ACTIONS IN CASES OF TERMINATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 573. ACTIONS IN CASES OF TERMINATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. Section 214(c)(1) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a(c)(1)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “may, in its discretion,” and inserting “shall”; (2) in subparagraph (A), by adding at the end the following: “Financial assistance continued under this subparagraph for a family may be provided only on a prorated basis, under which the amount of financial assistance is based on the percentage of the total number of members of the family that are eligible for that assistance under the program of financial assistance and under this section.”; and (3) in subparagraph (B)— (A) by striking “3 years” and inserting “18-months”; (B) by inserting “(i)” after “(B)”; (C) by striking “Any deferral” and inserting the following: “(ii) Except as provided in clause (iii), any deferral”; and (D) by adding at the end the following new clauses: “(iii) The time period described in clause (ii) shall not apply in the case of a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act or an individual seeking asylum under section 208 of that Act.”.