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‘‘(iii) PREVIOUSLY
FUNDED
AGEN-
CIES.—An agency that received funding 
from the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for more than three 
such coordinators in any of fiscal years 
1998 through 2007 shall receive funding 
for the highest number of coordinators 
funded in a single fiscal year during that 
period, provided they meet applicable size 
and performance standards. 
‘‘(iv) INITIAL
YEAR.—For the first 
year in which a public housing agency ex-
ercises its right to develop an family self- 
sufficiency program for its residents, it 
shall be entitled to funding to cover the 
costs of up to one family self-sufficiency 
coordinator, based on the size specified in 
its action plan for such program. 
‘‘(v) STATE
AND
REGIONAL
AGEN-
CIES.—For purposes of calculating the 
family self-sufficiency portion of the ad-
ministrative fee under this subparagraph, 
each administratively distinct part of a 
State or regional public housing agency 
shall be treated as a separate agency. 
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‘‘(vi) DETERMINATION
OF
NUMBER 
OF
COORDINATORS.—In 
determining 
whether a public housing agency meets a 
specific threshold for funding pursuant to 
this paragraph, the number of participants 
being served by the agency in its family 
self-sufficiency program shall be considered 
to be the average number of families en-
rolled in such agency’s program during the 
course of the most recent fiscal year for 
which the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development has data. 
‘‘(C) PRORATION.—If insufficient funds 
are available in any fiscal year to fund all of the 
coordinators authorized under this section, the 
first priority shall be given to funding one coor-
dinator at each agency with an existing family 
self-sufficiency program. The remaining funds 
shall be prorated based on the number of re-
maining coordinators to which each agency is 
entitled under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(D) RECAPTURE.—Any fees allocated 
under this subparagraph by the Secretary in a 
fiscal year that have not been spent by the end 
of the subsequent fiscal year shall be recaptured 
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by the Secretary and shall be available for pro-
viding additional fees pursuant to subparagraph 
(B)(ii). 
‘‘(E) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.—Within 
six months after the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph, the Secretary shall publish a 
proposed rule specifying the performance stand-
ards applicable to funding under clauses (ii) 
and (iii) of subparagraph (B). Such standards 
shall include requirements applicable to the 
leveraging of in-kind services and other re-
sources to support the goals of the family self- 
sufficiency program. 
‘‘(F) DATA COLLECTION.—Public housing 
agencies receiving funding under this paragraph 
shall collect and report to the Secretary, in such 
manner as the Secretary shall require, informa-
tion on the performance of their family self-suf-
ficiency programs. 
‘‘(G) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a formal and scientific evaluation of 
the effectiveness of well-run family self-suffi-
ciency programs, using random assignment of 
participants to the extent practicable. Not later 
than the expiration of the 4-year period begin-
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ning upon the enactment of this paragraph, the 
Secretary shall submit an interim evaluation re-
port to the Congress. Not later than the expira-
tion of the 8-year period beginning upon such 
enactment, the Secretary shall submit a final 
evaluation report to the Congress. There is au-
thorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to 
carry out the evaluation under this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(H) INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATION AND 
HIGH PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary may re-
serve up to 10 percent of the amounts made 
available for administrative fees under this 
paragraph to provide support to or reward fam-
ily self-sufficiency programs that are particu-
larly innovative or highly successful in achieving 
the goals of the program.’’. 
(c) REPEAL.—Section 202 of the Departments of 
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f note; Public Law 104–204; 110 Stat. 2893) 
is hereby repealed. 
SEC. 8. HOMEOWNERSHIP. 
(a) SECTION 8 HOMEOWNERSHIP DOWNPAYMENT 
PROGRAM.—Section 8(y)(7) of the United States Housing 
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Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(y)(7)) is amended by strik-
ing subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following 
new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provi-
sions of this paragraph, in the case of a family 
on whose behalf rental assistance under section 
8(o) has been provided for a period of not less 
than 12 months prior to the date of receipt of 
downpayment assistance under this paragraph, 
a public housing agency may, in lieu of pro-
viding monthly assistance payments under this 
subsection on behalf of a family eligible for 
such assistance and at the discretion of the 
agency, provide a downpayment assistance 
grant in accordance with subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) GRANT
REQUIREMENTS.—A down-
payment assistance grant under this para-
graph— 
‘‘(i) shall be used by the family only 
as a contribution toward the downpayment 
and reasonable and customary closing 
costs required in connection with the pur-
chase of a home; 
‘‘(ii) shall be in the form of a single 
one-time grant; and 
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‘‘(iii) may not exceed $10,000. 
‘‘(C) NO EFFECT ON OBTAINING OUTSIDE 
SOURCES
FOR
DOWNPAYMENT
ASSISTANCE.— 
This Act may not be construed to prohibit a 
public housing agency from providing downpay-
ment assistance to families from sources other 
than a grant provided under this Act, or as de-
termined by the public housing agency.’’. 
(b) USE OF VOUCHERS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUS-
ING.—Section 8(o)(12) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(12) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the period 
at the end of the first sentence and all that follows 
through ‘‘of’’ in the second sentence and inserting 
‘‘and rents’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the rent’’ 
and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘rent shall mean the sum of the monthly pay-
ments made by a family assisted under this 
paragraph to amortize the cost of purchasing 
the manufactured home, including any required 
insurance and property taxes, the monthly 
amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities, and 
the monthly rent charged for the real property 
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