I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5772 
To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2008 
Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut (for himself and Mrs. BIGGERT) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under 
such section for supportive housing for persons with dis-
abilities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 
2008’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal 
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is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, 
section 811 or any other provision of section 811, the ref-
erence shall be considered to be made to section 811 of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 8013). 
SEC. 2. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH 
CERTIFICATE FUND. 
(a) TERMINATION OF MAINSTREAM TENANT-BASED 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Section 811 is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking the subsection designation 
and all that follows through the end of subpara-
graph (B) of paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.—The 
Secretary is authorized to provide assistance to private 
nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of supportive 
housing for persons with disabilities, which shall be pro-
vided as— 
‘‘(1) capital advances in accordance with sub-
section (d)(1), and 
‘‘(2) contracts for project rental assistance in 
accordance with subsection (d)(2).’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘assistance under this 
paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘Assistance under 
this subsection’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (4); 
and 
(3) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (1). 
(b) RENEWAL THROUGH SECTION 8.—Section 811 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR SEC-
TION 8 ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated for tenant-based rental assistance 
under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons with dis-
abilities in fiscal year 2009 the amount necessary to 
provide a number of incremental vouchers under 
such section that is equal to the number of vouchers 
provided in fiscal year 2008 under the tenant-based 
rental assistance program under subsection (d)(4) of 
this section (as in effect before the date of the enact-
ment of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing In-
vestment Act of 2008). 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS
UPON
TURNOVER.—The 
Secretary shall develop and issue, to public housing 
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agencies that receive voucher assistance made avail-
able under this subsection and to public housing 
agencies that received voucher assistance under sec-
tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for non-elderly disabled fami-
lies pursuant to appropriation Acts for fiscal years 
1997 through 2002 or any other subsequent appro-
priations for incremental vouchers for non-elderly 
disabled families, guidance to ensure that, to the 
maximum extent possible, such vouchers continue to 
be provided upon turnover to qualified persons with 
disabilities or to qualified non-elderly disabled fami-
lies, respectively.’’. 
SEC. 3. MODERNIZED CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS.— 
Section 811 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A) INITIAL
PROJECT 
RENTAL
ASSISTANCE
CONTRACT.—’’ 
after 
‘‘PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—’’ 
(B) in the first sentence, by inserting after 
‘‘shall’’ the following: ‘‘comply with subsection 
(e)(2) and shall’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘annual contract amount’’ 
each place such term appears and inserting 
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‘‘amount provided under the contract for each 
year covered by the contract’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) RENEWAL OF AND INCREASES IN CON-
TRACT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(i) EXPIRATION OF CONTRACT TERM.— 
Upon the expiration of each contract term, sub-
ject to the availability of amounts made avail-
able in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall 
adjust the annual contract amount to provide 
for reasonable project costs, and any increases, 
including adequate reserves, supportive services, 
and service coordinators, except that any con-
tract amounts not used by a project during a 
contract term shall not be available for such ad-
justments upon renewal. 
‘‘(ii) EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS.—In the 
event of emergency situations that are outside 
the control of the owner, the Secretary shall in-
crease the annual contract amount, subject to 
reasonable review and limitations as the Sec-
retary shall provide and to the availability of 
amounts 
made 
available 
in 
appropriation 
Acts.’’. 
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(2) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, ex-
cept that, in the case of the sponsor of a project 
assisted with any low-income housing tax credit 
pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 or with any tax-exempt housing 
bonds, the contract shall have an initial term of 
not be less than 360 months and shall provide 
funding for a term of 60 months’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘extend any expiring con-
tract’’ and insert ‘‘upon expiration of a contract 
(or any renewed contract), renew such con-
tract’’. 
(b) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 811 is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking the subsection heading and 
inserting the following: ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIRE-
MENTS’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) USE RESTRICTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) TERM.—Any project for which a cap-
ital advance is provided under subsection (d)(1) 
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shall be operated for not less than 40 years as 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities, 
in accordance with the application for the 
project approved by the Secretary and shall, 
during such period, be made available for occu-
pancy only by very low-income persons with dis-
abilities. 
‘‘(B) CONVERSION.—If the owner of a 
project requests the use of the project for the 
direct benefit of very low-income persons with 
disabilities and, pursuant to such request the 
Secretary determines that a project is no longer 
needed for use as supportive housing for per-
sons with disabilities, the Secretary may ap-
prove the request and authorize the owner to 
convert the project to such use.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No as-
sistance received under this section (or any State or 
local government funds used to supplement such as-
sistance) may be used to replace other State or local 
funds previously used, or designated for use, to as-
sist persons with disabilities. 
‘‘(4) MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.— 
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