(2) to provide funding to enhance, make safe
and accessible, and extend the useful life of public
housing developments for the elderly and disabled
and to increase their accessibility to supportive serv-
ices;
(3) to provide elderly and disabled public hous-
ing residents a readily available choice in living ar-
rangements by utilizing the services of service coor-
dinators and providing a continuum of care that al-
lows such residents to age in place;
(4) to incorporate congregate housing service
programs more fully into public housing operations;
and
(5) to accomplish such purposes and provide
such funding under existing provisions of law that
currently authorize all activities to be conducted
under the demonstration program.
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY FOR ELDERLY HOUSING PLUS HEALTH
SUPPORT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry
out an elderly housing plus health support demonstration
program under this Act to demonstrate the effectiveness
of providing coordinated funding for selected public hous-
ing projects for elderly and disabled families to provide
amounts for rehabilitating such projects, for providing
space in such projects for supportive services and commu-
nity and health facilities, for providing service coordina-
tors for such projects, and for providing congregate serv-
ices programs in or near such projects.
SEC. 4. PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAM.
(a) APPLICATION AND PLAN.—To be eligible to be
selected for participation in the demonstration program
under this Act, a public housing agency shall submit to
the Secretary—
(1) an application, in such form and manner as
the Secretary shall require; and
(2) a plan for the agency that—
(A) identifies the public housing projects
for which amounts provided under this Act will
be used, which may only be projects that are
designated, or otherwise used, for occupancy (i)
only by elderly families, or (ii) by both elderly
families and disabled families; and
(B) provides for local agencies or organiza-
tions to establish or expand the provision of
health-related services or other services that will
enhance living for residents of public housing
projects of the agency, primarily in the project
or projects to be assisted under the demonstra-
tion program.
(b) SELECTION AND CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall
select public housing agencies for participation in the dem-
onstration program under this Act based upon a competi-
tion among public housing agencies submitting applica-
tions for participation. The competition shall be based
upon the following criteria:
(1) The extent of the need, for the projects of
an agency that are identified in the plan of the
agency pursuant to section 4(a)(2)(A), for rehabili-
tation activities.
(2) The past performance of an agency in serv-
ing the needs of elderly public housing residents or
non-elderly, disabled public housing residents.
(3) The past success of an agency in obtaining
non-public housing resources to assist such resi-
dents.
(4) The effectiveness of the plan of an agency
in creating or expanding services described in sub-
section (a)(2)(B).
SEC. 5. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
(a) ASSISTANCE.—To the extent amounts are made
available under subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide
assistance from the Capital Fund established under sec-
tion 9(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)(1)) to public housing agencies se-
lected for participation in the demonstration program
under this Act for use only for capital improvements to
rehabilitate public housing projects identified in the plan
of the agency pursuant to section 4(a)(2)(A) of this Act
or to provide space for supportive services and for commu-
nity and health-related facilities primarily for the residents
of such projects.
(b) ALLOCATION.—Amounts made available under
subsection (c) shall be allocated among public housing
agencies selected to participate in the demonstration pro-
gram under this Act on the basis of the criteria under
section 4(b). Section 9(c)(1) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(c)(1)) shall not apply to
such amounts.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For pro-
viding assistance under this section in connection with the
demonstration program under this Act, there is authorized
to be appropriated to the Capital Fund established under
section 9(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may
be necessary for each subsequent fiscal year.
SEC. 6. SERVICE COORDINATORS.
(a) ASSISTANCE.—To the extent amounts are made
available under subsection (c), the Secretary shall make
grants under section 34 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) to public housing agencies
selected for participation in the demonstration program
under this Act. Such grants shall be used only in accord-
ance with section 34(b)(2) of such Act, for public housing
projects for elderly and disabled families for which capital
assistance is provided under section 5 of this Act, to pro-
vide service coordinators and related activities identified
in the plan of the agency pursuant to section 4(a)(2) of
this Act so that the residents of such projects will have
improved and more economical access to services that sup-
port their health and well-being. Subsections (c), (d), and
(e) of such section 34 shall not apply to amounts made
available under this section.
(b) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall provide a
grant pursuant to this section, in an amount not exceeding
$400,000, to each public housing agency that is selected
to participate in the demonstration program under this
Act.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—For
grants under section 34 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 in accordance with this section, there is author-
ized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001
and such sums as may be necessary for each subsequent
fiscal year.
SEC. 7. CONGREGATE HOUSING SERVICES PROGRAMS.
(a) ASSISTANCE.—To the extent amounts are made
available under subsection (c), the Secretary shall make
grants under section 34 of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–6) to public housing agencies
selected for participation in the demonstration program
under this Act. Such grants shall be used only in accord-
ance with section 34(b)(2) of such Act, in connection with
public housing projects for elderly and disabled families
for which capital assistance is provided under section 5
of this Act, to carry out a congregate housing service pro-
gram identified in the plan of the agency pursuant to sec-
tion 4(a)(2) of this Act that provides services as described
in section 202(g)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
U.S.C. 1701q(g)(1). No other provision of such section
202 shall apply to such grants. Subsections (c), (d), and
(e) of such section 34 shall not apply to amounts made
available under this section.
(b) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall provide a
grant pursuant to this section, in an amount that does
not exceed $750,000, to each public housing agency that
is selected to participate in the demonstration program