shall determine. Each application shall contain, at a
minimum—
‘‘(A) a description of the existing condi-
tions for homeless individuals in the jurisdic-
tion;
‘‘(B) an explanation of how the proposed
project will further the efforts of the jurisdic-
tion to meet the housing and supportive services
needs of homeless individuals through an inte-
grated and coordinated system;
‘‘(C) evidence that the application has been
prepared in coordination with appropriate gov-
ernmental entities, private nonprofit organiza-
tions, and for-profit entities; and
‘‘(D) a description of the projects and ac-
tivities for which the applicant is requesting
funding under this subsection and the amounts
requested.
‘‘(3) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall establish
selection criteria for awarding assistance under this
subsection, which shall include, at a minimum—
‘‘(A) the extent of the commitment of the
applicant to alleviating poverty and homeless-
ness;
‘‘(B) the extent of the applicant’s continu-
ing capacity to effectively provide assistance to
homeless individuals;
‘‘(C) the extent to which the project or ac-
tivity is innovative and may be replicable or
serve as a model for implementation in other
jurisdictions; and
‘‘(D) diversity by geography and commu-
nity type.
‘‘(4) APPROACH.—Assistance under this sub-
section may be used to provide innovative ap-
proaches for, or alternative means of, meeting the
immediate long-term needs of homeless individuals
by assisting—
‘‘(A) the purchase, lease, renovation, oper-
ation, or conversion of facilities to assist the
homeless, which facilities shall be safe and sani-
tary and, when appropriate, meet all applicable
State and local housing and building codes and
licensing requirements;
‘‘(B) the provision of supportive services
for the homeless; and
‘‘(C) such other activities as the Secretary
may prescribe.
‘‘(5) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish requirements for assistance under this
subsection, which may include limitations on
administrative expenses, terms of renewal funding
for short-term lease projects, and requirements for
repayment of assistance under this subsection when
the project ceases to be used to assist the homeless
in accordance with the provision of this subsection.
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit an an-
nual report to the Congress for each fiscal year in which
the Secretary provides assistance under the demonstration
under this section. The reports shall describe the activities
carried out with assistance under the demonstration and
set forth any findings and recommendations of the Sec-
retary as a result of the demonstration. Each such report
shall be submitted not later than the expiration of the 3-
month period beginning upon the conclusion of the fiscal
year for which the report is made.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents
in section 101(b) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act is amended by inserting after the item re-
lating to section 443 the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 444. Innovative Homeless Initiatives Demonstration Program.’’.
SEC. 3. MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY FOR FAIR HOUSING.
Section 152(e) of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is amended—
(1) 
in 
the 
first 
sentence, 
by 
striking
‘‘$52,100,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$165,000,000’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘No amounts appropriated for fiscal year
1994 to carry out the demonstration under this sec-
tion may be obligated to any public housing agency
or expended before the Secretary submits to the
Congress a report describing how amounts made
available for the demonstration in fiscal year 1993
were allocated and expended and containing the in-
formation required in interim reports under sub-
section (d)(1), to the extent such information is
available to the Secretary.’’.
SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development may provide assistance under this
section to the National Community Development Initiative
for making grants under this section to community devel-
opment support organizations for such organizations to
assist local community development organizations in in-
creasing their technical and administrative capacities and
carrying out community development projects and activi-
ties and developing affordable housing, and to provide
technical and predevelopment assistance relating to such
community development and housing projects.
(b) ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOP-
MENT ORGANIZATIONS.—A community development sup-
port organization that receives a grant under this section
shall use any such amounts to carry out the following ac-
tivities and provide the following assistance:
(1) CAPACITY
BUILDING.—Providing training,
education, support, and advice to local community
development organizations to enhance the technical
and administrative capabilities of such organizations
to conduct activities under paragraphs (2) and (3)
and providing amounts for such organizations to ob-
tain such capacity building assistance, which may in-
clude assistance to the staff, management, directors,
and members of such organizations regarding legal,
financial, construction, engineering, property man-
agement, and other matters.
(2) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
ACTIVITIES.—Providing amounts (through loans and
grants) and other assistance for local community de-
velopment organizations to carry out community de-
velopment activities that benefit low-income families
and activities to develop and support affordable
housing, which may include providing financing for
rehabilitating, constructing, acquiring, and maintain-
ing affordable housing.
(3) PROJECT-RELATED PREDEVELOPMENT AS-
SISTANCE.—Providing 
technical 
assistance 
and
amounts to local community development organiza-
tions for predevelopment activities relating to spe-
cific projects under paragraph (2), which may in-
clude conducting project feasibility analyses, obtain-
ing project consultants, preparing preliminary fi-
nancing applications, obtaining legal, architectural,
and engineering assistance, site acquisition, and title
clearance.
(4) OTHER
ACTIVITIES.—Other activities, as
determined by the National Community Develop-
ment Initiative in consultation with the Secretary.
(c) PROHIBITION OF USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS FOR
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—No
amounts from a grant under this section may be used for
administrative costs of a community development support
organization.
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—The National Community De-
velopment Initiative may make grants under this section
only to community development support organizations
that—