Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010
PL 111-374 (S.1481), enacted 01/04/2011

124 STAT. 4089 
PUBLIC LAW 111–374—JAN. 4, 2011 
Public Law 111–374 
111th Congress 
An Act 
To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Frank Melville 
Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010’’. 
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, 
wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, section 811 or any other 
provision of section 811, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013). 
SEC. 2. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) RENEWAL
THROUGH
SECTION
8.—Section 811(d)(4) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Tenant-based rental assistance pro-
vided under subsection (b)(1) shall be provided under sec-
tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(o)). 
‘‘(B) CONVERSION OF EXISTING ASSISTANCE.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for tenant-based rental 
assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons with disabilities 
an amount not less than the amount necessary to convert 
the number of authorized vouchers and funding under an 
annual contributions contract in effect on the date of enact-
ment of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment 
Act of 2010. Such converted vouchers may be administered 
by the entity administering the vouchers prior to conver-
sion. For purposes of administering such converted 
vouchers, such entities shall be considered a ‘public housing 
agency’ authorized to engage in the operation of tenant- 
based assistance under section 8 of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937. 
‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS UPON TURNOVER.—The Secretary 
shall develop and issue, to public housing agencies that 
receive voucher assistance made available under this sub-
section and to public housing agencies that received 
voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
42 USC 8013. 
42 USC 8001 
note. 
Frank Melville 
Supportive 
Housing 
Investment Act 
of 2010. 
Jan. 4, 2011 
[S. 1481] 
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124 STAT. 4090 
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Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for non-elderly 
disabled families pursuant to appropriation Acts for fiscal 
years 1997 through 2002 or any other subsequent appro-
priations for incremental vouchers for non-elderly disabled 
families, guidance to ensure that, to the maximum extent 
possible, such vouchers continue to be provided upon turn-
over to qualified persons with disabilities or to qualified 
non-elderly disabled families, respectively.’’. 
(b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is 
authorized to the extent amounts are made available in future 
appropriations Acts, to provide technical assistance to public 
housing agencies and other administering entities to facilitate using 
vouchers to provide permanent supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities, help States reduce reliance on segregated restrictive 
settings for people with disabilities to meet community care require-
ments, end chronic homelessness, as ‘‘chronically homeless’’ is 
defined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11361), and for other related purposes. 
SEC 3. MODERNIZED CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS.—Section 811 is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A) INITIAL PROJECT RENTAL ASSIST-
ANCE CONTRACT.—’’ after ‘‘PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.— 
’’; 
(B) in the first sentence, by inserting after ‘‘shall’’ 
the following: ‘‘comply with subsection (e)(2) and shall’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘annual contract amount’’ each place 
such term appears and inserting ‘‘amount provided under 
the contract for each year covered by the contract’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(B) RENEWAL OF AND INCREASES IN CONTRACT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(i) EXPIRATION OF CONTRACT TERM.—Upon the expira-
tion of each contract term, subject to the availability of 
amounts made available in appropriation Acts, the Sec-
retary shall adjust the annual contract amount to provide 
for reasonable project costs, including adequate reserves 
and service coordinators as appropriate, except that any 
contract amounts not used by a project during a contract 
term shall not be available for such adjustments upon 
renewal. 
‘‘(ii) EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.—In the event of emer-
gency situations that are outside the control of the owner, 
the Secretary shall increase the annual contract amount, 
subject to reasonable review and limitations as the Sec-
retary shall provide.’’. 
(2) in subsection (e)(2)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ‘‘, except that, in the case of 
the sponsor of a project assisted with any low-income 
housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 or with any tax-exempt housing 
bonds, the contract shall have an initial term of not less 
than 360 months and shall provide funding for a term 
of 60 months’’; and 
42 USC 8013. 
42 USC 8013 
note. 
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124 STAT. 4091 
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(B) by striking ‘‘extend any expiring contract’’ and 
insert ‘‘upon expiration of a contract (or any renewed con-
tract), renew such contract’’. 
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 811 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
the following: ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) USE RESTRICTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) TERM.—Any project for which a capital advance 
is provided under subsection (d)(1) shall be operated for 
not less than 40 years as supportive housing for persons 
with disabilities, in accordance with the application for 
the project approved by the Secretary and shall, during 
such period, be made available for occupancy only by very 
low-income persons with disabilities. 
‘‘(B) CONVERSION.—If the owner of a project requests 
the use of the project for the direct benefit of very low- 
income persons with disabilities and, pursuant to such 
request the Secretary determines that a project is no longer 
needed for use as supportive housing for persons with 
disabilities, the Secretary may approve the request and 
authorize the owner to convert the project to such use.’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No assistance received 
under this section (or any State or local government funds 
used to supplement such assistance) may be used to replace 
other State or local funds previously used, or designated for 
use, to assist persons with disabilities. 
‘‘(4) MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), of the total number of dwelling units in any multifamily 
housing project (including any condominium or cooperative 
housing project) containing any unit for which assistance 
is provided from a capital grant under subsection (d)(1) 
made after the date of the enactment of the Frank Melville 
Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010, the aggregate 
number that are used for persons with disabilities, 
including supportive housing for persons with disabilities, 
or to which any occupancy preference for persons with 
disabilities applies, may not exceed 25 percent of such 
total. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
in the case of any project that is a group home or inde-
pendent living facility.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4). 
(c) DELEGATED PROCESSING.—Subsection (g) of section 811 (42 
U.S.C. 8013(g)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SELECTION CRITERIA.—’’ and inserting 
‘‘SELECTION CRITERIA
AND PROCESSING.—(1) SELECTION
CRI-
TERIA.—’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), 
and (7) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), and (H), 
respectively; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
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124 STAT. 4092 
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‘‘(2) DELEGATED PROCESSING.— 
‘‘(A) In issuing a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) 
for any multifamily project (but not including any project that 
is a group home or independent living facility) for which 
financing for the purposes described in the last sentence of 
subsection (b) is provided by a combination of the capital 
advance and sources other than this section, within 30 days 
of award of the capital advance, the Secretary shall delegate 
review and processing of such projects to a State or local 
housing agency that— 
‘‘(i) is in geographic proximity to the property; 
‘‘(ii) has demonstrated experience in and capacity for 
underwriting multifamily housing loans that provide 
housing and supportive services; 
‘‘(iii) may or may not be providing low-income housing 
tax credits in combination with the capital advance under 
this section; and 
‘‘(iv) agrees to issue a firm commitment within 12 
months of delegation. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall retain the authority to process 
capital advances in cases in which no State or local housing 
agency is sufficiently qualified to provide delegated processing 
pursuant to this paragraph or no such agency has entered 
into an agreement with the Secretary to serve as a delegated 
processing agency. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) develop criteria and a timeline to periodically assess 
the performance of State and local housing agencies in 
carrying out the duties delegated to such agencies pursuant 
to subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(ii) retain the authority to review and process projects 
financed by a capital advance in the event that, after 
a review and assessment, a State or local housing agency 
is determined to have failed to satisfy the criteria estab-
lished pursuant to clause (i). 
‘‘(D) An agency to which review and processing is delegated 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) may assess a reasonable fee 
which shall be included in the capital advance amounts and 
may recommend project rental assistance amounts in excess 
of those initially awarded by the Secretary. The Secretary shall 
develop a schedule for reasonable fees under this subparagraph 
to be paid to delegated processing agencies, which shall take 
into consideration any other fees to be paid to the agency 
for other funding provided to the project by the agency, 
including bonds, tax credits, and other gap funding. 
‘‘(E) Under such delegated system, the Secretary shall 
retain the authority to approve rents and development costs 
and to execute a capital advance within 60 days of receipt 
of the commitment from the State or local agency. The Secretary 
shall provide to such agency and the project sponsor, in writing, 
the reasons for any reduction in capital advance amounts or 
project rental assistance and such reductions shall be subject 
to appeal.’’. 
(d) LEVERAGING OTHER RESOURCES.—Paragraph (1) of section 
811(g) (as so designated by subsection (c)(1) of this section) is 
amended by inserting after subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated 
by subsection (c)(2) of this section) the following new subparagraph: 
Notification. 
Deadline. 
Fee schedule. 
Criteria. 
Timeline. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
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124 STAT. 4093 
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‘‘(F) the extent to which the per-unit cost of units 
to be assisted under this section will be supplemented 
with resources from other public and private sources;’’. 
(e) TENANT PROTECTIONS AND ELIGIBILITY FOR OCCUPANCY.— 
Section 811 is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) ADMISSION AND OCCUPANCY.— 
‘‘(1) TENANT SELECTION.— 
‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—An owner shall adopt written ten-
ant selection procedures that are satisfactory to the Sec-
retary as (i) consistent with the purpose of improving 
housing opportunities for very low-income persons with 
disabilities; and (ii) reasonably related to program eligi-
bility and an applicant’s ability to perform the obligations 
of the lease. Owners shall promptly notify in writing any 
rejected applicant of the grounds for any rejection. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT
FOR
OCCUPANCY.—Occupancy in 
dwelling units provided assistance under this section shall 
be available only to persons with disabilities and house-
holds that include at least one person with a disability. 
‘‘(C) 
AVAILABILITY.—Except 
only 
as 
provided 
in 
subparagraph (D), occupancy in dwelling units in housing 
provided with assistance under this section shall be avail-
able to all persons with disabilities eligible for such occu-
pancy without regard to the particular disability involved. 
‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON OCCUPANCY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the owner of housing developed 
under this section may, with the approval of the Secretary, 
limit occupancy within the housing to persons with disabil-
ities who can benefit from the supportive services offered 
in connection with the housing. 
‘‘(2) TENANT PROTECTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) LEASE.—The lease between a tenant and an owner 
of housing assisted under this section shall be for not 
less than one year, and shall contain such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary shall determine to be appropriate. 
‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF TENANCY.—An owner may not 
terminate the tenancy or refuse to renew the lease of 
a tenant of a rental dwelling unit assisted under this 
section except— 
‘‘(i) for serious or repeated violation of the terms 
and conditions of the lease, for violation of applicable 
Federal, State, or local law, or for other good cause; 
and 
‘‘(ii) by providing the tenant, not less than 30 
days before such termination or refusal to renew, with 
written notice specifying the grounds for such action. 
‘‘(C) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN SERVICES.—A sup-
portive service plan for housing assisted under this section 
shall permit each resident to take responsibility for 
choosing and acquiring their own services, to receive any 
supportive services made available directly or indirectly 
by the owner of such housing, or to not receive any sup-
portive services.’’. 
(f) DEVELOPMENT COST LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (h) of section 
811 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
Notification. 
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124 STAT. 4094 
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(A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting 
‘‘GROUP HOMES’’; 
(B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘various types 
and sizes’’ and inserting ‘‘group homes’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘established pursuant 
to paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘cost limitation’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY OF HOME PROGRAM COST LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 212(e) of 
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act 
(42 U.S.C. 12742(e)) and the cost limits established by 
the Secretary pursuant to such section with respect to 
the amount of funds under subtitle A of title II of such 
Act that may be invested on a per unit basis, shall apply 
to supportive housing assisted with a capital advance under 
subsection (d)(1) and the amount of funds under such sub-
section that may be invested on a per unit basis. 
‘‘(B) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may provide for waiver 
of the cost limits applicable pursuant to subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) in the cases in which the cost limits established 
pursuant to section 212(e) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act may be waived; and 
‘‘(ii) to provide for— 
‘‘(I) the cost of special design features to make 
the housing accessible to persons with disabilities; 
‘‘(II) the cost of special design features nec-
essary to make individual dwelling units meet the 
special needs of persons with disabilities; and 
‘‘(III) the cost of providing the housing in a 
location that is accessible to public transportation 
and community organizations that provide sup-
portive services to persons with disabilities.’’. 
(g) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF WAIVER.—Section 811(k) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding the following after the 
second sentence: ‘‘Not later than the date of the exercise of 
any waiver permitted under the previous sentence, the Sec-
retary shall notify the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives of the waiver or the 
intention to exercise the waiver, together with a detailed expla-
nation of the reason for the waiver.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘prescribe, subject to the limitation 
under subsection (h)(6) of this section)’’ and inserting ‘‘pre-
scribe)’’; and 
(B) by adding the following after the first sentence: 
‘‘Not later than the date that the Secretary prescribes 
a limit exceeding the 24 person limit in the previous sen-
tence, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Representa-
tives of the limit or the intention to prescribe a limit 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
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124 STAT. 4095 
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in excess of 24 persons, together with a detailed explanation 
of the reason for the new limit.’’. 
(h) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.—Para-
graph (1) of section 811(l) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.— 
The Secretary shall establish a minimum percentage of the 
amount made available for each fiscal year for capital advances 
under subsection (d)(1) that shall be used for multifamily 
projects subject to subsection (e)(4).’’. 
SEC. 4. PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 811(b) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘is 
authorized—’’ and inserting ‘‘is authorized to take the following 
actions:’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) to provide tenant-based’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—To provide ten-
ant-based’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) to provide assistance’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(2) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—To provide assistance’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—To offer additional methods of 
financing supportive housing for non-elderly adults with 
disabilities, the Secretary shall make funds available for 
project rental assistance pursuant to subparagraph (B) for 
eligible projects under subparagraph (C). The Secretary 
shall provide for State housing finance agencies and other 
appropriate entities to apply to the Secretary for such 
project rental assistance funds, which shall be made avail-
able by such agencies and entities for dwelling units in 
eligible projects based upon criteria established by the Sec-
retary. The Secretary may not require any State housing 
finance agency or other entity applying for such project 
rental assistance funds to identify in such application the 
eligible projects for which such funds will be used, and 
shall allow such agencies and applicants to subsequently 
identify such eligible projects pursuant to the making of 
commitments described in subparagraph (C)(ii). 
‘‘(B) CONTRACT TERMS.— 
‘‘(i) CONTRACT
TERMS.—Project rental assistance 
under this paragraph shall be provided— 
‘‘(I) in accordance with subsection (d)(2); and 
‘‘(II) under a contract having an initial term 
of not less than 180 months that provides funding 
for a term 60 months, which funding shall be 
renewed upon expiration, subject to the availability 
of sufficient amounts in appropriation Acts. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON UNITS ASSISTED.—Of the total 
number of dwelling units in any multifamily housing 
project containing any unit for which project rental 
assistance under this paragraph is provided, the aggre-
gate number that are provided such project rental 
assistance, that are used for supportive housing for 
42 USC 8013. 
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124 STAT. 4096 
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persons with disabilities, or to which any occupancy 
preference for persons with disabilities applies, may 
not exceed 25 percent of such total. 
‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION OF CAPITAL ADVANCES.—The Sec-
retary may not provide a capital advance under sub-
section (d)(1) for any project for which assistance is 
provided under this paragraph. 
‘‘(iv) ELIGIBLE POPULATION.—Project rental assist-
ance under this paragraph may be provided only for 
dwelling units for extremely low-income persons with 
disabilities and extremely low-income households that 
include at least one person with a disability. 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—An eligible project under this 
subparagraph is a new or existing multifamily housing 
project for which— 
‘‘(i) the development costs are paid with resources 
from other public or private sources; and 
‘‘(ii) a commitment has been made— 
‘‘(I) by the applicable State agency responsible 
for allocation of low-income housing tax credits 
under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, for an allocation of such credits; 
‘‘(II) by the applicable participating jurisdic-
tion that receives assistance under the HOME 
Investment Partnership Act, for assistance from 
such jurisdiction; or 
‘‘(III) by any Federal agency or any State or 
local government, for funding for the project from 
funds from any other sources. 
‘‘(D) STATE AGENCY INVOLVEMENT.—Assistance under 
this paragraph may be provided only for projects for which 
the applicable State agency responsible for health and 
human services programs, and the applicable State agency 
designated to administer or supervise the administration 
of the State plan for medical assistance under title XIX 
of the Social Security Act, have entered into such agree-
ments as the Secretary considers appropriate— 
‘‘(i) to identify the target populations to be served 
by the project; 
‘‘(ii) to set forth methods for outreach and referral; 
and 
‘‘(iii) to make available appropriate services for 
tenants of the project. 
‘‘(E) USE REQUIREMENTS.—In the case of any project 
for which project rental assistance is provided under this 
paragraph, the dwelling units assisted pursuant to 
subparagraph (B) shall be operated for not less than 30 
years as supportive housing for persons with disabilities, 
in accordance with the application for the project approved 
by the Secretary, and such dwelling units shall, during 
such period, be made available for occupancy only by per-
sons and households described in subparagraph (B)(iv). 
‘‘(F) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this paragraph, and again 2 years 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
report— 
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‘‘(i) describing the assistance provided under this 
paragraph; 
‘‘(ii) analyzing the effectiveness of such assistance, 
including the effectiveness of such assistance compared 
to the assistance program for capital advances set forth 
under subsection (d)(1) (as in effect pursuant to the 
amendments made by such Act); and 
‘‘(iii) making recommendations regarding future 
models for assistance under this section.’’. 
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
Section 811 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘provides’’ and inserting ‘‘makes 
available’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) promotes and facilitates community integration for 
people with significant and long-term disabilities.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘special’’ and inserting 
‘‘housing and community-based services’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) make available voluntary supportive services that 
address the individual needs of persons with disabilities 
occupying such housing;’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘provided under’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘shall bear’’ and inserting ‘‘provided 
pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall bear’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘receive’’ and 
inserting ‘‘be offered’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(C) evidence of the applicant’s experience in— 
‘‘(i) providing such supportive services; or 
‘‘(ii) creating and managing structured partner-
ships with service providers for the delivery of appro-
priate community-based services;’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘such per-
sons’’ and all that follows through ‘‘provision of such 
services’’ and inserting ‘‘tenants’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘other Fed-
eral, and’’ before ‘‘State’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘special’’ and inserting 
‘‘housing and community-based services’’; 
(5) in subsection (g), in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated 
by section 3(c)(1) of this Act)— 
42 USC 8013. 
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124 STAT. 4098 
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(A) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated by section 
3(c)(2) of this Act), by striking ‘‘the necessary supportive 
services will be provided’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate sup-
portive services will be made available’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated 
by section 3(c)(2) of this Act) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(E) the extent to which the location and design of 
the proposed project will facilitate the provision of commu-
nity-based supportive services and address other basic 
needs of persons with disabilities, including access to appro-
priate and accessible transportation, access to community 
services agencies, public facilities, and shopping;’’; 
(6) in subsection (j)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as 
paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; 
(7) in subsection (k)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period 
at the end of the first sentence the following: ‘‘, which 
provides a separate bedroom for each tenant of the resi-
dence’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the first sentence, 
and inserting the following: ‘‘The term ‘person with disabil-
ities’ means a household composed of one or more persons 
who is 18 years of age or older and less than 62 years 
of age, and who has a disability.’’; 
(C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘supportive housing for persons with disabil-
ities’ means dwelling units that— 
‘‘(A) are designed to meet the permanent housing needs 
of very low-income persons with disabilities; and 
‘‘(B) are located in housing that make available sup-
portive services that address the individual health, mental 
health, or other needs of such persons.’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘a project for’’; and 
(E) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by inserting after and below subparagraph (D) 
the matter to be inserted by the amendment made 
by section 841 of the American Homeownership and 
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (Public Law 106– 
569; 114 Stat. 3022); and 
(ii) in the matter inserted by the amendment made 
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking 
‘‘wholly owned and’’; and 
(8) in subsection (l)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(1)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Subsection (m) of section 811 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated for providing assistance pursuant to this 
section $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.’’. 
42 USC 8013. 
Definition. 
Definition. 
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124 STAT. 4099 
PUBLIC LAW 111–374—JAN. 4, 2011 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1481 (H.R. 1675): 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 21, considered and passed House. 
SEC. 7. GAO STUDY. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct 
a study of the supportive housing for persons with disabilities 
program under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) to determine the adequacy 
and effectiveness of such program in assisting households of persons 
with disabilities. Such study shall determine— 
(1) the total number of households assisted under such 
program; 
(2) the extent to which households assisted under other 
programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment that provide rental assistance or rental housing would 
be eligible to receive assistance under such section 811 program; 
and 
(3) the extent to which households described in paragraph 
(2) who are eligible for, but not receiving, assistance under 
such section 811 program are receiving supportive services 
from, or assisted by, the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development other than through the section 811 program 
(including under the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency 
program) or from other sources. 
Upon the completion of the study required under this section, 
the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress 
setting forth the findings and conclusions of the study. 
Approved January 4, 2011. 
Reports. 
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