ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE AND CONTENTS OF STRATEGIES.

SEC. 220. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE AND CONTENTS OF STRATEGIES. (a) Homelessness Information.—Section 105(b)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705(b)(2)) is amended— (1) by inserting “, including rural homelessness,” after “homelessness” the first place it appears; and (2) by inserting “including tabular representation of such information,” after “with homelessness,”. (b) Antidispiacement Plan and Antipoverty Strategy.—Section 105(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705(b)) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (14) and inserting the following: “(14) include a certification that the jurisdiction has in effect and is following a residential antidisplacement and relocation assistance plan that, in any case of any such displacement in connection with any activity assisted with amounts provided under title II, requires the same actions and provides the same rights as required and provided under a residential antidisplacement and relocation assistance plan under section 104(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 in the event of displacement in connection with a development project assisted under section 106 or 119 of such Act;”. (2) in paragraph (15), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and” and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(16) for any housing strategy submitted for fiscal year 1994 or any fiscal year thereafter and taking into consideration factors over which the jurisdiction has control, describe the jurisdiction’s goals, programs, and policies for reducing the number of households with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget and revised annually), and, in consultation with other appropriate 106 STAT. 3762public and private agencies, state how the jurisdiction’s goals, programs, and policies for producing and preserving affordable housing set forth in the housing strategy will be coordinated with other programs and services for which the jurisdiction is responsible and the extent to which they will reduce (or assist in reducing) the number of households with incomes below the poverty line; and”. (c) Linkage Between Housing Need and Allocation of Housing Resources.— Section 105(b) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705(b)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (16) as paragraphs (9) through (17), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following: “(8) describe how the jurisdiction’s plan will address the housing needs identified pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2), describe the reasons for allocation priorities, and identify any obstacles to addressing underserved needs;”.