Housing Programs

Housing Programs homeownership and opportunity for people everywhere grants (hope grants) For the HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership Program as authorized under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa et seq.) and subtitle A of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), $161,000,000; for the HOPE for Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), $95,000,000; for the HOPE for Homeownership of Single Family Homes Program as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, $95,000,000; and for the HOPE for Elderly Independence demonstration program as authorized under section 803(k) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, $10,000,000: Provided, That all amounts shall remain available until expended. Of the amounts provided under this heading for the HOPE for Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program, $10,000,000 shall be available for assistance to mutual housing associations, to the extent that such associations submit approvable grant applications under such program. Furthermore, $300,000,000 shall be for grants to carry out an urban revitalization demonstration program involving major reconstruction of severely distressed or obsolete public housing projects, to be administered by local public housing agencies: Provided, That such funding shall be made available to up to 15 cities selected from either the 40 most populous United States cities or, from any city whose housing authority was considered to have been on the Department’s troubled housing authorities list as of March 31, 1992: Provided further, That no more than $50,000,000 shall be provided to each participating municipality: Provided further, That no more than 500 units shall be funded for each participating city and such units shall be located in up to 3 separately defined areas containing the community’s most severely distressed projects, including family high-rise projects: Provided further, That at least 80 per centum of the funding provided to each participating public housing agency shall be used for the capital costs of major reconstruction, rehabilitation and other physical improvements, for the capital costs of replacement units and for certificates under section 8(b) used for replacement and for management improvements for the reconstructed project and for planning and technical assistance purposes and not more than 20 per centum shall be used for community service programs (as defined by the Commission on National and Community Service) and for supportive services, including, but not limited to, literacy training, job training, day care, youth activities, administrative expenses, and the permissive and mandatory services authorized under the Gateway Program established in the Family Support Centers demonstration program, provided for in 42 U.S.C. 11485e–f: Provided further, That each participating city shall make contributions for supportive services in an amount equal to 15 106 STAT. 1580per centum of the funding provided for supportive services pursuant to the immediately preceding proviso: Provided further, That all such contributions from participating jurisdictions for supportive services shall be derived from non-Federal sources: Provided further, That each participating community shall submit a plan for program implementation which is consistent with the local comprehensive housing affordability strategy prepared pursuant to section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act and which has the approval of the local governing body: Provided further, That each plan shall include a community services component, but no funds are to be disbursed pursuant to this paragraph until such community services program has been approved by the Commission on National and Community Service: Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to this paragraph may be used in conjunction with, but not in lieu of, funding provided under the head “Modernization of Low-Income Housing Projects” for the modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 14371); for construction or major reconstruction of obsolete public housing, other than for Indian families; for the replacement of public housing units pursuant to section 18 of the Act; and for the HOPE for Public and Indian Housing Homeownership program as authorized under title III of the Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 18(b)(3) of the Act, units demolished, disposed of or otherwise eliminated under this demonstration may be replaced as follows: one-third by certificates under section 8(b) and the balance by any combination of conventional public housing and units acquired or otherwise provided for homeownership under section 5(h) of the Act, housing made available through housing opportunity programs of construction or substantial rehabilitation of homes meeting essentially the same eligibility requirements as those established pursuant to sections 603–607 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (Public Law 100–242), or under the HOPE II or III programs, as established under sections 421 and 441 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; persons displaced by the reconstruction activities provided for herein shall be eligible for these replacement units: Provided further, That, in order to be eligible for funding under this paragraph, applications for funding must be received within 180 days from the date the Notice of Funds Availability is published in the Federal Register: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall issue a notice of funds availability within 90 days of enactment of this paragraph: Provided further, That the Secretary shall determine which cities have been selected to participate in the program within 90 days of the timely receipt of the last eligible application: Provided further, That housing authorities, in submitting their application for funds under this paragraph, shall identify all severely distressed public housing developments, using the criteria set forth by the National Commission on Severely Distressed Public Housing: Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the Secretary from conforming the program standards and criteria set forth herein, with subsequent authorization legislation that may be enacted into law: Provided further, That the authority in the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply to any legislation that excludes or otherwise limits self-sufficiency or community service activities set forth in this paragraph, or authorize reallocation of amounts106 STAT. 1581 available for obligation which are included in this paragraph: Provided further, That any troubled housing authority that applies for funds under this paragraph, shall not be eligible if the Secretary certifies to the Congress that they are not making substantial progress to eliminate their troubled status in accordance with section 6(j) of the Housing Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That in the event that communities applying for funding under this paragraph also request funding under any other HOPE program authorized under title III or title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, the Secretary shall process such applications concurrently and in an expeditious manner: Provided further, That, in the event that any application received from the cities initially selected to participate in this program is determined to be unacceptable, the Secretary shall select another city from the 40 most populous United States cities to receive funding under this paragraph: Provided further, That, in the event that communities selected to receive funding do not proceed in a manner consistent with the plan approved for that community, the Secretary may withdraw any unobligated balances of funding made available pursuant to this paragraph and distribute such funds to other eligible communities. Of the amount made available under this head in Public Law 102–139 for the HOPE for Homeownership of Multifamily Units Program as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), $3,000,000 shall be made available for a cooperative agreement between the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the National Center for Tenant Ownership in affiliation with the Harrison Institute at the Georgetown University Law Center, for the provision of technical assistance to potential recipients and recipients of grants under that program. home investment partnerships program For the HOME investment partnerships program, as authorized under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), as amended, $1,000,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That in order to allocate the total amount provided, the Act shall be construed as follows: in section 216(3)(A), “$750,000” both places it appears shall be “$375,000”; in section 217(b)(2)(A), “$3,000,000” both places it appears shall be “$750,000”; in section 217(b)(2)(B), “$500,000” both places it appears shall be “$250,000”; and in section 217(b)(3), “$500,000” shall be “$250,000”. Hereafter, for purposes of amounts appropriated under this heading in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (Public Law 102–139; 105 Stat. 736, 744), the per-unit cost limits established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 212(d) of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(d)) shall reflect the actual development costs in each area in a manner that ensures compliance with the matching contributions waiver provided under such heading in such Appropriations Act. Section 217(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(a)) is amended— 106 STAT. 1582 (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting “and after reserving amounts for the insular areas under paragraph (3)” before the first comma; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) Insular areas.—For each fiscal year, of any amounts approved in appropriations Acts to carry out this title, the Secretary shall reserve for grants to the insular areas the greater of (A) $750,000, or (B) 0.2 percent of the amounts appropriated under such Acts. The Secretary shall provide for the distribution of amounts reserved under this paragraph among the insular areas pursuant to specific criteria for such distribution. The criteria shall be contained in a regulation promulgated by the Secretary after notice and public comment.” annual contributions for assisted housing (including transfers and rescission of funds) For assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (“the Act” herein) (42 U.S.C. 1437), not otherwise provided for, $8,936,731,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That to be added to and merged with the foregoing amounts, there shall be up to $287,234,000, consisting of up to $24,000,000 of budget authority previously made available under the “Flexible subsidy fund” which remains unreserved at the end of fiscal year 1992; $18,934,000 of budget authority previously made available for the Nehemiah Housing Opportunity Fund which remains unreserved at the end of fiscal year 1992; and up to $244,300,000 of amounts of budget authority (and contract authority) reserved or obligated in prior years for the development or acquisition costs of public housing (including public housing for Indian families), for modernization of existing public housing projects (including such projects for Indian families), and, except as herein provided, for programs under section 8 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 14370, which are recaptured during fiscal year 1993: Provided further, That, from the foregoing total of $9,223,965,000, $257,320,000 shall be for the development or acquisition cost of public housing for Indian families, including amounts for housing under the mutual help homeownership opportunity program under section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb); $400,000,000 shall be for the development or acquisition cost of public housing: Provided further, That of the $9,223,965,000 total under this head, $3,100,000,000 shall be for modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 14371), including $4,750,000 for technical assistance and training under section 20 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437(r)) and $10,500,000 for the inspection of modernization units and provision of management and technical assistance for troubled Public Housing Authorities and Indian Housing Authorities: Provided further, That of the $9,223,965,000 total under this head, $25,000,000 shall be for public housing family investment centers as authorized in section 22 of the Act: Provided further, That of the $9,223,965,000 total under this head, $600,750,000 shall be for the section 8 existing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C. 1437f): Provided further, That of the $9,223,965,000 total provided under this head, $75,000,000 shall be for the foster child care program authorized under section 8(x) of the Act: Provided further, That of the $9,223,965,000 total pro-106 STAT. 1583vided under this head, $581,750,000 shall be for the housing voucher program under section 8(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)); $1,350,000,000 shall be for amendments to section 8 contracts other than contracts for projects developed under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, including $70,000,000 which shall be for rental adjustments resulting from the application of an annual adjustment factor in accordance with section 801 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–235); $600,000,000 shall be for assistance for State or local units of government, tenant and nonprofit organizations to purchase projects where owners have indicated an intent to prepay mortgages and for assistance to be used as an incentive to prevent prepayment or for vouchers to aid eligible tenants adversely affected by mortgage prepayment, as authorized in the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), and of the $600,000,000 made available for such assistance, up to $25,000,000 shall be for use by nonprofit organizations, pursuant to the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, as amended by the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), and for tenant and community-based nonprofit education, training and capacity building and the development of State and local preservation strategies; $50,000,000 for assistance to families with children to move out of areas with high concentrations of persons living in poverty; $93,032,000 shall be for section 8 assistance for property disposition; and $202,000,000 shall be for loan management: Provided further, That any amounts of budget authority provided herein that are used for loan management activities under section 8(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)(1)) shall be obligated for a contract term that is no less than five years: Provided further, That those portions of the fees for the costs incurred in administering incremental units assisted in the certificate and housing voucher programs under sections 8(b) and 8(o), respectively, shall be established or increased in accordance with the authorization for such fees in section 8(q) of the Act: Provided further, That 50 per centum of the amounts of budget authority, or in lieu thereof 50 per centum of the cash amounts associated with such budget authority, that are recaptured from projects described in section 1012(a) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 (Public Law 100–628, 102 Stat. 3224, 3268) shall be rescinded, or in the case of cash, shall be remitted to the Treasury, and such amounts of budget authority or cash recaptured and not rescinded or remitted to the Treasury shall be used by State housing finance agencies or local governments or local housing agencies with projects approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for which settlement occurred after January 1, 1992, in accordance with such section: Provided further, That of the $9,223,965,000 total, $100,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities for persons with AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625) and $100,000,000 shall be for grants to States and units of general local government for the abatement of significant lead-based paint and lead dust hazards in low- and moderate-income owner-occupied units and low-income privately-owned rental units, of which $2,000,000 shall be for lead-based paint abatement grants for technical assistance and evaluation studies: Provided further, That such grant funds shall be available only for projects conducted by contrac-106 STAT. 1584tors certified and workers trained through a federally- or State-accredited program: Provided further, That, to be eligible for such grants, States and units of general local government must demonstrate the capability to identify significant-hazard housing units, to oversee the safe and effective conduct of the abatement, and to assure the future availability of abated units to low- and moderate-income persons: Provided further, That notwithstanding the language preceding the first proviso of this paragraph, $260,000,000 shall be used for special projects in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the committee of conference report and statement of the managers (H. Rept. 102–902) accompanying H.R. 5679: Provided further, That of the $150,000,000 earmarked in Public Law 102–139 for special purpose grants (105 Stat. 736, 746), $850,000 made available to the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts to purchase, remodel and equip a vacant Jewish Community Center building for use as a Girls’ Club facility shall instead be made available to the Lawrence Boys’ Club to remodel any building for use as a Girls’ club facility: Provided further, That of the $150,000,000 earmarked in Public Law 102–139 for special purpose grants (105 Stat. 736, 746), $290,000 made available to Marquette, Michigan for communications and other equipment shall instead be made available for training and equipment to the Upper Peninsula Emergency Medical Services Corporation in Marquette County, Michigan for use throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Of the $9,223,965,000 total under this head, $1,116,099,000 shall be for capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for housing for the elderly, as authorized by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended, and for project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended: Provided further, That any unreserved balances provided under this head in prior years for such purposes shall be merged with amounts provided herein: Provided further, That $15,438,000 shall be for service coordinators pursuant to section 202(q) of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended. Of the $9,223,965,000 total under this head, $193,754,000 shall be for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625); and for project rental assistance, and amendments to contracts for project rental assistance, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. assistance for the renewal of expiring section 8 subsidy contracts For assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) not otherwise provided for, for use in connection with expiring section 8 subsidy contracts, $6,346,135,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph may not be obligated for a contract term that is less than five years: Provided further, That the Secretary may maintain consolidated accounting data for funds disbursed at the Public Housing Agency or Indian Housing Authority or project level for subsidy assistance regardless of the source of the disbursement so as to minimize the administrative burden of multiple accounts. 106 STAT. 1585 Further, for the foregoing purposes, $450,000,000, to become available for obligation on October 1, 1993, and to remain available for obligation until expended. For those projects in the State of Maine, the owners of which have converted their section 23 leased housing contracts (former section 23 of the Act, as amended by section 103(a), Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Public Law 89–117, 79 Stat. 451, 455) to section 8, the subsidy provided under the head “Assistance for the Renewal of Expiring Section 8 Subsidy Contracts” in Public Law 102–139 shall be for a five-year extension as if the projects were under the section 8 new construction program, except that section 8(c)(2)(C) shall not apply. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the amount appropriated under this heading for fiscal year 1993 shall be “$6,076,135,000” and the amount under this heading for fiscal year 1994 shall be “$720,000,000”. rental housing assistance (rescission) The limitation otherwise applicable to the maximum payments that may be required in any fiscal year by all contracts entered into under section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–l) is reduced in fiscal year 1993 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted balances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appropriations Acts: Provided, That up to $283,000,000 of recaptured loan management or section 236 budget authority resulting from the prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–l) shall be rescinded in fiscal year 1993: Provided further, That to the extent that the recaptures and rescission during fiscal year 1993 are less than $283,000,000, the total funding provided under the head “Annual contributions for assisted housing” and the budget authority provided in the seventh proviso under that head for assistance in connection with mortgage prepayments shall be reduced accordingly. congregate services For contracts with and payments to public housing agencies and nonprofit corporations for congregate services programs, $21,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1994, of which up to $10,800,000 shall be for entities operating such programs in accordance with the provisions of the Congregate Services Act of 1978, as amended, and the balance shall be for such programs under section 802 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625). payments for operation of low-income housing projects For payments to public housing agencies and Indian housing authorities for operating subsidies for low-income housing projects as authorized by section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437g), $2,282,436,000. 106 STAT. 1586 housing counseling assistance For contracts, grants, and other assistance, not otherwise provided for, for providing counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners—both current and prospective—with respect to property maintenance, financial management, and such other matters as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their housing conditions and meeting the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership, including provisions for training and for support of voluntary agencies and services as authorized by section 106(a)(1)(iii), section 106(a)(2), section 106(c), and section 106(d) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $6,025,000. flexible subsidy fund For assistance to owners of eligible multifamily housing projects insured, or formerly insured, and under the National Housing Act, as amended, or which are otherwise eligible for assistance under section 201(c) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–la), in the program of assistance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, all uncommitted balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1992, and any collections and other amounts in the fund authorized under section 201(j) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, during fiscal year 1993, to remain available until expended: Provided, That assistance to an owner of a multifamily housing project assisted, but not insured, under the National Housing Act may be made if the project owner and the mortgagee have provided or agreed to provide assistance to the project in a manner as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. fha—mutual mortgage insurance program account (including transfers of funds) During fiscal year 1993, commitments to guarantee loans to carry out the purposes of section 203(b) of the National Housing Act, as amended, shall not exceed a loan principal of $57,146,000,000. For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $255,645,000, to be derived from the FHA-Mutual Mortgage Insurance Guaranteed Loans Receipt account, of which not to exceed $249,542,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for salaries and expenses; and of which not to exceed $6,103,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General. fha—general and special risk program account (including transfers of funds) For the cost of guaranteed loans, $104,652,000, as authorized by the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3(b) and 1735c(f)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds 106 STAT. 1587are available to subsidize total loan principal any part of which is to be guaranteed of not to exceed $8,864,230,000. In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the guaranteed loan programs, $187,000,000, of which $182,955,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for salaries and expenses; and of which $4,045,000 shall be transferred to the appropriation for the Office of Inspector General. drug elimination grants for low-income housing For grants to public housing agencies for use in eliminating drug-related crime in public housing projects authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11901–11908, and for drug information clearinghouse services authorized by 42 U.S.C. 11921–11925, $175,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $5,225,000 of the foregoing amount shall be available for grants, contracts, or other assistance for technical assistance and training for or on behalf of public housing agencies and resident organizations (including the costs of necessary travel for participants in such training): Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be made available for grants for a youth violence prevention in low-income housing program modeled on a program developed by the National Association of Neighborhoods: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be made available for grants for federally-assisted, low-income housing. Section 520 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 11903a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking “in” and insert “for residents of”; (2) in subsection (b)(5), after “nonprofit organizations”, by inserting “and institutions of higher learning”; and (3) in subsection (d)(3), after “cultural activities,”, by inserting “transportation costs,”.