1.This Act may be cited as the
Hazard Mitigation For All Act of
2009
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2.Title I of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
37.Hazard
mitigation for all grant program
(a)The purpose of this section is to provide
grant assistance to public housing agencies for activities to—
(1)protect the lives
of residents of public and assisted housing by mitigating in advance against
natural disasters; and
(2)improve the
resilience of resident-inhabited residential structures to withstand storms and
other natural disasters, through restoration, reconstruction, replacement, or
retrofit initiatives in advance of such storms and disasters.
(b)To the extent amounts for grants under this section for
a fiscal year are made available in advance in appropriations Acts, the
Secretary shall make grants under this section to public housing agencies that
have submitted applications for such grants which have been selected pursuant
to subsection (h).
(c)Eligible public
housing agenciesA grant under this section may be provided only
to a public housing agency that—
(1)administers one or
more public housing projects;
(2)provides
project-based housing assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) for any rental housing project;
(3)administers a
program for tenant-based rental housing assistance under section 8 of the
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f); or
(4)administers a
program for tenant-based rental housing assistance for the elderly, persons
with disabilities, or the homeless.
(d)Grants under this section may be used only for
predisaster activities for hazard mitigation that benefit residents of the
assisted housing of the public housing agency that is the grantee, which shall
include the following:
(1)Improving the
strength of roof deck attachments.
(2)Creating a
secondary water barrier to prevent water intrusion.
(3)Installing
coverings to reduce leakage in the event hurricane-force winds remove roof
shingles.
(4)Improving the
survivability of the roof covering.
(5)Bracing gable-ends
in roof framing.
(6)Reinforcing
roof-to-wall connections.
(7)Upgrading exterior
wall openings with protections to resist hurricane-force winds.
(8)Replacing storm
shutters, exterior doors, windows, and garage doors.
(9)Adding anchor
bolts or steel plates between the property and the foundation.
(10)Bracing the inside of any short wood-stud
wall between the top of the foundation wall and the first floor (known as a
cripple wall) with sheathing for added protection against an earthquake.
(11)Any other activities as the Secretary may
determine that improve the storm resilience of assisted housing through
restoration, reconstruction, replacement, or retrofit.
(e)
(1)Except as provided in paragraph (3), each public housing
agency that receives a grant under this section shall provide, from sources
other than a grant under this section, an amount equal to not less than 25
percent of the total funds necessary to complete an activity funded under this
section.
(2)For purposes of paragraph (1), funds from other Federal
sources, funds from any State or local government source, any private
contributions, and any in-kind contributions available to comply with this
subsection shall be considered funds from sources other than a grant under this
section.
(3)The
Secretary may consider the severity and frequency of storms in the area for
which the public housing agency has jurisdiction in determining the percentage
of contribution required under paragraph (1).
(f)Amounts
from a grant under this section—
(1)shall be used only
to provide eligible activities for real property that is assisted
housing;
(2)shall be used to
provide eligible activities only for residents of assisted housing whose family
incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the area;
(3)may be used for
eligible activities that result in displacement of assisted residents only if
accommodations are provided for such assisted residents during such period of
displacement that are—
(A)similar to the
existing assisted housing of the resident;
(B)located in a
community comparable to the existing housing of the resident; and
(C)a reasonable
distance from the existing housing of the resident.
(g)Requirements for
assistance to private owners of assisted housingA public housing
agency receiving a grant under this section may not provide grant amounts to an
owner of assisted housing that is not public housing unless the owner of the
assisted housing agrees to make the assisted housing units that are designated
at the time of the grant award available for occupancy, during the 5-year
period beginning upon the initial receipt of any funds from a grant under this
section, through an occupancy preference, in accordance with reasonable
admissions screening criteria developed by the public housing agency, to
families who are eligible for rental assistance under section 8.
(h)Applications and
selection criteria
(1)The Secretary shall provide for public
housing agencies to submit applications for a grant under this section through
the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs and shall require, to be eligible
for a grant for any fiscal year, that an application be submitted not later
than June 30 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year of grant award. Such
Office shall establish such applications in consultation with the Administrator
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
(2)The Office of Multifamily Housing Programs shall
establish criteria for the selection of applications by public housing agencies
for grants under this section, which shall consider the following
factors:
(A)The severity and
frequency of natural disasters within the area in which eligible activities are
to be carried out using grant amounts.
(B)The size and
median age of the assisted resident population within the jurisdiction of the
public housing agency applicant.
(C)The capability of
the public housing agency applicant to administer the grant funds.
(D)The nature and
effectiveness of the eligible activities to be carried out using the grant
amounts.
(E)The long-term
viability of the hazard mitigation improvements for which the grant amounts
will be used.
(F)Whether energy
efficient methods (such as energy efficient storm windows) will be used in the
hazard mitigation improvements for which grant amounts will be used.
(G)The efforts the
public housing agency has made to publicize the importance of hazard mitigation
to local owners of assisted housing.
(H)The extent of
commitment by the public housing agency to support ongoing non-Federal hazard
mitigation measures.
(I)The ability of the
public housing agency to maintain eligible activities funded with grant
amounts.
(i)
(1)Grants from amounts made available under this section
shall be awarded on a competitive basis subject to the criteria specified in
subsection (h)(2) and regulations issued by the Secretary.
(2)Of any amounts made available for any fiscal year for
grants under this section, not more than 15 percent may be provided to any
single public housing agency.
(j)For
purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)The term assisted housing means, with
respect to a public housing agency—
(A)any public housing
administered by the agency;
(B)any housing for
which project-based rental assistance is provided by the agency; and
(C)any housing occupied by a family for whom
the agency provides tenant-based rental assistance and for rental of which such
family uses such rental assistance.
(2)The term assisted resident means—
(A)a resident of
public housing;
(B)a resident of
assisted housing described in paragraph (1)(B) who resides in a dwelling unit
for which such project-based rental assistance is provided; or
(C)a family described
in paragraph (1)(C).
(3)The term
eligible activities means activities that, pursuant to subsection
(d), may be funded with amounts from a grant under this section.
(k)There
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, $50,000,000 for
each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013, to remain available until
expended.
(l)The
Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary to carry out this
section.
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