(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before 
the period at the end of the first sentence the 
following: ‘‘, which provides a separate bedroom 
for each tenant of the residence’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) The term ‘person with disabilities’ 
means a person who is 18 years of age or older and 
less than 62 years of age, who— 
‘‘(i) has a disability as defined in section 
223 of the Social Security Act; 
‘‘(ii) is determined, pursuant to regulations 
issued by the Secretary, to have a physical, 
mental, or emotional impairment which— 
‘‘(I) is expected to be of long-contin-
ued and indefinite duration; 
‘‘(II) substantially impedes his or her 
ability to live independently; and 
‘‘(III) is of such a nature that such 
ability could be improved by more suitable 
housing conditions; or 
‘‘(iii) has a developmental disability as de-
fined in section 102 of the Developmental Dis-
abilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
2000. 
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‘‘(B) Such term shall not exclude persons who 
have the disease of acquired immunodeficiency syn-
drome or any conditions arising from the etiologic 
agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, no indi-
vidual shall be considered a person with disabilities, 
for purposes of eligibility for low-income housing 
under this title, solely on the basis of any drug or 
alcohol dependence. The Secretary shall consult with 
other appropriate Federal agencies to implement the 
preceding sentence. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall prescribe such regula-
tions as may be necessary to prevent abuses in de-
termining, under the definitions contained in this 
paragraph, the eligibility of families and persons for 
admission to and occupancy of housing assisted 
under this section. Notwithstanding the preceding 
provisions of this paragraph, the term ‘person with 
disabilities’ includes two or more persons with dis-
abilities living together, one or more such persons 
living with another person who is determined (under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary) to be impor-
tant to their care or well-being, and the surviving 
member or members of any household described in 
subparagraph (A) who were living, in a unit assisted 
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under this section, with the deceased member of the 
household at the time of his or her death.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities’ means dwelling units that— 
‘‘(A) are designed to meet the permanent 
housing needs of very low-income persons with 
disabilities; and 
‘‘(B) are located in housing that make 
available supportive services that address the 
individual health, mental health, or other needs 
of such persons.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘a 
project for’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by inserting after and below sub-
paragraph (D) the matter to be inserted by 
the amendment made by section 841 of the 
American Homeownership and Economic 
Opportunity Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–569; 114 Stat. 3022); and 
(ii) in the matter inserted by the 
amendment made by clause (i) of this sub-
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paragraph, by striking ‘‘wholly owned 
and’’; and 
(8) in subsection (m) (as so redesignated by 
section 4(1) of this Act)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(c)(1)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(d)(1)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(c)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(d)(2)’’. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subsection (n) of section 811 (as so redesignated by 
section 4(1) of this Act) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(n) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2010 through 2014 the following amounts: 
‘‘(1) CAPITAL ADVANCE/PRAC PROGRAM.—For 
providing assistance pursuant to subsection (b), such 
sums as may be necessary. 
‘‘(2) DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM.—For car-
rying out the demonstration program under sub-
section (k), such sums as may be necessary to pro-
vide 2,500 incremental dwelling units under such 
program in each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 and 
5,000 incremental dwelling units under such pro-
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gram in each of fiscal years 2012, 2013, and 
2014.’’. 
SEC. 7. NEW REGULATIONS AND PROGRAM GUIDANCE. 
Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue 
new regulations and guidance for the program under sec-
tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) for supportive housing for 
persons with disabilities to carry out such program in ac-
cordance with the amendments made by this Act. 
SEC. 8. GAO STUDY. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study of the supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities program under section 811 of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
8013) to determine the adequacy and effectiveness of such 
program in assisting households of persons with disabil-
ities. Such study shall determine— 
(1) the total number of households assisted 
under such program; 
(2) the extent to which households assisted 
under other programs of the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development that provide rental assist-
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ance or rental housing would be eligible to receive 
assistance under such section 811 program; and 
(3) the extent to which households described in 
paragraph (2) who are eligible for, but not receiving, 
assistance under such section 811 program are re-
ceiving supportive services from, or assisted by, the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development 
other than through the section 811 program (includ-
ing under the Resident Opportunity and Self-Suffi-
ciency program) or from other sources. 
Upon the completion of the study required under this sec-
tion, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the 
Congress setting forth the findings and conclusions of the 
study. 
Æ 
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