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before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility 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 preceding 
proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated 
to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies 
receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent 
necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under 
the preceding proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated 
under this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special 
purpose vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such 
amounts were appropriated: Provided further, That all public 
housing agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall 
be funded in accordance with the requirements of the MTW 
demonstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, and 
shall be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 
under the preceding proviso: 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) $15,000,000 shall be available for incremental rental 
voucher assistance for use through a supported housing pro-
gram administered in conjunction with the Department of Vet-
erans 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, notwithstanding section 203 (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 Sec-
retary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, public housing 
agency administrative performance, and other factors as speci-
fied by the Secretary 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 may waive, or specify alternative require-
ments for (in consultation with the Secretary of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs), any provision of any statute or regulation 
that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development admin-
isters in connection with the use of funds made available under 
this paragraph (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment), upon 
a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary for the effective delivery and 
administration of such voucher assistance: Provided further, 
That assistance made available under this paragraph shall 
continue to remain available for homeless veterans upon turn- 
over: Provided further, That of the total amount made available 
under this paragraph, up to $10,000,000 may be for additional 
fees established by and allocated pursuant to a method deter-
mined by the Secretary for administrative and other expenses 
(including those eligible activities defined by notice to facilitate 
leasing, such as security deposit assistance and costs related
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to the retention and support of participating owners) of public 
housing agencies in administering HUD–VASH vouchers; 
(5) $30,000,000 shall be available for the family unification 
program as authorized under section 8(x) of the Act: Provided, 
That the amounts made available under this paragraph are 
provided as follows: 
(A) $5,000,000 shall be available for new incremental 
voucher assistance, which shall continue to remain avail-
able for family unification upon turnover; and 
(B) $25,000,000 shall be available for new incremental 
voucher assistance to assist eligible youth as defined by 
such section 8(x)(2)(B) of the Act, which shall continue 
to remain available for such eligible youth upon turnover: 
Provided, That such amounts shall be available on a non-
competitive basis to public housing agencies that partner 
with public child welfare agencies to identify such eligible 
youth, that request such assistance to timely assist such 
eligible youth, and that meet any other criteria as specified 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
review utilization of such assistance and assistance origi-
nating from appropriations made available for youth under 
this heading in any prior Act that the Secretary made 
available on a noncompetitive basis, at an interval to be 
determined by the Secretary, and unutilized voucher assist-
ance that is no longer needed based on such review shall 
be recaptured by the Secretary and reallocated pursuant 
to the preceding proviso: 
Provided further, That any public housing agency administering 
new incremental voucher assistance originating from appropria-
tions made available for the family unification program under 
this heading in this or any prior Act that the Secretary made 
available on a competitive basis that determines it no longer 
has an identified need for such assistance upon turnover shall 
notify the Secretary, and the Secretary shall recapture such 
assistance from the agency and reallocate it to any other public 
housing agency or agencies based on need for voucher assistance 
in connection with such specified program or eligible youth, 
as applicable; and 
(6) the Secretary shall separately track all special purpose 
vouchers funded under this heading and continue to provide 
timely updates on budget, utilization, spending and leasing 
trends for all vouchers by purpose on the voucher data dash-
board on the publicly accessible website of the Department: 
Provided, That upon turnover, special purpose vouchers issued 
pursuant to section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) funded under this 
or any other heading in this or prior Acts, shall be provided 
to non-elderly persons with disabilities. 
HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
Unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, 
remaining from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development under this heading, the heading ‘‘Annual 
Contributions for Assisted Housing’’ and the heading ‘‘Project-Based
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Rental Assistance’’, for fiscal year 2026 and prior years may be 
used for renewal of or amendments to section 8 project-based con-
tracts and for performance-based contract administrators, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such funds were appropriated: 
Provided, That any obligated balances of contract authority from 
fiscal year 1974 and prior fiscal years that have been terminated 
shall be rescinded: Provided further, That amounts heretofore recap-
tured, or recaptured during the current fiscal year, from section 
8 project-based contracts from source years fiscal year 1975 through 
fiscal year 1987 are hereby rescinded, and an amount of additional 
new budget authority, equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby 
appropriated, to remain available until expended, for the purposes 
set forth under this heading, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available. 
PUBLIC HOUSING FUND 
For 2026 payments to public housing agencies for the operation 
and management of public housing, as authorized by section 9(e) 
of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) 
(the ‘‘Act’’), and to carry out capital and management activities 
for public housing agencies, as authorized under section 9(d) of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)), $8,319,393,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2029: Provided, That of the sums appropriated 
under this heading— 
(1) $4,687,393,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
allocate pursuant to the operating fund formula at part 990 
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, for 2026 payments; 
(2) $337,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
allocate pursuant to a need-based application process, notwith-
standing section 203 of this title, not subject to such operating 
fund formula, and without regard to unit count, to public 
housing agencies that experience, or are at risk of, financial 
shortfalls, as determined by the Secretary: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall notify public housing agencies of their estimated 
shortfall eligibility no later than 60 days of the enactment 
of this Act; 
(3) $3,200,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to 
allocate pursuant to the capital fund formula at section 905.400 
of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided, That for 
funds described under this paragraph, the limitation in section 
9(g)(1) of the Act shall be 25 percent: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may waive the limitation in the preceding proviso 
to allow public housing agencies to fund activities authorized 
under section 9(e)(1)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify public housing agencies requesting 
waivers under the preceding proviso if the request is approved 
or denied within 14 days of submitting the request: Provided 
further, That from the funds made available under this para-
graph, the Secretary shall provide bonus awards in fiscal year 
2026 to public housing agencies that are designated high per-
formers: Provided further, That the Department shall notify 
public housing agencies of their formula allocation within 60 
days of enactment of this Act; 
(4) $30,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary to make 
grants, notwithstanding section 203 of this title, to public 
housing agencies for emergency capital needs, including safety
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and security measures necessary to address crime and drug- 
related activity, as well as needs resulting from unforeseen 
or unpreventable emergencies and natural disasters excluding 
Presidentially declared emergencies and natural disasters 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) occurring in fiscal year 2026: 
Provided, That of the amount made available under this para-
graph, not less than $10,000,000 shall be for safety and security 
measures: Provided further, That in addition to the amount 
in the preceding proviso for such safety and security measures, 
any amounts that remain available, after all applications 
received on or before September 30, 2027, for emergency capital 
needs have been processed, shall be allocated to public housing 
agencies for such safety and security measures; 
(5) $50,000,000 shall be available for competitive grants 
to public housing agencies to evaluate and reduce residential 
health hazards in public housing, including lead-based paint 
(by carrying out the activities of risk assessments, abatement, 
and interim controls, as those terms are defined in section 
1004 of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851b)), carbon monoxide, mold, radon, 
and fire safety: Provided, That not less than $25,000,000 of 
the amounts provided under this paragraph shall be awarded 
for evaluating and reducing lead-based paint hazards, except 
that if such amount is undersubscribed any remaining amounts 
may be awarded to qualified applicants for other purposes 
under this paragraph: Provided further, That for purposes of 
environmental review, a grant under this paragraph shall be 
considered funds for projects or activities under title I of the 
Act for purposes of section 26 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437x) 
and shall be subject to the regulations implementing such sec-
tion; and 
(6) $15,000,000 shall be available to support the costs of 
administrative and judicial receiverships and for competitive 
grants to public housing agencies in receivership, designated 
troubled or substandard, or otherwise at risk, as determined 
by the Secretary, for costs associated with public housing asset 
improvement, in addition to other amounts for that purpose 
provided under any heading under this title: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or regulation, during fiscal year 2026, the Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development may not delegate to any Department offi-
cial other than the Deputy Secretary and the Assistant Secretary 
for Public and Indian Housing any authority under paragraph (2) 
of section 9(j) of the Act regarding the extension of the time periods 
under such section: Provided further, That for purposes of such 
section 9(j), the term ‘‘obligate’’ means, with respect to amounts, 
that the amounts are subject to a binding agreement that will 
result in outlays, immediately or in the future: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may authorize a public housing agency with 
at least one property with a low physical inspection score to use 
operating reserve funds or any amounts allocated to such agency 
pursuant to the operating fund formula from amounts made avail-
able in this and prior Acts for any eligible activities under section 
9(d)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437g(d)(1)) under such conditions or criteria as established by