(4) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) promoting housing choice among low- and 
very low-income families.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE CONTRIBUTION REQUIRE-
MENT IN CASES OF EXTREME DISTRESS OR 
EMERGENCY. 
Subsection (c) of section 24 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) WAIVER.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may 
waive the applicability of paragraph (1) with re-
spect to an applicant or grantee if the Secretary 
determines that circumstances of extreme dis-
tress or emergency, in the area that the revital-
ization plan of the applicant is to be carried 
out, directly affect the ability of the applicant 
or grantee to comply with such requirement. 
‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall 
issue regulations to carry out this paragraph, 
which shall— 
‘‘(i) set forth such circumstances of 
extreme distress and emergency; and 
‘‘(ii) provide that such circumstances 
shall include any instance in which the 
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area in which a revitalization plan assisted 
with amounts from a grant under this sec-
tion is to be carried out is subject to a dec-
laration by the President of a major dis-
aster or emergency under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act.’’. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF DEMOLITION-ONLY GRANTS. 
Section 24 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘or demoli-
tion of public housing (without replacement)’’; 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (e)(3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘demolition only,’’; and 
(B) by striking the last comma; and 
(3) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) 
PROHIBITION
OF
DEMOLITION-ONLY 
GRANTS.—The Secretary may not make a grant 
under this section for a revitalization plan that pro-
poses to demolish public housing without revitaliza-
tion of any existing public housing dwelling units.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPEAL OF MAIN STREET PROJECTS GRANT AU-
THORITY. 
Section 24 is amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (n) (relating to 
grants for assisting affordable housing developed 
through main street projects in smaller commu-
nities); 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking the last sen-
tence (that appears after and below paragraph (4)); 
(3) in subsection (l)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, includ-
ing a specification of the amount and type of 
assistance provided under subsection (n);’’ and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(4) in subsection (m), by striking paragraph 
(3). 
SEC. 6. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
Paragraph (1) of section 24(d) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘program’’ and inserting ‘‘plan’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘plan’’; 
(3) by striking subparagraph (J) and inserting 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) the acquisition and development of re-
placement housing units in accordance with 
subsection (j);’’. 
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(4) in subparagraph (K), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(5) in subparagraph (L)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘25 percent’’; and 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(M) necessary costs of ensuring the effec-
tive temporary and permanent relocation of 
residents displaced as a result of the revitaliza-
tion of the project, including costs of moni-
toring as required under subsection (k); and 
‘‘(N) activities undertaken to comply with 
the provisions of (B)(vii) and (C)(xiii) of sub-
section (e)(2) and subsection (l) (relating to 
green developments).’’. 
SEC. 7. SELECTION OF PROPOSALS FOR GRANTS. 
(a) SELECTION CRITERIA.—Section 24(e) is amended 
by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) GRANT AWARD CRITERIA.— 
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‘‘(A) 
ESTABLISHMENT.—The 
Secretary 
shall establish criteria for the award of grants 
under this section. 
‘‘(B) MANDATORY CORE COMPONENTS.— 
The criteria under this paragraph shall require 
that a proposed revitalization plan may not be 
selected for award of a grant under this section 
unless the proposed plan meets all of the fol-
lowing requirements: 
‘‘(i) EVIDENCE
OF
SEVERE
DIS-
TRESS.—The proposed plan shall contain 
evidence sufficient to demonstrate that the 
public housing project that is subject to 
the plan is severely distressed, which shall 
include— 
‘‘(I) a certification signed by an 
engineer or architect licensed by a 
State licensing board that the project 
meets the criteria for physical distress 
under subsection (t)(2); and 
‘‘(II) such other evidence that the 
project meets criteria for nonphysical 
distress under subsection (t)(2), such 
as census data, crime statistics, and 
past surveys of neighborhood stability 
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conducted by the public housing agen-
cy. 
‘‘(ii) RESIDENT
INVOLVEMENT
AND 
SERVICES.—The proposed plan shall pro-
vide for opportunities for involvement of 
residents of the housing subject to the plan 
and the provision of services for such resi-
dents, in accordance with subsection (g). 
‘‘(iii) RELOCATION
PLAN.—The pro-
posed plan shall provide a plan for reloca-
tion of households occupying the public 
housing project that is subject to the plan, 
in accordance with subsection (h), includ-
ing a statement of the estimated number 
of vouchers for rental assistance under sec-
tion 8 that will be needed for such reloca-
tion. 
‘‘(iv) RESIDENT RIGHT TO EXPANDED 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.—The proposed 
plan provides right of resident households 
to occupy housing provided under such re-
vitalization plan in accordance with sub-
section (i). 
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the one-for-one replacement plan under 
subparagraph (B)(v) provides public hous-
ing units in addition to the number nec-
essary to minimally comply with the re-
quirement under subsection (j)(2)(A)(i), 
including the extent to which such plan 
provides sufficient housing for elderly and 
disabled residents who indicate a pref-
erence to return to housing provided on 
the site of the original public housing in-
volved in the revitalization plan and com-
plies with the requirements of subsection 
(j)(2)(A)(ii). 
‘‘(xv) OTHER.—Such other factors as 
the Secretary considers appropriate.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT
OF LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX 
CREDIT ALLOCATIONS; MANDATORY SITE VISITS.—Sec-
tion 24(e), as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) TREATMENT
OF
LOW-INCOME
HOUSING 
TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION.—In the case of any appli-
cation for a grant under this section that relies on 
the allocation of any low-income housing tax credit 
provided pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Rev-
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enue Code of 1986 as part of the revitalization plan 
proposed in the application, the Secretary shall not 
require that the first phase of any project to be de-
veloped under the plan possess an allocation of such 
low-income housing tax credits at the time of such 
application. 
‘‘(6) 
MANDATORY
SITE
VISITS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall provide for appropriate officers or employees of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
to conduct a visit to the site of the public housing 
involved in the revitalization plan proposed under 
each application for a grant under this section that 
is involved in a final selection of applications to be 
funded under this section. Site visits pursuant to 
this paragraph shall be used only for the purpose of 
obtaining information to assist in making such final 
selections, including information for use in deter-
mining whether the public housing projects involved 
in the application are severely distressed public 
housing.’’. 
SEC. 8. REQUIREMENTS FOR MANDATORY CORE COMPO-
NENTS. 
Section 24 is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (h) through 
(m) as subsections (q) through (v), respectively; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (o) as sub-
section (w); and 
(3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following new subsections: 
‘‘(g) RESIDENT INVOLVEMENT AND SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each revitalization plan as-
sisted under this section shall provide opportunities 
for the active involvement and participation of, and 
consultation with, residents of the public housing 
that is subject to the revitalization plan during the 
planning process for the revitalization plan, includ-
ing prior to submission of the application, and dur-
ing all phases of the planning and implementation. 
Such opportunities for participation may include 
participation of members of any resident council, but 
may not be limited to such members, and shall in-
clude all segments of the population of residents of 
the public housing that is subject to the revitaliza-
tion plan, including single parent-headed households, 
the elderly, young employed and unemployed adults, 
teenage youth, and disabled persons. Such opportu-
nities shall include a process that provides oppor-
tunity for comment on specific proposals for redevel-
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opment, any demolition and disposition involved, and 
any proposed significant amendments or changes to 
the revitalization plan. 
‘‘(2) NOTICES.—In carrying out a revitalization 
plan assisted under this section, a public housing 
agency shall provide the following written notices, in 
plain and nontechnical language, to each household 
occupying a dwelling unit in the public housing that 
is subject to, or to be subject to, the plan: 
‘‘(A) NOTICE OF INTENT.—Not later than 
the expiration of the 30-day period beginning 
upon publication by the Secretary of a notice of 
funding availability for a grant under this sec-
tion for such plan, notice of— 
‘‘(i) the public housing agency’s intent 
to submit such application; 
‘‘(ii) the proposed implementation and 
management of the revitalized site; 
‘‘(iii) residents’ rights under this sec-
tion to participate in the planning process 
for the plan, including opportunities for 
participation in accordance with paragraph 
(1), and to receive comprehensive reloca-
tion assistance and community and sup-
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portive services pursuant to paragraph (4); 
and 
‘‘(iv) the public hearing pursuant to 
paragraph (3). 
‘‘(B) NOTICE OF GRANT AWARD AND RE-
LOCATION OPTIONS.—Not later than 30 days 
after notice to the public housing agency of the 
award of a grant under this section, notice 
that— 
‘‘(i) such grant has been awarded; 
‘‘(ii) describes the process involved 
under the revitalization plan to temporarily 
relocate residents of the public housing 
that is subject to the plan; 
‘‘(iii) provides the information re-
quired pursuant to subsection (h)(2) (relat-
ing to relocation options); and 
‘‘(iv) informs residents of opportuni-
ties for participation in accordance with 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(C) NOTICE OF GRANT AGREEMENT AND 
RELOCATION OPTIONS.—Not later than 30 days 
after execution of a grant agreement under this 
section with a public housing agency, notice 
that— 
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‘‘(i) specifically identifies the housing 
available for relocation of resident of the 
public housing subject to the revitalization 
plan; 
‘‘(ii) sets forth the schedule for reloca-
tion of residents of the public housing sub-
ject to the revitalization plan, including the 
dates on which such housing will be avail-
able for such relocation; and 
‘‘(iii) informs residents of opportuni-
ties for participation in accordance with 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(D) NOTICE
OF
REPLACEMENT
HOUS-
ING.—Upon the availability of replacement 
housing provided pursuant to subsection (j), no-
tice to each household described in subsection 
(i)(1) of— 
‘‘(i) such availability; 
‘‘(ii) the process and procedure for ex-
ercising the right to expanded housing op-
portunities and preferences under sub-
section (i)(2); and 
‘‘(iii) opportunities for participation in 
accordance with paragraph (1) of this sub-
section. 
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