States, including rural, urban, 
and suburban areas. 
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(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to consolidate the separate homeless assist-
ance programs carried out under title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (con-
sisting of the supportive housing program and re-
lated innovative programs, the safe havens program, 
the section 8 assistance program for single-room oc-
cupancy dwellings, and the shelter plus care pro-
gram) into a single program with specific eligible ac-
tivities; 
(2) to codify in Federal law the continuum of 
care planning process as a required and integral 
local function necessary to generate the local strate-
gies for ending homelessness; and 
(3) to establish a Federal goal of ensuring that 
individuals and families who become homeless return 
to permanent housing within 30 days. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF HOMELESSNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103 of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d); and 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
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‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act, the 
terms ‘homeless’, ‘homeless individual’, and ‘homeless per-
son’ means— 
‘‘(1) an individual or family who lacks a fixed, 
regular, and adequate nighttime residence; 
‘‘(2) an individual or family with a primary 
nighttime residence that is a public or private place 
not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular 
sleeping accommodation for human beings, including 
a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train sta-
tion, airport, or camping ground; 
‘‘(3) an individual or family living in a super-
vised publicly or privately operated shelter des-
ignated to provide temporary living arrangements 
(including hotels and motels paid for by Federal, 
State, or local government programs for low-income 
individuals or by charitable organizations, con-
gregate shelters, and transitional housing); 
‘‘(4) an individual who resided in a shelter or 
place not meant for human habitation and who is 
exiting an institution where he or she temporarily 
resided; 
‘‘(5) an individual or family who— 
‘‘(A) will imminently lose their housing, in-
cluding housing they own, rent, or live in with-
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out paying rent, are sharing with others, and 
rooms in hotels or motels not paid for by Fed-
eral, State, or local government programs for 
low-income individuals or by charitable organi-
zations, as evidenced by— 
‘‘(i) a court order resulting from an 
eviction action that notifies the individual 
or family that they must leave within 14 
days; 
‘‘(ii) the individual or family having a 
primary nighttime residence that is a room 
in a hotel or motel and where they lack the 
resources necessary to reside there for 
more than 14 days; or 
‘‘(iii) credible evidence indicating that 
the owner or renter of the housing will not 
allow the individual or family to stay for 
more than 14 days, and any oral statement 
from an individual or family seeking home-
less assistance that is found to be credible 
shall be considered credible evidence for 
purposes of this clause; 
‘‘(B) has no subsequent residence identi-
fied; and 
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‘‘(C) lacks the resources or support net-
works needed to obtain other permanent hous-
ing; and 
‘‘(6) unaccompanied youth and homeless fami-
lies with children and youth defined as homeless 
under other Federal statutes who— 
‘‘(A) have experienced a long term period 
without living independently in permanent 
housing, 
‘‘(B) have experienced persistent instability 
as measured by frequent moves over such pe-
riod, and 
‘‘(C) can be expected to continue in such 
status for an extended period of time because of 
chronic disabilities, chronic physical health or 
mental health conditions, substance addiction, 
histories of domestic violence or childhood 
abuse, the presence of a child or youth with a 
disability, or multiple barriers to employment. 
‘‘(b) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND OTHER DANGEROUS 
OR LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, the Secretary shall con-
sider to be homeless any individual or family who is flee-
ing, or is attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous or life- 
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threatening conditions in the individual’s or family’s cur-
rent housing situation, including where the health and 
safety of children are jeopardized, and who have no other 
residence and lack the resources or support networks to 
obtain other permanent housing.’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than the expiration of 
the 6-month period beginning upon the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development shall issue regulations that provide sufficient 
guidance to recipients of funds under title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow uni-
form and consistent implementation of the requirements 
of section 103 of such Act, as amended by subsection (a) 
of this section. This subsection shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.— 
This section and the amendments made by this section 
to section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302) may not be construed to af-
fect, alter, limit, annul, or supersede any other provision 
of Federal law providing a definition of ‘‘homeless’’, 
‘‘homeless individual’’, or ‘‘homeless person’’ for purposes 
other than such Act, except to the extent that such provi-
sion refers to such section 103 or the definition provided 
in such section 103. 
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SEC. 4. UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOME-
LESSNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11311 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 201 (42 U.S.C. 11311), by insert-
ing before the period at the end the following 
‘‘whose mission shall be to coordinate the Federal 
response to homelessness and to create a national 
partnership at every level of government and with 
the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in 
the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of the 
Federal Government in contributing to the end of 
homelessness’’; 
(2) in section 202 (42 U.S.C. 11312)— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraph (16) as 
paragraph (22); and 
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (15) 
the following: 
‘‘(16) The Commissioner of Social Security, or 
the designee of the Commissioner. 
‘‘(17) The Attorney General of the United 
States, or the designee of the Attorney General. 
‘‘(18) The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, or the designee of the Director. 
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‘‘(19) The Director of the Office of Faith-Based 
and Community Initiatives, or the designee of the 
Director. 
‘‘(20) The Director of USA FreedomCorps, or 
the designee of the Director.’’; 
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘annu-
ally’’ and inserting ‘‘four times each year, and 
the rotation of the positions of Chairperson and 
Vice Chairperson required under subsection (b) 
shall occur at the first meeting of each year’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Executive Director of 
the Council shall report to the Chairman of the Council.’’; 
(3) in section 203(a) (42 U.S.C. 11313(a))— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), 
(3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), 
(3), (4), (5), (9), (10), and (11), respectively; 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2), as 
so redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) not later than 12 months after the date of 
the enactment of the Homeless Emergency Assist-
ance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, 
develop, make available for public comment, and 
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submit to the President and to Congress a National 
Strategic Plan to End Homelessness, and shall up-
date such plan annually;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘at least 2, but 
in no case more than 5’’ and inserting ‘‘not less 
than 5, but in no case more than 10’’; 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (5), as so 
redesignated by subparagraph (A), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) encourage the creation of State Inter-
agency Councils on Homelessness and the formula-
tion of jurisdictional 10-year plans to end homeless-
ness at State, city, and county levels; 
‘‘(7) annually obtain from Federal agencies 
their identification of consumer-oriented entitlement 
and other resources for which persons experiencing 
homelessness may be eligible and the agencies’ iden-
tification of improvements to ensure access; develop 
mechanisms to ensure access by persons experi-
encing homelessness to all Federal, State, and local 
programs for which the persons are eligible, and to 
verify collaboration among entities within a commu-
nity that receive Federal funding under programs 
targeted for persons experiencing homelessness, and 
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other programs for which persons experiencing 
homelessness are eligible, including mainstream pro-
grams identified by the Government Accountability 
Office in the reports entitled ‘Homelessness: Coordi-
nation and Evaluation of Programs Are Essential’, 
issued February 26, 1999, and ‘Homelessness: Bar-
riers to Using Mainstream Programs’, issued July 6, 
2000; 
‘‘(8) conduct research and evaluation related to 
its functions as defined in this section; 
‘‘(9) develop joint Federal agency and other ini-
tiatives to fulfill the goals of the agency;’’; 
(E) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated 
by subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(F) in paragraph (11), as so redesignated 
by subparagraph (A), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(12) develop constructive alternatives to crim-
inalizing homelessness and eliminate laws and poli-
cies that prohibit sleeping, feeding, sitting, resting, 
or lying in public spaces when there are no suitable 
alternatives, result in the destruction of a homeless 
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person’s property without due process, or are selec-
tively enforced against homeless persons; and 
‘‘(13) not later than the expiration of the 6- 
month period beginning upon completion of the 
study requested in a letter to the Acting Comptroller 
General from the Chair and Ranking Member of the 
House Financial Services Committee and several 
other members regarding various definitions of 
homelessness in Federal statutes, convene a meeting 
of representatives of all Federal agencies and com-
mittees of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate having jurisdiction over any Federal program 
to assist homeless individuals or families, local and 
State governments, academic researchers who spe-
cialize in homelessness, nonprofit housing and serv-
ice providers that receive funding under any Federal 
program to assist homeless individuals or families, 
organizations advocating on behalf of such nonprofit 
providers and homeless persons receiving housing or 
services under any such Federal program, and home-
less persons receiving housing or services under any 
such Federal program, at which meeting such rep-
resentatives shall discuss all issues relevant to 
whether the definitions of ‘homeless’ under para-
graphs (1) through (4) of section 103(a) of the 
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McKinney-Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act, 
as 
amended by section 3 of the Homeless Emergency 
Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 
2009, should be modified by the Congress, including 
whether there is a compelling need for a uniform 
definition of homelessness under Federal law, the ex-
tent to which the differences in such definitions cre-
ate barriers for individuals to accessing services and 
to collaboration between agencies, and the relative 
availability, and barriers to access by persons de-
fined as homeless, of mainstream programs identi-
fied by the Government Accountability Office in the 
two reports identified in paragraph (7) of this sub-
section; and shall submit transcripts of such meet-
ing, and any majority and dissenting recommenda-
tions from such meetings, to each committee of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate having ju-
risdiction over any Federal program to assist home-
less individuals or families not later than the expira-
tion of the 60-day period beginning upon conclusion 
of such meeting.’’; 
(4) 
in 
section 
203(b)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11313(b))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Federal’’ and inserting 
‘‘national’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
pay for expenses of attendance at meetings 
which are concerned with the functions or ac-
tivities for which the appropriation is made;’’; 
(5) in section 205(d) (42 U.S.C. 11315(d)), by 
striking ‘‘property.’’ and inserting ‘‘property, both 
real and personal, public and private, without fiscal 
year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or facili-
tating the work of the Council.’’; and 
(6) by striking section 208 (42 U.S.C. 11318) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 208. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such sums 
as may be necessary for fiscal years 2011. Any amounts 
appropriated to carry out this title shall remain available 
until expended.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on, and shall apply begin-
ning on, the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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TITLE I—HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
Subtitle A of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the subtitle heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions’’; 
(2) by redesignating sections 401 and 402 (42 
U.S.C. 11361, 11362) as sections 403 and 406, re-
spectively; and 
(3) by inserting before section 403 (as so redes-
ignated by paragraph (2) of this section) the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this title: 
‘‘(1) AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.—The term 
‘at risk of homelessness’ means, with respect to an 
individual or family, that the individual or family— 
‘‘(A) has income below 30 percent of me-
dian income for the geographic area; 
‘‘(B) has insufficient resources immediately 
available to attain housing stability; and 
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‘‘(C)(i) has moved frequently because of 
economic reasons; 
‘‘(ii) is living in the home of another be-
cause of economic hardship; 
‘‘(iii) has been notified that their right to 
occupy their current housing or living situation 
will be terminated; 
‘‘(iv) lives in a hotel or motel; 
‘‘(v) lives in severely overcrowded housing; 
‘‘(vi) is exiting an institution; or 
‘‘(vii) otherwise lives in housing that has 
characteristics associated with instability and 
an increased risk of homelessness. 
Such term includes all families with children and 
youth defined as homeless under other Federal stat-
utes. 
‘‘(2) CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘chronically 
homeless’ means, with respect to an individual 
or family, that the individual or family— 
‘‘(i) is homeless and lives or resides in 
a place not meant for human habitation, a 
safe haven, or in an emergency shelter; 
‘‘(ii) has been homeless and living or 
residing in a place not meant for human 
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habitation, a safe haven, or in an emer-
gency shelter continuously for at least 1 
year or on at least 4 separate occasions in 
the last 3 years; and 
‘‘(iii) has an adult head of household 
(or a minor head of household if no adult 
is present in the household) with a 
diagnosable substance use disorder, serious 
mental illness, developmental disability (as 
defined in section 102 of the Develop-
mental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002)), 
post traumatic stress disorder, cognitive 
impairments resulting from a brain injury, 
or chronic physical illness or disability, in-
cluding the co-occurrence of 2 or more of 
those conditions. 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—A person 
who currently lives or resides in an institutional 
care facility, including a jail, substance abuse or 
mental health treatment facility, hospital or 
other similar facility, and has resided there for 
fewer than 90 days shall be considered chron-
ically homeless if such person met all of the re-
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quirements described in subparagraph (A) prior 
to entering that facility. 
‘‘(3) COLLABORATIVE
APPLICANT.—The term 
‘collaborative applicant’ means an entity that— 
‘‘(A) carries out the duties specified in sec-
tion 402; 
‘‘(B) serves as the applicant for project 
sponsors who jointly submit a single application 
for a grant under subtitle C in accordance with 
a collaborative process; and 
‘‘(C) if the entity is a legal entity and is 
awarded such grant, receives such grant di-
rectly from the Secretary. 
‘‘(4) COLLABORATIVE APPLICATION.—The term 
‘collaborative application’ means an application for a 
grant under subtitle C that— 
‘‘(A) satisfies section 422; and 
‘‘(B) is submitted to the Secretary by a 
collaborative applicant. 
‘‘(5) CONSOLIDATED
PLAN.—The term ‘Con-
solidated Plan’ means a comprehensive housing af-
fordability strategy and community development 
plan required in part 91 of title 24, Code of Federal 
Regulations. 
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‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means, with respect to a subtitle, a public enti-
ty, a private entity, or an entity that is a combina-
tion of public and private entities, that is eligible to 
directly receive grant amounts under such subtitle. 
‘‘(7) FAMILIES
WITH
CHILDREN
AND
YOUTH 
DEFINED
AS
HOMELESS
UNDER
OTHER
FEDERAL 
STATUTES.—The term ‘families with children and 
youth defined as homeless under other Federal stat-
utes’ means any children or youth that are defined 
as ‘homeless’ under any Federal statute other than 
this subtitle, but are not defined as homeless under 
section 103, and shall also include the parent, par-
ents, or guardian of such children or youth under 
subtitle B of title VII this Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(8) GEOGRAPHIC
AREA.—The term ‘geo-
graphic area’ means a State, metropolitan city, 
urban county, town, village, or other nonentitlement 
area, or a combination or consortia of such, in the 
United States, as described in section 106 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5306). 
‘‘(9) HOMELESS
INDIVIDUAL
WITH
A
DIS-
ABILITY.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘homeless 
individual with a disability’ means an individual 
who is homeless, as defined in section 103, and 
has a disability that— 
‘‘(i)(I) is expected to be long-con-
tinuing or of indefinite duration; 
‘‘(II) substantially impedes the indi-
vidual’s ability to live independently; 
‘‘(III) could be improved by the provi-
sion of more suitable housing conditions; 
and 
‘‘(IV) is a physical, mental, or emo-
tional impairment, including an impair-
ment caused by alcohol or drug abuse, post 
traumatic stress disorder, or brain injury; 
‘‘(ii) is a developmental disability, as 
defined in section 102 of the Develop-
mental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 15002); or 
‘‘(iii) is the disease of acquired im-
munodeficiency syndrome or any condition 
arising from the etiologic agency for ac-
quired immunodeficiency syndrome. 
‘‘(B) RULE.—Nothing in clause (iii) of 
subparagraph (A) shall be construed to limit 
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eligibility under clause (i) or (ii) of subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(10) LEGAL ENTITY.—The term ‘legal entity’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) 
an 
entity 
described 
in 
section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)) and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a) of such Code; 
‘‘(B) an instrumentality of State or local 
government; or 
‘‘(C) a consortium of instrumentalities of 
State or local governments that has constituted 
itself as an entity. 
‘‘(11) METROPOLITAN
CITY; URBAN
COUNTY; 
NONENTITLEMENT AREA.—The terms ‘metropolitan 
city’, ‘urban county’, and ‘nonentitlement area’ have 
the meanings given such terms in section 102(a) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)). 
‘‘(12) NEW.—The term ‘new’ means, with re-
spect to housing, that no assistance has been pro-
vided under this title for the housing. 
‘‘(13) OPERATING COSTS.—The term ‘operating 
costs’ means expenses incurred by a project sponsor 
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operating transitional housing or permanent housing 
under this title with respect to— 
‘‘(A) the administration, maintenance, re-
pair, and security of such housing; 
‘‘(B) utilities, fuel, furnishings, and equip-
ment for such housing; or 
‘‘(C) coordination of services as needed to 
ensure long-term housing stability. 
‘‘(14) OUTPATIENT
HEALTH
SERVICES.—The 
term ‘outpatient health services’ means outpatient 
health care services, mental health services, and out-
patient substance abuse services. 
‘‘(15) PERMANENT HOUSING.—The term ‘per-
manent housing’ means community-based housing 
without a designated length of stay, and includes 
both permanent supportive housing and permanent 
housing without supportive services. 
‘‘(16) PERSONALLY
IDENTIFYING
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘personally identifying information’ 
means individually identifying information for or 
about an individual, including information likely to 
disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, 
dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) a first and last name; 
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‘‘(B) a home or other physical address; 
‘‘(C) contact information (including a post-
al, e-mail or Internet protocol address, or tele-
phone or facsimile number); 
‘‘(D) a social security number; and 
‘‘(E) any other information, including date 
of birth, racial or ethnic background, or reli-
gious affiliation, that, in combination with any 
other non-personally identifying information, 
would serve to identify any individual. 
‘‘(17) PRIVATE
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘private nonprofit organization’ means an 
organization— 
‘‘(A) no part of the net earnings of which 
inures to the benefit of any member, founder, 
contributor, or individual; 
‘‘(B) that has a voluntary board; 
‘‘(C) that has an accounting system, or has 
designated a fiscal agent in accordance with re-
quirements established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(D) that practices nondiscrimination in 
the provision of assistance. 
‘‘(18) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means, 
with respect to activities carried out under subtitle 
C, eligible activities described in section 423(a), un-
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dertaken pursuant to a specific endeavor, such as 
serving a particular population or providing a par-
ticular resource. 
‘‘(19) PROJECT-BASED.—The term ‘project- 
based’ means, with respect to rental assistance, that 
the assistance is provided pursuant to a contract 
that— 
‘‘(A) is between— 
‘‘(i) the recipient or a project sponsor; 
and 
‘‘(ii) an owner of a structure that ex-
ists as of the date the contract is entered 
into; and 
‘‘(B) provides that rental assistance pay-
ments shall be made to the owner and that the 
units in the structure shall be occupied by eligi-
ble persons for not less than the term of the 
contract. 
‘‘(20) PROJECT SPONSOR.—The term ‘project 
sponsor’ means, with respect to proposed eligible ac-
tivities, the organization directly responsible for car-
rying out the proposed eligible activities. 
‘‘(21) RECIPIENT.—Except as used in subtitle 
B, the term ‘recipient’ means an eligible entity 
who— 
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‘‘(A) submits an application for a grant 
under section 422 that is approved by the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(B) receives the grant directly from the 
Secretary to support approved projects de-
scribed in the application; and 
‘‘(C)(i) serves as a project sponsor for the 
projects; or 
‘‘(ii) awards the funds to project sponsors 
to carry out the projects. 
‘‘(22) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment. 
‘‘(23) SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.—The term 
‘serious mental illness’ means a severe and per-
sistent mental illness or emotional impairment that 
seriously limits a person’s ability to live independ-
ently. 
‘‘(24) SOLO APPLICANT.—The term ‘solo appli-
cant’ means an entity that is an eligible entity, di-
rectly submits an application for a grant under sub-
title C to the Secretary, and, if awarded such grant, 
receives such grant directly from the Secretary. 
‘‘(25) SPONSOR-BASED.—The term ‘sponsor- 
based’ means, with respect to rental assistance, that 
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the assistance is provided pursuant to a contract 
that— 
‘‘(A) is between— 
‘‘(i) the recipient or a project sponsor; 
and 
‘‘(ii) an independent entity that— 
‘‘(I) is a private organization; 
and 
‘‘(II) owns or leases dwelling 
units; and 
‘‘(B) provides that rental assistance pay-
ments shall be made to the independent entity 
and that eligible persons shall occupy such as-
sisted units. 
‘‘(26) STATE.—Except as used in subtitle B, 
the term ‘State’ means each of the several States, 
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of 
the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or pos-
session of the United States. 
‘‘(27) SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.—The term ‘sup-
portive services’ means services that address the spe-
cial needs of people served by a project, including— 
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‘‘(A) the establishment and operation of a 
child care services program for families experi-
encing homelessness; 
‘‘(B) the establishment and operation of an 
employment assistance program, including pro-
viding job training; 
‘‘(C) the provision of outpatient health 
services, food, and case management; 
‘‘(D) the provision of assistance in obtain-
ing permanent housing, employment counseling, 
and nutritional counseling; 
‘‘(E) the provision of outreach services, ad-
vocacy, life skills training, and housing search 
and counseling services; 
‘‘(F) the provision of mental health serv-
ices, trauma counseling, and victim services; 
‘‘(G) the provision of assistance in obtain-
ing other Federal, State, and local assistance 
available for residents of supportive housing 
(including mental health benefits, employment 
counseling, and medical assistance, but not in-
cluding major medical equipment); 
‘‘(H) the provision of legal services for 
purposes including requesting reconsiderations 
and appeals of veterans and public benefit claim 
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denials and resolving outstanding warrants that 
interfere with an individual’s ability to obtain 
and retain housing; 
‘‘(I) the provision of— 
‘‘(i) transportation services that facili-
tate an individual’s ability to obtain and 
maintain employment; and 
‘‘(ii) health care; and 
‘‘(J) other supportive services necessary to 
obtain and maintain housing. 
‘‘(28) 
TENANT-BASED.—The 
term 
‘tenant- 
based’ means, with respect to rental assistance, as-
sistance that— 
‘‘(A) allows an eligible person to select a 
housing unit in which such person will live 
using rental assistance provided under subtitle 
C, except that if necessary to assure that the 
provision of supportive services to a person par-
ticipating in a program is feasible, a recipient 
or project sponsor may require that the person 
live— 
‘‘(i) in a particular structure or unit 
for not more than the first year of the par-
ticipation; 
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‘‘(ii) within a particular geographic 
area for the full period of the participation, 
or the period remaining after the period 
referred to in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(B) provides that a person may receive 
such assistance and move to another structure, 
unit, or geographic area if the person has com-
plied with all other obligations of the program 
and has moved out of the assisted dwelling unit 
in order to protect the health or safety of an in-
dividual who is or has been the victim of domes-
tic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or 
stalking, and who reasonably believed he or she 
was imminently threatened by harm from fur-
ther violence if he or she remained in the as-
sisted dwelling unit. 
‘‘(29) TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING.—The term 
‘transitional housing’ means housing the purpose of 
which is to facilitate the movement of individuals 
and families experiencing homelessness to permanent 
housing within 24 months or such longer period as 
the Secretary determines necessary. 
‘‘(30) UNIFIED FUNDING AGENCY.—The term 
‘unified funding agency’ means a collaborative appli-
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cant that performs the duties described in section 
402(g). 
‘‘(31) 
UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS.—The 
term ‘underserved populations’ includes populations 
underserved because of geographic location, under-
served racial and ethnic populations, populations un-
derserved because of special needs (such as language 
barriers, disabilities, alienage status, or age), and 
any other population determined to be underserved 
by the Secretary, as appropriate. 
‘‘(32) VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term 
‘victim service provider’ means a private nonprofit 
organization whose primary mission is to provide 
services to victims of domestic violence, dating vio-
lence, sexual assault, or stalking. Such term includes 
rape crisis centers, battered women’s shelters, do-
mestic violence transitional housing programs, and 
other programs. 
‘‘(33) VICTIM
SERVICES.—The term ‘victim 
services’ means services that assist domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking vic-
tims, including services offered by rape crisis centers 
and domestic violence shelters, and other organiza-
tions, with a documented history of effective work 
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concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, or stalking.’’. 
SEC. 102. COMMUNITY HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PLANNING 
BOARDS. 
Subtitle A of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 401 (as added by section 101(3) 
of this Act) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 402. COLLABORATIVE APPLICANTS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND DESIGNATION.—A col-
laborative applicant shall be established for a geographic 
area by the relevant parties in that geographic area to— 
‘‘(1) submit an application for amounts under 
this subtitle; and 
‘‘(2) perform the duties specified in subsection 
(f) and, if applicable, subsection (g). 
‘‘(b) NO REQUIREMENT TO BE A LEGAL ENTITY.— 
An entity may be established to serve as a collaborative 
applicant under this section without being a legal entity. 
‘‘(c) REMEDIAL ACTION.—If the Secretary finds that 
a collaborative applicant for a geographic area does not 
meet the requirements of this section, or if there is no 
collaborative applicant for a geographic area, the Sec-
retary may take remedial action to ensure fair distribution 
of grant amounts under subtitle C to eligible entities with-
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in that area. Such measures may include designating an-
other body as a collaborative applicant, or permitting 
other eligible entities to apply directly for grants. 
‘‘(d) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to displace conflict of interest or government 
fair practices laws, or their equivalent, that govern appli-
cants for grant amounts under subtitles B and C. 
‘‘(e) APPOINTMENT OF AGENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), a 
collaborative applicant may designate an agent to— 
‘‘(A) apply for a grant under section 
422(c); 
‘‘(B) receive and distribute grant funds 
awarded under subtitle C; and 
‘‘(C) perform other administrative duties. 
‘‘(2) RETENTION
OF
DUTIES.—Any collabo-
rative applicant that designates an agent pursuant 
to paragraph (1) shall regardless of such designation 
retain all of its duties and responsibilities under this 
title. 
‘‘(f) DUTIES.—A collaborative applicant shall— 
‘‘(1) design a collaborative process for the de-
velopment of an application under subtitle C, and 
for evaluating the outcomes of projects for which 
funds are awarded under subtitle B, in such a man-
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ner as to provide information necessary for the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(A) to determine compliance with— 
‘‘(i) the program requirements under 
section 426; and 
‘‘(ii) the selection criteria described 
under section 427; and 
‘‘(B) to establish priorities for funding 
projects in the geographic area involved; 
‘‘(2) participate in the Consolidated Plan for 
the geographic area served by the collaborative ap-
plicant; and 
‘‘(3) ensure operation of, and consistent partici-
pation by, project sponsors in a community-wide 
homeless management information system (in this 
subsection referred to as ‘HMIS’) that— 
‘‘(A) collects unduplicated counts of indi-
viduals and families experiencing homelessness; 
‘‘(B) analyzes patterns of use of assistance 
provided under subtitles B and C for the geo-
graphic area involved; 
‘‘(C) provides information to project spon-
sors and applicants for needs analyses and 
funding priorities; and 
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‘‘(D) is developed in accordance with 
standards established by the Secretary, includ-
ing standards that provide for— 
‘‘(i) encryption of data collected for 
purposes of HMIS; 
‘‘(ii) documentation, including keeping 
an accurate accounting, proper usage, and 
disclosure, of HMIS data; 
‘‘(iii) access to HMIS data by staff, 
contractors, law enforcement, and aca-
demic researchers; 
‘‘(iv) rights of persons receiving serv-
ices under this title; 
‘‘(v) criminal and civil penalties for 
unlawful disclosure of data; and 
‘‘(vi) such other standards as may be 
determined necessary by the Secretary. 
‘‘(g) UNIFIED FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the duties 
described in subsection (f), a collaborative applicant 
shall receive from the Secretary and distribute to 
other project sponsors in the applicable geographic 
area funds for projects to be carried out by such 
other project sponsors, if— 
‘‘(A) the collaborative applicant— 
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‘‘(i) applies to undertake such collec-
tion and distribution responsibilities in an 
application submitted under this subtitle; 
and 
‘‘(ii) is selected to perform such re-
sponsibilities by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(B) the Secretary designates the collabo-
rative applicant as the unified funding agency 
in the geographic area, after— 
‘‘(i) a finding by the Secretary that 
the applicant— 
‘‘(I) has the capacity to perform 
such responsibilities; and 
‘‘(II) would serve the purposes of 
this Act as they apply to the geo-
graphic area; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary provides the col-
laborative applicant with the technical as-
sistance necessary to perform such respon-
sibilities as such assistance is agreed to by 
the collaborative applicant. 
‘‘(2) REQUIRED ACTIONS BY A UNIFIED FUND-
ING AGENCY.—A collaborative applicant that is ei-
ther selected or designated as a unified funding 
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agency for a geographic area under paragraph (1) 
shall— 
‘‘(A) require each project sponsor who is 
funded by a grant received under subtitle C to 
establish such fiscal control and fund account-
ing procedures as may be necessary to assure 
the proper disbursal of, and accounting for, 
Federal funds awarded to the project sponsor 
under subtitle C in order to ensure that all fi-
nancial transactions carried out under subtitle 
C are conducted, and records maintained, in ac-
cordance with generally accepted accounting 
principles; and 
‘‘(B) arrange for an annual survey, audit, 
or evaluation of the financial records of each 
project carried out by a project sponsor funded 
by a grant received under subtitle C. 
‘‘(h) CONFLICT OF INTEREST.—No board member of 
a collaborative applicant may participate in decisions of 
the collaborative applicant concerning the award of a 
grant, or provision of other financial benefits, to such 
member or the organization that such member rep-
resents.’’. 
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SEC. 103. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
Subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 403 (as so redesignated by section 101(2) 
of this Act) the following new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 404. PREVENTING INVOLUNTARY FAMILY SEPARA-
TION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—After the expiration of the 2- 
year period that begins upon the date of the enactment 
of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transi-
tion to Housing Act of 2009, and except as provided in 
subsection (b), any project sponsor receiving funds under 
this title to provide emergency shelter, transitional hous-
ing, or permanent housing to families with children under 
age 18 shall not deny admission to any family based on 
the age of any child under age 18. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding the requirement 
under subsection (a), project sponsors of transitional 
housing receiving funds under this title may target transi-
tional housing resources to families with children of a spe-
cific age only if the project sponsor— 
‘‘(1) operates a transitional housing program 
that has a primary purpose of implementing an evi-
dence-based practice that requires that housing units 
be targeted to families with children in a specific age 
group; and 
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‘‘(2) provides such assurances, as the Secretary 
shall require, that an equivalent appropriate alter-
native living arrangement for the whole family or 
household unit has been secured. 
‘‘SEC. 405. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make avail-
able technical assistance to private nonprofit organizations 
and other nongovernmental entities, States, metropolitan 
cities, urban counties, and counties that are not urban 
counties, to implement effective planning processes for 
preventing and ending homelessness, to improve their ca-
pacity to prepare collaborative applications, to prevent the 
separation of families in emergency shelter or other hous-
ing programs, and to adopt and provide best practices in 
housing and services for persons experiencing homeless. 
‘‘(b) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve not 
more than 1 percent of the funds made available for any 
fiscal year for carrying out subtitles B and C, to provide 
technical assistance under subsection (a).’’. 
SEC. 104. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING IN-
FORMATION BY VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
Subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.), as amended by the 
preceding provisions of this title, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 407. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING IN-
FORMATION BY VICTIM SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
‘‘In the course of awarding grants or implementing 
programs under this title, the Secretary shall instruct any 
victim service provider that is a recipient or subgrantee 
not to disclose for purposes of the Homeless Management 
Information System any personally identifying informa-
tion about any client. The Secretary may, after public no-
tice and comment, require or ask such recipients and sub-
grantees to disclose for purposes of the Homeless Manage-
ment Information System non-personally identifying infor-
mation that has been de-identified, encrypted, or otherwise 
encoded. Nothing in this section shall be construed to su-
persede any provision of any Federal, State, or local law 
that provides greater protection than this subsection for 
victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, or stalking.’’. 
SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.), as amended by the 
preceding provisions of this title, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title $2,200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such 
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2011.’’. 
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TITLE II—EMERGENCY 
SOLUTIONS GRANTS PROGRAM 
SEC. 201. GRANT ASSISTANCE. 
Subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the subtitle heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Subtitle B—Emergency Solutions 
Grants Program’’; 
(2) by striking section 417 (42 U.S.C. 11377); 
(3) by redesignating sections 413 through 416 
(42 U.S.C. 11373–6) as sections 414 through 417, 
respectively; and 
(4) by striking section 412 (42 U.S.C. 11372) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 412. GRANT ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘The Secretary shall make grants to States and local 
governments (and to private nonprofit organizations pro-
viding assistance to persons experiencing homelessness or 
at risk of homelessness, in the case of grants made with 
reallocated amounts) for the purpose of carrying out ac-
tivities described in section 415. 
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‘‘SEC. 413. AMOUNT AND ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount made available 
to carry out this subtitle and subtitle C for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall allocate nationally 20 percent of such 
amount for activities described in section 415. The Sec-
retary shall be required to certify that such allocation will 
not adversely affect the renewal of existing projects under 
this subtitle and subtitle C for those individuals or families 
who are homeless. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—An entity that receives a grant 
under section 412, and serves an area that includes 1 or 
more geographic areas (or portions of such areas) served 
by collaborative applicants that submit applications under 
subtitle C, shall allocate the funds made available through 
the grant to carry out activities described in section 415, 
in consultation with the collaborative applicants.’’; and 
(5) in section 414(b) (42 U.S.C. 11373(b)), as 
so redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section, by 
striking ‘‘amounts appropriated’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘for any’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts appro-
priated under section 408 and made available to 
carry out this subtitle for any’’. 
SEC. 202. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is 
amended by striking section 415 (42 U.S.C. 11374), as 
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so redesignated by section 201(3) of this Act, and insert-
ing the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 415. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Assistance provided under sec-
tion 412 may be used for the following activities: 
‘‘(1) The renovation, major rehabilitation, or 
conversion of buildings to be used as emergency 
shelters. 
‘‘(2) The provision of essential services related 
to emergency shelter or street outreach, including 
services concerned with employment, health, edu-
cation, family support services for homeless youth, 
substance abuse services, victim services, or mental 
health services, if— 
‘‘(A) such essential services have not been 
provided by the local government during any 
part of the immediately preceding 12-month pe-
riod or the Secretary determines that the local 
government is in a severe financial deficit; or 
‘‘(B) the use of assistance under this sub-
title would complement the provision of those 
essential services. 
‘‘(3) Maintenance, operation, insurance, provi-
sion of utilities, and provision of furnishings related 
to emergency shelter. 
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‘‘(4) Provision of rental assistance to provide 
short-term or medium-term housing to homeless in-
dividuals or families or individuals or families at risk 
of homelessness. Such rental assistance may include 
tenant-based or project-based rental assistance. 
‘‘(5) Housing relocation or stabilization services 
for homeless individuals or families or individuals or 
families at risk of homelessness, including housing 
search, mediation or outreach to property owners, 
legal services, credit repair, providing security or 
utility deposits, utility payments, rental assistance 
for a final month at a location, assistance with mov-
ing costs, or other activities that are effective at— 
‘‘(A) stabilizing individuals and families in 
their current housing; or 
‘‘(B) quickly moving such individuals and 
families to other permanent housing. 
‘‘(b) MAXIMUM
ALLOCATION
FOR
EMERGENCY 
SHELTER ACTIVITIES.—A grantee of assistance provided 
under section 412 for any fiscal year may not use an 
amount of such assistance for activities described in para-
graphs (1) through (3) of subsection (a) that exceeds the 
greater of— 
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‘‘(1) 60 percent of the aggregate amount of 
such assistance provided for the grantee for such fis-
cal year; or 
‘‘(2) the amount expended by such grantee for 
such activities during fiscal year most recently com-
pleted before the effective date under section 503 of 
the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid 
Transition to Housing Act of 2009.’’. 
SEC. 203. PARTICIPATION IN HOMELESS MANAGEMENT IN-
FORMATION SYSTEM. 
Section 416 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11375), as so redesignated by section 
201(3) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) PARTICIPATION IN HMIS.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that recipients of funds under this subtitle ensure 
the consistent participation by emergency shelters and 
homelessness prevention and rehousing programs in any 
applicable community-wide homeless management infor-
mation system.’’. 
SEC. 204. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION. 
Section 418 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11378) is amended by striking ‘‘5 
percent’’ and inserting ‘‘7.5 percent’’. 
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SEC. 205. GAO STUDY OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. 
Not later than the expiration of the 12-month period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a study to examine the appropriate 
administrative costs for administering the program 
authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11371 et seq.); and 
(2) submit to Congress a report on the findings 
of the study required under paragraph (1). 
TITLE III—CONTINUUM OF CARE 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 301. CONTINUUM OF CARE. 
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is 
amended— 
(1) by striking the subtitle heading for subtitle 
C of title IV (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘Subtitle C—Continuum of Care 
Program’’; 
and 
(2) by striking sections 421 and 422 (42 U.S.C. 
11381 and 11382) and inserting the following new 
sections: 
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‘‘SEC. 421. PURPOSES. 
‘‘The purposes of this subtitle are— 
‘‘(1) to promote community-wide commitment 
to the goal of ending homelessness; 
‘‘(2) to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit 
providers and State and local governments to quickly 
rehouse homeless individuals and families while 
minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to in-
dividuals, families, and communities by homeless-
ness; 
‘‘(3) to promote access to, and effective utiliza-
tion of, mainstream programs described in section 
203(a)(7) and programs funded with State or local 
resources; and 
‘‘(4) to optimize self-sufficiency among individ-
uals and families experiencing homelessness. 
‘‘SEC. 422. CONTINUUM OF CARE APPLICATIONS AND 
GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall award grants, 
on a competitive basis, and using the selection criteria de-
scribed in section 427, to carry out eligible activities under 
this subtitle for projects that meet the program require-
ments under section 426, either by directly awarding 
funds to project sponsors or by awarding funds to unified 
funding agencies. 
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‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY.— 
The Secretary shall release a notification of funding avail-
ability for grants awarded under this subtitle for a fiscal 
year not later than 3 months after the date of the enact-
ment of the appropriate Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development for such 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) SUBMISSION TO THE SECRETARY.—To be 
eligible to receive a grant under subsection (a), a 
project sponsor or unified funding agency in a geo-
graphic area shall submit an application to the Sec-
retary at such time and in such manner as the Sec-
retary may require, and containing such information 
as the Secretary determines necessary— 
‘‘(A) to determine compliance with the pro-
gram requirements and selection criteria under 
this subtitle; and 
‘‘(B) to establish priorities for funding 
projects in the geographic area. 
‘‘(2) ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall an-
nounce, within 5 months after the last date for 
the submission of applications described in this 
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subsection for a fiscal year, the grants condi-
tionally awarded under subsection (a) for that 
fiscal year. 
‘‘(B) TRANSITION.—For a period of up to 
2 years beginning after the effective date under 
section 503 of the Homeless Emergency Assist-
ance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 
2009, the Secretary shall announce, within 6 
months after the last date for the submission of 
applications described in this subsection for a 
fiscal year, the grants conditionally awarded 
under subsection (a) for that fiscal year. 
‘‘(d) OBLIGATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND UTILIZATION 
OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENTS FOR OBLIGATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 9 
months after the announcement referred to in 
subsection (c)(2), each recipient or project 
sponsor shall meet all requirements for the obli-
gation of those funds, including site control, 
matching funds, and environmental review re-
quirements, except as provided in subpara-
graphs (B) and (C). 
‘‘(B) ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION, OR 
CONSTRUCTION.—Not later than 24 months 
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after the announcement referred to in sub-
section (c)(2), each recipient or project sponsor 
seeking the obligation of funds for acquisition 
of housing, rehabilitation of housing, or con-
struction of new housing for a grant announced 
under subsection (c)(2) shall meet all require-
ments for the obligation of those funds, includ-
ing site control, matching funds, and environ-
mental review requirements. 
‘‘(C) EXTENSIONS.—At the discretion of 
the Secretary, and in compelling circumstances, 
the Secretary may extend the date by which a 
recipient or project sponsor shall meet the re-
quirements described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) if the Secretary determines that compliance 
with the requirements was delayed due to fac-
tors beyond the reasonable control of the recipi-
ent or project sponsor. Such factors may in-
clude difficulties in obtaining site control for a 
proposed project, completing the process of ob-
taining secure financing for the project, obtain-
ing approvals from State or local governments, 
or completing the technical submission require-
ments for the project. 
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‘‘(2) OBLIGATION.—Not later than 45 days 
after a recipient or project sponsor meets the re-
quirements described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall obligate the funds for the grant involved. 
‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION.—A recipient that receives 
funds through such a grant— 
‘‘(A) shall distribute the funds to project 
sponsors (in advance of expenditures by the 
project sponsors); and 
‘‘(B) shall distribute the appropriate por-
tion of the funds to a project sponsor not later 
than 45 days after receiving a request for such 
distribution from the project sponsor. 
‘‘(4) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may establish a date by which funds made available 
through a grant announced under subsection (c)(2) 
for a homeless assistance project shall be entirely ex-
pended by the recipient or project sponsors involved. 
The date established under this paragraph shall not 
occur before the expiration of the 24-month period 
beginning on the date that funds are obligated for 
activities described under paragraphs (1) or (2) of 
section 423(a). The Secretary shall recapture the 
funds not expended by such date. The Secretary 
shall reallocate the funds for another homeless as-
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sistance and prevention project that meets the re-
quirements of this subtitle to be carried out, if pos-
sible and appropriate, in the same geographic area 
as the area served through the original grant. 
‘‘(e) RENEWAL FUNDING FOR UNSUCCESSFUL AP-
PLICANTS.—The Secretary may renew funding for a spe-
cific project previously funded under this subtitle that the 
Secretary determines meets the purposes of this subtitle, 
and was included as part of a total application that met 
the criteria of subsection (c), even if the application was 
not selected to receive grant assistance. The Secretary 
may renew the funding for a period of not more than 1 
year, and under such conditions as the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(f) CONSIDERATIONS IN DETERMINING RENEWAL 
FUNDING.—When providing renewal funding for leasing, 
operating costs, or rental assistance for permanent hous-
ing, the Secretary shall make adjustments proportional to 
increases in the fair market rents in the geographic area. 
‘‘(g) MORE THAN 1 APPLICATION
FOR
A GEO-
GRAPHIC AREA.—If more than 1 collaborative applicant 
applies for funds for a geographic area, the Secretary shall 
award funds to the collaborative applicant with the highest 
score based on the selection criteria set forth in section 
427. 
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‘‘(h) APPEALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a timely appeal procedure for grant amounts 
awarded or denied under this subtitle pursuant to a 
collaborative application or solo application for fund-
ing. 
‘‘(2) PROCESS.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the procedure permits appeals submitted by en-
tities carrying out homeless housing and services 
projects (including emergency shelters and homeless-
ness prevention programs), and all other applicants 
under this subtitle. 
‘‘(i) SOLO APPLICANTS.—A solo applicant may sub-
mit an application to the Secretary for a grant under sub-
section (a) and be awarded such grant on the same basis 
as such grants are awarded to other applicants based on 
the criteria described in section 427, but only if the Sec-
retary determines that the solo applicant has attempted 
to participate in the continuum of care process but was 
not permitted to participate in a reasonable manner. The 
Secretary may award such grants directly to such appli-
cants in a manner determined to be appropriate by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(j) FLEXIBILITY TO SERVE PERSONS DEFINED AS 
HOMELESS UNDER OTHER FEDERAL LAWS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A collaborative applicant 
may use not more than 10 percent of funds awarded 
under this subtitle (continuum of care funding) for 
any of the types of eligible activities specified in 
paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 423(a) to 
serve families with children and youth defined as 
homeless under other Federal statutes, or homeless 
families with children and youth defined as homeless 
under section 103(a)(6), but only if the applicant 
demonstrates that the use of such funds is of an 
equal or greater priority or is equally or more cost 
effective in meeting the overall goals and objectives 
of the plan submitted under section 427(b)(1)(B), 
especially with respect to children and unaccom-
panied youth. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—The 10 percent limitation 
under paragraph (1) shall not apply to collaborative 
applicants in which the rate of homelessness, as cal-
culated in the most recent point in time count, is 
less than one-tenth of 1 percent of total population. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN POPULATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 103(a) and subject to subparagraph (B), 
funds awarded under this subtitle may be used 
for eligible activities to serve unaccompanied 
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youth and homeless families and children de-
fined as homeless under section 103(a)(6) only 
pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection 
and such families and children shall not other-
wise be considered as homeless for purposes of 
this subtitle. 
‘‘(B) AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.—Sub-
paragraph (A) may not be construed to prevent 
any unaccompanied youth and homeless families 
and children defined as homeless under section 
103(a)(6) from qualifying for, and being treat-
ed for purposes of this subtitle as, at risk of 
homelessness 
or 
from 
eligibility 
for 
any 
projects, activities, or services carried out using 
amounts provided under this subtitle for which 
individuals or families that are at risk of home-
lessness are eligible.’’. 
SEC. 302. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is 
amended by striking section 423 (42 U.S.C. 11383) and 
inserting the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 423. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grants awarded under section 
422 to qualified applicants shall be used to carry out 
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projects that serve homeless individuals or families that 
consist of one or more of the following eligible activities: 
‘‘(1) Construction of new housing units to pro-
vide transitional or permanent housing. 
‘‘(2) Acquisition or rehabilitation of a structure 
to provide transitional or permanent housing, other 
than emergency shelter, or to provide supportive 
services. 
‘‘(3) Leasing of property, or portions of prop-
erty, not owned by the recipient or project sponsor 
involved, for use in providing transitional or perma-
nent housing, or providing supportive services. 
‘‘(4) Provision of rental assistance to provide 
transitional or permanent housing to eligible per-
sons. The rental assistance may include tenant- 
based, project-based, or sponsor-based rental assist-
ance. Project-based rental assistance, sponsor-based 
rental assistance, and operating cost assistance con-
tracts carried out by project sponsors receiving 
grants under this section may, at the discretion of 
the applicant and the project sponsor, have an initial 
term of 15 years, with assistance for the first 5 
years paid with funds authorized for appropriation 
under this Act, and assistance for the remainder of 
the term treated as a renewal of an expiring con-
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tract as provided in section 429. Project-based rent-
al assistance may include rental assistance to pre-
serve existing permanent supportive housing for 
homeless individuals and families. 
‘‘(5) Payment of operating costs for housing 
units assisted under this subtitle or for the preserva-
tion of housing that will serve homeless individuals 
and families and for which another form of assist-
ance is expiring or otherwise no longer available. 
‘‘(6) Supportive services for individuals and 
families who are currently homeless, who have been 
homeless in the prior six months but are currently 
residing in permanent housing, or who were pre-
viously homeless and are currently residing in per-
manent supportive housing. 
‘‘(7) Provision of rehousing services, including 
housing search, mediation or outreach to property 
owners, credit repair, providing security or utility 
deposits, rental assistance for a final month at a lo-
cation, assistance with moving costs, or other activi-
ties that— 
‘‘(A) are effective at moving homeless indi-
viduals and families immediately into housing; 
or 
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geographic area under this subtitle for such costs, in 
addition to funds used under paragraph (10). 
‘‘(12) Payment of administrative costs to 
project sponsors, for which each project sponsor may 
use not more than 10 percent of the total funds 
made available to that project sponsor through this 
subtitle for such costs. 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM GRANT TERMS.—The Secretary may 
impose minimum grant terms of up to 5 years for new 
projects providing permanent housing. 
‘‘(c) USE RESTRICTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION, AND NEW 
CONSTRUCTION.—A project that consists of activities 
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) 
shall be operated for the purpose specified in the ap-
plication submitted for the project under section 422 
for not less than 15 years. 
‘‘(2) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—A project that con-
sists of activities described in any of paragraphs (3) 
through (12) of subsection (a) shall be operated for 
the purpose specified in the application submitted 
for the project under section 422 for the duration of 
the grant period involved. 
‘‘(3) CONVERSION.—If the recipient or project 
sponsor carrying out a project that provides transi-
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tional or permanent housing submits a request to 
the Secretary to carry out instead a project for the 
direct benefit of low-income persons, and the Sec-
retary determines that the initial project is no longer 
needed to provide transitional or permanent housing, 
the Secretary may approve the project described in 
the request and authorize the recipient or project 
sponsor to carry out that project. 
‘‘(d) REPAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION 
OF UNDUE BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(1) REPAYMENT.—If a recipient or project 
sponsor receives assistance under section 422 to 
carry out a project that consists of activities de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) and 
the project ceases to provide transitional or perma-
nent housing— 
‘‘(A) earlier than 10 years after operation 
of the project begins, the Secretary shall re-
quire the recipient or project sponsor to repay 
100 percent of the assistance; or 
‘‘(B) not earlier than 10 years, but earlier 
than 15 years, after operation of the project be-
gins, the Secretary shall require the recipient or 
project sponsor to repay 20 percent of the as-
sistance for each of the years in the 15-year pe-
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riod for which the project fails to provide that 
housing. 
‘‘(2) PREVENTION OF UNDUE BENEFITS.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (3), if any property 
is used for a project that receives assistance under 
subsection (a) and consists of activities described in 
paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), and the sale 
or other disposition of the property occurs before the 
expiration of the 15-year period beginning on the 
date that operation of the project begins, the recipi-
ent or project sponsor who received the assistance 
shall comply with such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary may prescribe to prevent the recipient or 
project sponsor from unduly benefitting from such 
sale or disposition. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—A recipient or project spon-
sor shall not be required to make the repayments, 
and comply with the terms and conditions, required 
under paragraph (1) or (2) if— 
‘‘(A) the sale or disposition of the property 
used for the project results in the use of the 
property for the direct benefit of very low-in-
come persons; 
‘‘(B) all of the proceeds of the sale or dis-
position are used to provide transitional or per-
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manent housing meeting the requirements of 
this subtitle; 
‘‘(C) project-based rental assistance or op-
erating cost assistance from any Federal pro-
gram or an equivalent State or local program is 
no longer made available and the project is 
meeting applicable performance standards, pro-
vided that the portion of the project that had 
benefitted from such assistance continues to 
meet the tenant income and rent restrictions for 
low-income units under section 42(g) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986; or 
‘‘(D) there are no individuals and families 
in the geographic area who are homeless, in 
which case the project may serve individuals 
and families at risk of homelessness. 
‘‘(e) STAFF TRAINING.—The Secretary may allow 
reasonable costs associated with staff training to be in-
cluded as part of the activities described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY FOR PERMANENT HOUSING.—Any 
project that receives assistance under subsection (a) and 
that provides project-based or sponsor-based permanent 
housing for homeless individuals or families with a dis-
ability, including projects that meet the requirements of 
subsection (a) and subsection (d)(2)(A) of section 428 
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may also serve individuals who had previously met the re-
quirements for such project prior to moving into a dif-
ferent permanent housing project. 
‘‘(g) ADMINISTRATION OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE.— 
Provision of permanent housing rental assistance shall be 
administered by a State, unit of general local government, 
or public housing agency.’’. 
SEC. 303. HIGH PERFORMING COMMUNITIES. 
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is 
amended by striking section 424 (42 U.S.C. 11384) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 424. INCENTIVES FOR HIGH-PERFORMING COMMU-
NITIES. 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION AS A HIGH-PERFORMING COMMU-
NITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall des-
ignate, on an annual basis, which collaborative appli-
cants represent high-performing communities. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION.—In determining whether 
to designate a collaborative applicant as a high-per-
forming community under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall establish criteria to ensure that the re-
quirements described under paragraphs (1)(B) and 
(2)(B) of subsection (d) are measured by comparing 
homeless individuals and families under similar cir-
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cumstances, in order to encourage projects in the ge-
ographic area to serve homeless individuals and fam-
ilies with more severe barriers to housing stability. 
‘‘(3) 2-YEAR PHASE IN.—In each of the first 2 
years after the effective date under section 503 of 
the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid 
Transition to Housing Act of 2009, the Secretary 
shall designate not more than 10 collaborative appli-
cants as high-performing communities. 
‘‘(4) EXCESS OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS.—If, 
during the 2-year period described under paragraph 
(2), more than 10 collaborative applicants could 
qualify to be designated as high-performing commu-
nities, the Secretary shall designate the 10 that 
have, in the discretion of the Secretary, the best per-
formance based on the criteria described under sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(5) TIME LIMIT ON DESIGNATION.—The des-
ignation of any collaborative applicant as a high-per-
forming community under this subsection shall be 
effective only for the year in which such designation 
is made. The Secretary, on an annual basis, may 
renew any such designation. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A collaborative applicant 
seeking designation as a high-performing community 
under subsection (a) shall submit an application to 
the Secretary at such time, and in such manner as 
the Secretary may require. 
‘‘(2) CONTENT OF APPLICATION.—In any appli-
cation submitted under paragraph (1), a collabo-
rative applicant shall include in such application— 
‘‘(A) a report showing how any money re-
ceived under this subtitle in the preceding year 
was expended; and 
‘‘(B) information that such applicant can 
meet the requirements described under sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(3) PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION.—The Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(A) publish any report or information 
submitted in an application under this section 
in the geographic area represented by the col-
laborative applicant; and 
‘‘(B) seek comments from the public as to 
whether the collaborative applicant seeking des-
ignation as a high-performing community meets 
the requirements described under subsection 
(d). 
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‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds awarded under section 
422(a) to a project sponsor who is located in a high-per-
forming community may be used— 
‘‘(1) for any of the eligible activities described 
in section 423; or 
‘‘(2) for any of the eligible activities described 
in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 415(a). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION
OF HIGH-PERFORMING COMMU-
NITY.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘high-per-
forming community’ means a geographic area that dem-
onstrates through reliable data that all five of the fol-
lowing requirements are met for that geographic area: 
‘‘(1) TERM
OF
HOMELESSNESS.—The mean 
length of episodes of homelessness for that geo-
graphic area— 
‘‘(A) is less than 20 days; or 
‘‘(B) for individuals and families in similar 
circumstances in the preceding year was at 
least 10 percent less than in the year before. 
‘‘(2) FAMILIES LEAVING HOMELESSNESS.—Of 
individuals and families— 
‘‘(A) who leave homelessness, fewer than 5 
percent of such individuals and families become 
homeless again at any time within the next 2 
years; or 
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‘‘(B) in similar circumstances who leave 
homelessness, the percentage of such individ-
uals and families who become homeless again 
within the next 2 years has decreased by at 
least 20 percent from the preceding year. 
‘‘(3) COMMUNITY
ACTION.—The communities 
that compose the geographic area have— 
‘‘(A) actively encouraged homeless individ-
uals and families to participate in homeless as-
sistance services available in that geographic 
area; and 
‘‘(B) included each homeless individual or 
family who sought homeless assistance services 
in the data system used by that community for 
determining compliance with this subsection. 
‘‘(4) EFFECTIVENESS
OF
PREVIOUS
ACTIVI-
TIES.—If recipients in the geographic area have 
used funding awarded under section 422(a) for eligi-
ble activities described under section 415(a) in pre-
vious years based on the authority granted under 
subsection (c), that such activities were effective at 
reducing the number of individuals and families who 
became homeless in that community. 
‘‘(5) FLEXIBILITY TO SERVE PERSONS DEFINED 
AS
HOMELESS
UNDER
OTHER
FEDERAL
LAWS.— 
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With respect to collaborative applicants exercising 
the authority under section 422(j) to serve homeless 
families with children and youth defined as homeless 
under other Federal statutes, effectiveness in achiev-
ing the goals and outcomes identified in subsection 
427(b)(1)(F) according to such standards as the 
Secretary shall promulgate. 
‘‘(e) COOPERATION AMONG ENTITIES.—A collabo-
rative applicant designated as a high-performing commu-
nity under this section shall cooperate with the Secretary 
in distributing information about successful efforts within 
the geographic area represented by the collaborative appli-
cant to reduce homelessness.’’. 
SEC. 304. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 426 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11386) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) SITE CONTROL.—The Secretary shall require 
that each application include reasonable assurances that 
the applicant will own or have control of a site for the 
proposed project not later than the expiration of the 12- 
month period beginning upon notification of an award for 
grant assistance, unless the application proposes providing 
supportive housing assistance under section 423(a)(3) or 
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housing that will eventually be owned or controlled by the 
families and individuals served. An applicant may obtain 
ownership or control of a suitable site different from the 
site specified in the application. If any recipient or project 
sponsor fails to obtain ownership or control of the site 
within 12 months after notification of an award for grant 
assistance, the grant shall be recaptured and reallocated 
under this subtitle. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may 
not provide assistance for a proposed project under this 
subtitle unless the collaborative applicant involved 
agrees— 
‘‘(1) to ensure the operation of the project in 
accordance with the provisions of this subtitle; 
‘‘(2) to monitor and report to the Secretary the 
progress of the project; 
‘‘(3) to ensure, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, that individuals and families experiencing 
homelessness are involved, through employment, pro-
vision of volunteer services, or otherwise, in con-
structing, rehabilitating, maintaining, and operating 
facilities for the project and in providing supportive 
services for the project; 
‘‘(4) to require certification from all project 
sponsors that— 
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‘‘(A) they will maintain the confidentiality 
of records pertaining to any individual or family 
provided family violence prevention or treat-
ment services through the project; 
‘‘(B) that the address or location of any 
family violence shelter project assisted under 
this subtitle will not be made public, except 
with written authorization of the person respon-
sible for the operation of such project; 
‘‘(C) they will establish policies and prac-
tices that are consistent with, and do not re-
strict the exercise of rights provided by, subtitle 
B of title VII, and other laws relating to the 
provision of educational and related services to 
individuals and families experiencing homeless-
ness; 
‘‘(D) in the case of programs that provide 
housing or services to families, they will des-
ignate a staff person to be responsible for en-
suring that children being served in the pro-
gram are enrolled in school and connected to 
appropriate services in the community, includ-
ing early childhood programs such as Head 
Start, part C of the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act, and programs authorized 
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under subtitle B of title VII of this Act(42 
U.S.C. 11431 et seq.); and 
‘‘(E) they will provide data and reports as 
required by the Secretary pursuant to the Act; 
‘‘(5) if a collaborative applicant is a unified 
funding agency under section 402(g) and receives 
funds under subtitle C to carry out the payment of 
administrative costs described in section 423(a)(11), 
to establish such fiscal control and fund accounting 
procedures as may be necessary to assure the proper 
disbursal of, and accounting for, such funds in order 
to ensure that all financial transactions carried out 
with such funds are conducted, and records main-
tained, in accordance with generally accepted ac-
counting principles; 
‘‘(6) to monitor and report to the Secretary the 
provision of matching funds as required by section 
430; 
‘‘(7) to take the educational needs of children 
into account when families are placed in emergency 
or transitional shelter and will, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, place families with children as close 
as possible to their school of origin so as not to dis-
rupt such children’s education; and 
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(2) by redesignating sections 427 and 428 (42 
U.S.C. 11387, 11388) as sections 432 and 433, re-
spectively; and 
(3) by inserting after section 426 the following 
new sections: 
‘‘SEC. 427. SELECTION CRITERIA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award funds 
to recipients through a national competition between geo-
graphic areas based on criteria established by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED CRITERIA.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The criteria established 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(A) the previous performance of the re-
cipient regarding homelessness, including per-
formance related to funds provided under sec-
tion 412 (except that recipients applying from 
geographic areas where no funds have been 
awarded under this subtitle, or under subtitles 
C, D, E, or F of title IV of this Act, as in effect 
prior to the date of the enactment of the Home-
less Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transi-
tion to Housing Act of 2009, shall receive full 
credit for performance under this subpara-
graph), measured by criteria that shall be an-
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nounced by the Secretary, that shall take into 
account barriers faced by individual homeless 
people, and that shall include— 
‘‘(i) the length of time individuals and 
families remain homeless; 
‘‘(ii) the extent to which individuals 
and families who leave homelessness expe-
rience additional spells of homelessness; 
‘‘(iii) the thoroughness of grantees in 
the geographic area in reaching homeless 
individuals and families; 
‘‘(iv) overall reduction in the number 
of homeless individuals and families; 
‘‘(v) jobs and income growth for 
homeless individuals and families; 
‘‘(vi) success at reducing the number 
of individuals and families who become 
homeless; 
‘‘(vii) other accomplishments by the 
recipient related to reducing homelessness; 
and 
‘‘(viii) for collaborative applicants that 
have exercised the authority under section 
422(j) to serve families with children and 
youth defined as homeless under other 
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Federal statutes, success in achieving the 
goals and outcomes identified in section 
427(b)(1)(F); 
‘‘(B) the plan of the recipient, which shall 
describe— 
‘‘(i) how the number of individuals 
and families who become homeless will be 
reduced in the community; 
‘‘(ii) how the length of time that indi-
viduals and families remain homeless will 
be reduced; 
‘‘(iii) how the recipient will collaborate 
with local education authorities to assist in 
the identification of individuals and fami-
lies who become or remain homeless and 
are informed of their eligibility for services 
under subtitle B of title VII of this Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.); 
‘‘(iv) the extent to which the recipient 
will— 
‘‘(I) address the needs of all rel-
evant subpopulations; 
‘‘(II) incorporate comprehensive 
strategies for reducing homelessness, 
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including the interventions referred to 
in section 428(d); 
‘‘(III) set quantifiable perform-
ance measures; 
‘‘(IV) set timelines for completion 
of specific tasks; 
‘‘(V) identify specific funding 
sources for planned activities; and 
‘‘(VI) identify an individual or 
body responsible for overseeing imple-
mentation of specific strategies; and 
‘‘(v) whether the recipient proposes to 
exercise authority to use funds under sec-
tion 422(j), and if so, how the recipient 
will achieve the goals and outcomes identi-
fied in section 427(b)(1)(F); 
‘‘(C) the methodology of the recipient used 
to determine the priority for funding local 
projects under section 422(c)(1), including the 
extent to which the priority-setting process— 
‘‘(i) uses periodically collected infor-
mation and analysis to determine the ex-
tent to which each project has resulted in 
rapid return to permanent housing for 
those served by the project, taking into ac-
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count the severity of barriers faced by the 
people the project serves; 
‘‘(ii) considers the full range of opin-
ions from individuals or entities with 
knowledge of homelessness in the geo-
graphic area or an interest in preventing 
or ending homelessness in the geographic 
area; 
‘‘(iii) is based on objective criteria 
that have been publicly announced by the 
recipient; and 
‘‘(iv) is open to proposals from enti-
ties that have not previously received funds 
under this subtitle; 
‘‘(D) the extent to which the amount of as-
sistance to be provided under this subtitle to 
the recipient will be supplemented with re-
sources from other public and private sources, 
including mainstream programs identified by 
the Government Accountability Office in the 
two reports described in section 203(a)(7); 
‘‘(E) demonstrated coordination by the re-
cipient with the other Federal, State, local, pri-
vate, and other entities serving individuals and 
families experiencing homelessness and at risk 
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of homelessness in the planning and operation 
of projects; 
‘‘(F) for collaborative applicants exercising 
the authority under section 422(j) to serve 
homeless families with children and youth de-
fined as homeless under other Federal statutes, 
program goals and outcomes, which shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(i) preventing homelessness among 
the subset of such families with children 
and youth who are at highest risk of be-
coming homeless, as such term is defined 
for purposes of this title; or 
‘‘(ii) achieving independent living in 
permanent housing among such families 
with children and youth, especially those 
who have a history of doubled-up and other 
temporary housing situations or are living 
in a temporary housing situation due to 
lack of available and appropriate emer-
gency shelter, through the provision of eli-
gible assistance that directly contributes to 
achieving such results including assistance 
to address chronic disabilities, chronic 
physical health or mental health condi-
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tions, substance addiction, histories of do-
mestic violence or childhood abuse, or mul-
tiple barriers to employment; and 
‘‘(G) such other factors as the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate to carry out this 
subtitle in an effective and efficient manner. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL
CRITERIA.—In addition to 
the criteria required under paragraph (1), the cri-
teria established under paragraph (1) shall also in-
clude the need within the geographic area for home-
less services, determined as follows and under the 
following conditions: 
‘‘(A) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall inform 
each collaborative applicant, at a time concur-
rent with the release of the notice of funding 
availability for the grants, of the pro rata esti-
mated grant amount under this subtitle for the 
geographic area represented by the collaborative 
applicant. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(i) 
FORMULA.—Such 
estimated 
grant amounts shall be determined by a 
formula, which shall be developed by the 
Secretary, by regulation, not later than the 
expiration of the 2-year period beginning 
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upon the date of the enactment of the 
Homeless 
Emergency 
Assistance 
and 
Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, 
that is based upon factors that are appro-
priate to allocate funds to meet the goals 
and objectives of this subtitle. 
‘‘(ii) 
COMBINATIONS
OR
CON-
SORTIA.—For a collaborative applicant 
that represents a combination or consor-
tium of cities or counties, the estimated 
need amount shall be the sum of the esti-
mated need amounts for the cities or coun-
ties represented by the collaborative appli-
cant. 
‘‘(iii) AUTHORITY
OF
SECRETARY.— 
Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, the Secretary shall increase the esti-
mated need amount for a geographic area 
if necessary to provide 1 year of renewal 
funding for all expiring contracts entered 
into under this subtitle for the geographic 
area. 
‘‘(3) HOMELESSNESS COUNTS.—The Secretary 
shall not require that communities conduct an actual 
count of homeless people other than those described 
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in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 103(a) of 
this Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)). 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may adjust the 
formula described in subsection (b)(2) as necessary— 
‘‘(1) to ensure that each collaborative applicant 
has sufficient funding to renew all qualified projects 
for at least one year; and 
‘‘(2) to ensure that collaborative applicants are 
not discouraged from replacing renewal projects with 
new projects that the collaborative applicant deter-
mines will better be able to meet the purposes of this 
Act. 
‘‘SEC. 428. ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS AND INCENTIVES 
FOR SPECIFIC ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR PERMANENT HOUS-
ING FOR HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH 
DISABILITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts made 
available to carry out this subtitle for a fiscal year, 
a portion equal to not less than 30 percent of the 
sums made available to carry out subtitle B and this 
subtitle, shall be used for permanent housing for 
homeless individuals with disabilities and homeless 
families that include such an individual who is an 
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adult or a minor head of household if no adult is 
present in the household. 
‘‘(2) CALCULATION.—In calculating the portion 
of the amount described in paragraph (1) that is 
used for activities that are described in paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall not count funds made avail-
able to renew contracts for existing projects under 
section 429. 
‘‘(3) ADJUSTMENT.—The 30 percent figure in 
paragraph (1) shall be reduced proportionately based 
on need under section 427(b)(2) in geographic areas 
for which subsection (e) applies in regard to sub-
section (d)(2)(A). 
‘‘(4) SUSPENSION.—The requirement estab-
lished in paragraph (1) shall be suspended for any 
year in which funding available for grants under this 
subtitle after making the allocation established in 
paragraph (1) would not be sufficient to renew for 
1 year all existing grants that would otherwise be 
fully funded under this subtitle. 
‘‘(5) TERMINATION.—The requirement estab-
lished in paragraph (1) shall terminate upon a find-
ing by the Secretary that since the beginning of 
2001 at least 150,000 new units of permanent hous-
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ing for homeless individuals and families with dis-
abilities have been funded under this subtitle. 
‘‘(b) SET-ASIDE
FOR PERMANENT HOUSING
FOR 
HOMELESS
FAMILIES
WITH
CHILDREN.—From the 
amounts made available to carry out this subtitle for a 
fiscal year, a portion equal to not less than 10 percent 
of the sums made available to carry out subtitle B and 
this subtitle for that fiscal year shall be used to provide 
or secure permanent housing for homeless families with 
children. 
‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS FOR PERMANENT OR 
TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.—Nothing in this Act may be 
construed to establish a limit on the amount of funding 
that an applicant may request under this subtitle for ac-
quisition, construction, or rehabilitation activities for the 
development of permanent housing or transitional hous-
ing. 
‘‘(d) INCENTIVES FOR PROVEN STRATEGIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
bonuses or other incentives to geographic areas for 
using funding under this subtitle for activities that 
have been proven to be effective at reducing home-
lessness generally, reducing homelessness for a spe-
cific subpopulation, or achieving homeless prevention 
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and independent living goals as set forth in section 
427(b)(1)(F). 
‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes 
of this subsection, activities that have been proven to 
be effective at reducing homelessness generally or re-
ducing homelessness for a specific subpopulation in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) permanent supportive housing for 
chronically homeless individuals and families; 
‘‘(B) for homeless families, rapid rehousing 
services, short-term flexible subsidies to over-
come barriers to rehousing, support services 
concentrating on improving incomes to pay 
rent, coupled with performance measures em-
phasizing rapid and permanent rehousing and 
with leveraging funding from mainstream fam-
ily service systems such as Temporary Assist-
ance for Needy Families and Child Welfare 
services; and 
‘‘(C) any other activity determined by the 
Secretary, based on research and after notice 
and comment to the public, to have been proven 
effective at reducing homelessness generally, re-
ducing homelessness for a specific subpopula-
tion, or achieving homeless prevention and inde-
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pendent living goals as set forth in section 
427(b)(1)(F). 
‘‘(3) BALANCE
OF
INCENTIVES
FOR
PROVEN 
STRATEGIES.—To the extent practicable, in pro-
viding bonuses or incentives for proven strategies, 
the Secretary shall seek to maintain a balance 
among strategies targeting homeless individuals, 
families, and other subpopulations. The Secretary 
shall not implement bonuses or incentives that spe-
cifically discourage collaborative applicants from ex-
ercising their flexibility to serve families with chil-
dren and youth defined as homeless under other 
Federal statutes. 
‘‘(e) INCENTIVES FOR SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTA-
TION OF PROVEN STRATEGIES.—If any geographic area 
demonstrates that it has fully implemented any of the ac-
tivities described in subsection (d) for all homeless individ-
uals and families or for all members of subpopulations for 
whom such activities are targeted, that geographic area 
shall receive the bonus or incentive provided under sub-
section (d), but may use such bonus or incentive for any 
eligible activity under either section 423 or paragraphs (4) 
and (5) of section 415(a) for homeless people generally 
or for the relevant subpopulation. 
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‘‘SEC. 429. RENEWAL FUNDING AND TERMS OF ASSISTANCE 
FOR PERMANENT HOUSING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Renewal of expiring contracts 
for leasing, rental assistance, or operating costs for per-
manent housing contracts may be funded either— 
‘‘(1) under the appropriations account for this 
title; or 
‘‘(2) the section 8 project-based rental assist-
ance account. 
‘‘(b) RENEWALS.—The sums made available under 
subsection (a) shall be available for the renewal of con-
tracts in the case of tenant-based assistance, successive 
1-year terms, and in the case of project-based assistance, 
successive terms of up to 15 years at the discretion of the 
applicant or project sponsor and subject to the availability 
of annual appropriations, for rental assistance and hous-
ing operation costs associated with permanent housing 
projects funded under this subtitle, or under subtitle C 
or F (as in effect on the day before the effective date of 
the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition 
to Housing Act of 2009). The Secretary shall determine 
whether to renew a contract for such a permanent housing 
project on the basis of certification by the collaborative 
applicant for the geographic area that— 
‘‘(1) there is a demonstrated need for the 
project; and 
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‘‘(2) the project complies with program require-
ments and appropriate standards of housing quality 
and habitability, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed as prohibiting the Secretary from renewing 
contracts under this subtitle in accordance with criteria 
set forth in a provision of this subtitle other than this sec-
tion. 
‘‘SEC. 430. MATCHING FUNDING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A collaborative applicant in a ge-
ographic area in which funds are awarded under this sub-
title shall specify contributions from any source other than 
a grant awarded under this subtitle, including renewal 
funding of projects assisted under subtitles C, D, and F 
of this title as in effect before the effective date under 
section 503 of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and 
Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, that shall be 
made available in the geographic area in an amount equal 
to not less than 25 percent of the funds provided to recipi-
ents in the geographic area, except that grants for leasing 
shall not be subject to any match requirement. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS ON IN-KIND MATCH.—The cash 
value of services provided to the residents or clients of a 
project sponsor by an entity other than the project sponsor 
may count toward the contributions in subsection (a) only 
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when documented by a memorandum of understanding be-
tween the project sponsor and the other entity that such 
services will be provided. 
‘‘(c) COUNTABLE ACTIVITIES.—The contributions re-
quired under subsection (a) may consist of— 
‘‘(1) funding for any eligible activity described 
under section 423; and 
‘‘(2) subject to subsection (b), in-kind provision 
of services of any eligible activity described under 
section 423. 
‘‘SEC. 431. APPEAL PROCEDURE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to funding under 
this subtitle, if certification of consistency with the consoli-
dated plan pursuant to section 403 is withheld from an 
applicant who has submitted an application for that cer-
tification, such applicant may appeal such decision to the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURE.—The Secretary shall establish a 
procedure to process the appeals described in subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(c) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 45 days after 
the date of receipt of an appeal described in subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall determine if certification was un-
reasonably withheld. If such certification was unreason-
ably withheld, the Secretary shall review such application 
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and determine if such applicant shall receive funding 
under this subtitle.’’. 
SEC. 306. RESEARCH. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $8,000,000, 
for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011, for research into 
the efficacy of interventions for homeless families, to be 
expended by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment over the 2 years at 3 different sites to provide serv-
ices for homeless families and evaluate the effectiveness 
of such services. 
TITLE IV—RURAL HOUSING STA-
BILITY 
ASSISTANCE 
PRO-
GRAM 
SEC. 401. RURAL HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE. 
Subtitle G of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11408 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking the subtitle heading and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘Subtitle G—Rural Housing 
Stability Assistance Program’’; 
and 
(2) in section 491— 
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(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting 
‘‘RURAL
HOUSING
STABILITY 
GRANT PROGRAM.’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘rural homelessness 
grant program’’ and inserting ‘‘rural hous-
ing stability grant program’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘in lieu of grants 
under subtitle C’’ after ‘‘eligible organiza-
tions’’; and 
(iii) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), 
and (3), and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) rehousing or improving the housing situa-
tions of individuals and families who are homeless or 
in the worst housing situations in the geographic 
area; 
‘‘(2) stabilizing the housing of individuals and 
families who are in imminent danger of losing hous-
ing; and 
‘‘(3) improving the ability of the lowest-income 
residents of the community to afford stable hous-
ing.’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)(1)— 
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will be involved by the organization’’; 
and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end, and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(7) a description of consultations that took 
place within the community to ascertain the most 
important uses for funding under this section, in-
cluding the involvement of potential beneficiaries of 
the project; and 
‘‘(8) a description of the extent and nature of 
homelessness and of the worst housing situations in 
the community.’’; 
(G) by striking subsections (f) and (g) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(f) MATCHING FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An organization eligible to 
receive a grant under subsection (a) shall specify 
matching contributions from any source other than 
a grant awarded under this subtitle, that shall be 
made available in the geographic area in an amount 
equal to not less than 25 percent of the funds pro-
vided for the project or activity, except that grants 
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for leasing shall not be subject to any match require-
ment. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS
ON
IN-KIND
MATCH.—The 
cash value of services provided to the beneficiaries or 
clients of an eligible organization by an entity other 
than the organization may count toward the con-
tributions in paragraph (1) only when documented 
by a memorandum of understanding between the or-
ganization and the other entity that such services 
will be provided. 
‘‘(3) COUNTABLE
ACTIVITIES.—The contribu-
tions required under paragraph (1) may consist of— 
‘‘(A) funding for any eligible activity de-
scribed under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (2), in-kind pro-
vision of services of any eligible activity de-
scribed under subsection (b). 
‘‘(g) SELECTION CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish criteria for selecting recipients of grants under 
subsection (a), including— 
‘‘(1) the participation of potential beneficiaries 
of the project in assessing the need for, and impor-
tance of, the project in the community; 
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‘‘(2) the degree to which the project addresses 
the most harmful housing situations present in the 
community; 
‘‘(3) the degree of collaboration with others in 
the community to meet the goals described in sub-
section (a); 
‘‘(4) the performance of the organization in im-
proving housing situations, taking account of the se-
verity of barriers of individuals and families served 
by the organization; 
‘‘(5) for organizations that have previously re-
ceived funding under this section, the extent of im-
provement in homelessness and the worst housing 
situations in the community since such funding 
began; 
‘‘(6) the need for such funds, as determined by 
the formula established under section 427(b)(2); and 
‘‘(7) any other relevant criteria as determined 
by the Secretary.’’; 
(H) in subsection (h)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than 18 
months after funding is first made avail-
able pursuant to the amendments made by 
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title IV of the Homeless Emergency Assist-
ance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act 
of 2009, the’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘providing housing and other assistance to 
homeless persons’’ and inserting ‘‘meeting 
the goals described in subsection (a)’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘address homelessness in rural areas’’ and 
inserting ‘‘meet the goals described in sub-
section (a) in rural areas’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘The’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Not later than 24 months after 
funding is first made available pursu-
ant to the amendment made by title 
IV of the Homeless Emergency As-
sistance and Rapid Transition to 
Housing Act of 2009, the’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘, not later than 
18 months after the date on which the 
Secretary first makes grants under 
the program,’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘prevent and re-
spond to homelessness’’ and inserting 
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‘‘meet the goals described in sub-
section (a)’’; 
(I) in subsection (k)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘rural homelessness grant program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘rural housing stability grant 
program’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(II) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by 
striking ‘‘rural census tract.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘county where at least 75 per-
cent of the population is rural; or’’; 
and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) any area or community, respectively, 
located in a State that has population density 
of less than 30 persons per square mile (as re-
ported in the most recent decennial census), 
and of which at least 1.25 percent of the total 
acreage of such State is under Federal jurisdic-
tion, provided that no metropolitan city (as 
such term is defined in section 102 of the 
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Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974) in such State is the sole beneficiary of 
the grant amounts awarded under this sec-
tion.’’; 
(J) in subsection (l)— 
(i) by striking the subsection heading 
and inserting ‘‘PROGRAM FUNDING.—’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking paragraph (1) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deter-
mine the total amount of funding attributable under 
section 427(b)(2) to meet the needs of any geo-
graphic area in the Nation that applies for funding 
under this section. The Secretary shall transfer any 
amounts determined under this subsection from the 
Community Homeless Assistance Program and con-
solidate such transferred amounts for grants under 
this section, except that the Secretary shall transfer 
an amount not less than 5 percent of the amount 
available under subtitle C for grants under this sec-
tion. Any amounts so transferred and not used for 
grants under this section due to an insufficient num-
ber of applications shall be transferred to be used 
for grants under subtitle C.’’; and 
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(K) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) DETERMINATION OF FUNDING SOURCE.—For 
any fiscal year, in addition to funds awarded under sub-
title B, funds under this title to be used in a city or county 
shall only be awarded under either subtitle C or subtitle 
D.’’. 
SEC. 402. GAO STUDY OF HOMELESSNESS AND HOMELESS 
ASSISTANCE IN RURAL AREAS. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than the expira-
tion of the 12-month period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study to examine homeless-
ness and homeless assistance in rural areas and rural com-
munities and submit a report to the Congress on the find-
ings and conclusion of the study. The report shall contain 
the following matters: 
(1) A general description of homelessness, in-
cluding the range of living situations among home-
less individuals and homeless families, in rural areas 
and rural communities of the United States, includ-
ing tribal lands and colonias. 
(2) An estimate of the incidence and prevalence 
of homelessness among individuals and families in 
rural areas and rural communities of the United 
States. 
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(3) An estimate of the number of individuals 
and families from rural areas and rural communities 
who migrate annually to non-rural areas and non- 
rural communities for homeless assistance. 
(4) A description of barriers that individuals 
and families in and from rural areas and rural com-
munities encounter when seeking to access homeless 
assistance programs, and recommendations for re-
moving such barriers. 
(5) A comparison of the rate of homelessness 
among individuals and families in and from rural 
areas and rural communities compared to the rate of 
homelessness among individuals and families in and 
from non-rural areas and non-rural communities. 
(6) A general description of homeless assistance 
for individuals and families in rural areas and rural 
communities of the United States. 
(7) A description of barriers that homeless as-
sistance providers serving rural areas and rural com-
munities encounter when seeking to access Federal 
homeless assistance programs, and recommendations 
for removing such barriers. 
(8) An assessment of the type and amount of 
Federal homeless assistance funds awarded to orga-
nizations serving rural areas and rural communities 
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100 
and a determination as to whether such amount is 
proportional to the distribution of homeless individ-
uals and families in and from rural areas and rural 
communities compared to homeless individuals and 
families in non-rural areas and non-rural commu-
nities. 
(9) An assessment of the current roles of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
the Department of Agriculture, and other Federal 
departments and agencies in administering homeless 
assistance programs in rural areas and rural com-
munities and recommendations for distributing Fed-
eral responsibilities, including homeless assistance 
program administration and grantmaking, among 
the departments and agencies so that service organi-
zations in rural areas and rural communities are 
most effectively reached and supported. 
(b) ACQUISITION OF SUPPORTING INFORMATION.— 
In carrying out the study under this section, the Comp-
troller General shall seek to obtain views from the fol-
lowing persons: 
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(2) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment. 
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101 
(3) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
(4) The Secretary of Education. 
(5) The Secretary of Labor. 
(6) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(7) The Executive Director of the United States 
Interagency Council on Homelessness. 
(8) Project sponsors and recipients of homeless 
assistance grants serving rural areas and rural com-
munities. 
(9) Individuals and families in or from rural 
areas and rural communities who have sought or are 
seeking Federal homeless assistance services. 
(10) National advocacy organizations concerned 
with homelessness, rural housing, and rural commu-
nity development. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE V—REPEALS AND 
CONFORMING AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 501. REPEALS. 
Subtitles D, E, and F of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11391 et seq., 
11401 et seq., and 11403 et seq.) are hereby repealed. 
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102 
SEC. 502. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CONSOLIDATED PLAN.—Section 403(1) of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (as so redesig-
nated by section 101(2) of this Act), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘current housing affordability 
strategy’’ and inserting ‘‘consolidated plan’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the comma the following: 
‘‘(referred to in such section as a ‘comprehensive 
housing affordability strategy’)’’. 
(b) PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.—Sec-
tion 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11302), as amended by the preceding provi-
sions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PERSONS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.— 
Any references in this Act to homeless individuals (includ-
ing homeless persons) or homeless groups (including 
homeless persons) shall be considered to include, and to 
refer to, individuals experiencing homelessness or groups 
experiencing homelessness, respectively.’’. 
(c) RURAL HOUSING STABILITY ASSISTANCE.—Title 
IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act is 
amended by redesignating subtitle G (42 U.S.C. 11408 
et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
Act, as subtitle D. 
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103 
SEC. 503. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Act, 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on, and shall apply beginning on— 
(1) the expiration of the 18-month period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act, or 
(2) the expiration of the 3-month period begin-
ning upon publication by the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development of final regulations pursu-
ant to section 504, 
whichever occurs first. 
SEC. 504. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall promulgate regula-
tions governing the operation of the programs that are 
created or modified by this Act. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 505. AMENDMENT TO TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents in section 101(b) of the McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 
note) is amended by striking the item relating to the head-
ing for title IV and all that follows through the item relat-
ing to section 492 and inserting the following new items: 
‘‘TITLE IV—HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
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‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 
‘‘Sec. 401. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 402. Collaborative applicants. 
‘‘Sec. 403. Housing affordability strategy. 
‘‘Sec. 404. Preventing involuntary family separation. 
‘‘Sec. 405. Technical assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 406. Discharge coordination policy. 
‘‘Sec. 407. Protection of personally identifying information by victim service 
providers. 
‘‘Sec. 408. Authorization of appropriations. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Emergency Solutions Grants Program 
‘‘Sec. 411. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 412. Grant assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 413. Amount and allocation of assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 414. Allocation and distribution of assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 415. Eligible activities. 
‘‘Sec. 416. Responsibilities of recipients. 
‘‘Sec. 417. Administrative provisions. 
‘‘Sec. 418. Administrative costs. 
‘‘Subtitle C—Continuum of Care Program 
‘‘Sec. 421. Purposes. 
‘‘Sec. 422. Continuum of care applications and grants. 
‘‘Sec. 423. Eligible activities. 
‘‘Sec. 424. Incentives for high-performing communities. 
‘‘Sec. 425. Supportive services. 
‘‘Sec. 426. Program requirements. 
‘‘Sec. 427. Selection criteria. 
‘‘Sec. 428. Allocation of amounts and incentives for specific eligible activities. 
‘‘Sec. 429. Renewal funding and terms of assistance for permanent housing. 
‘‘Sec. 430. Matching funding. 
‘‘Sec. 431. Appeal procedure. 
‘‘Sec. 432. Regulations. 
‘‘Sec. 433. Reports to Congress. 
‘‘Subtitle D—Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program 
‘‘Sec. 491. Rural housing stability assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 492. Use of FHMA inventory for transitional housing for homeless per-
sons and for turnkey housing.’’. 
Æ 
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