1.This Act may be cited as
the State and Local Housing
Flexibility Act of 2005
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Flexible voucher program
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 103. Definitions.
Sec. 104. Authority of Secretary.
Sec. 105. Elderly families and disabled families.
Sec. 106. Performance Standards.
Sec. 107. Eligible families.
Sec. 108. Eligible activities.
Sec. 109. Amount of assistance.
Sec. 110. Authorization, allocation and distribution of
funds.
Sec. 111. Environmental review.
Sec. 112. Inspection of units.
Sec. 113. Ability to transfer tenant-based rental
assistance.
Sec. 114. Self-sufficiency.
Sec. 115. Termination of rental assistance contracts and
related transactions.
Sec. 116. Failure to perform.
Sec. 117. Administrative and special administrative
fees.
Sec. 118. Implementation.
Sec. 119. Authorization of
appropriations.
Sec. 120. Conforming amendments.
TITLE II—Public housing rent flexibility and
simplification
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Public housing rent flexibility and
simplification.
TITLE III—Moving to work program
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Moving to work program.
<enum>I</enum><header>Flexible voucher
program</header>
<section id="ID6535df5f080c4d60bb08534ce43cf565"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="ID6609b73264c547a2b5f7eddb40a7bcd4"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings and
purposes</header>
<subsection id="ID3023de4638374085a51abfa047305e79"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress
finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID20d54e25a1d94c11896d70d8f593aee4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the section 8
housing choice voucher program provides rental and homeownership assistance to
approximately 2,000,000 families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe379cb17877541d6829fcb0d0339326c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary
administers the housing choice voucher program through rules and regulations
that apply directly to more than 2,400 entities throughout the United
States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86739cce5b1a46ef820b786616c60ca6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such an
administrative structure has contributed to the development of statutory and
regulatory measures that have made the housing choice voucher program overly
prescriptive and difficult for public housing agencies and the Secretary to
administer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDede5d36f9e83478bb92e77d4d5032202"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the complexity of
the housing choice voucher program, its inability to allow adequate timely
adjustments to changing local markets, and its multiplicity of Federal
directives, all have contributed to fewer families being provided the housing
assistance made available by Congress;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3507830c0e0e402ba380b5df82b89618"><enum>(5)</enum><text>many families in
need of assistance under the housing choice voucher program wait several years
to receive assistance under the program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5df997019a8b4f069a15c05640599e37"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the benefits that
assisted households derive from housing vouchers, including access to safer and
healthier environments and increased economic opportunity, derive in
substantial part from the choices of housing and location that vouchers
offer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDecd646fb562b4939a9465344ed7b3f33"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the combination
of increased administrative flexibility and procedures to measure and reward
local programs for better performance can substantially increase the benefit of
housing vouchers to low-income households; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID46e20570980f4f319ca1a30fdee9e461"><enum>(8)</enum><text>local public
housing agencies are in the best position to determine local housing needs and
market conditions necessary to effectively manage housing voucher
funding.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa3b5029535934fa495c86e50a2a81cf6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of this title are to—</text>
<paragraph id="id53E38EF322AB4FCBAB35E6FE3B6E8CFA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide housing
assistance through a flexible voucher program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2140039739494b74a204afa62334d230"><enum>(2)</enum><text>replace the
housing choice voucher program established under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDce298635e1964fe38990393ba7349642"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide for the
necessary program flexibility and oversight so that funds are used promptly and
effectively to assist needy families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID163566cb5a9f4353b240331a150ba4de"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide for
additional program flexibility to address local markets and needs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9522fb0d34494fc8a0045db666fa7846"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide for
administrative decision making closer to the communities and families affected,
by local officials who administer the program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd66e23227bca4b8980bfc46efb493bfa"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide
incentives for improved self-sufficiency efforts by assisted families.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDae7d6f0aa362422aa58192bd60fd0d5f"><enum>103.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purposes of this title, the
following definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE31628483534DB49AC57CFB634AEEF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrative
fee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>administrative fee</term> means a fee paid by the Secretary to a public
housing agency for the routine administration, as determined by the Secretary,
of administering assistance under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF738AF84F2B4328B7C4E548934BFA98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Disabled
family</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided in law, the term <term>disabled family</term> means a family whose
head, spouse, or sole member is a person with disabilities, including 2 or more
persons who are persons with disabilities living together.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BE6F55B63A54D21AD3BF77E495716D2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Downpayment
assistance</header><text>The term <term>downpayment assistance</term> means
assistance for a family to be used toward the purchase of a home, including
reasonable and customary closing costs required in connection with the purchase
of a home.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E4A8362C1F0400F80EF964802919161"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Elderly
family</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided, the term <term>elderly family</term> means a family whose head,
spouse, or sole member is a person who is at least 62 years of age, including 2
or more persons who are at least 62 years of age living together.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5c53aa86fd71443ba906c683a39d3d80"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Eligibility
event</header><text>The term <term>eligibility event</term> means, with respect
to a housing project—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6E9AFF315AB5463BA74C91E7EE7698E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the prepayment of
the mortgage on such housing project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9665D3162C1341CCAB0618A5EF1900F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the voluntary
termination of the insurance contract for the mortgage for such housing
project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA99942E113904254806C635897588D00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the termination
or expiration of the contract for rental assistance under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for such housing project;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB20A85950AE84A4CA872270F6DD7EFE5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the transaction
under which the housing project is preserved as affordable housing, under
paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 515(c) and section 524(d) of the Multifamily
Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note),
section 223(f) of the Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident
Homeownership Act of 1990 (12 U.S.C. 4113(f)), or section 201(p) of the Housing
and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–1a(p)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF29DB61A249B4E67AE85D114F3C229A3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Family</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>family</term> means a person
or group of persons, as determined by the public housing agency, approved to
reside in a unit receiving assistance under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC678A9FC5E7A4C01BDC47144612ED038"><enum>(7)</enum><header>First-time
homebuyer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>first-time homebuyer</term> means a family, no member of which has had an
ownership interest in a principal residence during the 3 years preceding the
date on which the family initially receives tenant-based homeownership
assistance under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14B970BF7BA846EA8841CAD70CBDE8A3"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Gross
income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>gross
income</term> is the amount of income from all sources for each family member
of a household, without deductions or exclusions, notwithstanding any other
provision of law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ADCBA91C12F435A85FD13A1DE6EEC37"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Housing
project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>housing project</term> means a multifamily housing development receiving
project-based rental assistance under section 107(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE9A5C09A49174BCD871AE502D4726378"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Median income
for the area</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>median income for the area</term> means the family income at the fiftieth
percentile of income for an area, as determined by the Secretary, with
adjustments for smaller and larger families.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA65F765241A74BA792FB4DD34256A87F"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Owner</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>owner</term> means any
private person or entity, including a cooperative, an agency of the Federal
Government, or a public housing agency, having the legal right to lease or
sublease dwelling units.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF12224420ECF4CACA166DF2AB1BA0BB2"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Person with
disabilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<quote>person with disabilities</quote> has the same meaning given the term in
section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437a(3)(b)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80D14D05106747F7BCE37612A3C54C49"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Project-based
rental assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>project-based rental assistance</term> means housing assistance that a
public housing agency may attach to a specific property under section
107.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID44759290a0714f16b3f4e12c47ee0fbd"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Public housing
agency</header><text>The term <term>public housing agency</term> or
<term>PHA</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID436f5313bad44933aa75778281b0fa5a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any State,
county, municipality, or other governmental entity or public body (or agency or
instrumentality thereof) which is authorized to engage in or assist in the
development or operation of low-income housing; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9a12cd63de21489c929c8ab71dd83563"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other entity
designated by the Secretary to administer assistance under this title in
jurisdictions where—</text>
<clause id="id1E40C1F617FF4C99BF0BEB56349786CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no
public housing agency has been organized; or</text>
</clause><clause id="idD9D305DD42D649C2988EDA78732D1D17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary
determines that a public housing agency is not capable of effectively
administering assistance under this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59A2C23ED8B64A7CA63DB0FDB9A2723C"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Secretary</term> means the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5278289539ce4459a12e7175660d7bdf"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Special
administrative fee</header><text>The term <term>special administrative
fee</term> means a fee paid by the Secretary to a public housing agency for
non-routine administrative expenses, as determined by the Secretary, which may
include expenses associated with—</text>
<subparagraph id="id72CA349B2C6B41B289312CBE495C6F12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>tenant-based
homeownership assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC41A4AF3E9F749A3BFEC79B7EB77AD70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>family
self-sufficiency coordinators; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3A63C37D16AE4CB29FFD07DC11098707"><enum>(C)</enum><text>lead-based paint
risk assessments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF1758AA8DBE4784BF8F207D1EB0DF91"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Tenant-based
homeownership assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>tenant-based homeownership assistance</term> means the payments made
on a monthly basis by public housing agencies under section 108(c) and are used
by families to make mortgage payments or meet other monthly homeownership
expenses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF001D1B73D8431B8B69F6CEBEFA1CCB"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Transfer-eligible
family</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>transfer-eligible family</term> means a family that has received rental
assistance under this title for at least 12 months and is in compliance with
applicable requirements imposed in accordance with this title and section 8 of
the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID72683da5c7424522bdec3fe15058e7c6"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Tenant-based
rental assistance</header><text>The term <term>tenant-based rental
assistance</term> means housing assistance that provides for the eligible
family to select suitable housing within the jurisdiction of an administering
public housing agency.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID1d283f95ff36487188dac2d8d382e8ab"><enum>104.</enum><header>Authority of
Secretary</header>
<subsection id="IDe302a0f773cd4d02a08047f6bd4dade9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Grant
authority</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to make grants to—</text>
<paragraph id="idB85A9126A1D74BDBA674166677B2CDCF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>public housing
agencies to provide tenant-based and project-based rental assistance, and
tenant-based homeownership assistance to low income individuals; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id29F92146C0CB4D8D8B7D1E6815969EB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out
activities related to the assistance described in paragraph (1) in accordance
with this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID986b207850904a87ada5e43207c8a1a4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contract
authority</header>
<paragraph id="id76F505EE491844CDBA15785CC3FF6F8E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with
public housing agencies to administer grants authorized under subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC970B0FD50684E9798D6DA1C4C0FEA86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payments to
owners</header><text>Pursuant to the contracts entered into under subsection
(a), public housing agencies may enter into contracts to make assistance
payments to owners, and such contracts shall include any terms and conditions
required by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb7f4616601344578965a59dd447d97cf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tenant-Based
assistance to continue</header><text>Any family that is receiving tenant-based
homeownership assistance under section 8(y) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(y)) shall continue to receive such assistance, subject to
the terms and conditions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as that Act
was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, from amounts
made available for assistance under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID0a24cea448174c208d57d6ab0bed2e92"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Housing
assistance under project-Based voucher program to continue</header><text>Any
units covered by a housing assistance payments contract on the day before the
date of enactment of this Act under the project-based voucher program or
project-based certificate program under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) shall continue to receive assistance subject to
the terms and conditions of that contract, from amounts made available for
assistance under this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID7fae2a10c93b4f09a43eb1ba20474547"><enum>105.</enum><header>Elderly
families and disabled families</header>
<subsection id="ID0882451f91e7435ebe4a64a24920a1fb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Existing
tenants</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title,
elderly families and disabled families, as such terms were defined under
section 3(b)(3)(B) the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437a(b)(3)(B)) immediately prior to the date of enactment of this title, who
were receiving assistance under section 8 (o) or (t) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o), (t)) as in effect on the day prior to
the date of enactment of this title, shall be treated in accordance with the
immediately above-referenced sections until January 1, 2009.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2a167f8ded6944b9a7334cb57a75a19f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>New
admissions</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title,
except as provided in subsection (d), elderly families and disabled families
not meeting the requirements of subsection (a), shall also be treated in
accordance with section 8 (o) or (t) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437f(o), (t)) as in effect on the day prior to the date of
enactment of this title, until January 1, 2009.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID43578379bd7c4cc1a655d1c7fa223abf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public housing
agency policies</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title, a public housing agency receiving a grant under section 104 shall, by
January 1, 2009, have implemented a policy to ensure that the needs of elderly
families and disabled families described under subsections (a) and (b) are
addressed by a policy to be determined by the public housing agency as they
relate to, among other things, eligibility and rent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1bd0a297081142e1bbe56c0728c52791"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Early
implementation</header><text>A public housing agency that has implemented the
policy described in subsection (c) before January 1, 2009, shall administer
assistance for elderly families and disabled families first receiving a grant
under section 104 after the effective date of such policy in accordance with
such policy.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID6443d54421e34a199316990efe375fea"><enum>106.</enum><header>Performance
Standards</header>
<subsection id="idC79A65AE632F4CF5B93583FD1DAE68F3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Performance
standards and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall establish performance standards and a performance assessment
system for public housing agencies receiving grants under this title to
maximize the benefits of such assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID35dadf75a7c14e5688f3e8929318012c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General
reports</header><text>In developing a performance assessment system or in
evaluating the performance of a public housing agency, the Secretary may
require the public housing agency to provide and report information
including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4a531f0d2db147f38da4043c5c37f15e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of
households and persons in such households receiving assistance under this
title, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1C6CDB6BB43A409C8056F3992076CCC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
families with children;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id934D70247BE64FBFBCB4B583C14222A6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
elderly families;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F629930FF8141C099FC07F7C74D504C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of
disabled families; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCFD0DDFBBDA48DDBF6EBAFFC40F07B3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for each family,
general demographic information and income levels;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID96d3d38067884145a766064062e283ca"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the actual
subsidy per family and value of assistance under this title received per
family;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID63ddd19477e142fabb12192c561d214e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>administrative
costs incurred by a public housing agency in fulfilling its responsibilities
under this title; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb896e4ab727d4f348c234d0ef219edb6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>other information
as the Secretary may prescribe.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID29589ef19b6a4a5582058609399263af"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Public housing
agency reports</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 12 months, the
Secretary shall require each public housing agency to provide to the public on
the Internet the reports required under subsection (a) in a form and manner
acceptable to the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID5e75fb99734b45238694d9cb0fa54d15"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Alternative
administration</header>
<paragraph id="ID68134758e77942bba4eb4a211e38078e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Troubled
programs</header><text>A public housing agency operating a program under
section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) that the
Secretary has designated as troubled under a performance evaluation system for
the housing choice voucher program, or a public housing program that the
Secretary has found to be troubled under section 6(j) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1436d(j)) for the first full fiscal year after
the date of enactment of this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc1d409270dc7487abaa4e7e046ac80b9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall not
implement the provisions of sections 107, 109, or 112, unless approved by the
Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbdb7e348c33e4eb9a8908e360dbf6adf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may implement the
provision of any section of this title not specifically cited in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6f77d986de18422cb3ad82076ec50749"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failing
score</header><text>If any public housing agency receives a failing score under
the performance evaluation system implemented pursuant to subsection (a), the
Secretary shall determine how to best administer the grant, which may
include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id389A489747EE4DC2939B0FD60B53D51A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>administration of
such grant by 1 or more other public housing agencies or other entities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC0A7A9565B744CCB668F7F85A362C68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>appointment of a
receiver to manage the grant; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id844042DB4AAA44C891B533D01B2E5E0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>setting a
specific deadline for improvement, if the Secretary determines that significant
improvements can be made expeditiously.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9cba9b3a32ce4860b3ecdb20aba01457"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>All
provisions applicable to public housing agencies administering funds under this
title shall be applicable to such other public housing agencies or other
entities as are designated by the Secretary pursuant to paragraph
(2)(A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID58491cb3202b4f3794cf76ead507ac14"><enum>107.</enum><header>Eligible
families</header>
<subsection id="ID6a3b2e4bb6db4a7a9b9bc567c44e3f32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Initial
eligibility</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), to be eligible to receive
tenant-based rental or tenant-based homeownership assistance under this title,
a family shall—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf4b5699585624a899328be1883a1976b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not own a
significant interest in any real property;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID81d1ebb5e68b4f5d8cd2ac4fb9aabf91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not have assets
exceeding an amount established by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID98ed25022f2c4da1aa9bdaff0f1cc4be"><enum>(3)</enum><text>have a gross
income that does not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the area, as
determined by the Secretary in a manner consistent with income limits
established for other Department of Housing and Urban Development programs,
with adjustments for smaller or larger families and areas of unusually high or
low income.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDeb29fa375866470f96bd80a9b1b49e86"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Continued
eligibility</header><text>Subject to subsections (f) and (g), continued
eligibility for housing assistance pursuant to this title shall be determined
in accordance with standards established by the Secretary and the public
housing agency, except that families with incomes above 80 percent of area
median income shall not be eligible for continued assistance.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID21cb795638e047e19646bd307d5a4283"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="ID8852e402fba546d58d0bb6ea3efe7e5b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>90 percent
test</header><text>Not fewer than 90 percent of the families selected during
any 1-year period for assistance under this title shall have gross incomes that
do not exceed 60 percent of the median income for the area, as determined by
the Secretary, with adjustments for smaller or larger families and areas of
unusually high or low income.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID361f09f3edc6447aaf824483565c3c2e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional
requirement</header><text>The Secretary or a public housing agency may
establish other eligibility requirements for assistance under this
title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID052074ed5bcb485fa8907fcca509e172"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Term
limits</header>
<paragraph id="ID9e0093636872485084d0613a7e1f065b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistance
limits</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), and beginning on January 1,
2008, a public housing agency may establish term limits to determine the
maximum amount of time during which a family may receive assistance under this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfbcccfb51b024d5c80c3323a5054231c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidelines for
term limits</header><text>Term limits established under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0ed3a9e519244b5b992ec835956f923d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall not apply
to elderly and disabled families; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDea6d05a652674be69ac0b2afe6f93bc8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall set a
minimum term limit for families receiving rental assistance at 5 years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDff765c2fbed348c1988b3e6a52053dd2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Preferences and
nondiscrimination</header>
<paragraph id="IDdf10e6ad1dff4909bea172b7f5cf8b5e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>System for
housing assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="id271DA3D867DD409C86B5F0F71C1175DE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each public housing agency receiving a grant pursuant to
this title shall establish a system for making housing assistance pursuant to
this title available to eligible families.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA23177CAA0CD4B9B8BBA51B3962B106F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements of
system</header><text>A system required under subparagraph (A) may include
preferences for certain eligible populations identified by the public housing
agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9F58CFAD481E43C1826F54CB48A9E64D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Disability
preference</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, in
providing assistance under this title a public housing agency may establish a
preference for persons with a specific disability.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7416729b9ce448629377abea6e981183"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination
provision</header><text>No person in the United States shall, on the grounds of
race, color, national origin, religion, or sex, be excluded from participation
in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any
program or activity funded in whole or in part with funds made available under
this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDa0a1dea8cb0048c18eedb8de9380747f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Review of
family income</header>
<paragraph id="id7AF25EF20B2240229FA04E56AF369DE7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not less frequently than once every 2 years, each public
housing agency administering a housing assistance grant pursuant to this title
shall conduct a review of the family income of each family receiving assistance
under this title to determine the continued eligibility of that family to
receive assistance under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id202619CD6AAA4505868FD79B9C40DF32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elderly or
disabled family exception</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), not less
frequently than once every 3 years, each public housing agency shall review the
income of each elderly family and each disabled family receiving assistance
under this title to determine the continued eligibility of that family to
receive assistance under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID82f328fe69ce4bcb896f400de0644b48"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination for
criminal activity and alcohol abuse and selection of tenants</header>
<paragraph id="IDdffb0c18bb0c4103987c913753c82d32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Termination of
assistance</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public
housing agency may deny assistance under this title based on the actions by a
family member, and may terminate assistance under this title based on actions
by a family member, or any guest or other person under the family's control, if
the public housing agency determines that the family member or other person
engages in or has engaged in any—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDb60df03bcf234e1cb383b7680c64d39c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>criminal activity
(including violent criminal activity and drug-related criminal activity) on or
off the premises;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID102cf12bb43645a1a28d4b6c0bb985e4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>alcohol abuse (or
pattern of abuse) that threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful
enjoyment of the premises by other tenants;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9be7efaadc1445b58d9eac9a16c8f254"><enum>(C)</enum><text>parole violation,
probation violation, or flight to avoid prosecution, custody, or confinement
after conviction; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID393b4f229f944547822efdd10729b01a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>such other acts
that subject the person to a lifetime registration requirement under a State
sex offender registration program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID473883bcd7de4b9b95e0cb8f53a8dab9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General
termination provisions</header><text>Each contract between a public housing
agency and an owner to make assistance payments under this title shall provide
that, during the term of the lease, the owner may not terminate the tenancy
except for serious or repeated violations of the terms and conditions of the
lease, for violation of applicable Federal, State, and local law, in accordance
with this title, or for other good cause.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID212a702a5784471c9b41e9a1d9346423"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Specific causes
for termination</header>
<subparagraph id="id621B8FA3C0494394A58AEBAD3B3BF605"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Each contract between a public housing agency and an
owner to make assistance payments under this title shall provide that, during
the term of the lease, the circumstances described un subparagraph (B) shall be
cause for termination of tenancy by the owner, if the owner determines that the
tenant of a unit, any member of the tenant's household, or any guest or other
person under the tenant's control engages in or has engaged in any activities
described in subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa3146d0ae1d0442aa2446d3d82e53ce0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prohibited
activities</header><text>Activities described in this subparagraph are—</text>
<clause id="id7F1C8C2C9DBE4EC7BDC39C759CE555FD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>violent criminal
activity or drug-related criminal activity, on or off the premises;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID396290ddd0fe4e9b8b8083c34415e6fe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other criminal
activity that threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of
the premises by other tenants, or the right to peaceful enjoyment of their
residences by persons residing in the immediate vicinity of the
premises;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb6a2456a1f2e4560b77405e7ab8d3197"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>alcohol abuse
(or pattern of abuse) that threatens the health, safety, or right to peaceful
enjoyment of the premises by other tenants;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8f4cbf777df04b0e9fa7117011712af5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>parole
violation, probation violation, or flight to avoid prosecution, custody, or
confinement after conviction; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7d9ed8ff3d094ab791eafee13a79b129"><enum>(v)</enum><text>such other acts
that subject the person to a lifetime registration requirement under a State
sex offender registration program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID21481f45744a4803a69bc266ba47e07b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Additional
termination provisions</header><text>A public housing agency may deny or
terminate assistance under this title, and the owner may terminate tenancy for
reasons other than the reasons specified in paragraph (3), as specified in an
agreement or contract or as prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID527979d5fd4f4305a0776fadc1a8cfb9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Selection of
tenants</header><text>After the eligibility of a family is determined in
accordance with this section, the selection of a tenant shall be the function
of the owner.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6af560bd80544a0bb73fb6ae1b31e321"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Selection of
families</header><text>In selecting families for the provision of assistance
under this title, a public housing agency may not exclude or penalize a family
solely because the family resides in a public housing project, subject to the
normal and customary procedures of the public housing agency.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID3b005c8485f84b6688609fd147a22075"><enum>108.</enum><header>Eligible
activities</header>
<subsection id="ID41403237247d41ad96d597a207058012"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Eligible activities under this title include—</text>
<paragraph id="ID67c4c507675a4ae59a9e8d9f525c3628"><enum>(1)</enum><text>tenant-based
rental assistance, including pad rentals;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa297b24cd36f468e9be0b2d91c8aa597"><enum>(2)</enum><text>project-based
rental assistance under subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeebdeea065174ccaad88c35fa2f04724"><enum>(3)</enum><text>tenant-based
homeownership assistance for first-time homebuyers under subsection (c);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa804cbe2d8454dfa87904b6746df1272"><enum>(4)</enum><text>self-sufficiency
programs under section 114, including self-sufficiency escrow savings accounts
deposits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd7e2bfaa31224d779492f0e6c9bdc0b9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>costs of
administering grant amounts under this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5ec61cbc24b045538fb1514298befd30"><enum>(6)</enum><text>costs of other
activities, as specified by the Secretary, in support of tenant-based rental
assistance, project-based rental assistance, tenant-based homeownership
assistance, and self-sufficiency coordinators authorized under this title;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0bd7020798d846aa95a12dc51af2967f"><enum>(7)</enum><text>amounts to be
used by the Secretary for purposes of program evaluation, management
information systems, and technical assistance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDefc17b5a633743e8bd343e2f944c22aa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project-Based
rental assistance</header>
<paragraph id="ID1b26b9fb5cc84877b8dc87a2a6215599"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A public housing agency may use amounts provided under
this title to enter into a project-based housing assistance payments contract
with respect to eligible units for up to 10 years, subject to the availability
of appropriations and to compliance with the inspection requirements under
section 112(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53fbc3ee76b942f986b8c3f15e03358e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text>At
the expiration of a contract entered into under paragraph (1), a public housing
agency may extend the term of the contract if the housing continues to meet the
housing quality standards under section 112(b) and such other requirements as
that public housing agency may prescribe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID46de012ab9d3401b8e5242c70a1052a1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Percentage
limitations</header>
<subparagraph id="idE4E1FAF10CC74D83A5D89E1AD3CBA8E4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Attached
structures</header><text>Not more than 20 percent of the funding made available
to the public housing agency under this title may be attached to structures
pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC75D601113BD4AAB8EA63FC14FFE6B71"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Project-Based
housing assistance</header><text>Not more than 25 percent of the dwelling units
in any building may be assisted under a project-based housing assistance
payments contract, except for—</text>
<clause id="idB3FB29A0314745929AE2039AE78C8D6F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>housing
consisting of single-family properties; or</text>
</clause><clause id="id2F39B7771B834137AB0047CEE948C453"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>dwelling units
that are specifically made available for households comprised of elderly
families, disabled families, and families receiving supportive services.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1d390f335d244a3ab095fae63a1f725b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Option of
tenant-based assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="ID56da4e2e35c04a8b81271f0da178647f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Relocation</header><text>Each
low-income family occupying a dwelling unit assisted under a project-based
voucher contract may relocate and continue to receive assistance under this
title so long as the family has occupied the assisted dwelling unit for 12
months and relocates within the jurisdiction of the public housing agency
wherein it currently resides.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe8587e23cadf4530887cdc6afef92133"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Comparable
assistance</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D), upon
such a move to a unit that meets Federal and local requirements, including
housing quality standards, the public housing agency shall provide the
low-income family with tenant-based rental assistance under this title or such
other tenant-based rental assistance that is comparable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2bcc038566434c79bd22617aa4704820"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In
providing assistance under subparagraph (B), the public housing agency shall
not be required to provide housing assistance in an amount higher than the
assistance provided to the low-income family prior to the relocation under
subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDccf65b4672814391a25a2bc8540ad4f9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>If assistance
not available</header><text>If tenant-based rental assistance is not
immediately available to fulfill this requirement, the public housing agency
shall provide the family with the next available tenant-based rental voucher or
other tenant-based rental assistance amounts that become available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa284d259d2d74f068db906dbdf47f9ce"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Payment for
vacant units</header>
<subparagraph id="id65A8B20B54844BFDB0244D41B208917E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The public housing agency may continue to provide
assistance under the project-based contract, for a reasonable period not
exceeding 60 days, for a dwelling unit that becomes vacant, but only if—</text>
<clause id="IDc2c4ddbe007b457fa8c2b1757229a4d0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
vacancy was not the fault of the owner of the dwelling unit; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDa4c5d385551f475ebb7702f20b8977fe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the owner takes
every reasonable action to minimize the likelihood and extent of any such
vacancy.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idABB9F8EC004C45E1B97CF29E43626119"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No assistance
after expiration of 60-day period</header><text>Project-based rental assistance
may not be provided for a vacant unit after the expiration of the 60-day period
described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1cf091fde5a245eebf649e2c8d045284"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Homeownership
assistance for first-Time homebuyers</header>
<paragraph id="ID33b7001e5e674ced8c9479fb36b4c89a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A public housing agency may provide tenant-based
homeownership assistance and downpayment assistance under this title to assist
a first-time homebuyer that purchases a home.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6ed0f08d912143ffa5ee7aba94985a7e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Family
eligibility</header><text>In order to receive tenant-based homeownership
assistance or downpayment assistance under this title, a family shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD6013154F66148C983667CDB21B33D29"><enum>(A)</enum><text>qualify as a
first-time homebuyer;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD24CB6F6896349548BC9FC65AE9E540A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>participate in a
homeownership counseling program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2391209DF20C4E31A7DACB7CBF08DAA1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>meet any other
initial or continuing requirements established by the public housing
agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID6b28fafb5b974f3b90d9e6f758ee6e36"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Purchase
agreement</header><text>A recipient of tenant-based homeownership assistance or
downpayment assistance may enter into a purchase agreement for a home whether
constructed, under construction, or proposed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID913fc93f13cb4421a844caeeeb26ee21"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Downpayment
assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="IDe0e7bbe0f9fa4aefa8f6447bcf2b8f91"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, a public
housing agency may, in lieu of providing tenant-based homeownership assistance
to a family under this subsection, provide downpayment assistance under this
title for a family that has received a rental subsidy administered by the
Secretary for a period of not less than 12 months prior to the date of receipt
of downpayment assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID38fee6bfd0d84cc29fc80a56c95f34d2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grant
requirements</header><text>A downpayment assistance grant under subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="ID8457381915ab477eb92efb16b10eeabd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be in the
form of a single one-time grant to be used only as a contribution toward the
downpayment and reasonable and customary closing costs required in connection
with the purchase of a home; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7b0a586070094e99ab4789aa94c14664"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may not exceed
$10,000.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcdc15fdc680243328b35b87704bf90f2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>No effect on
obtaining outside sources for downpayment assistance</header><text>This title
may not be construed to prohibit a public housing agency from providing
downpayment assistance to families from sources other than a grant provided
under this title, or as determined by the public housing agency.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID6f542bdfb7204537b32895b32ef6c542"><enum>109.</enum><header>Amount of
assistance</header>
<subsection id="ID0711e5f7949a4e8f81864ecfb3bf59bc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with the provisions of this section, each
public housing agency administering assistance under this title shall determine
the amount of any monthly assistance payment for a family.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="id8230C40C6392431C8D8E5ED0CF177CC7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rent
structures</header><text>In fulfilling its requirements under this section, a
public housing agency may establish—</text>
<paragraph id="IDc0f5d64dd4e9458eb5de9c9da72516f6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a rent structure
in which a family pays a flat amount of rent and such amount is adjusted on the
basis of an annual cost index;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID502dce7e72dd4ebfa4f82d6cba707eb1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an income-tiered
rent structure in which the amount of rent that a family is required to pay is
set and distributed on the basis of broad tiers of income, adjusted on the
basis of an annual cost index;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID326b0c57750c4637bc4534b520af7779"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a rent structure
in which the amount of rent that a family is required to pay is based on a
percentage of family income;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2d582d1bbc284973a64a3a5d9a92b92a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a rent structure
in which the amount of rent that a family is required to pay is based on the
provisions of sections 3 and 8(o)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437a and 1437f(o)(2)) as such sections existed prior to the date of
enactment of this title; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID138d578ecefe47558e2d0fcc69f03317"><enum>(5)</enum><text>any other rent
structure that includes 1 or more of the elements of the rent structures
specified in this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1a76305e90ae4d0cbdc1d8bbce65188a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Elderly and
disabled families</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b), elderly
families and disabled families shall pay rent in accordance with the provisions
of section 105.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID317c35b0263c4bfe8a85cf917943fac6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum rental
amount</header><text>A public housing agency shall establish a minimum monthly
rental amount to be paid by each family assisted in accordance with this
title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID08b3e44f84ec46669eb8fb8f25956cac"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rent
reasonableness</header>
<paragraph id="idF0FA00D862764FBF8F1D73025ADB2F09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The rent for dwelling units assisted under this title
shall be reasonable and appropriate in comparison with rents charged for
dwelling units of a modest nature and a non-luxury standard in the private,
unassisted local market.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id77432CBB263F458DB5F8F29E148B024D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Public
housing agencies shall review rents not less than annually to ensure that they
meet the standard described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe3cda8bc074d43efbfcd56574e1f2d28"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Maximum
subsidy</header><text>Public housing agencies shall establish maximum subsidy
levels for housing assistance under this title that are reasonable and
appropriate for the market area.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID4cae9b290a17446386c7a3b7649e3dae"><enum>110.</enum><header>Allocation and
distribution of funds</header>
<subsection id="ID81650f6f9e8f43b5aaea4176fd42d586"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of administering assistance under this
title, the Secretary shall allocate available amounts subject to appropriations
as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="IDf1fbc484faac48d38c652772930b487f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interim formula
for allocation of funds</header><text>During the fiscal years in which this
title is being administered pursuant to the Federal Register notice described
in section 118(a), each public housing agency may receive an amount
proportionate to its annual 2005 housing choice voucher program funding for
housing assistance and administrative expenses, adjusted for inflation and
subject to validation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe126a1fc77124d918f0f94895880ff8c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permanent
formula for allocation of funds</header><text>In accordance with the provisions
of section 118(b)(2), the Secretary shall establish a formula to allocate
funding made available by Congress under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6053c38d61d34df1ba6c8860db5c4d26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amounts to
provide tenant-Based rental assistance</header>
<paragraph id="idE072AC2FCA7C475BB8E72D3DE6D5A3EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall allocate amounts made available from
appropriations to public housing agencies for tenant-based rental assistance as
authorized by section 115.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4D8F6D46FE1449628B6AE16975E9450A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>Additional
tenant-based rental assistance provided under paragraph (1) for a family shall
be allocated for 1 year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id4D932CC08EDB460890C98FB4837DFE72"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>After
the expiration of the 1-year period described in paragraph (2), any amounts not
expended shall be included in the subsequent grant to each public housing
agency under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID655c225a988b47b38340f93d61690e71"><enum>111.</enum><header>Environmental
review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the National Environmental Protection Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) shall not apply to activities authorized under this title.</text>
</section><section id="ID7d743c7a4f6d452ea61edafc9304b27c"><enum>112.</enum><header>Inspection of
units</header>
<subsection id="ID0e66963089ce4745b5028e9f7f9123f1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inspection
required</header>
<paragraph id="id74EA4C1377AD4854BD48DA6412D54925"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall require that a public housing agency
administering rental assistance under this title shall inspect each rental
dwelling unit assisted pursuant to this title not later than 60 days after the
date of receipt of the initial assistance payment to determine that the rental
dwelling unit meets the housing quality standards under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id1FCC200E044540B4AC7C8CCD611DCE88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standards must
be met</header><text>Each rental dwelling unit shall meet such standards in
order to receive continued assistance payments.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbf4a3fad66a7448398fdff41ac62d590"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Housing quality
standards</header><text>Each rental dwelling unit assisted by a public housing
agency under this title shall either meet the housing quality standards
established by the Secretary or comparable housing quality standards that the
Secretary has approved.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb02933e196284985be3f147b11e5f027"><enum>(c)</enum><header>
Inspections</header>
<paragraph id="idB5CD60AF13FC4F709A2363FE8C79B2E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Maintenance
requirement</header><text>Each public housing agency administering rental
assistance under this title shall determine that all occupied dwelling units
assisted by such public housing agency pursuant to this title are maintained in
accordance with the standards described under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAC2014DB9630497190E0FC87B28ACB83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>Each
rental dwelling unit assisted by the public housing agency under this title
shall be inspected when it is first leased, pursuant to subsection (a).
Thereafter, each public housing agency shall annually inspect at least 25
percent of all of its rental dwelling units assisted under this title, and each
such rental dwelling unit shall be inspected at least once every 4
years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDf208c78910694b0b9a6068a99ca54c90"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Corrective
actions</header><text>No further assistance payment may be made pursuant to
this title for a rental dwelling unit which fails to meet the standards under
subsections (b) or (c).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID6d69d601fced45ef9c50e63f911138f3"><enum>113.</enum><header>Ability to
transfer tenant-based rental assistance</header>
<subsection id="ID50289d5613674a0da3f461b628223370"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State and
regional transfer agreements</header><text>A public housing agency may enter
into agreements with other public housing agencies within the same State or
region in order to facilitate the ability of transfer-eligible families who
wish to transfer their tenant-based rental assistance under this title to
another jurisdiction within a State or region.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID50c8591508cf4287bfeb368c524497e1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regional
boundaries</header><text>For the purpose of entering into agreements among
public housing agencies within a proposed region pursuant to subsection (a),
public housing agencies may establish regions and enter into regional
agreements with other public housing agencies, except that the public housing
agencies shall notify the Secretary of any proposed regional boundaries
encompassing more than 1 State or the District of Columbia prior to the
execution of any such agreement, and the boundaries may be implemented only if
the Secretary does not object, not later than 60 days after the date of
notification to the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb397f65f14e446d8901019c7efe3ff3e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The
Secretary may establish procedures to transfer funding between public housing
agencies in order to phase out and eliminate previous portability billing
arrangements among public housing agencies under section 8(r)(3) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(r)(3)) as in effect on the day
prior to the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID2e5442ed0a8d44ef8bc273a7e7ea807b"><enum>114.</enum><header>Self-sufficiency</header>
<subsection id="idA65675D8D28642AA84A45D37F2CD88B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Self-Sufficiency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the provisions of this section,
a public housing agency may develop a local self-sufficiency initiative
accessing public and private resources to enable families to achieve economic
independence and homeownership.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID1508559e35d5422793a59adc40c84d83"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
activities</header><text>A public housing agency may use funds made available
under this title for a self-sufficiency initiative authorized by subsection (a)
only—</text>
<paragraph id="id42BA80F81EF14A33A1B2272BC86F0E9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide
housing assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idB647B232DC6840B382176651CD6D07EC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to employ
self-sufficiency coordinators; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF47FE9CFF33840028CED782DAAD41CF3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to establish and
maintain a special escrow account incentive.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe92a6d26c76f4a048405cc6259b2553a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A
public housing agency may establish requirements for participating families and
terminate or withhold assistance under this title if families fail to comply,
without good cause, with any such requirements.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID981a2117d5d44fbd95e3da655dcc7e90"><enum>115.</enum><header>Termination of
rental assistance contracts and related transactions</header>
<subsection id="IDb8e5ee9f9dd94db2b501b6ebe1baa563"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Enhanced
voucher assistance</header>
<paragraph id="IDa5d5b11c3b72494786ad2585c3a524aa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), families affected
by an eligibility event shall receive enhanced voucher assistance under this
subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID55a81e506d35477fb762b2bc8495830c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope of
enhanced voucher assistance</header><text>Enhanced voucher assistance shall be
tenant-based rental assistance under this title, except that a family
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5359eedda38546ad96d5b24c7ac206f7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>pay as rent not
less than the amount that the family was paying on the date of the eligibility
event;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd1de0125ad1c41b696613ab46afde4bc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be allowed to
remain in the rental housing project in which they were residing for 12 months;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID335b161f5cd440088678cd8eead9c000"><enum>(C)</enum><text>have its housing
assistance calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 109 if the
family moves out of the housing project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDe5bb30af6cfa42a1815502eff20a896d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amount of
rental assistance</header><text>If a family elects to remain in the same
housing project under paragraph (2)(A), and if the rent for the dwelling unit
in the housing project exceeds the maximum subsidy level established by the
public housing agency, the maximum subsidy level used to calculate the enhanced
voucher shall equal the rent for the dwelling unit, subject to the rent
reasonableness requirements of section 109(e) and any other reasonable limit
prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbe8f30ed8c3d418b96b41d6fb35f43c7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tenant-based
rental assistance</header><text>After 12 months of receiving assistance under
subsection (a), affected families shall receive tenant-based rental assistance
calculated in accordance with section 109 in lieu of the assistance under
subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDaf13e9b9568a46209531ed4700889ae3"><enum>116.</enum><header>Failure to
perform</header>
<subsection id="ID242de1fb21aa47e6b0a69c51db85b1e0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Monitoring</header><text>The
Secretary shall make such reviews and audits as may be necessary or appropriate
to determine whether—</text>
<paragraph id="idF019114E832547ABA6F5DBD4FFAF2A88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each public
housing agency has carried out the activities and objectives of this title,
including all certifications, in accordance with the requirements of this title
and other applicable laws;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC215D386B5894FB086B3AF3CC71D5618"><enum>(2)</enum><text>it has the
continuing capacity to undertake such activities and objectives in a timely and
effective manner; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id0B92B03CBC024C32BCBAB41C474AE52D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>whether it has
met the performance standards established by the Secretary pursuant to section
106(a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID992382d09fe04afe84c3b2687f2d3f70"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text>In
addition to any other actions authorized under this or any other applicable
law, if the Secretary finds that a public housing agency receiving assistance
under this title has failed to comply with any provision of this title,
including any performance standard established by the Secretary pursuant to
this title, and until the Secretary is satisfied that there is no longer any
such failure to comply, the Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0abf5889ba1f408b8c4b53a8def758fa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>terminate
payments under this title to the public housing agency and provide for
alternative administration of such amounts;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb5456348cddc4663b17e6886212d39af"><enum>(2)</enum><text>withhold from the
public housing agency amounts from the total allocation that would otherwise be
available to the public housing agency under this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID266e868de83046e094cf791ba5979e7f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reduce the amount
of future grants to the public housing agency by an amount equal to the amount
of such grants that were not expended in accordance with this title;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6e39e22ae8a54fac9cce5000090bad4d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>limit the
availability of amounts provided to the public housing agency to programs and
activities under this title not affected by such failure to comply;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDccda629a11044721a2827b7d3abe6827"><enum>(5)</enum><text>withhold from the
public housing agency other amounts allocated for the public housing agency
under other programs administered by the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa854264de2924a1f9a1716e61f56d98a"><enum>(6)</enum><text>require such
changes in public housing agency policy or management practices, consistent
with other provisions of this title, as determined necessary to ensure
compliance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3d5b6c921f95452fabc51dcd2fc50f3d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>refer any such
failure to comply, as appropriate, to Federal, State, or local enforcement
agencies for appropriate action;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID714f0fa16b824ca79aa12c97f6827336"><enum>(8)</enum><text>impose civil
money penalties, except that a public housing agency shall not pay a civil
money penalty imposed under this paragraph from a grant received under section
103; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6F91E7305E0F4F3CA7FBE45F3FBA4164"><enum>(9)</enum><text>take any
combination of the actions described in paragraphs (1) through (8), as
appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID86ab93e5cd7a4cd0b17d52ee7739afe6"><enum>117.</enum><header>Administrative
and special administrative fees</header>
<subsection id="IDd3b2a55166534b58bac1bfbecf2f3db2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative
fees</header><text>In each fiscal year, the Secretary shall pay an
administrative fee to each public housing agency administering a program under
this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDd1e0b2e7ae6f4e608110a3575704f17c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special
administrative fees</header><text>Of amounts made available under this title
for administrative fees, the Secretary may retain up to 5 percent for
allocation as special administrative fees to public housing agencies for
non-routine expenses.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc887068b9f53477597fc0ba6474f7c2b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interim
allocation of administrative fees</header><text>During the period in which this
title is being administered pursuant to the Federal Register notice described
in section 118(a), the Secretary shall allocate administrative fees to public
housing agencies on a pro rata basis, based upon the amount that each public
housing agency received under the pro rata distribution method in fiscal year
2005.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6e3e5f03df59427a84669fc09311c157"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Permanent
allocation of administrative fees</header><text>In the final rule described in
section 118(b)(2), the Secretary shall establish a formula for distributing
administrative fees for the administration of this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID486eae9a9c754c77bb4e8ffb93020935"><enum>118.</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<subsection id="ID1969535296074da3bfc7160106627fb0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Interim
implementation</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this title describing the immediate
implementation of this title on an interim basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9a3b8f075c3441c6b3be25a9e02a7ad4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Final
implementation</header>
<paragraph id="IDa9bbf795c62b4499a6bfbb49396cc71f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rules</header><text>The
Secretary shall, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this
title, issue a final rule for the purpose of implementation of this title,
other than sections 110(a)(2) and 117(d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3ca3b5a961a94f45bfd7c55cd4aad6e2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rules issued
under negotiated rulemaking procedures</header><text>For the purpose of final
implementation of sections 110(a)(2) and 117(d), the Secretary shall issue 1 or
more proposed rules developed under the negotiated rulemaking procedure under
subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id3C0AD54EFE4A44AEAF1826E9E2856EF9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rules shall be
issued within 24 months</header><text>One or more final rules implementing
sections 110(a)(2), and 117(d) shall be issued not later than 24 months after
the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id94055BF392CE42F08EB2D116725234C8"><enum>119.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this title for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2011.</text>
</section><section id="IDca9a975d24a04cdca83f61926996a241"><enum>120.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subsection id="IDaa40e6ed946f4606b56abffbe24d2847"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Public Housing
Agency Organization</header><text>Section 2 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7fef332655dc4875912374b49bba834b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4EF3274D51834DEC96C91BB197A119C2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDddc8f0bce11a488891317939c2fa1b65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID93384cfc9fed426db0853fd107e32037"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A8CAD8AFF91476180BDE3ED08865E5C" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="IDf54c81d9feda4ce69a13a1c1e954f5e6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that is
administering a program under section 8 of this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID018da7e322964de393e952eb6b79e4a7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(3), by striking <quote>or status as assisted housing under section
8</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd221096ea33249c5b0b33fd22fee1815"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rental
payments</header><text>Section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd4c2c3ba259a4dcabb3f1d29581e4d02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC7D70865C5404AEDAB005BFFC934D7A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(other than a family assisted under section 8(o) or (y) or paying rent
under section 8(c)(3)(B))</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06CD5669A56A452591A9D3C7BF849699"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>section 3A of this Act and</quote> after <quote>Except as provided
in</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDf1d2ce091a5d439ab9454c9d2c8f4b16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(A), by striking <quote>(o)(2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID520b52d159c64d7db0bf003efb928cae"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0AC8A59867D64AA48E20D4231EC79980"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">(A) In
general</header-in-text>.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the
term</quote> and inserting <quote>The term</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID238c0e4209e647b6a10e4d6dab09b485"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDec13ac470e624ba18846b004051ebde8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC7C3F7658B7D43B0968B9AEFAC788721"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID5e68323de8094d099a7272690531abcb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID34a02537143846b3b74249e9734ac61e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8dbff73d234340f7b885323637746be3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contributions
for lower income housing projects</header><text>Section 5(c) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437c(c)) is amended by striking
paragraphs (6) through (8).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID01f4e7d20b694c1ba406dc9525e988db"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public housing
agency plans</header><text>Section 5A of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437c–1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDfd5818f907c6427a8081b0d2272ac7ec"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(1), by inserting <quote>administering programs under this Act</quote> after
<quote>public housing agency</quote> the first place it appears;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID3fec28a3a06c4bd5bb3cc7424c5c6fa2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1), by striking <quote>8(o) or</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd19a4e8c32c147deb114c69178dc5861"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1908AFF373644E20A968B0CAF39EA4CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>and housing assistance under section 8(o)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDf792fe180323446b91444925688da3d2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and
rental contributions of families assisted under section 8(o)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3f30503dbb2e452f9d45130c02a8673c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph
(10)(A), by striking <quote>to tenant-based assistance</quote> and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe27350b9875845e6a49d94431bf7213c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(11), by striking <quote>under section 8(y) or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID88bc1e0c9da14769a3f3f5d6c1ff86e3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id562CACEAA9534D6F9496B1B22D1EC159"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2eb5b1c130b14171b218c5e74879893a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID03b5281672d247ed87d08d7c92e607d9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID504b8474020441b592a1f6a5260ee082"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contract
provisions</header><text>Section 6(q)(8)(B) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(q)(8)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDbae188c2793f420c9453142a7321cd4f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa1fd18d267b846828fc302e37aee5a5a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii),
by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7ab5368cc03f4cb5a129a902ef6584a6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
clause (iii).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID4ad911f71e3340179d6de35728192d6c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Designated
housing for elderly and disabled families</header><text>Section 7(c)(2) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437e(c)(2)) is amended by
striking <quote>tenant-based rental assistance under section 8</quote> and
inserting <quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of
2005</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc09a580a8a734cbc8e9e551d4facc933"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Lower income
housing assistance</header><text>Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe1b144f610f94379a897c9b77aeb4491"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6040DA50B04644ABA1F741D41DAAB063"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <header-in-text></header-in-text><quote>(1)<header-in-text> In
general.—</header-in-text></quote><header-in-text></header-in-text>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID56a4151b5ef042e4899dbcb9d375ea8f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9905ba0a3a9e4f12bc09e3ebbcb33fd4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(p), by striking <quote>existing housing and moderate rehabilitation
programs</quote>; and inserting <quote>moderate rehabilitation
program</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0ed6c5f1288a4b6f96c28398768d0506"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(q)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1BE3C64AF35B4780B18529693FA6B6D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2) through (4)</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23BC2BB41E224C488CFD0F9345C69142"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="idCD69FB069C574E3C9EB6483D6D321773"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="id169CEBE29D1B4CFDA17AC363F21997A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>tenant-based assistance, certificate, voucher, and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="idDB597E1EE0AB40278E99C31B8CE31602"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>rehabilitation programs</quote> and inserting <quote>rehabilitation
program</quote>;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="IDc69ba7a979f8411291fab59a8725bb77"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause><clause id="ID99d98c20fbcf41509628ec3b17c2c553"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (C) as subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="id0A4A229CE87A40D3AD11E52DAFADD442"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as paragraphs (2) and (3),
respectively, and moving the margins 2 ems to the left.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDaea495dd7f4a41acbd442f8719d94d2a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(z)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id28CF6DEB96C445328FC105E0CD52DB27"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A)—</text>
<clause id="idE0279B4BB097480E8E2C6BD5843C7DE7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
the subparagraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Tenant-based assistance</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Voucher program
assistance</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id90626A30659A4A0787B43CABEB6729CB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>assistance
under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8285f8902a4642fcad9c2048dfc5982a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="idA57B74E9FE7241A7818598151EDEC6E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>tenant - or</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id5D4D6FF9A7F344848E757F312E395786"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking the last sentence; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDda3f2e6a5f484f68977bb32532e4867e"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (o), (r), (s), (t), (u), (x), (y), and (dd).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID6dc9ecdb677849e288b013b5208b00ae"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Eligibility for
assisted housing</header><text>Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID57e5e2151ce447d6b9b4ec5bbcee23eb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking paragraph (4);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idD87F7A6BFC014C3DA07D44049618384A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID53b6edaad58b42b6b50cc1e648c7e781"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (c), (d), and (f) as subsections (b), (c), and (d),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3b4ff794278449b6aa89c1fb0dc311c6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Demolition and
disposition of housing</header><text>Section 18(a)(4)(A)(iii)(III)(aa) of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p(a)(4)(A)(iii)(III)(aa)) is
amended by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> and inserting
<quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDf52c6960c6784ca0a68be77ac1bcdd31"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Conversion of
public housing to vouchers</header><text>Section 22 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437t) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDa091867a01b34872b4a2bc161a115554"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> and inserting
<quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe323052763234f3db580d32b4b59a058"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF0C3FEBCE68F472CABC08AD58D5754B9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance under section 8</quote> and by
inserting <quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of
2005</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9db9fd14a466456c95d05c7400808a39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance under section 8</quote> each
place that term appears and inserting <quote>assistance under the Flexible
Voucher Act of 2005</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID973c5cf5e035412784e3eb396597f79a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> and inserting
<quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID73ef77aa6c2944d29fc19ee0730727a4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> and inserting
<quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5d117c47a65b4f1bbf7f73efce118f1e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> and inserting
<quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb9e38d3f657e42858d21edbe7c5e2590"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3770939073DC4878ABF12D8E25E9C0D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>assistance under
the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDbdafd9014852498b83d55847e23abf28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(A)(ii)(III)(aa), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> each
place that term appears and inserting <quote>assistance under the Flexible
Voucher Act of 2005</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID781eb4a1fa084a97ad712ea0738807a3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID138ef35c7af64406b514a4db881cbec3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Family
self-Sufficiency program</header><text>Section 23 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437u) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4cec5bea170649c7a912e54e11462868"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), by striking <quote>and assistance under the certificate and voucher
programs under section 8</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID20869ba0c97e4c76bd9b6a97eddd26a4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id57E1749F2FA54483B67379FFB9E9C3F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(A), by striking <quote>receives incremental assistance under subsection (b)
or (o) of section 8 or that</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1d4eb644715048899e25fe007b1283d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (5);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa87184c4fa4142ea862ed51b0003663e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF1999D8024EE4929AFBB7585EDD09F38"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
in the first sentence, by striking <quote>receiving assistance under the
certificate and voucher programs of the public housing agency under section 8
or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID52d88ba0b4e64123bd346a0b881efdeb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
in the third sentence, by striking <quote>under section 8</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2c5daefc5dea4bfaa20da9d460be1222"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
in the second sentence, by striking <quote>receiving assistance under section 8
or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID90ac3314d3264c22a9dda9e024539de3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id95A3325772B040B69BF3915ACBC1D5BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
in the first sentence, by striking <quote>or dwelling unit assisted under
section 8</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID815b0020646441e999c5bdd2f689d4d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
in the third sentence, by striking <quote>or housing assisted under section
8</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5f5c8401a78f454087e46d858fc75187"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id062B79C8D7694746A7061F29C0B9DB1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the
subsection heading and inserting the following:
<quote><header-in-text>Performance Funding System</header-in-text>.—
</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID201dbe2ffafc4334a71b7a73aa3b7f62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDee736aef845d4ba396e8b000c80a2163"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <header-in-text></header-in-text><quote>(2)<header-in-text>
Performance funding
system.—</header-in-text></quote><header-in-text></header-in-text>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID88884c845d2a4024bb70fbf194724662"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)(1), by striking <quote>budget authority for certificate and voucher
assistance under section 8 and</quote>; and,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID33e57611b35e4730a8e5fa40b63ba6a5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(n)(5), by striking <quote>or housing assisted under section 8</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID234def1a17f1411782f8393ef0827c7a"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Tenant-Based
assistance grants for projects</header><text>Section 24 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437v) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID08073f587210481e929269ab94ec12f6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD8193131E5B7435E9E81780BE6C58BF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">And</header-in-text></quote>
after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Revitalization,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3868183F539C40A9A14F53E7AD65E8AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">, And tenant-based
assistance</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID15df48f1b9ef400b95113bbbf526baa4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(3), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance under section 8</quote> and
inserting <quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of
2005</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc444c7e4e633432d9fc67656af24555d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1)(J), by striking <quote>section 8</quote> and inserting <quote>the
Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1ff7a17803774b51a0bd9b5b3cf17609"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id655C1830191046BEB32233C15CD2F61B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(F), by striking <quote>tenant</quote> and inserting <quote>project</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe2710c097f6447c7a5990432d4f9782b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>, tenant-based assistance only,</quote> and inserting
<quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005 only</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID60fa008df85d4033816de0891bd82afe"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)(2)(B), by striking <quote>(other than tenant-based assistance)</quote> and
inserting <quote>(other than assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of
2005)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd80c16a172324dccae8687cfedb01513"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Conversion of
distressed public housing</header><text>Section 33 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437z–5) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID115b81170e7346ad9ece2b116c04897c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Tenant-Based Assistance</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Assistance Under the
Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd46d814bf3084c6c968e90f0ccfe734d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(3)(B), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance under section 8</quote>
and inserting <quote>assistance under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005, if
specific appropriations are available for such purpose,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDef3c021a5f524f03a1b529f98d8a25d8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Tenant-Based</header-in-text><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"> Assistance</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Assistance
Under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeaf7287b782b4fc681c558a51793002c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(2)(A)(ii)(II)(aa), by striking <quote>tenant-based assistance</quote> both
places where it appears and inserting <quote>assistance under the Flexible
Voucher Act of 2005</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDb2ffa34218654be3a5d4b761464803ea"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Local housing
assistance plan</header><text>Section 213 of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf46be0d42c10426ab7872227a55e86d0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id17B0C75CA3EA4B3EAFF5B341381ED5A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause
(i)—</text>
<clause id="idFC28A82243D94CBDBBD3F87977A346B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>(i)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id6241B4C504824281A6678B528E0B7FA7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
the last sentence—</text>
<subclause id="id6C774D82D2B34D84AD84092AC9D5E019"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>tenant-based</quote> and inserting <quote>project-based</quote>;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id40D578A5490A4AFC98C89E5BBC1921D1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(o)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID686aa5adcbfe46ef82c489a93d5b7ef8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ii); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDd2d04b44eb214b899de65c64cff05846"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Public housing
rent flexibility and simplification</header>
<section id="ID464ccf80b3e441f7b773ccd92ef69577"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header>
<subsection id="ID7e9cebd8f2ae4f5e867ae9c331fe93a1"><enum></enum><text>This title may
be cited as the <quote>Public Housing Rent Flexibility and Simplification Act
of 2005</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDe1223761bd634bb3bdd13156dbbbb5a5"><enum>202.</enum><header>Public housing
rent flexibility and simplification</header>
<subsection id="ID3c2a4854b8f3457fba8341ba23aff114"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437a), as amended by section 120, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID49b9479667934d1696cf5a8865d3d67a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4D23C78A5CD844A4B7C3EC87BF0B96C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(1) Dwelling units</quote> and that follows through <quote>(3), a
family</quote> and inserting <quote>A family</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID06c3290243544d2b985a3889a654cc20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0f011acfe6b84b16aa9dde97a60d1b56"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB9D868C63F43489EB8D0781B8DA124A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>(A)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID399b30af087b4ba8987ff1685e596dbc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa8686012e9284e2b87a9e516afed41a4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)(3), by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADA69E33D48243059278655FB6C122B0" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="id403B8B1417B24B768C166C75E4DAFE24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that receives
assistance under section 8;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID43986812cb0c4ab190ce06417b53d6c1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public Housing
rental payments</header><text>The United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended
by inserting after section 3 (42 U.S.C. 1437a) the following new
section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBC5B90BD1254B3798CA1B507C423185" style="OLC">
<section id="ID801bad3c10e442b280dc334cfb1a749d"><enum>3A.</enum><header>Public housing
rental payments</header>
<subsection id="ID9cb55f2a476345fc8586e3d9198630f9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Rent structure
and occupancy</header>
<paragraph id="ID3176125c260f44abbf240a24a6c11ff1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Public housing dwelling units assisted under this Act
shall be rented only to and occupied by low-income families that do not own a
significant interest in real property and do not have assets exceeding an
amount established by the Secretary at the time of their initial occupancy of
such units.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id20225DA16AF74AD58A3E34478C34085C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not
less frequently than once every 2 years, each public housing dwelling unit
receiving assistance under this Act shall conduct a review of the family income
of each family occupying such unit to determine the continued eligibility of
that family to occupy such unit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26BD399BC9AC486C9EC94230C7991F04"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Elderly or
disabled family exception</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), not less
frequently than once every 3 years, each public housing dwelling unit receiving
assistance under this Act shall conduct a review of the income of each elderly
family or disabled family occupying such unit to determine the continued
eligibility of that family to occupy such unit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID04425492863f43629257d352126b3a05"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rental payments
for public housing families and rent structure</header>
<subparagraph id="IDbdbbb4508898427a9108399941d8a732"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In accordance with the provisions of this section, public
housing agencies shall determine the amount of any monthly rent for a family
with respect to a public housing dwelling unit receiving assistance under this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC6F2EEF9DE694C3EB6642A5D4950CBF5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rent structure
guidelines</header><text>In fulfilling its requirements under this section, a
public housing agency may establish—</text>
<clause id="ID4844863fd014412e8f950cd8242dc323"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
rent structure in which the public housing agency establishes a flat amount of
rent for each dwelling unit that it owns and operates, based on the rental
value of the unit, as determined by the public housing agency, and in which
such rent is adjusted on the basis of an annual cost index;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3d4a5aad56104da9841c937f8965350a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an income-tiered
rent structure in which the amount of rent that a family is required to pay is
set and distributed on the basis of broad tiers of income, and such tiers and
rents are adjusted on the basis of an annual cost index, except that families
entering public housing shall not be offered a rent that is lower than the rent
corresponding to their income tier;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9e360b60860e4fa8a58bb2a6aca4dfce"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a rent
structure in which the amount of rent that a family is required to pay is based
on a percentage of family income;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf28a67acfd8b4cbdb038547ab9fca3d4"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a rent structure
in which the amount of rent that a family is required to pay is based on the
provisions of section 3, as such section was in effect on the day prior to the
date of enactment of this section; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDf9aee95ec4eb46e2979e93824b9c5821"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other rent
structure that includes 1 or more of the elements of the rent structures
specified in this subparagraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2a1bcb626d474d18a07825a1e3b0a896"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Elderly
families and disabled families</header>
<clause id="IDf0f268bd56f24e9a8cfe4711b1cd510d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Existing
tenants</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, elderly
families and disabled families, as such terms were used in this Act on the day
prior to the date of enactment of this section, who were receiving assistance
under section 3, as such section was in effect on the day prior to the date of
enactment of this section, shall be treated in accordance with section 3 until
January 1, 2009.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDce1c0dd4dca64a5dad9f60785572a2a4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>New
admissions</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
except as provided in clause (iv), elderly families and disabled families not
meeting the requirements of clause (i) shall also be treated in accordance with
section 3, as such section was in effect on the day prior to the date of
enactment of this section, until January 1, 2009.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5910b45420f94e1cb8c87667c115bba4"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Public
housing agency policies</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, a public housing agency providing assistance under this Act shall, by
January 1, 2009, have implemented a policy to ensure that the needs of elderly
families and disabled families described under clauses (i) and (ii) are
addressed by a policy determined by a public housing agency, as they relate to,
among other things, eligibility and rent.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdc569176354d44408dd1031e0a735072"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Early
implementation</header><text>A public housing agency that has implemented a
policy described in clause (iii) before January 1, 2009, shall administer
assistance for elderly families and disabled families first receiving
assistance under this Act after the effective date of such policy in accordance
with such policy.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfeb8df5b151a4b50a7737e0ce4466bc7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Minimum rental
amount</header><text>Public housing agencies shall establish a minimum monthly
rental amount to be paid by each family.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID989d0c0ccb234f3e9b929b37cc9aed6f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Occupancy by
police officers</header>
<subparagraph id="IDac57005eefa44fb5ab4526cd92237f98"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligibility
requirements waiver</header>
<clause id="idF8C9F4CB9F024803996F29F14BBC1557"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B) and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a public housing agency may, in accordance with the public
housing agency plan for the agency, allow a police officer who is not otherwise
eligible for residence in public housing to reside in a public housing dwelling
unit.</text>
</clause><clause id="id4E298A2947374B888A379EEE0E759C97"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Number and
location</header><text>The number and location of units occupied by police
officers under this paragraph and the terms and conditions of their tenancies
shall be determined by the public housing agency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe132d6398fbd4d428f45fa156be121ee"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Increased
security</header><text>A public housing agency may take the actions authorized
in subparagraph (A) only for the purpose of increasing security for the
residents of a public housing project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID2c19e6e88200405abb01e67e9831abdf"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Occupancy by
over-income families in certain public housing</header>
<subparagraph id="IDd97fdae46ad149d59bf000ef3a7a9886"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, a public housing agency that owns or operates fewer
than 250 public housing dwelling units may, on a month-to-month basis, lease a
dwelling unit in a public housing project to an over-income family in
accordance with this paragraph, but only if—</text>
<clause id="id4FE22FE09C7848409A4678431A816BAF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>there are no
eligible families applying for housing assistance from the public housing
agency for that month; and</text>
</clause><clause id="id3FE6E72095944B92901A438172A07170"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the agency
provides not less than a 30-day public notice of the availability of such
assistance.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID71c71ef6a386411589a5341250704abf"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Terms and
conditions</header><text>The number and location of dwelling units of a public
housing agency occupied under this paragraph by over-income families, and the
terms and conditions of those tenancies, shall be determined by the public
housing agency, except that—</text>
<clause id="ID38c96a4232a74387bb1757ba1a8b16c2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>notwithstanding
paragraph (2), rent for a unit shall be in an amount that is not less than the
costs to operate the unit;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDc4fd9e8fb3e74c0abece9eeac11c8d7d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if an eligible
family applies for residence after an over-income family moves in to the last
available unit, the over-income family shall vacate the unit in accordance with
notice of termination of tenancy provided by the agency, which shall be
provided not less than 30 days before such termination; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID2e01699018b44181b0e29c7bd1c2fd89"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if a unit is
vacant and there is no one on the waiting list, the public housing agency may
allow an over-income family to gain immediate occupancy in the unit, while
simultaneously providing reasonable public notice and outreach with regard to
availability of the unit.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4de277ce2e3a457c9034a17dea7b8eae"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Escrow savings
accounts</header>
<subparagraph id="id1B72EAF653FD453FA07765709921FAE9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A public housing agency may establish escrow savings
accounts for any family residing in a public housing dwelling unit as an
incentive to encourage savings.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE8F0F0A657F54E93B0B49677CE352B12"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Matching</header><text>Escrow
savings accounts may be matched with any other public or private funds.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDe88e3db9c81146abb0998746b591c3e8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of
terms under this section</header><text>As used in this section, the following
definitions shall apply:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D341276CD8847A085C78E3F08A1C017"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Disabled
family</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided in law, the term <term>disabled family</term> means a family whose
head, spouse, or sole member is a person with disabilities, including 2 or more
persons who are persons with disabilities living together.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBECAEA6750B7401EB7969A1707CC5F56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elderly
family</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided, the term <term>elderly family</term> means a family whose head,
spouse, or sole member is a person who is at least 62 years of age, including 2
or more persons who are at least 62 years of age living together.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B461B6EB924415A80A3493A4A3DB025"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Family</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>family</term> means a person
or group of persons, as determined by the public housing agency, approved to
reside in a unit receiving assistance under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID149756fd60334286aaf3574be9ee6d21"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Income</header><text>The
term <term>income</term> means income from all sources of each member of the
household without deductions or exclusions, notwithstanding any other
provisions of law, except where a public housing agency has approved deductions
or exclusions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID47c0f38e695f419fba7b3fb0f426423e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Police
officer</header><text>The term <term>police officer</term> means any person
determined by a public housing agency to be, during the period of residence of
that person in public housing, employed on a full-time basis as a duly licensed
professional police officer by a Federal, State, or local government or by any
agency thereof (including a public housing agency having an accredited police
force).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id7960E24DE5864C63A655F70A383DFCD5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Public housing
agency</header><text>The term <term>public housing agency</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEB24BB5AB2BA442588F7047A1C80B93C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any State,
county, municipality, or other governmental entity or public body (or agency or
instrumentality thereof) which is authorized to engage in or assist in the
development or operation of low-income housing; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id39D4A87DCE3A4E48AA75983F6123F19F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other entity
designated by the Secretary to administer assistance under this title in
jurisdictions where—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE8FFA1C540C42A9B8602D7F3E28D90A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no public housing
agency has been organized; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc7be92cf80a34c26b2d83c93e2262f31"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Over-income
family</header><text>The term <term>over-income family</term> means an
individual or family that is not a low-income family.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbdc20a9763ea4c49a7bdad193bf08f7a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of
income matching information</header><text>A public housing agency shall require
any family residing in a public housing dwelling unit who receives information
regarding income, earnings, wages, or unemployment compensation from the
Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to income verification
procedures of the Department to disclose such information, upon receipt of the
information, to the public housing agency that owns or operates the public
housing dwelling unit in which such family
resides.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb2c7a2d9ad4640edadf87c948912d68b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text>The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9C8FA2E3E7C74D2C9E9C1EDC07EFB378"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 16(a)
(42 U.S.C. 1437n), as amended by this Act, by striking paragraph (3) and by
redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDb8967c7f427440ef922da4b3327779f2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 23 (42
U.S.C. 1437u)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE4919CBE784945859DBE55971E37D3CD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D7B983D2CAD446BAD91458EB052EF40" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID3f173497c7d8473c8854f2f352dbd4ba"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>Each
public housing agency carrying out a local program under this section shall
establish a plan to offer incentives to families to encourage families to
participate in the
program.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id35315FF5B4D64CC28D8460F634ABCCD7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (e); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID80b5b1a9151c448bb1ba93ec8d946cc7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (f) through (o) as subsections (e) through (n),
respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Moving to work
program</header>
<section id="ID78f077a2c1fb4d2ca523e31408d9d374"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Moving to Work Program Act of 2005</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="IDe5c04fca5d994f3ab257f07e7df5f5d2"><enum>302.</enum><header>Moving to work
program</header>
<subsection id="IDcae69ba615334a8d877e3f0b35b9afbf"><enum></enum><text>The United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E7F9D037FD64664AB4E48EBF188F703" style="OLC">
<section id="IDde1dccf4f1d74618a7d66660eed403a6"><enum>36.</enum><header>Moving to work
program</header>
<subsection id="ID3f19649943ce454fa96ed242d4431b50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The
purposes of the program established under this title are—</text>
<paragraph id="IDe43fe31d32e440ec9eb07ee9cad942cd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to give
incentives to families to become self-sufficient;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID02c7458b030f49328c14420d2a886e2c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to give public
housing agencies and the Secretary flexibility to develop approaches for
providing and administering housing assistance that achieve greater
cost-effectiveness in Federal expenditures;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0a298977e796456b998622ce8ec8f9ac"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to increase
housing opportunities for low-income families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID72356f91b08346ea8c06f4094fbaeb8c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to reduce
administrative burdens on public housing agencies in providing housing
assistance; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDcffdf89fc90744f69af924198c706106"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to allow Federal
resources to be more effectively utilized at the local level.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID563eee7b14734262b15072035804f35c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program
authority</header>
<paragraph id="IDbd298656d64f4706a73b7ea7ed33e7d8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish the Moving to Work Program
(in this title referred to as the <quote>Program</quote>), in which public
housing agencies meeting the eligibility criteria under subsection (c) may
participate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDea8247856c844e4e927aa8da3d9e886a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of
assistance</header><text>Under the Program a public housing agency may combine
operating assistance provided under section 9(e), modernization assistance
provided under section 9(d), and assistance provided under the Flexible Voucher
Act of 2005, to provide housing assistance for low-income families, and
services to facilitate the transition to work.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA41660743B1848ADA10F764532B45387"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority of
secretary</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79D5BA9C072F415290012717E076BBCF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
except as provided in subsection (e), the Secretary may waive any provision of
this Act with respect to assistance under the Program under this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDCC092533F274EDD932FD0B2FED7167D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
powers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may, as
the Secretary determines appropriate to further the purposes of this
section—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA337F82520A3437CACB2A31DE5A3C9AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide streamlined procedures including
procurement procedures; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE471E427D75C454AA25B72576F406595"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to paragraph (2), may provide for
immediate implementation of such procedures.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID88300fe6b4ec47ecb71185b5410abc79"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A
public housing agency may submit an application, in such form as prescribed by
the Secretary, under this title to participate in the Program if such public
housing agency—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7bba650f41114673bc16015bd4684872"><enum>(1)</enum><text>participates at
the time of the submission in the Moving to Work Demonstration established
under section 101(e) of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, and independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public
Law 104–134; 110 Stat. 1321–281; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID29250042645c425abfd412883650fa9c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is designated at
the time of submission as a high performer under the applicable assessment
systems that evaluate a public housing agency’s performance, if any, with
respect to its public housing and voucher programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id812B69644BE841F3AA6217D763AE18ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>manages at least
500 units of public housing pursuant to contracts for annual
contributions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id59EA453738E5418CBDAD350691111398"><enum>(4)</enum><text>administers at
least 500 vouchers under the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbf62b27c62404af1a7eef64250c42e30"><enum>(5)</enum><text>meets other
criteria as determined by the Secretary, including the public housing
agency’s—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2473d0ac2e4742db8d34dab5602e9544"><enum>(A)</enum><text>demonstrated
capacity to develop and manage a successful Program;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9a8cc93e0f084cb3a6c878be2157e7e7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrated
compliance with statutes and regulations applicable to Department of Housing
and Urban Development programs in which the public housing agency participates
or has participated;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9e951aacbfac4646852b3d9ac1f62283"><enum>(C)</enum><text>commitment of
non-Federal resources, including resources from the local community; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID45859f6f31de4784b3aca4ad746e027e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>demonstrated
commitment of units of local government serving the areas within which the
public housing agency administers its Program, on removing regulatory barriers
to affordable housing.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDc2e689c31622492ab9d967346e7b4cac"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program
requirements</header><text>A public housing agency that is administering a
Program pursuant to this section shall, as a condition of continued
participation in the Program—</text>
<paragraph id="ID58113e7014bc4d34bb0354d09b1db3fe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with
representatives of the community that represent a broad range of the various
interests that are affected by the Program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5ee0e23ecaa64c87a5e0b5f03f864e0f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>target, for
purposes of the Program, not fewer than 90 percent of families authorized in
the Program under this section to receive assistance, who have gross incomes
that do not exceed 60 percent of the median income for the area, as determined
by the Secretary, with adjustments for smaller or larger families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID55992c093df549daad8324a10899a232"><enum>(3)</enum><text>establish a
reasonable rent policy, in accordance with section 3A, which is designed to
encourage employment and self-sufficiency by participating families;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc7cd8a77ef2a48e583d28a68e0c30f32"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assure that
housing assisted under the Program meets housing standards established or
approved by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0eee106ece704e8c8083e344486259a6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide such
additional information as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDbf8ea1d6940e4aacaa4a244f3806142e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Applicability
of section 18 provisions</header><text>Section 18 shall continue to apply to
public housing notwithstanding any use of the housing under the Program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID2452b59f58b14337af82b58e6b6843b3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effect on
section 8, operating subsidies, and comprehensive grant program
allocations</header><text>The amount of assistance received under section 8,
section 9, or the Flexible Voucher Act of 2005, by a public housing agency
participating in the Program shall, subject to appropriations, not be affected
by its participation in the Program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID119b29c56c5f4bec9281f56af7c7ce8b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effect on
current participants in moving to work demonstration</header><text>Subject to
such procedures and requirements as the Secretary may establish—</text>
<paragraph id="ID4c19abb270e14332ad053d0db04e80ae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a public housing
agency participating in the Moving to Work Demonstration referred to in
subsection (c)(1) may opt out of the demonstration and the requirements
governing the demonstration, and continue to operate its demonstration as part
of the Program in accordance with the requirements of this section; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc814ef0f3ab94bf5989947f893245440"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a public housing
agency that will terminate its participation in the Moving to Work
Demonstration referred to in subsection (c)(1) in 2005 or 2006 may renew and
extend its participation in the demonstration for an additional 3 years, and
may apply for participation in the Program at the end of the 3-year
period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID59d6837966a340adaf7825c20a1c2f8b"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Evaluation of
performance</header>
<paragraph id="ID3ee48aac49a34f7da524cee05fe54a64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), a public housing agency’s
performance in the Moving to Work Demonstration referred to in subsection
(c)(1) and the Program under this section shall be assessed under the
applicable assessment systems that evaluate a public housing agency’s
performance with respect to its public housing and voucher programs, including
section 6(j), for a period not to extend beyond January 1, 2008, or under such
other assessment systems as may be designed by the Secretary to evaluate the
Program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4d1ae58d299a4407a700a863b06f4c5c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Performance
standards</header>
<subparagraph id="IDf82045496f814742bc0236d1c0b53659"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Issuance of
rules</header><text>The Secretary shall, for the purposes of designing and
implementing performance standards for public housing agencies participating in
the Program under this section, issue a proposed rule and a final rule
implementing performance standards under this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF053618C009D413F814FADB062F7E865"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
final rule required under subparagraph (A) shall be issued not later than 24
months after the date of enactment of this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa3ae33bcfa404e778d4bd1bd6cd1d28a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Standards</header><text>Performance
standards issued by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) may include standards
for—</text>
<clause id="ID1020013f33454c0c9c3aa512c066323b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>moving assisted
low-income families to economic self-sufficiency;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID28d036352658437dbf0f730b424938ee"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reducing the
per-family cost of providing housing assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDdaae027b04af435bbac905e09b82ef74"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>expanding
housing choices for low-income families;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID527a76a290fd42e0aa242c61320e205a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improving
Program management;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDbf01f616a37f4264b3bfa8bbbf100bfd"><enum>(v)</enum><text>increasing the
number of homeownership opportunities for low-income families; and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfc96264c2323443293ffa33dee18a126"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any other
performance goals that they Secretary may establish.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID3e3f809ea03947dcba3f3b861e327ec1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Recordkeeping,
reports, and audits</header>
<paragraph id="ID8e4158b2fa3e4adf84fca9701946ab08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recordkeeping</header><text>Each
public housing agency participating in the Program shall keep such records as
the Secretary may prescribe as reasonably necessary to disclose the amounts and
the disposition of amounts under the Program, to ensure compliance with the
requirements of this section, and to measure performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1ee6c885f2884741bd3c3b4e355a12c4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Each
such agency shall submit to the Secretary a report, or series of reports, in a
form and at a time specified by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID67fbcb782a174b12b2e79541013ec35a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Access to
documents by the secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall have access for
the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and
records that are pertinent to assistance in connection with, and the
requirements of, this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID184e0b08242a46cdbc819fd8a3833a08"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Access to
documents by the comptroller general</header><text>The Comptroller General of
the United States, or any of the duly authorized representatives of the
Comptroller General, shall have access for the purpose of audit and examination
to any books, documents, papers, and records that are pertinent to assistance
in connection with, and the requirements of, this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section>