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Provided further, That up to $12,000,000 of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available for the national homeless 
data analysis project: Provided further, That all funds awarded 
for supportive services under the Continuum of Care program and 
the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program shall be matched 
by not less than 25 percent in cash or in kind by each grantee: 
Provided further, That for all match requirements applicable to 
funds made available under this heading for this fiscal year and 
prior years, a grantee may use (or could have used) as a source 
of match funds other funds administered by the Secretary and 
other Federal agencies unless there is (or was) a specific statutory 
prohibition on any such use of any such funds: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall collect system performance measures for 
each continuum of care, and that relative to fiscal year 2015, 
under the Continuum of Care competition with respect to funds 
made available under this heading, the Secretary shall base an 
increasing share of the score on performance criteria: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this heading shall 
be available to provide funding for new projects, except for projects 
created through reallocation, unless the Secretary determines that 
the continuum of care has demonstrated that projects are evaluated 
and ranked based on the degree to which they improve the con-
tinuum of care’s system performance: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall prioritize funding under the Continuum of Care 
program to continuums of care that have demonstrated a capacity 
to reallocate funding from lower performing projects to higher per-
forming projects: Provided further, That all awards of assistance 
under this heading shall be required to coordinate and integrate 
homeless programs with other mainstream health, social services, 
and employment programs for which homeless populations may 
be eligible: Provided further, That any unobligated amounts 
remaining from funds appropriated under this heading in fiscal 
year 2012 and prior years for project-based rental assistance for 
rehabilitation projects with 10-year grant terms may be used for 
purposes under this heading, notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such funds were appropriated: Provided further, That all 
balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from 
the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this 
account shall be available, if recaptured, for Continuum of Care 
renewals in fiscal year 2017: Provided further, That the Department 
shall notify grantees of their formula allocation from amounts allo-
cated (which may represent initial or final amounts allocated) for 
the Emergency Solutions Grant program within 60 days of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That up to $43,000,000 of the 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be to implement 
projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving 
homeless youth, age 24 and under, in up to 11 communities, 
including at least five rural communities, can dramatically reduce 
youth homelessness: Provided further, That such projects shall be 
eligible for renewal under the continuum of care program subject 
to the same terms and conditions as other renewal applicants: 
Provided further, That youth aged 24 and under seeking assistance 
under this heading shall not be required to provide third party 
documentation to establish their eligibility under 42 U.S.C. 11302(a) 
or (b) to receive services: Provided further, That unaccompanied 
youth aged 24 and under or families headed by youth aged 24
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and under who are living in unsafe situations may be served by 
youth-serving providers funded under this heading. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based 
subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 
(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (‘‘the Act’’), not otherwise provided for, 
$10,416,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be avail-
able on October 1, 2016 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously 
appropriated under this heading that became available October 
1, 2016), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be available on October 1, 2017: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for expiring 
or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including 
section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to 
section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 mod-
erate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant 
to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for units 
in projects that are subject to approved plans of action under 
the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987 or 
the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeowner-
ship Act of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses associ-
ated with project-based activities and assistance funded under this 
paragraph: Provided further, That of the total amounts provided 
under this heading, not to exceed $235,000,000 shall be available 
for performance-based contract administrators for section 8 project- 
based assistance, for carrying out 42 U.S.C. 1437(f): Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
also use such amounts in the previous proviso for performance- 
based contract administrators for the administration of: interest 
reduction payments pursuant to section 236(a) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(a)); rent supplement payments 
pursuant to section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development 
Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s); section 236(f)(2) rental assistance 
payments (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1(f)(2)); project rental assistance con-
tracts for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act 
of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q); project rental assistance contracts for 
supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 
811(d)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(d)(2)); project assistance contracts pursuant 
to section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86– 
372; 73 Stat. 667); and loans under section 202 of the Housing 
Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667): Provided further, 
That amounts recaptured under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, or the heading ‘‘Housing Cer-
tificate Fund’’, may be used for renewals of or amendments to 
section 8 project-based contracts or for performance-based contract 
administrators, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, upon the request of the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds that are 
held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject to a section
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8 project-based Housing Assistance Payments contract that author-
izes HUD or a Housing Finance Agency to require that surplus 
project funds be deposited in an interest-bearing residual receipts 
account and that are in excess of an amount to be determined 
by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department and deposited 
in this account, to be available until expended: Provided further, 
That amounts deposited pursuant to the previous proviso shall 
be available in addition to the amount otherwise provided by this 
heading for uses authorized under this heading. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
For capital advances, including amendments to capital advance 
contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 
202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental 
assistance for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 
of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 
and for senior preservation rental assistance contracts, including 
renewals, as authorized by section 811(e) of the American Housing 
and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended, and for sup-
portive services associated with the housing, $502,400,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2020, of which $10,000,000 shall 
be for capital advance and project-based rental assistance awards 
or for incremental senior preservation rental assistance contracts: 
Provided, That amounts for project rental assistance contracts are 
to remain available for the liquidation of valid obligations for 10 
years following the date of such obligation: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided under this heading, up to $75,000,000 
shall be for service coordinators and the continuation of existing 
congregate service grants for residents of assisted housing projects: 
Provided further, That amounts under this heading shall be avail-
able for Real Estate Assessment Center inspections and inspection- 
related activities associated with section 202 projects: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive the provisions of section 
202 governing the terms and conditions of project rental assistance, 
except that the initial contract term for such assistance shall not 
exceed 5 years in duration: Provided further, That upon request 
of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, project funds 
that are held in residual receipts accounts for any project subject 
to a section 202 project rental assistance contract, and that upon 
termination of such contract are in excess of an amount to be 
determined by the Secretary, shall be remitted to the Department 
and deposited in this account, to be available until September 
30, 2020: Provided further, That amounts deposited in this account 
pursuant to the previous proviso shall be available, in addition 
to the amounts otherwise provided by this heading, for amendments 
and renewals: Provided further, That unobligated balances, 
including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds trans-
ferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be available 
for amendments and renewals notwithstanding the purposes for 
which such funds originally were appropriated. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For amendments to capital advance contracts for supportive 
housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
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U.S.C. 8013), for project rental assistance for supportive housing 
for persons with disabilities under section 811(d)(2) of such Act 
and for project assistance contracts pursuant to section 202(h) of 
the Housing Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), 
including amendments to contracts for such assistance and renewal 
of expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1-year term, 
for project rental assistance to State housing finance agencies and 
other appropriate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3) 
of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and for supportive 
services associated with the housing for persons with disabilities 
as authorized by section 811(b)(1) of such Act, $146,200,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading shall be available for Real Estate 
Assessment Center inspections and inspection-related activities 
associated with section 811 projects: Provided further, That, in 
this fiscal year, upon the request of the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, project funds that are held in residual 
receipts accounts for any project subject to a section 811 project 
rental assistance contract and that upon termination of such con-
tract are in excess of an amount to be determined by the Secretary 
shall be remitted to the Department and deposited in this account, 
to be available until September 30, 2020: Provided further, That 
amounts deposited in this account pursuant to the previous proviso 
shall be available in addition to the amounts otherwise provided 
by this heading for amendments and renewals: Provided further, 
That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this 
heading shall be used for amendments and renewals notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds originally were appro-
priated. 
HOUSING COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For contracts, grants, and other assistance excluding loans, 
as authorized under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Develop-
ment Act of 1968, as amended, $55,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2018, including up to $4,500,000 for administra-
tive contract services: Provided, That grants made available from 
amounts provided under this heading shall be awarded within 
180 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds 
shall be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants and 
homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to property 
maintenance, financial management/literacy, and such other mat-
ters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing 
conditions, meeting their financial needs, and fulfilling the respon-
sibilities of tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; 
and for housing counselor training: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of providing such grants from amounts provided under this 
heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear agreements as 
appropriate, subject to the availability of annual appropriations. 
RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE 
For amendments to contracts under section 101 of the Housing 
and Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) and section 
236(f)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) in State- 
aided, noninsured rental housing projects, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount, together