Promoting Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Act
Bill: H.R.3006 | Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. (D-NC)
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
Promoting Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency Act
This bill provides for the continuation of assistance for public housing residents through certain service programs. Specifically, the bill allows residents of properties that have been converted through the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program to project-based subsidy contracts to continue to receive assistance through (1) the Resident Opportunities and Self-Sufficiency grant program, (2) the Jobs Plus Initiative program, and (3) certain congregate housing services.

To ensure that residents of certain housing projects converted under 
 the rental assistance demonstration of the Department of Housing and 
  Urban Development maintain eligibility for assistance under certain 
      economic self-sufficiency programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Resident Opportunities and 
Self-Sufficiency Act''.

SEC. 2. RESIDENT OPPORTUNITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY PROGRAM.

    Section 34 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437z-6) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Eligibility for RAD Projects.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, assistance under this section may be 
provided with respect to residents of any housing project for which 
assistance has been converted under the rental assistance demonstration 
program under the heading `Rental Assistance Demonstration' in title II 
of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112-55; 125 
Stat. 673), if assistance was provided under this section with respect 
to such project before such conversion.''.

SEC. 3. JOBS-PLUS PILOT INITIATIVE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assistance under the 
Jobs-Plus Pilot initiative of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development initially authorized under the heading ``Public Housing 
Capital Fund'' in title II of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (division L 
of Public Law 113-76; 128 Stat. 609) may be provided with respect to 
residents of any housing project for which assistance has been 
converted under the rental assistance demonstration program under the 
heading ``Rental Assistance Demonstration'' in title II of the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (division C of Public Law 112-55; 125 Stat. 
673), if assistance was provided under such initiative with respect to 
such project before such conversion.

SEC. 4. REVISED CONGREGATE HOUSING SERVICES PROGRAM.

    Paragraph (6) of section 802(k) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 8011(k)(6)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (F) as 
        subparagraphs (C) through (G), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) public housing that has been converted to 
                assistance under a project-based subsidy contract under 
                section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
                U.S.C. 1437f) or under a contract under section 
                8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, and 
                housing otherwise owned by a public housing agency (as 
                such term is defined in section 8(o)(11) of such 
                Act);''.
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