Source: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title42-chapter119-subchapter4-partA&saved=%7CZ3JhbnVsZWlkOlVTQy1wcmVsaW0tdGl0bGU0Mi1zZWN0aW9uMTEzNjFi%7C%7C%7C0%7Cfalse%7Cprelim&edition=prelim
Timestamp: 2020-07-13 11:21:41
Document Index: 567457310

Matched Legal Cases: ['§1101', '§401', '§1101', '§100261', '§11360', '§402', '§1102', '§11361', '§403', '§401', '§401', '§831', '§403', '§1101', '§1502', '§1502', '§836', '§831', '§831', '§831', '§831', '§831', '§831', '§832', '§831', '§831', '§831', '§401', '§401', '§402', '§402', '§402', '§403', '§404', '§836', '§1409', '§701', '§2', '§101', '§101', '§2', '§106', '§11361', '§404', '§1103', '§11361', '§405', '§1103', '§11362', '§406', '§402', '§1', '§229', '§406', '§1101', '§407', '§1104', '§408', '§1105', '§11364', '§231', '§11371', '§11381', '§5121']

[USC02] 42 USC CHAPTER 119, SUBCHAPTER IV, Part A: General Provisions
<< Previous TITLE 42 / CHAPTER 119 / SUBCHAPTER IV / Part A Next >>
42 USC CHAPTER 119, SUBCHAPTER IV, Part A: General Provisions
From Title 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARECHAPTER 119—HOMELESS ASSISTANCESUBCHAPTER IV—HOUSING ASSISTANCE
Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1101(1), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1669, substituted "General Provisions" for "Comprehensive Homeless Assistance Plan" in heading.
The term "at risk of homelessness" means, with respect to an individual or family, that the individual or family—
The term "chronically homeless" means, with respect to an individual or family, that the individual or family—
The term "collaborative applicant" means an entity that—
The term "collaborative application" means an application for a grant under part C that—
The term "homeless individual with a disability" means an individual who is homeless, as defined in section 11302 of this title, and has a disability that—
The term "legal entity" means—
The term "operating costs" means expenses incurred by a project sponsor operating transitional housing or permanent housing under this subchapter with respect to—
The term "personally identifying information" means individually identifying information for or about an individual, including information likely to disclose the location of a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including—
The term "private nonprofit organization" means an organization—
The term "project-based" means, with respect to rental assistance, that the assistance is provided pursuant to a contract that—
(A) is between—
Except as used in part B, the term "recipient" means an eligible entity who—
The term "sponsor-based" means, with respect to rental assistance, that the assistance is provided pursuant to a contract that—
(ii) an independent entity that—
The term "supportive services" means services that address the special needs of people served by a project, including—
(I) the provision of—
The term "tenant-based" means, with respect to rental assistance, assistance that—
(A) allows an eligible person to select a housing unit in which such person will live using rental assistance provided under part C, except that if necessary to assure that the provision of supportive services to a person participating in a program is feasible, a recipient or project sponsor may require that the person live—
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §401, as added Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1101(3), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1669.)
Pub. L. 112–141, div. F, title II, §100261, July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 978, provided that: "For purposes of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.)—
§11360a. Collaborative applicants
(a) Establishment and designation
A collaborative applicant shall be established for a geographic area by the relevant parties in that geographic area to—
(1) submit an application for amounts under this part; and
(2) perform the duties specified in subsection (f) and, if applicable, subsection (g).
(b) No requirement to be a legal entity
An entity may be established to serve as a collaborative applicant under this section without being a legal entity.
If the Secretary finds that a collaborative applicant for a geographic area does not meet the requirements of this section, or if there is no collaborative applicant for a geographic area, the Secretary may take remedial action to ensure fair distribution of grant amounts under part C to eligible entities within that area. Such measures may include designating another body as a collaborative applicant, or permitting other eligible entities to apply directly for grants.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to displace conflict of interest or government fair practices laws, or their equivalent, that govern applicants for grant amounts under parts B and C.
(e) Appointment of agent
Subject to paragraph (2), a collaborative applicant may designate an agent to—
(A) apply for a grant under section 11382(c) of this title;
(B) receive and distribute grant funds awarded under part C; and
(C) perform other administrative duties.
(2) Retention of duties
Any collaborative applicant that designates an agent pursuant to paragraph (1) shall regardless of such designation retain all of its duties and responsibilities under this subchapter.
A collaborative applicant shall—
(1) design a collaborative process for the development of an application under part C, and for evaluating the outcomes of projects for which funds are awarded under part B, in such a manner as to provide information necessary for the Secretary—
(A) to determine compliance with—
(i) the program requirements under section 11386 of this title; and
(ii) the selection criteria described under section 11386a of this title; and
(B) to establish priorities for funding projects in the geographic area involved;
(2) participate in the Consolidated Plan for the geographic area served by the collaborative applicant; and
(3) ensure operation of, and consistent participation by, project sponsors in a community-wide homeless management information system (in this subsection referred to as "HMIS") that—
(A) collects unduplicated counts of individuals and families experiencing homelessness;
(B) analyzes patterns of use of assistance provided under parts B and C for the geographic area involved;
(C) provides information to project sponsors and applicants for needs analyses and funding priorities; and
(D) is developed in accordance with standards established by the Secretary, including standards that provide for—
(i) encryption of data collected for purposes of HMIS;
(ii) documentation, including keeping an accurate accounting, proper usage, and disclosure, of HMIS data;
(iii) access to HMIS data by staff, contractors, law enforcement, and academic researchers;
(iv) rights of persons receiving services under this subchapter;
(v) criminal and civil penalties for unlawful disclosure of data; and
(vi) such other standards as may be determined necessary by the Secretary.
(g) Unified funding
In addition to the duties described in subsection (f), a collaborative applicant shall receive from the Secretary and distribute to other project sponsors in the applicable geographic area funds for projects to be carried out by such other project sponsors, if—
(A) the collaborative applicant—
(i) applies to undertake such collection and distribution responsibilities in an application submitted under this part; and
(ii) is selected to perform such responsibilities by the Secretary; or
(B) the Secretary designates the collaborative applicant as the unified funding agency in the geographic area, after—
(i) a finding by the Secretary that the applicant—
(I) has the capacity to perform such responsibilities; and
(II) would serve the purposes of this chapter as they apply to the geographic area; and
(ii) the Secretary provides the collaborative applicant with the technical assistance necessary to perform such responsibilities as such assistance is agreed to by the collaborative applicant.
(2) Required actions by a unified funding agency
A collaborative applicant that is either selected or designated as a unified funding agency for a geographic area under paragraph (1) shall—
(A) require each project sponsor who is funded by a grant received under part C to establish such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure the proper disbursal of, and accounting for, Federal funds awarded to the project sponsor under part C in order to ensure that all financial transactions carried out under part C are conducted, and records maintained, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
(B) arrange for an annual survey, audit, or evaluation of the financial records of each project carried out by a project sponsor funded by a grant received under part C.
No board member of a collaborative applicant may participate in decisions of the collaborative applicant concerning the award of a grant, or provision of other financial benefits, to such member or the organization that such member represents.
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §402, as added Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1102, May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1674.)
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (g)(1)(B)(i)(II), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 100–77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482, known as the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 11301 of this title and Tables.
A prior section 402 of Pub. L. 100–77 was renumbered section 406 and is classified to section 11362 of this title.
§11361. Housing affordability strategy
Assistance may be made under this subchapter only if the grantee certifies that it is following—
(1) a consolidated plan which has been approved by the Secretary in accordance with section 12705 of this title (referred to in such section as a "comprehensive housing affordability strategy"), or
(2) a comprehensive homeless assistance plan which was approved by the Secretary during the 180-day period beginning on November 28, 1990, or during such longer period as may be prescribed by the Secretary in any case for good cause.
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §403, formerly §401, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 494; Pub. L. 100–628, title IV, §§401–404, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3230, 3231; Pub. L. 101–625, title VIII, §§831, 832(e)(3), 836(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4357, 4360, 4366; renumbered §403 and amended Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1101(2), title V, §1502(a), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1669, 1701.)
2009—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–22, §1502(a), substituted "consolidated plan" for "current housing affordability strategy" and inserted before the comma "(referred to in such section as a 'comprehensive housing affordability strategy')".
1990—Pub. L. 101–625, §836(a), amended section generally, substituting present provisions for provisions requiring the annual submission of a comprehensive homeless assistance plan with requirements for contents of the plan, review of the plan, performance reviews under the plan, publication by notice, applications for assistance, coordination with State agencies, and consultation with other private and public groups and entities regarding the plan.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(b)(1), inserted at end "Assistance authorized by this subchapter may be provided to any Indian tribe that is eligible to receive a grant under the emergency shelter grants program in any fiscal year, but only if the tribe submits biennially to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development a comprehensive homeless assistance plan under this section."
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(c)(2)(A), substituted "biennially" for "annually".
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(c)(2)(B), substituted ", services, and programs" for "and services".
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(c)(2)(C), substituted ", services, and programs" for "and services" in cl. (A), struck out "and" before "(B)", and added cls. (C) to (F).
Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(b)(2), inserted "Indian tribe," after "State,".
Subsec. (b)(7), (8). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(a), added pars. (7) and (8).
Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 101–625, §832(e)(3), added par. (9).
Subsecs. (c)(1), (d). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(b)(3), (4), inserted "Indian tribe," after "State," wherever appearing.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(b)(5), inserted "(or tribal agency or contact)" after "State contact person", "(or tribe)" before comma, and "(or tribal agency or contact person)" after "or contact person".
Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 101–625, §831(c)(1), added subsec. (h).
1988—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100–628, §401(a), inserted "annually" after "submits".
Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 100–628, §401(b), added par. (2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (3).
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100–628, §402(1), inserted "facilities and" before "services" and struck out "and" at end.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 100–628, §402(2), inserted "facilities and" before "services" and substituted a semicolon for period at end.
Subsec. (b)(5), (6). Pub. L. 100–628, §402(3), added pars. (5) and (6).
Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 100–628, §403, inserted before period at end "or to respond to recommendations made in accordance with paragraph (2) that are received at least 60 days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year".
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 100–628, §404, added subsec. (g).
Pub. L. 101–625, title VIII, §836(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4366, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1991."
Pub. L. 102–550, title XIV, §1409, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4038, as amended by Pub. L. 105–362, title VII, §701(c), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3287; Pub. L. 106–400, §2, Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1675, provided that: "The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a comprehensive review and evaluation of the effectiveness of each program under title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 11360 et seq.]. In conducting the review, the Secretary shall examine procedures of the Department in carrying out such programs, the procedures of recipients of assistance under such programs in carrying out such programs, and the effects and benefits of such programs; shall survey homeless individuals and families assisted under each program in various jurisdictions receiving assistance under each program; shall determine whether such programs are fulfilling the purposes for which they were established; and shall evaluate the usefulness and effectiveness of such programs."
Pub. L. 99–500, §101(g) [H.R. 5313, title V], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–242, and Pub. L. 99–591, §101(g) [H.R. 5313, title V], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–242; Pub. L. 99–514, §2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 100–202, §106, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–433, provided that title V of H.R. 5315 be cited as the "Homeless Housing Act of 1986", established a transitional housing demonstration program and directed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit to Congress, not later than 3 months after the end of fiscal year 1987, an interim report summarizing activities under this program during such fiscal year and, not later than 6 months after the end of fiscal year 1988, a final report summarizing such activities, established an emergency shelter grants program to make grants to States, units of local government, and private nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the homeless, and appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, to remain available until expended, to carry out both programs.
§11361a. Preventing involuntary family separation
After the expiration of the 2-year period that begins upon May 20, 2009, and except as provided in subsection (b), any project sponsor receiving funds under this subchapter to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing to families with children under age 18 shall not deny admission to any family based on the age of any child under age 18.
Notwithstanding the requirement under subsection (a), project sponsors of transitional housing receiving funds under this subchapter may target transitional housing resources to families with children of a specific age only if the project sponsor—
(1) operates a transitional housing program that has a primary purpose of implementing an evidence-based practice that requires that housing units be targeted to families with children in a specific age group; and
(2) provides such assurances, as the Secretary shall require, that an equivalent appropriate alternative living arrangement for the whole family or household unit has been secured.
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §404, as added Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1103, May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1677.)
Section 1103 of Pub. L. 111–22, which directed amendment of subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act by adding this section after section 403 (as so redesignated by section 1101(2) of Pub. L. 111–22), was executed by adding this section following section 403 (42 U.S.C. 11361) of subtitle A of title IV of Pub. L. 100–77 (this part), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
§11361b. Technical assistance
The Secretary shall make available technical assistance to private nonprofit organizations and other nongovernmental entities, States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and counties that are not urban counties, to implement effective planning processes for preventing and ending homelessness, to improve their capacity to prepare collaborative applications, to prevent the separation of families in emergency shelter or other housing programs, and to adopt and provide best practices in housing and services for persons experiencing homeless.
The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year for carrying out parts B and C, to provide technical assistance under subsection (a).
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §405, as added Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1103, May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1677.)
Section 1103 of Pub. L. 111–22, which directed amendment of subtitle A of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act by adding this section after section 404, was executed by adding this section following section 404 (42 U.S.C. 11361a) of subtitle A of title IV of Pub. L. 100–77 (this part), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
§11362. Discharge coordination policy
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §406, formerly §402, as added Pub. L. 106–377, §1(a)(1) [title II, §229(a)], Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1441, 1441A-30; renumbered §406, Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1101(2), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1669.)
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §407, as added Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1104, May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1677.)
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, §408, as added Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I, §1105, May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1678.)
§11364a. Availability of amounts recaptured from appropriated funds
(a) Amounts recaptured from funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal year under the heading "Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—Homeless Assistance Grants" shall become available until expended not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are available and shall be available, in addition to rental assistance amounts that were recaptured and made available until expended under such heading by any prior Act, and in addition to such other funds as may be available for such purposes, for the following purposes:
(1) For grants under the Continuum of Care program under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.);
(2) For grants under the Emergency Solutions Grant program under subtitle B of title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.);
(3) Not less than 10 percent of the amounts shall be used only for grants in rural areas under the Continuum of Care program, to include activities eligible under the Rural Housing Stability Assistance program under section 491 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11408) that are not otherwise eligible under the Continuum of Care program; and
(4) Not less than 10 percent of the amounts shall be for emergency solutions grants for disaster areas as authorized by subsection (c).
(b) Prior to the use of any recaptured amounts referred to in subsection (a), including competing, awarding, or obligating such amounts, the Secretary shall submit a plan in accordance with subsection (a) that specifies the planned use of any such amounts to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and receive prior written approval of such plan, except that use of amounts in the plan for the purposes specified in subsection (a)(4) may begin once such plan is submitted to such Committees.
(c)(1) The Secretary may make grants under the Emergency Solutions Grants program under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.) to States or local governments to address the needs of homeless individuals or families or individuals or families at risk of homelessness in areas affected by a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) on or after December 20, 2019, whose needs are not otherwise served or fully met by existing Federal disaster relief programs, including the Transitional Sheltering Assistance program under such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b).
(2) For purposes of grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary may suspend all consultation, citizen participation, and matching requirements.
(Pub. L. 116–94, div. H, title II, §231, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3008.)
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (2), and (c)(1), is Pub. L. 100–77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482. Subtitle B of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part B (§11371 et seq.) of this subchapter. Subtitle C of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part C (§11381 et seq.) of this subchapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 11301 of this title and Tables.
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 93–288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143, which is classified principally to chapter 68 (§5121 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5121 of this title and Tables.
Section was enacted as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020, and also as part of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020, and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, and not as part of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act which comprises this chapter.