Housing Programs

Housing Programs homeownership and opportunity for people everywhere grants (hope grants) For the homeownership and opportunity for people everywhere (HOPE grants) program as authorized under title III of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa et seq.) and subtitles A, B, and C of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101–625), $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which up to one and one-half percent may be made available for technical assistance to potential applicants, applicants and recipients of assistance under this head as authorized under subtitle E of title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. 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, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended. national homeownership trust demonstration program For the National Homeownership Trust Demonstration program, as authorized by title III of the National Affordable Housing Act, as amended by section 182 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. annual contributions for assisted housing (including rescission and transfers 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, $11,083,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That to be added to and merged with the foregoing amounts there shall be up to $400,000,000 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. 1437f), which are recaptured during fiscal year 1995 or are unobligated as of September 30, 1994; and up to $100,000,000 of transfers of unobligated balances from the Urban Development Action Grants program: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this head, $282,000,000 shall be for the development or acquisition cost of public housing for108 STAT. 2306 Indian families, including amounts for housing under the mutual help homeownership opportunity program under section 202 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437bb); and $598,000,000 shall be for the development or acquisition cost of public housing, of which up to .67 per centum shall be available for technical assistance and inspection of public housing agencies by the Secretary: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this head, $3,700,000,000 shall be for modernization of existing public housing projects pursuant to section 14 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 14371), including up to $15,000,000 for the inspection of modernization units and provision of technical assistance by the Secretary and contract expertise to assist in the oversight and management of the public and Indian housing modernization program, including an annual resident survey: Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this head for modernization of existing public housing projects, $25,000,000 may be used for the Tenant Opportunity Program: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this head, $2,786,582,000 shall be for rental assistance under the section 8 existing housing certificate program (42 U.S.C. 14370 and the housing voucher program under section 8(o) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)): Provided further, That of the total amount provided for rental assistance, a total of up to $400,000,000 may be made available for new programs subject to enactment into law of applicable authorizing legislation: 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), 8(o), and 8(e)(2) shall be established or increased in accordance with the authorization for such fees in section 8(q) of the Act: Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this head, $17,300,000 shall be available for fees for coordinators under section 23(h)(l) for the family self-sufficiency program (42 U.S.C. 1437u): Provided further, That of the total amount provided under this head, $735,000,000 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, and $555,000,000 shall be for section 8 assistance for property disposition, and $175,000,000 shall be for assistance for State or local units of government, tenant and nonprofit organizations to purchase projects where owners have indicated an intention 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 Emergency Low-Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, as amended: 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 total amount provided under this head, $186,000,000 shall be for housing opportunities for persons with108 STAT. 2307 AIDS under title VIII, subtitle D of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; $100,000,000 shall be for the lead-based paint hazard reduction program as authorized under sections 1011 and 1053 of the Residential Lead-Based Hazard Reduction Act of 1992; and $30,000,000 shall be for service coordinators in public housing pursuant to section 9(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; and $30,000,000 shall be for service coordinators in project-based section 8 housing, pursuant to section 8(d)(2)(F)(1) of the Act, tenant-based section 8 housing, pursuant to section 8(q) of the Act and, for service coordinators in multifamily housing assisted under the National Housing Act, pursuant to section 676 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992: Provided further, That notwithstanding the language preceding the first proviso of this paragraph, $289,500,000 shall be used for special purpose grants in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the committee of conference report and statement of the managers (H. Rept. 103–715) accompanying H.R. 4624, except for the grant of $500,000 for the Earth Conservatory for the acquisition of land near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Of the total amount provided under this head, $1,279,000,000 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: Provided, That $22,000,000 shall be for service coordinators pursuant to section 202(q) of the Housing Act of 1959 and subtitle E of title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992, other than section 676 of such Act and section 8(d)(2)(F)(i) of the Act. Of the total amount provided under this head, $387,000,000 shall be for capital advances, including amendments to capital advance contracts, for supportive housing for persons with disabilities, as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; 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 (including transfers of funds) 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, $2,536,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That to the extent the amount in this appropriation is insufficient to fund all expiring section 8 contracts, the Secretary may transfer to and merge with this appropriation such amounts from the “Annual contributions for assisted housing” appropriation as the Secretary shall determine, and amounts earmarked in the foregoing account may be reduced accordingly, at the Secretary’s discretion: Provided further, That the Secretary may maintain consolidated accounting data for funds disbursed at the public housing agency or Indian housing authority108 STAT. 2308 or project level for subsidy assistance regardless of the source of the disbursement so as to minimize the administrative burden of multiple accounts. 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-1) is reduced in fiscal year 1995 by not more than $2,000,000 in uncommitted balances of authorizations provided for this purpose in appropriations Acts: Provided, That up to $66,000,000 of recaptured section 236 budget authority resulting from the prepayment of mortgages subsidized under section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) shall be rescinded in fiscal year 1995. homeownership assistance (including rescission of funds) For payments under section 235(r) of the National Housing Act, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1715z) for incentives to mortgagors to refinance mortgages that are insured under such section 235 and for closing and other costs in connection with such refinancing, $6,875,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to $50,000,000 of recaptured section 236 budget authority resulting from reducing the interest rate on such refinanced mortgages shall be reused for payments under this heading: Provided further, That up to $184,000,000 of additional recaptured section 235 budget authority from refinancing section 235 mortgages shall be rescinded in fiscal year 1995. congregate services For contracts with payments to public housing agencies and nonprofit corporations for congregate services programs, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1995, of which up to $6,267,000 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 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), $2,900,000,000. severely distressed public housing For the HOPE VI/urban revitalization demonstration program under the third paragraph under the head “Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere grants (HOPE grants)” in the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993, Public108 STAT. 2309 Law 102–389, 106 Stat. 1571, 1579, $500,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding the first proviso of such third paragraph, the Secretary shall have discretion to approve funding for more than fifteen applicants: Provided further, That notwithstanding the third proviso of such third paragraph, the Secretary may provide funds for more than 500 units for each participating city: Provided further, That in selecting HOPE VI implementation grants recipients in fiscal year 1995, the Secretary must first award such grants to those cities or jurisdictions which have received HOPE VI planning grants in fiscal year 199 or fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That the requirement of the immediately proceeding proviso shall not limit the Secretary’s discretion to limit funding to amounts he deems appropriate, nor shall it prevent the Secretary from guaranteeing that all implementation grant recipients conform with the requirements of the HOPE VI/urban revitalization demonstration program: Provided further, That of the foregoing $500,000,000, the Secretary may use up to $2,500,000 for technical assistance under such urban revitalization demonstration, to be made available directly, or indirectly, under contracts or grants, as appropriate: 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. 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, $290,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $10,000,000 shall be for grants, technical assistance, contracts and other assistance training, program assessment, and execution for or on behalf of public housing agencies and resident organizations (including the cost of necessary travel for participants in such training). indian housing loan guarantee fund program account For the cost of guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, as authorized by section 184 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 3739): Provided, That such costs, including the costs of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 602 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $22,388,000. youthbuild program (including transfers of funds) For youthbuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Crantson-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. In addition, the unexpended balances from the $28,000,000 made available for subtitle D of title IV of such Act under the head “Homeownership and opportunity for people everywhere grants (HOPE Grants)” in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and108 STAT. 2310 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994 shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation. housing counseling assistance For contracts, grants, and other assistance, other than loans, 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 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, as amended, $50,000,000. 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-1a), in the program of assistance for troubled multifamily housing projects under the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended, $50,000,000, and all uncommitted balances of excess rental charges as of September 30, 1994, 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 1995, 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.