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continued occupancy policies, including ac-
tions taken by the agency to mitigate such 
impacts and impacts on families no longer 
assisted under the program. 
‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY
TO
EXISTING
MTW 
AGENCIES.—An existing MTW agency that, be-
fore the date of the enactment of this section, 
implemented material changes to the require-
ments of this Act regarding tenant rents or 
contributions, or conditions of continued occu-
pancy or participation, as part of the moving to 
work demonstration shall not be subject to sub-
paragraph (A) with regard to such previously 
implemented changes, but shall comply with the 
requirements of subparagraph (B)(ii) and pro-
vide the evaluation and impact analysis required 
by subparagraph (B)(iii) by the end of the sec-
ond agency fiscal year ending after such date of 
enactment. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION AGAINST DECREASE IN PRO-
GRAM
FUNDS.—The amount of program funds a 
participating agency receives shall not be diminished 
by its participation in the housing innovation pro-
gram under this section. 
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‘‘(6) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION.—As part 
of the annual report required under subsection 
(g)(2), each participating agency shall submit infor-
mation annually to the Secretary regarding families 
assisted under the program of the agency and com-
ply with any other data submissions required by the 
Secretary for purposes of evaluation of the program 
under this section. 
‘‘(7) PUBLIC AND RESIDENT PARTICIPATION.— 
Each participating agency shall provide opportuni-
ties for resident and public participation in the an-
nual plan under paragraph (8), as follows: 
‘‘(A) NOTICE TO RESIDENTS.— 
‘‘(i) NOTICE.—Each year, the agency 
shall provide notice to the low-income fam-
ilies it serves under the programs author-
ized by this section as to the impact of 
proposed policy changes and program ini-
tiatives and of the schedule of resident ad-
visory board and public meetings for the 
annual plan. 
‘‘(ii) MEETING.—The agency shall 
hold at least one meeting with the resident 
advisory board (including representatives 
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of recipients of assistance under section 8) 
to review the annual plan for each year. 
‘‘(B) PUBLIC MEETING.—With respect to 
each annual plan, the agency shall hold at least 
one annual public meeting to obtain comments 
on the plan, which may be combined with a 
meeting to review the annual report. In the case 
of any agency that administers, in the aggre-
gate, more than 15,000 public housing units 
and vouchers, the agency shall hold additional 
meetings in locations that promote attendance 
by residents and other stakeholders. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Before adop-
tion of any annual plan, and not less than 30 
days before the public meeting required under 
subparagraph (A)(ii) with respect to the plan, 
the agency shall make the proposed annual plan 
available for public inspection. The annual plan 
shall be made available for public inspection not 
less than 30 days before approval by the board 
of directors (or other similar governing body) of 
the agency and shall remain publicly available. 
‘‘(D) BOARD APPROVAL.—Before submit-
ting an annual plan or annual report to the 
Secretary, the plan or report, as applicable, 
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shall be approved in a public meeting by the 
board of directors or other governing body of 
the agency. 
‘‘(8) ANNUAL PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—For each year that 
a participating agency participates in the hous-
ing innovation program under this section, the 
agency shall submit to the Secretary, in lieu of 
all other planning requirements, an annual plan 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—Each annual plan shall 
include the following information: 
‘‘(i) A list and description of all pro-
gram initiatives and generally applicable 
policy changes, including references to af-
fected provisions of law or the imple-
menting regulations affected. 
‘‘(ii) A description and comparison of 
changes under the housing innovation pro-
gram of the agency from the plan for such 
program for the preceding year. 
‘‘(iii) A description of property rede-
velopment or portfolio repositioning strate-
gies and proposed changes in policies or 
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uses of funds required to implement such 
strategies. 
‘‘(iv) Documentation of public and 
resident participation sufficient to comply 
with the requirements under paragraphs 
(4) and (7), including a copy of any rec-
ommendations submitted in writing by the 
resident advisory board of the agency and 
members of the public, a summary of com-
ments, and a description of the manner in 
which the recommendations were ad-
dressed. 
‘‘(v) Certifications by the agency 
that— 
‘‘(I) the annual plan will be car-
ried out in conformity with title VI of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair 
Housing Act, section 504 of the Reha-
bilitation Act of 1973, title II of the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 
1990, and the rules, standards, and 
policies in the approved plan; 
‘‘(II) the agency will affirmatively 
further fair housing; and 
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‘‘(III) the agency has complied 
and will continue to comply with its 
obligations under the national evalua-
tion. 
‘‘(vi) A description of the agency’s 
local asset management strategy for public 
housing properties, which shall be in lieu 
of any other asset management, project 
based management or accounting, or other 
system of allocating resources and costs to 
participating agency assets or cost centers 
that the Secretary may otherwise impose 
under this Act. 
‘‘(C) CHANGES.—If the agency proposes to 
make material changes in policies or initiatives 
in the plan during the year covered by the plan, 
the agency shall consult with the resident advi-
sory board for the agency established pursuant 
to section 5A(e) and the public regarding such 
changes before their adoption. 
‘‘(D) APPROVAL PROCESS.— 
‘‘(i) TIMING.—The Secretary shall re-
view and approve or disapprove each an-
nual plan submitted to the Secretary with-
in 45 days after such submission. 
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‘‘(ii) 
STANDARDS
FOR
DIS-
APPROVAL.—The 
Secretary 
may 
dis-
approve a plan only if— 
‘‘(I) the Secretary reasonably de-
termines, based on information con-
tained in the annual plan or annual 
report, that the agency is not in com-
pliance with the requirements of this 
section; 
‘‘(II) the annual plan or most re-
cent annual report is not consistent 
with other reliable information avail-
able to the Secretary; or 
‘‘(III) the annual plan or annual 
report or the agency’s activities under 
the program are not otherwise in ac-
cordance with applicable law. 
‘‘(iii) FAILURE TO DISAPPROVE.—If a 
submitted plan is not disapproved within 
45 days after submission, the plan shall be 
considered to be approved for purposes of 
this section. The preceding sentence shall 
not preclude judicial review regarding such 
compliance pursuant to chapter 7 of title 
5, United States Code, or an action re-
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garding such compliance under section 
1979 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (42 U.S.C. 1983). 
‘‘(f) EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct detailed evaluations of all public housing agen-
cies participating in the program under this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(A) to determine the level of success of 
each public housing agency in achieving the 
purposes of the program under subsection (a); 
and 
‘‘(B) to identify program models that can 
be replicated by other agencies to achieve such 
success. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
submit three reports to the Congress, as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B), evaluating the pro-
grams of all public housing agencies partici-
pating in the program under this section and all 
agencies participating in the moving to work 
demonstration. Each such report shall include 
findings and recommendations for any appro-
priate legislative action. 
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‘‘(B) TIMING.—The reports under this 
paragraph shall include— 
‘‘(i) an initial report, which shall be 
submitted before the expiration of the 3- 
year period beginning on the date of the 
enactment of the Section 8 Voucher Re-
form Act of 2007; 
‘‘(ii) an interim report, which shall be 
submitted before the expiration of the 5- 
year period beginning on such date of en-
actment; and 
‘‘(iii) a final report, which shall be 
submitted before the expiration of the 10- 
year period beginning on such date of en-
actment. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATING ENTITY.—The Secretary may 
contract out the responsibilities under this para-
graphs (1) and (2) to an independent entity that is 
qualified to perform such responsibilities. 
‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE
MEASURES.—The Sec-
retary or the evaluating entity, as applicable, shall 
establish performance measures, which may in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a baseline performance level against 
which program activities may be evaluated; and 
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