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demonstration, and such a family shall not be considered a new 
admission for any purpose, including compliance with income tar-
geting requirements: Provided further, That in the case of a property 
with assistance converted under the demonstration from assistance 
under section 9 of the Act, section 18 of the Act shall not apply 
to a property converting assistance under the demonstration for 
all or substantially all of its units, the Secretary shall require 
ownership or control of assisted units by a public or nonprofit 
entity except as determined by the Secretary to be necessary pursu-
ant to foreclosure, bankruptcy, or termination and transfer of assist-
ance for material violations or substantial default, in which case 
the priority for ownership or control shall be provided to a capable 
public entity, then a capable entity, as determined by the Secretary, 
shall require long-term renewable use and affordability restrictions 
for assisted units, and may allow ownership to be transferred to 
a for-profit entity to facilitate the use of tax credits only if the 
public housing agency preserves its interest in the property in 
a manner approved by the Secretary, and upon expiration of the 
initial contract and each renewal contract, the Secretary shall offer 
and the owner of the property shall accept renewal of the contract 
subject to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of renewal 
and the availability of appropriations each year of such renewal: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may permit transfer of assist-
ance at or after conversion under the demonstration to replacement 
units subject to the requirements in the previous proviso: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may establish the requirements for 
converted assistance under the demonstration through contracts, 
use agreements, regulations, or other means: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall assess and publish findings regarding the impact 
of the conversion of assistance under the demonstration on the 
preservation and improvement of public housing, the amount of 
private sector leveraging as a result of such conversion, and the 
effect of such conversion on tenants: Provided further, That for 
fiscal years 2012 and 2013, owners of properties assisted under 
section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, 
section 236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act, or section 8(e)(2) 
(except for funds allocated under such section for single room occu-
pancy dwellings as authorized by title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937, for which an event after October 1, 2006 has caused or 
results in the termination of rental assistance or affordability 
restrictions and the issuance of tenant protection vouchers under 
section 8(o) of the Act, shall be eligible, subject to requirements 
established by the Secretary, including but not limited to tenant 
consultation procedures and agreement of the administering public 
housing agency, for conversion of assistance available for such 
vouchers to assistance under section 8(o)(13) of the Act, to which 
the limitation under subsection (B) of section 8(o)(13) of the Act 
shall not apply and for which the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive or alter the provisions of subparagraphs 
(C) and (D) of section 8(o)(13) of the Act: Provided further, That 
with respect to the previous proviso, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study of the long-term impact 
of the previous proviso on the ratio of tenant-based vouchers to 
project-based vouchers.
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PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’ herein), 
not otherwise provided for, $14,914,369,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be available on October 1, 2011 (in addition 
to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading 
that became available on October 1, 2011), and $4,000,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be available on October 
1, 2012: Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $17,242,351,000 shall be available for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2012 funding 
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 
by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making 
any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 
first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 
tenant protection and HOPE VI vouchers: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided under this paragraph may 
be used to fund a total number of unit months under lease 
which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level of 
units under contract, except for public housing agencies partici-
pating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, which 
are instead governed by the terms and conditions of their 
MTW agreements: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified 
under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this 
Act), pro rate each public housing agency’s allocation otherwise 
established pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, That 
except as provided in the following provisos, the entire amount 
specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise modified 
under this Act) shall be obligated to the public housing agencies 
based on the allocation and pro rata method described above, 
and the Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their 
annual budget not later than 60 days after enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may extend the 60- 
day notification period with the prior written approval of the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That public housing agencies participating in the 
Moving to Work demonstration shall be funded pursuant to 
their Moving to Work agreements and shall be subject to the 
same pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos: Pro-
vided further, That up to $103,000,000 shall be available only: 
(1) to adjust the allocations for public housing agencies, after 
application for an adjustment by a public housing agency that
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experienced a significant increase, as determined by the Sec-
retary, in renewal costs of tenant-based rental assistance 
resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability 
under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not 
in use during the 12-month period in order to be available 
to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) of the Act; 
(3) for adjustments for costs associated with HUD-Veterans 
Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; and (4) 
for incremental tenant-based assistance for eligible families 
currently assisted under the Disaster Voucher Program as 
authorized by Public Law 109–148 under this heading and 
the Disaster Housing Assistance Program for Hurricanes Ike 
and Gustav on the condition that such vouchers will not be 
re-issued when families leave the program: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate amounts under the previous 
proviso based on need as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $75,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demol-
ished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion 
of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation 
of witnesses in connection with efforts to combat crime in 
public and assisted housing pursuant to a request from a law 
enforcement or prosecution agency, enhanced vouchers under 
any provision of law authorizing such assistance under section 
8(t) of the Act, HOPE VI vouchers, mandatory and voluntary 
conversions, and tenant protection assistance including replace-
ment and relocation assistance or for project-based assistance 
to prevent the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants cur-
rently residing in section 202 properties financed between 1959 
and 1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106– 
569, as amended, or under the authority as provided under 
this Act: Provided, That when a public housing development 
is submitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 
of the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 
when the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may only pro-
vide replacement vouchers for units that were occupied within 
the previous 24 months that cease to be available as assisted 
housing, subject only to the availability of funds: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this para-
graph, $10,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protec-
tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph, 
to residents residing in low-vacancy areas and who may have 
to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household income, 
as the result of (1) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD- 
held or section 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (2) the expiration of a 
rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible 
for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under 
existing law; or (3) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
accompanying a mortgage or preservation program adminis-
tered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such tenant 
protection assistance made available under the previous proviso 
may be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
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1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue guid-
ance to implement the previous provisos, including, but not 
limited to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk households 
within 120 days of the enactment of this Act; 
(3) $1,350,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 
8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 
$50,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 
public housing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associated with 
section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 
of disaster related vouchers, Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing vouchers, and other incremental vouchers: Provided, 
That no less than $1,300,000,000 of the amount provided in 
this paragraph shall be allocated to public housing agencies 
for the calendar year 2012 funding cycle based on section 8(q) 
of the Act (and related Appropriation Act provisions) as in 
effect immediately before the enactment of the Quality Housing 
and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): 
Provided further, That if the amounts made available under 
this paragraph are insufficient to pay the amounts determined 
under the previous proviso, the Secretary may decrease the 
amounts allocated to agencies by a uniform percentage 
applicable to all agencies receiving funding under this para-
graph or may, to the extent necessary to provide full payment 
of amounts determined under the previous proviso, utilize 
unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryovers, 
remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development under this heading from prior 
fiscal years, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities 
related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance 
authorized under section 8, including related development 
activities; 
(4) $60,000,000 shall be available for family self-sufficiency 
coordinators under section 23 of the Act; 
(5) $112,018,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
administrative expenses; 
(6) $75,000,000 for incremental rental voucher assistance 
for use through a supported housing program administered 
in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs as 
authorized under section 8(o)(19) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall make such funding available, not-
withstanding section 204 (competition provision) of this title, 
to public housing agencies that partner with eligible VA Medical 
Centers or other entities as designated by the Secretary of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs, based on geographical 
need for such assistance as identified by the Secretary of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing agency adminis-
trative performance, and other factors as specified by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development