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TREATMENT OF EXPIRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
GRANTS
SEC. 222. (a) AVAILABILITY.—Section 220(a) of the Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and
Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–
74; 113 Stat. 1075) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2000’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2001’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary of the Treasury and the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall take such actions
as may be necessary to carry out such section 220 (as amended by
this subsection (a) of this section) notwithstanding any actions
taken previously pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States
Code.
HOME PROGRAM DISASTER FUNDING FOR ELDERLY HOUSING
SEC. 223. Of the amounts made available under Chapter IX of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993 for assistance under
the HOME investment partnerships program to the city of Home-
stead, Florida (Public Law 103–50; 107 Stat. 262), up to
$583,926.70 shall be made available to Dade County, Florida, for
use only for rehabilitating housing for low-income elderly persons,
and such amount shall not be subject to the requirements of such
program, except for section 288 of the HOME Investment Partner-
ships Act (42 U.S.C. 12838).
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SEC. 224. Section 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 is amended by striking ‘‘1993’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘City of Los Angeles’’ and inserting ‘‘1993 through
2001 to the City of Los Angeles’’.
EXTENSION OF APPLICABILITY OF DOWNPAYMENT SIMPLIFICATION
PROVISIONS
SEC. 225. Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(10) of the National
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(10)(A)) is amended, in the matter
that precedes clause (i), by striking ‘‘mortgage’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘involving’’ and inserting ‘‘mortgage closed on or before De-
cember 31, 2002, involving’’.
USE OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM FUNDS FOR INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
SEC. 226. Section 423 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As-
sistance Act is amended under subsection (a) by adding the fol-
lowing paragraph:
‘‘(7) MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
SYSTEM.—A grant for the
costs of implementing and operating management information
systems for purposes of collecting unduplicated counts of home-
less people and analyzing patterns of use of assistance funded
under this Act.’’.
INDIAN HOUSING LOAN GUARANTEE REFORM
SEC. 227. Section 184 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1992 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or as a result of a lack of
access to private financial markets’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘refinance,’’ after ‘‘ac-
quire,’’.
USE OF SECTION 8 VOUCHERS FOR OPT-OUTS
SEC. 228. Section 8(t)(2) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 is amended by inserting after ‘‘contract for rental assistance
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for such
housing project’’ the following: ‘‘(including any such termination or
expiration during fiscal years after fiscal year 1996 prior to the ef-
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fective date of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001)’’.
HOMELESS DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY
SEC. 229. (a) DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.—Subtitle A of
title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act is
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 402. DISCHARGE COORDINATION POLICY.
‘‘The Secretary may not provide a grant under this title for any
governmental entity serving as an applicant unless the applicant
agrees to develop and implement, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable and where appropriate, policies and protocols for the dis-
charge of persons from publicly funded institutions or systems of
care (such as health care facilities, foster care or other youth facili-
ties, or correction programs and institutions) in order to prevent
such discharge from immediately resulting in homelessness for
such persons.’’.
(b) ASSISTANCE
UNDER
EMERGENCY
SHELTER
GRANTS
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 414(a)(4) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless As-
sistance Act is amended-
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting a
comma after ‘‘homelessness’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘Not’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘Activities
that are eligible for assistance under this paragraph shall in-
clude assistance to very low-income families who are dis-
charged from publicly funded institutions or systems of care
(such as health care facilities, foster care or other youth facili-
ties, or correction programs and institutions). Not’’.
TECHNICAL CHANGE TO SENIORS HOUSING COMMISSION
SEC. 230. Section 525 of the Preserving Affordable Housing for
Senior Citizens and Families into the 21st Century Act’’ (42 U.S.C.
12701 note) is amended in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Commission
on Affordable Housing and Health Care Facility Needs in the 21st
Century’’ and inserting ‘‘Commission on Affordable Housing and
Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century’’.
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS REFORMS
SEC. 231. Title II of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assist-
ance Act is amended—
(1) in section 202, under subsection (b) by inserting after the
period the following: ‘‘The positions of Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson shall rotate among its members on an annual
basis.’’; and
(2) in section 209 by striking ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’.
SECTION 8 PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE
SEC. 232. (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (13) of section 8(o) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(13) PHA PROJECT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A public housing agency may use
amounts provided under an annual contributions contract
under this subsection to enter into a housing assistance
payment contract with respect to an existing, newly con-
structed, or rehabilitated structure, that is attached to the
structure, subject to the limitations and requirements of
this paragraph.
‘‘(B) PERCENTAGE LIMITATION.—Not more than 20 per-
cent of the funding available for tenant-based assistance
under this section that is administered by the agency may
be attached to structures pursuant to this paragraph.
‘‘(C) CONSISTENCY WITH PHA PLAN AND OTHER GOALS.—
A public housing agency may approve a housing assistance
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payment contract pursuant to this paragraph only if the
contract is consistent with—
‘‘(i) the public housing agency plan for the agency
approved under section 5A; and
‘‘(ii) the goal of deconcentrating poverty and expand-
ing housing and economic opportunities.
‘‘(D) INCOME MIXING REQUIREMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 25 percent of the
dwelling units in any building may be assisted under
a housing assistance payment contract for project-
based assistance pursuant to this paragraph.
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation under clause (i)
shall not apply in the case of assistance under a con-
tract for housing consisting of single family properties
or for dwelling units that are specifically made avail-
able for households comprised of elderly families, dis-
abled families, and families receiving supportive serv-
ices.
‘‘(E) RESIDENT CHOICE REQUIREMENT.—A housing assist-
ance payment contract pursuant to this paragraph shall
provide as follows:
‘‘(i) MOBILITY.—Each low-income family occupying a
dwelling unit assisted under the contract may move
from the housing at any time after the family has oc-
cupied the dwelling unit for 12 months.
‘‘(ii) CONTINUED
ASSISTANCE.—Upon such a move,
the public housing agency shall provide the low-in-
come family with tenant-based rental assistance under
this section or such other tenant-based rental assist-
ance that is subject to comparable income, assistance,
rent contribution, affordability, and other require-
ments, as the Secretary shall provide by regulation. If
such rental assistance is not immediately available to
fulfill the requirement under the preceding sentence
with respect to a low-income family, such requirement
may be met by providing the family priority to receive
the next voucher or other tenant-based rental assist-
ance amounts that become available under the pro-
gram used to fulfill such requirement.
‘‘(F) CONTRACT
TERM.—A housing assistance payment
contract pursuant to this paragraph between a public
housing agency and the owner of a structure may have a
term of up to 10 years, subject to the availability of suffi-
cient appropriated funds for the purpose of renewing expir-
ing contracts for assistance payments, as provided in ap-
propriations Acts and in the agency’s annual contributions
contract with the Secretary, and to annual compliance
with the inspection requirements under paragraph (8), ex-
cept that the agency shall not be required to make annual
inspections of each assisted unit in the development. The
contract may specify additional conditions for its continu-
ation. If the units covered by the contract are owned by
the agency, the term of the contract shall be agreed upon
by the agency and the unit of general local government or
other entity approved by the Secretary in the manner pro-
vided under paragraph (11).
‘‘(G) EXTENSION OF CONTRACT TERM.—A public housing
agency may enter into a contract with the owner of a
structure assisted under a housing assistance payment
contract pursuant to this paragraph to extend the term of
the underlying housing assistance payment contract for
such period as the agency determines to be appropriate to
achieve long-term affordability of the housing or to expand
housing opportunities. Such a contract shall provide that
the extension of such term shall be contingent upon the fu-
ture availability of appropriated funds for the purpose of
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renewing expiring contracts for assistance payments, as
provided in appropriations Acts, and may obligate the
owner to have such extensions of the underlying housing
assistance payment contract accepted by the owner and
the successors in interest of the owner.
‘‘(H) RENT CALCULATION.—A housing assistance payment
contract pursuant to this paragraph shall establish rents
for each unit assisted in an amount that does not exceed
110 percent of the applicable fair market rental (or any ex-
ception payment standard approved by the Secretary pur-
suant to paragraph (1)(D)), except that if a contract covers
a dwelling unit that has been allocated low-income housing
tax credits pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 42) and is not located in a quali-
fied census tract (as such term is defined in subsection (d)
of such section 42), the rent for such unit may be estab-
lished at any level that does not exceed the rent charged
for comparable units in the building that also receive the
low-income housing tax credit but do not have additional
rental assistance. The rents established by housing assist-
ance payment contracts pursuant to this paragraph may
vary from the payment standards established by the public
housing agency pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), but shall be
subject to paragraph (10)(A).
‘‘(I) RENT
ADJUSTMENTS.—A housing assistance pay-
ments contract pursuant to this paragraph shall provide
for rent adjustments, except that—
‘‘(i) the adjusted rent for any unit assisted shall be
reasonable in comparison with rents charged for com-
parable dwelling units in the private, unassisted, local
market and may not exceed the maximum rent per-
mitted under subparagraph (H); and
‘‘(ii) the provisions of subsection (c)(2)(C) shall not
apply.
‘‘(J) TENANT SELECTION.—A public housing agency shall
select families to receive project-based assistance pursuant
to this paragraph from its waiting list for assistance under
this subsection. Eligibility for such project-based assist-
ance shall be subject to the provisions of section 16(b) that
apply to tenant-based assistance. The agency may estab-
lish preferences or criteria for selection for a unit assisted
under this paragraph that are consistent with the public
housing agency plan for the agency approved under section
5A. Any family that rejects an offer of project-based assist-
ance under this paragraph or that is rejected for admission
to a structure by the owner or manager of a structure as-
sisted under this paragraph shall retain its place on the
waiting list as if the offer had not been made. The owner
or manager of a structure assisted under this paragraph
shall not admit any family to a dwelling unit assisted
under a contract pursuant to this paragraph other than a
family referred by the public housing agency from its wait-
ing list. Subject to its waiting list policies and selection
preferences, a public housing agency may place on its wait-
ing list a family referred by the owner or manager of a
structure and may maintain a separate waiting list for as-
sistance under this paragraph, but only if all families on
the agency’s waiting list for assistance under this sub-
section are permitted to place their names on the separate
list.
‘‘(K) VACATED UNITS.—Notwithstanding paragraph (9), a
housing assistance payment contract pursuant to this
paragraph may provide as follows:
‘‘(i) PAYMENT FOR VACANT UNITS.—That the public
housing agency may, in its discretion, continue to pro-
vide assistance under the contract, for a reasonable