I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 217
To amend title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act
to consolidate the Federal programs for housing assistance for the home-
less into a block grant program that ensures that States and communities
are provided sufficient flexibility to use assistance amounts effectively.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 7, 1997
Mr. LAZIO of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Banking and Financial Services
A BILL
To amend title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act to consolidate the Federal programs for
housing assistance for the homeless into a block grant
program that ensures that States and communities are
provided sufficient flexibility to use assistance amounts
effectively.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeless Housing
Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that—
(1) the United States faces a crisis of individ-
uals and families who lack basic affordable housing
and appropriate shelter;
(2) assistance from the Federal Government is
an important factor in the success of efforts by
State and local governments and the private sector
to address the problem of homelessness in a com-
prehensive manner;
(3) there are a multitude of Federal Govern-
ment programs to assist the homeless, including pro-
grams for elderly persons, persons with disabilities,
Native Americans, and veterans;
(4) many of the Federal programs for the
homeless have overlapping objectives, resulting in
multiple sources of Federal funding for the same or
similar purposes;
(5) while the results of Federal programs to as-
sist the homeless generally have been positive, it is
clear that there is a need for consolidation and sim-
plification of such programs to better support local
efforts;
(6) effective homelessness treatment should pro-
vide a range of housing options (including transi-
tional and permanent housing) and, while not all
homeless individuals and families attain self-suffi-
ciency and independence by utilizing transitional
housing and then permanent housing, in many cases
such individuals and families are best able to reenter
society directly through permanent supportive hous-
ing;
(7) supportive housing activities support home-
less persons in an environment that can meet their
short-term or long-term needs and prepare them to
reenter society as appropriate;
(8) homelessness should be treated as part of a
symptom of many neighborhood and community
problems, whose remedies require a holistic approach
integrating all available resources;
(9) there are many private sector entities, par-
ticularly nonprofit organizations, that have success-
fully operated homeless programs;
(10) government restrictions and regulations
may discourage and impede innovative approaches to
homelessness, such as coordination of the various
types of assistance that are required by homeless
persons; and
(11) the Federal Government has a responsibil-
ity to establish partnerships with State and local
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the
term ‘homeless’ or ‘homeless individual or
homeless person’ includes’’ and inserting ‘‘the
terms ‘homeless’, ‘homeless individual’ and
‘homeless person’ include’’; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the term
‘homeless’ or ‘homeless individual’ does not in-
clude’’ and inserting ‘‘the terms ‘homeless’,
‘homeless individual’ and ‘homeless person’ do
not include’’; and
(3) by redesignating sections 103, 104, and 105
as sections 102, 103, and 104, respectively.
SEC. 4. PERMANENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND FLEXI-
BLE BLOCK GRANT HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Stewart B. McKin-
ney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361 et seq.)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘TITLE IV—PERMANENT HOUS-
ING 
DEVELOPMENT 
AND
FLEXIBLE 
BLOCK 
GRANT
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM
‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions
‘‘SEC. 401. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of the program under this title is to
provide assistance for permanent housing development for
homeless persons and promote the development of various
housing assistance activities for homeless persons to en-
able homeless persons to live as independently as possible,
including assistance in the form of permanent housing de-
velopment, supportive housing, emergency shelters, sup-
portive services, and activities to prevent homelessness.
‘‘SEC. 402. GRANT AUTHORITY.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make grants
as provided under this title to eligible grantees for States,
metropolitan cities, urban counties, and insular areas for
carrying out eligible activities under subtitles B and C.
‘‘(b) GRANT AMOUNTS.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided under this title, amounts for a fiscal year allocated
under section 406 shall be used as follows:
‘‘(1) INSULAR
AREAS.—Any amounts for the
fiscal year allocated under section 406(a) for an in-
sular area shall be used for a grant to the eligible
grantee for the insular area for such fiscal year.
‘‘(2) PERMANENT
HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT.—
Any amounts allocated under section 406(b) for a
State or for a metropolitan city or urban county
shall be used for a grant under section 406(b) to the
State or to the metropolitan city or urban county for
such fiscal year.
‘‘(3) FLEXIBLE BLOCK GRANT HOMELESS AS-
SISTANCE.—Any amounts allocated under section
406(c) for a State or for a metropolitan city or
urban county shall be used for a grant under section
406(c) to the eligible grantee for the State, or for
the metropolitan city or urban county, respectively,
for the fiscal year.
‘‘(c) 
USE
FOR
ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITIES.—Grant
amounts provided under this title and any supplemental
funds provided under section 407 may be used only as fol-
lows:
‘‘(1) INSULAR AREA GRANTS.—In the case of a
grant under subsection (b)(1) for an insular area,
for eligible activities under subtitle C benefiting the
insular area.
‘‘(2) PERMANENT
HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS.—In the case of a grant under subsection
(b)(2) to a State or to a metropolitan city or urban
county for eligible activities under subtitle B within
the State, metropolitan city, or urban county, re-
spectively.
‘‘(3) FLEXIBLE BLOCK GRANT HOMELESS AS-
SISTANCE.—In the case of a grant under subsection
(b)(3) for a State, or for a metropolitan city or
urban county, for eligible activities under subtitle C
benefiting the State, or the city or county, and car-
ried out only within nonentitlement areas of the
State or within the city or county, as applicable.
‘‘SEC. 403. ELIGIBLE GRANTEES.
‘‘For purposes of this title, the term ‘eligible grantee’
has the following meaning:
‘‘(1) GRANTS
FOR
INSULAR
AREAS.—In the
case of a grant from amounts allocated under sec-
tion 406(a) for an insular area, such term means—
‘‘(A) the insular area, or an agency, office,
or other entity of the area; or
‘‘(B) to the extent that an entity that is a
private nonprofit organization is authorized by
the government of the insular area to act as the
grantee for the area for purposes of this title,
such private nonprofit entity.
‘‘(2) GRANTS FOR PERMANENT HOUSING DE-
VELOPMENT
AND
FLEXIBLE
ASSISTANCE.—In the
case of a grant from amounts allocated under sec-
tion 406(b) or section 406(c) for a State, or for a
metropolitan city or urban county, such term
means—
‘‘(A) the State, or the metropolitan city or
urban county, respectively, or an agency, office,
or other entity of the State, or the city or coun-
ty respectively; or
‘‘(B) to the extent that a private nonprofit
organization is authorized by the government of
the State, or the city or county, to act as the
grantee for the State, or the city or county, re-
spectively, for purposes of this title, such pri-
vate nonprofit organization.
‘‘SEC. 404. USE OF PROJECT SPONSORS.
‘‘(a) TRANSFER OF GRANT AMOUNTS BY GRANT-
EES.—Eligible activities assisted with grant amounts pro-
vided under this title may be carried out directly by the
grantee or by other entities serving as project sponsors,
which are provided such grant amounts by the grantee or
a subgrantee of the grantee.
strategy for addressing housing needs for homeless
families.
‘‘SEC. 406. ALLOCATION AND AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.
‘‘(a) ALLOCATION
FOR INSULAR AREAS.—Of the
amount made available for grants under this title for a
fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve for grants for each
of the insular areas amounts in accordance with an alloca-
tion formula established by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION FOR PERMANENT HOUSING DE-
VELOPMENT GRANTS UNDER SUBTITLE B.—
‘‘(1) ANNUAL
PORTION
OF
APPROPRIATED
AMOUNT AVAILABLE.—Of the amount made avail-
able for grants under this title for a fiscal year that
remains after amounts are reserved under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall allocate for use under sub-
title B—
‘‘(A) for the first fiscal year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, 20 percent of such
funds;
‘‘(B) for the second fiscal year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, 24 percent
of such funds;
‘‘(C) for the third fiscal year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, 28 percent of such
funds; and
‘‘(D) for the fourth fiscal year after the
date of the enactment of this Act and each fis-
cal year thereafter, 30 percent of such funds.
‘‘(2) 
DETERMINATION
OF
ALLOCATED
AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall allocate amounts
available for use under subtitle B for a fiscal year
pursuant to a national competition based on the cri-
teria specified in section 404(b) and in accordance
with such other factors as the Secretary determines
to be appropriate to carry out this title in an effec-
tive and efficient manner.
‘‘(c) ALLOCATION
FOR FLEXIBLE BLOCK GRANT
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE UNDER SUBTITLE C.—
‘‘(1) ANNUAL
PORTION
OF
APPROPRIATED
AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR SUBTITLE C ACTIVITIES.—
Of the amount made available for grants under this
title for a fiscal year that remains after amounts are
reserved under subsection (a), the Secretary shall al-
locate for use under subtitle C—
‘‘(A) for the first fiscal year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, 80 percent of such
funds, no more than 30 percent of which may
be used for supportive services;
‘‘(B) for the second fiscal year after the
date of the enactment of this Act, 76 percent
of such funds, no more than 25 percent of
which may be used for supportive services;
‘‘(C) for the third fiscal year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, 72 percent of such
funds, no more than 20 percent of which may
be used for supportive services; and
‘‘(D) for the fourth fiscal year after the
date of the enactment of this Act and each fis-
cal year thereafter, 70 percent of such funds,
no more than 15 percent of which may be used
for supportive services.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNT AVAILABLE BE-
TWEEN METROPOLITAN CITIES AND URBAN COUN-
TIES AND STATES.—Of the amount allocated pursu-
ant to paragraph (1) for use under subtitle C for a
fiscal year, 70 percent shall be allocated for metro-
politan cities and urban counties and 30 percent
shall be allocated for States.
‘‘(3) 
DETERMINATION
OF
ALLOCATED
AMOUNT.—Except as provided in subsection (e), the
Secretary shall allocate amounts available for use
under subtitle C for a fiscal year so that—
‘‘(A) for each metropolitan city and urban
county, the percentage of the total amount allo-
cated under this subsection for cities and coun-
ties that is allocated for such city or county is
equal to the percentage of the total amount
available for the preceding fiscal year under
section 106(b) of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 for grants to metro-
politan cities and urban counties that was allo-
cated for such city or county; and
‘‘(B) for each State, the percentage of the
total amount allocated under this subsection for
States that is allocated for such State is equal
to the percentage of the total amount available
for the preceding fiscal year under section
106(d) of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 for grants to States that
was allocated for such State.
‘‘(d) REALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (e), the Secretary shall reallocate
amounts allocated under subsection (a), (b), or (c) as fol-
lows:
‘‘(1) UNUSED AMOUNTS.—Not less than once
during each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallocate
any amounts allocated under this section that—
‘‘(A) are allocated for a State, metropoli-
tan city or urban county, or insular area, but
not provided to an eligible grantee for the juris-
diction because of failure to apply for a grant
under this title or failure to comply with the
requirements of this title;
‘‘(B) were provided to a grantee and (i) re-
captured under this title, or (ii) not utilized by
the grantee in accordance with the purposes
and objectives of the approved application of
the grantee within a reasonable time period,
which the Secretary shall establish; or
‘‘(C) are returned to the Secretary by the
time of such reallocation.
‘‘(2) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COMPREHEN-
SIVE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY STRATEGY REQUIRE-
MENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if, for any
fiscal year, a metropolitan city or urban county fails
to comply with the requirement under section 405(1)
during the 90-day period beginning on the date that
amounts for grants under this title for such fiscal
year first become available for allocation, the
amounts that would have been allocated under sub-
section (c) of this section for such city or county
shall be reallocated for the State in which the unit
is located, but only if the State has complied with
the requirement under section 405(1). Any amounts
that cannot be allocated for a State under the pre-
ceding sentence shall be reallocated for other metro-
politan cities and urban counties and States that
comply with such requirement and demonstrate ex-
traordinary need or large numbers of homeless per-
sons, as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(e) MINIMUM ALLOCATION REQUIREMENT.—If, by
December 1 of any fiscal year, the amount appropriated
for grants under this title for such fiscal year is less than
$750,000,000—
‘‘(1) the Secretary shall not allocate amounts
for such fiscal year under subsections (b) and (c);
‘‘(2) subsection (d) shall not apply to amounts
for such fiscal year; and
‘‘(3) notwithstanding any other provision of this
title, the Secretary shall make grants under this title
from such amounts to States, units of general local
government, and private nonprofit organizations,
pursuant to a national competition based on the cri-
teria specified in section 404(b).
‘‘(f) USE OF REALLOCATED FUNDS.—Any amounts
allocated under subsection (b) that become available for
reallocation under subsection (d) shall be reallocated only
among other States for use under subtitle B. Any amounts
allocated under subsection (c) that become available for
reallocation under subsection (d) shall be reallocated only
for use under subtitle C.
‘‘SEC. 407. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT.
‘‘(a) SUPPLEMENTATION BY GRANTEE.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each State, metropolitan
city or urban county, and insular area for which a
grant under this title is made shall supplement the
amount of the grant provided under this title with
an amount of funds from sources other than this
title, as provided under paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—(A) If the grant exceeds
$100,000, the amount provided under this para-
graph shall be an amount that is not less than 50
percent of the amount of the grant under this title.
‘‘(B) If the grant does not exceed $100,000, the
amount provided under this paragraph shall be $0.
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY
FOR
GRANTEES
TO
REQUIRE
SUPPLEMENTATION.—Each grantee under this title may
require any subgrantee or project sponsor to whom it pro-
vides such grant amounts to supplement the amount of
such grant amounts provided with an amount of funds
from sources other than this title, except that the grantee
may not require supplementation in an amount exceeding
25 percent of the amount of grant amounts provided to
the subgrantee or project sponsor. Supplemental amounts
provided by a subgrantee or project sponsor pursuant to
this subsection shall not be considered supplemental
amounts for purposes of any grantee complying with the
requirement under subsection (a).
‘‘(c) USE.—Any supplemental funds made available
in compliance with this section shall be available only to
carry out eligible activities (1) under subtitle B, if the
grant amounts are available only for such activities, or (2)
under subtitle C, if the grant amounts are available only
for such activities.
‘‘(d) SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS.—In determining the
amount of supplemental funds provided in accordance with
this section, the following amounts may be included:
‘‘(1) The value of any donated material or
building.
‘‘(2) The value of any lease on a building.
‘‘(3) The proceeds from bond financing validly
issued by a State or unit of general local govern-
ment, agency, or instrumentality thereof, and repay-
able with revenues derived from the activity assisted
under this title, except that not more than 25 per-
cent of the supplemental amounts required under
this section may result from this paragraph.
‘‘(4) The amount of any salary paid to staff to
carry out a program for eligible activities under sub-
title B or C.
‘‘(5) The cost or value of any donated goods or
services (including supportive service provided, but
not including the value of any time or services con-
tributed by volunteers).
‘‘SEC. 408. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) FORM AND PROCEDURE.—The Secretary
may make a grant under this title only pursuant to
an application for a grant submitted by an eligible
grantee in the form and in accordance with the pro-
cedures established by the Secretary. The Secretary
may not give preference or priority to any applica-
tion on the basis that the application was submitted
by any particular type of eligible grantee.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall require
that applications contain at a minimum the following
information:
‘‘(A) GRANTS FOR PERMANENT HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.—In the case of an
application for a grant available for use for ac-
tivities under subtitle B or an application for a
grant available for use under subtitle (C) for
permanent housing development assistance—
‘‘(i) a description of the permanent
housing development activities under sub-
title B to be assisted;
‘‘(ii) a description of the entities that
will carry out such activities and the pro-
grams for carrying out such activities; and
‘‘(iii) assurances satisfactory to the
Secretary that the facility will comply with
the requirement under subsection (k).
‘‘(B) FLEXIBLE BLOCK GRANT HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE.—In the case of an application for
a grant available for use for activities under
subtitle C—
‘‘(i) a description of the eligible activi-
ties to be assisted, to the extent available
at the time;
‘‘(ii) in the case of a grant for a facil-
ity assisted under paragraph (1) or (2) of
section 421(a), assurances satisfactory to
the Secretary that the facility will comply
with the requirement under subsection (k);
‘‘(iii) in the case of a grant for a sup-
portive housing facility assisted under this
title that does not receive assistance under
paragraph (1) or (2) of section 421(a), an-
nual assurances during the period specified
in the application that the facility will be
operated for the purpose specified in the
application for such period; and
‘‘(iv) in the case of a grant for a sup-
portive housing facility, reasonable assur-
ances that the project sponsor will own or
have control of a site not later than the ex-
piration of the 12-month period beginning
upon notification of an award of grant as-
sistance, unless the application proposes
providing 
supportive 
housing 
assisted
under section 421(a)(3) or housing that
will eventually be owned or controlled by
the families and individuals served; except
that a project sponsor may obtain owner-
ship or control of a suitable site different
from the site specified in the application.
‘‘(C) ALL GRANTS.—In the case of an ap-
plication for any grant under this title—
‘‘(i) a description of the size and char-
acteristics of the population that will be
served by the eligible activities assisted
with grant amounts;
‘‘(ii) a description of the public and
private resources that are expected to be
made available in connection with grant
amounts provided;
‘‘(iii) a description of the process to
be used in compliance with section 404(b)
to select eligible activities to be assisted
and project sponsors; and
‘‘(iv) a certification that the applicant
will comply with the requirements of the
Fair Housing Act, title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, section 504 of the Re-
habilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Dis-
crimination Act of 1975, and will affirma-
tively further fair housing.
‘‘(b) REQUIRED AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary may
not provide a grant under this title for any applicant un-
less the applicant agrees—
‘‘(1) to ensure that the eligible activities carried
out with grant amounts will be carried out in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this title;
‘‘(2) to conduct an ongoing assessment of the
supportive services required by homeless persons as-
sisted by the eligible activities and the availability of
such services to such persons;
‘‘(3) in the case of grant amounts to be used
under subtitle C for a supportive housing facility or
an emergency shelter, to ensure the provision of
such residential supervision as the Secretary deter-
mines is necessary to facilitate the adequate provi-
sion of supportive services to the residents and users
of the facility or shelter;
‘‘(4) to monitor and report under section 431 to
the Secretary on the progress of the eligible activi-
ties carried out with grant amounts;
‘‘(5) to develop and implement procedures to
ensure (A) the confidentiality of records pertaining
to any individual provided family violence prevention
or treatment services through any activities assisted
with grant amounts, and (B) that the address or lo-
cation of any family violence shelter facility assisted
with grant amounts will not be made public, except
with written authorization of the person or persons
responsible for the operation of such facility;
‘‘(6) to the maximum extent practicable, to in-
volve homeless persons and families, through em-
ployment, volunteer services, or otherwise, in carry-
ing out eligible activities assisted with grant
amounts; and
‘‘(7) to comply with such other terms and con-
ditions as the Secretary may establish to carry out
this title in an effective and efficient manner.
‘‘(c) OCCUPANCY CHARGE.—Any homeless person or
family residing in a dwelling unit assisted under this title
may be required to pay an occupancy charge in an amount
determined by the grantee providing the assistance, which
may not exceed an amount equal to 30 percent of the ad-
justed income (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 or any other sub-
sequent provision of Federal law defining such term for
purposes of eligibility for, or rental charges in, public
housing) of the person or family. Occupancy charges paid
may be reserved, in whole or in part, to assist residents
in moving to permanent housing.
‘‘(d) FLOOD PROTECTION STANDARDS.—Flood pro-
tection standards applicable to housing acquired, rehabili-
tated, constructed, or assisted with grant amounts pro-
vided under this title shall be no more restrictive than the
standards applicable under Executive Order No. 11988
(42 U.S.C. 4321 note; relating to floodplain management)
to the other programs in effect under this title imme-
diately before the enactment of the Homeless Housing
Programs Consolidation and Flexibility Act.
‘‘(e) PARTICIPATION OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.—
The Secretary shall, by regulation, require each grantee
to ensure that each project sponsor assisted by the grantee
provides for the participation of not less than 1 homeless
person or former homeless person on the board of direc-
tors or other equivalent policymaking entity of the project
sponsor, to the extent that such sponsor considers and
makes policies and decisions regarding any activity or fa-
cility, supportive services, or assistance provided with
grant amounts under this title. The Secretary shall pro-
vide that a grantee may grant waivers to project sponsors
unable to meet the requirement under the preceding sen-
tence if the sponsor agrees to otherwise consult with home-
less or formerly homeless persons in considering and mak-
ing such policies and decisions.
‘‘(f) LIMITATION
ON USE
OF FUNDS.—No grant
amounts received under this title (or any funds provided
under section 407 or otherwise to supplement such grants)
may be used to replace other State or local funds pre-
viously used, or designated for use, to assist homeless per-
sons.
‘‘(g) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, of any
grant amounts under this title used to carry out eligible
activities, the grantee or the project sponsor may use for
administrative purposes—
‘‘(1) an amount not exceeding 5 percent of such
grant amount; or
‘‘(2) if the grantee implements use of a stand-
ardized homeless database management system to
record and assess data on the usage of homeless
housing, services, and client needs, an amount not
exceeding 7.5 percent of such grant amount.
‘‘(h) HOUSING QUALITY.—
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Assistance may not be
provided with grant amounts made available for use
under this title for any permanent housing develop-
ment, dwelling unit, supportive housing facility, or
emergency shelter that fails to comply with the hous-
ing quality standards applicable under paragraph (2)
in the jurisdiction in which the housing is located,
unless the deficiency is promptly corrected and the
project sponsor verifies the correction.
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE
STANDARDS.—The housing
quality standards applicable under this subsection to
permanent housing, a dwelling unit, supportive hous-
ing facility, or emergency shelter shall be—
‘‘(A) in the case of permanent housing, a
unit, facility, or shelter located in a jurisdiction
which has in effect laws, regulations, standards,
or codes regarding habitability of such housing,
units, facilities, or shelters that provide protec-
tion to residents of the dwellings that is equal
to or greater than the protection provided under
the housing quality standards established under
paragraph (3), such applicable laws, regula-
tions, standards, or codes; or
‘‘(B) in the case of permanent housing, a
unit, facility, or shelter located in a jurisdiction
which does not have in effect laws, regulations,
standards, or codes described in subparagraph
(A), the housing quality standards established
under paragraph (3).
‘‘(3) FEDERAL
HOUSING
QUALITY
STAND-
ARDS.—The Secretary shall establish housing quality
standards under this paragraph that ensure that
permanent housing, dwelling units, supportive hous-
ing facilities, and emergency shelters assisted under
this title are safe, clean, and healthy. Such stand-
ards shall include requirements relating to habit-
ability, including maintenance, health and sanitation
factors, condition, and construction of dwellings. The
Secretary shall differentiate between major and
minor violations of such standards and may estab-
lish separate standards for permanent housing,
dwelling units, supportive housing facilities, and
emergency shelters.
‘‘(i) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—If a person or
family (not including residents of an emergency shelter)
who receives assistance under this title under a program
assisted with grant amounts under this title violates pro-
gram requirements, the project sponsor may terminate as-
sistance in accordance with a formal process established
by such sponsor that recognizes the rights of individuals
receiving such assistance to due process of law, which may
include a hearing.
‘‘(j) COORDINATION WITH HOMELESS PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the consulta-
tion and coordination required under this subsection
is to provide various services, activities, and assist-
ance for homeless persons and families in an effi-
cient, effective, and targeted manner designed to
meet the comprehensive needs of the homeless.
‘‘(2) COORDINATION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the
Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Education, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and the Secretary of
Agriculture shall consult and coordinate, and may
establish any requirements necessary, to ensure that
assistance for federally funded activities for the
homeless provided by such Secretaries is made avail-
able, to the greatest extent practicable, in conjunc-
tion and coordination with assistance for other
federally funded activities for the homeless and with
assistance under this title.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
HOUSING
ASSIST-
ANCE.—The Secretary shall establish such require-
ments as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure
that grant amounts provided under this title are
used by grantees and project sponsors, to the great-
est extent practicable, in coordination and in con-
junction with federally funded activities for the
homeless.
‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘federally funded activities for the
homeless’ means activities to assist homeless persons
or homeless families that are funded (in whole or in
part) with amounts provided by the Federal Govern-
ment (other than amounts provided under this title)
and includes—
‘‘(A) the programs for health care under
sections 340 and part C of title V of the Public
Health Service Act;
‘‘(B) the programs for education, training
and community services under title VII of the
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act;
‘‘(C) food assistance for homeless persons
and families through the food programs under
the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and the Emer-
gency Food Assistance Act of 1983;
‘‘(D) the job training, housing, and medi-
cal programs for homeless veterans of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs;
‘‘(E) the job corps centers for homeless
families program under section 433A of the Job
Training Partnership Act;
‘‘(F) the program for preventive services
for children of homeless families or families at
risk of homelessness under title III of the Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act;
‘‘(G) the programs under the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act; and
‘‘(H) assistance for homeless persons and
families under State programs funded under
supplemental security income programs under
part A of title IV or under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act.
‘‘(5) COMPANION SERVICES BLOCK GRANTS IN
CASES OF FAILURE TO COMPLY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, for any fiscal year,
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment determines that adequate coordination has
not taken place to ensure that assistance for
federally funded activities for the homeless is
made available in conjunction and coordination
with assistance under this title (as required
under paragraph (2)), and the Interagency
Council on the Homeless concurs in the deter-
mination, the Secretary shall carry out a pro-
gram under subparagraph (B) to make compan-
ion services block grants available for such fis-
cal year.
‘‘(B) 
COMPANION
SERVICE
BLOCK
GRANTS.—The block grant program under this
subparagraph shall provide block grants, using
amounts available pursuant to subparagraph
(C), to eligible grantees under this title to pro-
vide services of the type available under the
programs referred to in paragraph (4) in con-
nection with housing assistance under this title.
The Secretary shall consult with the Inter-
agency Council on the Homeless in establishing
and carrying out the block grant program
under this paragraph.
‘‘(C) FUNDING.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, in any fiscal
year in which block grants are to be pro-
vided in accordance with subparagraph
(A), there shall be available for such block
grants, from the amount made available
for such fiscal year for each activity re-
ferred to in paragraph (4), 10 percent of
the portion of such amount that is attrib-
utable to assistance for the homeless, as
determined by the Secretary and the Inter-
agency Council for the Homeless.
‘‘(ii) 
LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding
clause (i), the aggregate amount available
for companion services block grants under
this paragraph for a fiscal year shall not
exceed the total amount made available
pursuant to section 435 for housing assist-
ance under this title. If, for any fiscal year,
the amount determined under clause (i) ex-
ceeds such amount, the Secretary shall re-
duce the percentage under clause (i) for
such year so that the aggregate amount
made available for companion services
block grants under this paragraph from
the amounts for each activity referred to in
paragraph (4) is equal to the total amount
made available pursuant to section 435 for
housing assistance under this title.
‘‘(k) USE RESTRICTIONS.—
‘‘(1) ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION, AND NEW
CONSTRUCTION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), each housing facility assisted
under subtitle B or subtitle C shall be operated
as housing for the purpose specified in the ap-
plication for assistance with amounts under this
title for not less than 20 years after such facil-
ity is initially placed in service pursuant to such
assistance.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—If, within such 20-year
period, the need for maintaining the facility as
housing for the purpose specified in the applica-
tion for assistance ceases to exist (as deter-
mined by the Secretary pursuant to a rec-
ommendation by the chief executive officer of
the appropriate unit of general local govern-
ment or project sponsor, taking into consider-
ation the comprehensive housing affordability
strategy of the jurisdiction), or the project
sponsor is unable to operate the facility as sup-
portive housing, the facility may be used as af-
fordable housing (in accordance with section
215 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Afford-
able Housing Act).
‘‘(2) OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Each housing facil-
ity assisted under subtitle C shall be operated for
the purposes specified in the application for assist-
ance with amounts under this title for the duration
of the period covered by the grant.
‘‘(3) 
CONVERSION.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graphs (1) and (2), if the Secretary determines that
a housing facility is no longer needed for use as
housing for the purposes specified in the application
for assistance and approves the use of the facility
for the direct benefit of low-income persons pursuant
to a request for such use by the project sponsor, the
Secretary may authorize the sponsor to convert the
facility to such use.
‘‘(l) REPAYMENT OF ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION
OF UNDUE BENEFITS.—
‘‘(1) REPAYMENT.—If a facility assisted under
subtitle B or subtitle C violates the requirement
under subsection (k)(1)(A) of this section during the
10-year period beginning upon placement of the fa-
cility in service pursuant to such assistance, the Sec-
retary shall require the grantee to repay to the Sec-
retary 100 percent of any grant amounts received
for such facility under such paragraph. If such a fa-
cility violates such requirement after such 10-year
period, the Secretary shall require the grantee to
repay the percentage of any grant amounts received
for such facility that is equal to 100 percent minus
10 percentage points for each year in excess of 10
that the facility is operated as supportive housing.
‘‘(2) PREVENTION OF UNDUE BENEFITS.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (3), upon any sale or
other disposition of a facility assisted under subtitle
B or C occurring before the expiration of the 20-
year period beginning on the date that the facility
is placed in service, the project sponsor shall comply
with such terms and conditions as the Secretary may
prescribe to prevent the sponsor from unduly bene-
fiting from such sale or disposition.
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—Paragraphs (1) and (2)
shall not apply to any sale or disposition of a facility
that results in the use of the facility for the direct
benefit of very low-income persons or if all of the
proceeds are used to provide housing meeting the re-
quirements of subtitle B or C.
‘‘(4) FAILURE TO OBTAIN SITE.—If a grantee
of assistance made available for use under this title
obligates assistance for a housing facility other than
a facility under section 421(a)(3) or housing that
will eventually be owned or controlled by the families
and individuals served, and the project sponsor fails
to obtain ownership or control of a suitable site for
a proposed supportive housing during the 12-month
period beginning upon the notification of an award
of grant assistance, the grantee shall recapture the
assistance and make such assistance available under
this subtitle.
‘‘(m) LOCAL BOARDS.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
FUNCTION.—The
chief executive of each grantee shall establish and
select a local board, which shall assist the jurisdic-
tion in—
‘‘(A) determining whether the grant should
be administered by the jurisdiction, a public
agency, a private nonprofit organization, the
State, or the Secretary;
‘‘(B) developing the application under sec-
tion 408;
‘‘(C) overseeing the activities carried out
with assistance under this title; and
‘‘(D) preparing the performance report
under section 431.
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION OF LOCAL BOARDS .—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Members of a local
board selected to meet the requirements of sub-
paragraph (B) shall be nominated by persons,
other than governmental officials or entities,
that represent the groups listed in subpara-
graph (B). Persons who will improve access to
a broad range of services for homeless persons
and who are sensitive to the varying needs of
homeless persons, including veterans, the men-
tally ill, families with children, young persons,
battered spouses, victims of substance abuse,
and persons with AIDS, shall be given pref-
erence when selecting local board members.
‘‘(B) MAJORITY.—Not less than 51 per-
cent of the members of a local board shall be
composed of—
‘‘(i) homeless persons;
‘‘(ii) persons who act as advocates for
homeless persons; and
‘‘(iii) persons who provide assistance
to homeless persons.
‘‘(C) OTHER LOCAL BOARD MEMBERS.—
After the requirements of subparagraph (B) are
met, other members of a local board shall be
chosen from—
‘‘(i) members of the business commu-
nity of the jurisdiction receiving the grant;
‘‘(ii) members of neighborhood advo-
cates in the jurisdiction receiving the
grant; and
‘‘(iii) government officials of the juris-
diction receiving the grant.
‘‘(3) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL
BOARD.—The Secretary may waive the requirements
of this subsection if the jurisdiction has an existing
board that substantially meets the requirements of
this subsection.
‘‘SEC. 409. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—To the extent allowed by this
title, each project sponsor administering permanent hous-
ing development assistance provided with amounts under
this title or a supportive housing facility or emergency
shelter assisted with such amounts shall provide support-
ive services for residents of the dwelling units or facility
or shelter assisted. The array of supportive services pro-
vided may be designed by the grantee or the project spon-
sor administering the assistance, facility, or shelter. A
project sponsor administering a supportive housing facility
shall provide supportive services for other homeless per-
sons using the facility.
‘‘(b) TARGETING
POPULATIONS
WITH
SPECIAL
NEEDS.—Supportive 
services 
provided 
with 
grant
amounts under this title shall address the special needs
of homeless persons (such as homeless persons with
disabilities, 
homeless 
persons 
with 
acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome and related diseases, home-
less persons who have chronic problems with alcohol or
drugs (or both), and homeless families with children) in-
tended to be served.
‘‘(c) SERVICES.—Supportive services may include ac-
tivities such as—
‘‘(1) establishing and operating a child care
services program for homeless families;
‘‘(2) establishing and operating an employment
assistance program;
‘‘(3) providing outpatient health services, food,
and case management;
‘‘(4) providing assistance in obtaining perma-
nent housing, employment counseling, and nutri-
tional counseling;
‘‘(5) providing security arrangements necessary
for the protection of residents of supportive housing
or emergency shelters and for homeless persons
using supportive housing facilities;
‘‘(6) providing assistance in obtaining other
Federal, State, and local assistance available for
such residents and persons (including mental health
benefits, employment counseling, and medical assist-
ance, but not including major medical equipment);
and
‘‘(7) providing other appropriate services.
‘‘(d) PROVISION OF SERVICES.—Supportive services
provided with grant amounts under this title may be pro-
vided directly by the grantee, by the project sponsor ad-
ministering the permanent housing development assist-
ance or the facility or shelter, or by contract with other
public or private service providers. Such services provided
in connection with a supportive housing facility may be
provided to homeless persons who do not reside in the sup-
portive housing, but only to the extent consistent with the
comprehensive housing affordability strategy under sec-
tion 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act for the applicable jurisdiction.
‘‘(e) COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall require
each grantee to certify to the Secretary that, if any
grant amounts under this title of the grantee are to
be available for any eligible activity that includes the
provision of outpatient health services, the grantee
shall ensure that the Secretary of Health and
Human Services is consulted with respect to the pro-
posed services before such use. If, within 45 days of
such consultation, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services determines that the proposal for de-
livery of the outpatient health services does not meet
guidelines established under paragraph (2) for deter-
mining the appropriateness of such proposed serv-
ices, the grantee may not provide grant amounts for
the portion of the activity involving outpatient health
services unless and until the Secretary of Health and
Human Services determines that such services meet
such guidelines.
‘‘(2) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall jointly establish
guidelines for determining the appropriateness of
proposed outpatient health services under this sec-
tion. Such guidelines shall include any provisions
necessary to enable grantees to promptly make de-
terminations necessary to fund eligible activities.
‘‘Subtitle B—Permanent Housing
Development Activities
‘‘SEC. 411. USE OF AMOUNTS AND GENERAL REQUIRE-
MENTS.
‘‘(a) USE OF AMOUNTS FOR PERMANENT HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZED USE.—A State, metropolitan
city, or urban county that receives a grant under
section 402(b)(2) from amounts allocated for use
under this subtitle may use grant amounts (and any
supplemental amounts provided under section 407)
only to carry out activities to permanent housing de-
velopment activities within such State, metropolitan
city, or urban county. For purposes of this subtitle,
the term ‘permanent housing development activities’
means activities to construct, substantially rehabili-
tate, or acquire structures to provide permanent
housing.
‘‘(2) USE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES PROHIB-
ITED.—Amounts allocated for use under this subtitle
may not be used for supportive services activities.
‘‘(b) USE THROUGH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—
A grantee that receives grant amounts for a fiscal year
for use under this subtitle may, pursuant to section 404,
provide such amounts to units of general local government
and private nonprofit organizations for use in accordance
with this subtitle, except that the grantee shall ensure that
more than 50 percent of the amounts received by the
grantee for the fiscal year are used through private non-
profit organizations.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.—To the extent provided
in section 408(g), grant amounts provided under this sub-
title may be used by the project sponsor providing such
assistance for costs of administering such assistance.
‘‘(d) TARGETING
POPULATIONS
WITH
SPECIAL
NEEDS.—To the maximum extent practicable, a grantee
shall provide for use of grant amounts made available
under this subtitle in a manner that provides permanent
housing for homeless persons who are persons with disabil-
ities (including persons with physical and mental disabil-
ities), 
homeless 
persons 
who 
have 
acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome or related diseases, and
homeless persons who have chronic problems with alcohol
or drugs (or both).
‘‘SEC. 412. PERMANENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Housing shall be considered per-
manent housing for purposes of this title if the housing—
‘‘(1) provides long-term housing for homeless
persons;
‘‘(2) complies with any applicable State and
local housing codes, licensing requirements, or other
requirement in the jurisdiction in which the housing
is located, including any applicable State or local re-
quirements regarding the number of occupants in
such a facility; and
‘‘(3) complies with the requirement under sec-
tion 409(a) regarding providing supportive services
for homeless persons.
‘‘(b) CLARIFICATION.—Permanent housing may—
‘‘(1) be restricted for occupancy by homeless
persons with disabilities; and
‘‘(2) consist of or contain full dwelling units or
dwelling units that do not contain bathrooms or
kitchen facilities; and
‘‘(3) be provided in the form of rental housing,
cooperative housing, shared living arrangements, sin-
gle family housing, or other types of housing ar-
rangements.
‘‘Subtitle C—Flexible Block Grant
Homeless Assistance
‘‘SEC. 421. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Grant amounts allocated for use
under this subtitle may be used only for carrying out the
following activities:
‘‘(1) ACQUISITION
AND
REHABILITATION
OF
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.—For acquisition or rehabili-
tation of an existing structure (including a small
commercial property or office space) to provide sup-
portive housing other than emergency shelter or to
provide supportive services, the repayment of any
outstanding debt owed on a loan made to purchase
an existing structure for use as supportive housing
shall be considered to be a cost of acquisition under
this paragraph if the structure was not used as sup-
portive housing or to provide supportive services, be-
fore assistance is provided using grant amounts.
‘‘(2) NEW
CONSTRUCTION
OF
SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.—For new construction of a structure to
be used as supportive housing.
‘‘(3) LEASING OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.—For
leasing of an existing structure or structures, or por-
tions thereof, to provide supportive housing or sup-
portive services during the period covered by the ap-
plication.
‘‘(4) OPERATING
COSTS
FOR
SUPPORTIVE
HOUSING.—For covering operating costs of support-
ive housing (which shall include capital costs for uti-
lizing any interactive computer or telephone services
and other electronic information networks and sys-
tems appropriate for assisting homeless families); ex-
cept that grant amounts provided under this subtitle
may not be used to cover more than 75 percent of
the annual operating costs of such housing.
‘‘(5) HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION.—For activi-
ties designed to help persons and families avoid be-
coming homeless, which shall include assistance for
making mortgage payments, rental payments, and
utility payments and any activities other than those
found by the Secretary to be inconsistent with the
purposes of this Act; except that assistance under
this paragraph may be provided only to very low-in-
come persons and families who have received eviction
(or mortgage delinquency or foreclosure) notices or
notices of termination of utility services and who—
‘‘(A) are unable to make the required pay-
ments due to a sudden reduction in income;
‘‘(B) need such assistance to avoid the
eviction or termination of services; and
‘‘(C) have a reasonable prospect of being
able to resume payments within a reasonable
period of time.
‘‘(6) PERMANENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AC-
TIVITIES.—For providing permanent housing devel-
opment activities as described in subtitle B.
‘‘(7) EMERGENCY SHELTER.—For—
‘‘(A) renovation, major rehabilitation, or
conversion of a building or buildings to be used
as emergency shelters;
‘‘(B) covering costs of supportive services
in connection with an emergency shelter, if such
services do not supplant any services provided
by the local government during any part of the
12-month period ending on the date of the com-
mencement of the operation of the emergency
shelter; and
‘‘(C) covering costs relating to mainte-
nance, operation, insurance, utilities, and fur-
nishings for emergency shelters.
‘‘(8) SUPPORTIVE
SERVICES.—To the extent
provided in section 406, for covering costs of sup-
portive services provided to homeless persons in con-
nection with a permanent or supportive housing fa-
cility or otherwise.
‘‘(9) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—For technical
assistance in carrying out the purposes of this title,
except that the Secretary may provide such technical
assistance directly to any grantee.
‘‘(b) USE FOR HOUSING ACTIVITIES.—Of the aggre-
gate of any grant amounts provided to a grantee for a
fiscal year for use under this subtitle and the supplemental
amounts provided for such fiscal year by the grantee in
accordance with section 407, the grantee shall ensure that
an amount that is not less than such grant amounts (less
any amount used pursuant to section 408(g)) is used for
eligible activities described in paragraphs (1) through (6)
of subsection (a).
‘‘(c) USE FOR EMERGENCY SHELTERS.—Of the ag-
gregate of any grant amounts provided to a grantee for
a fiscal year for use under this subtitle, the grantee shall
ensure that not more than 10 percent may be used to
carry out eligible activities under subsection (a)(7). The
Secretary may waive applicability of the limitation under
the preceding sentence for a grantee for a limited period
of time in cases of emergency, disaster, or other temporary
extraordinary circumstances (as the Secretary may pro-
vide).
‘‘SEC. 422. USE OF AMOUNTS THROUGH PRIVATE NON-
PROFIT PROVIDERS.
‘‘In each fiscal year, each grantee of amounts for use
under this subtitle shall ensure that more than 50 percent
of the amounts received by the grantee for such fiscal year
are used for carrying out eligible activities under section
421 through project sponsors that are private nonprofit
organizations.
‘‘SEC. 423. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Housing shall be considered sup-
portive housing for purposes of this subtitle if—
‘‘(1) the housing complies with the requirement
under section 409(a) regarding providing supportive
services for homeless persons;
‘‘(2) the housing complies with any applicable
State and local housing codes and licensing require-
ments in the jurisdiction in which the housing is lo-
cated; and
‘‘(3) the housing—
‘‘(A) is transitional housing; or
‘‘(B) is permanent supportive housing as
described in section 412.
‘‘(b) TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘transitional housing’ means housing, the
purpose of which is to facilitate the movement of homeless
persons and families to permanent housing within 24
months or such longer period as the Secretary determines
necessary. Assistance may be denied for housing based on
a violation of this subsection only if a substantial number
of homeless persons or families have remained in the hous-
ing longer than such period.
‘‘(c) SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY DWELLINGS.—A fa-
cility may provide supportive housing or supportive serv-
ices in dwelling units that do not contain bathrooms or
kitchen facilities and are appropriate for use as supportive
housing or in facilities containing some or all such dwell-
ing units.
‘‘SEC. 424. EMERGENCY SHELTER.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A facility shall be considered
emergency shelter for purposes of this subtitle if the facil-
ity is designed to provide overnight sleeping accommoda-
tions for homeless persons and complies with the require-
ments under this section. An emergency shelter may in-
clude appropriate eating and cooking accommodations.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Grant amounts under this
subtitle may be used for eligible activities under section
421(a)(7) relating to emergency shelter only if—
‘‘(1) the Secretary determines that—
‘‘(A) use of such amounts is necessary to
meet the emergency shelter needs of the juris-
diction in which the facility is located; and
‘‘(B) the use of such amounts for such ac-
tivities will not violate the prohibition under
section 408(f); and
‘‘(2) the project sponsor agrees that it will—
‘‘(A) in the case of assistance involving
major rehabilitation or conversion of a building,
maintain the building as a shelter for homeless
persons and families for not less than a 10-year
period unless, within such 10-year period, the
need for maintaining the building as a full-time
shelter ceases to exist and the building is used
for the remainder of such period to carry out
other eligible activities under this subtitle;
‘‘(B) in the case of assistance involving re-
habilitation (other than major rehabilitation or
conversion of a building), maintain the building
as a shelter for homeless persons and families
for not less than a 3-year period;
‘‘(C) in the case of assistance involving
only activities described in subparagraphs (B)
and (C) of section 421(a)(7), provide services or
shelter to homeless persons and families at the
original site or structure or other sites or struc-
tures serving the same general population for
the period during which such assistance is pro-
vided;
‘‘(D) comply with the standards of housing
quality applicable under section 408(h); and
‘‘(E) assist homeless persons in obtain-
ing—
‘‘(i) appropriate supportive services,
including permanent housing, medical and
mental health treatment (including infor-
mation and counseling regarding the bene-
fits and availability of child immunization),
counseling, supervision, and other services
essential for achieving independent living;
and
‘‘(ii) other Federal, State, local, and
private assistance available for homeless
persons.
‘‘Subtitle D—Reporting,
Definitions, and Funding
‘‘SEC. 431. PERFORMANCE REPORTS BY GRANTEES.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—For each fiscal year, each
grantee under this title shall review and report, in a form
acceptable to the Secretary, on the progress it has made
during such fiscal year in carrying out the activities de-
scribed in the application resulting in such grant and the
relationship of such activities to the comprehensive hous-
ing affordability strategy under section 105 of the Cran-
ston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act for the
applicable jurisdiction.
‘‘(b) CONTENT.—Each report under this section for
a fiscal year shall—
‘‘(1) describe the use of grant amounts provided
to the grantee for such fiscal year;
‘‘(2) describe the number of homeless persons
and families provided shelter, housing, or assistance
using such grant amounts;
‘‘(3) assess the relationship of such use to the
goals identified pursuant to section 105(b)(2) of the
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
in the comprehensive housing affordability strategy
for the applicable jurisdiction;
‘‘(4) indicate the grantee’s programmatic ac-
complishments; and
‘‘(5) describe how the grantee would change its
programs as a result of its experiences.
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall establish
dates for submission of reports under this section and re-
view such reports and make such recommendations as the
Secretary considers appropriate to carry out the purposes
of this title.
‘‘(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee preparing a re-
port under this section shall make the report pub-
licly available to the citizens in the jurisdiction of
the grantee in sufficient time to permit such citizens
to comment on such report prior to its submission
to the Secretary, and in such manner and at such
times as the grantee may determine. The report
shall include a summary of any such comments re-
ceived by the grantee regarding its program.
‘‘(2) ELECTRONIC
ACCESS.—A grantee may
comply with the requirement under paragraph (1) by
making the report available through interactive com-
puter or telephone services or other electronic infor-
mation networks and systems appropriate for mak-
ing such information widely publicly available. The
Secretary shall make each final report submitted
under this section publicly available through such a
computer, telephone, or information service, net-
work, or system.
‘‘SEC. 432. ANNUAL REPORT BY SECRETARY.
‘‘The Secretary shall include in the annual report
under section 8 of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development Act information summarizing the activities
carried out under this title and setting forth the findings,
conclusions, and recommendations of the Secretary as a
result of the activities. Such information shall be made
publicly available through a computer, telephone, or infor-
mation service, network, or system described in section
431(d).
‘‘SEC. 433. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this title, the following definitions
shall apply:
‘‘(1) APPLICANT.—The term ‘applicant’ means
an eligible grantee that submits an application under
section 408(a) for a grant under this title.
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE GRANTEE.—The term ‘eligible
grantee’ is defined in section 403.
‘‘(3) FACILITY.—The term ‘facility’ means a
structure or structures (or a portion of such struc-
ture or structures) that are assisted through eligible
activities under subtitle C with grant amounts under
this title (or for which the Secretary provides tech-
nical assistance under section 421(a)(9)).
‘‘(4) GRANTEE.—The term ‘grantee’ means an
applicant that receives a grant under this title.
‘‘(5) INSULAR AREA.—The term ‘insular area’
means each of the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any
other territory or possession of the United States.
‘‘(6) METROPOLITAN
CITY, URBAN
COUNTY,
AND UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The
terms ‘metropolitan city’, ‘urban county’, and ‘unit
of general local government’ have the meanings
given the terms in section 102 of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974.