PUBLIC HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.

SEC. 564. PUBLIC HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. Section 6(j) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(j)), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph: “(B) The amount and percentage of funds provided to the public housing agency from the Capital Fund under section 9(d) which remain unobligated by the public housing agency after 3 years.”; (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking “energy” and inserting “utility”; (C) by transferring and inserting subparagraph (E) after subparagraph (D); (D) by redesignating subparagraph (H) as subparagraph (K); and (E) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new subparagraphs: “(H) The extent to which the public housing agency— “(i) coordinates, promotes, or provides effective programs and activities to promote the economic self-sufficiency of public housing residents; and “(ii) provides public housing residents with opportunities for involvement in the administration of the public housing. “(I) The extent to which the public housing agency— “(i) implements effective screening and eviction policies and other anticrime strategies; and “(ii) coordinates with local government officials and residents in the project and implementation of such strategies. “(J) The extent to which the public housing agency is providing acceptable basic housing conditions.”; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— (i) by inserting after the first sentence the following: “Such procedures shall provide that an agency that fails on a widespread basis to provide acceptable basic housing conditions for its residents shall be designated as a troubled public housing agency. The Secretary may use a simplified set of indicators for public housing agencies with less than 250 public housing units.”; and (ii) by striking “under section 14” and inserting “for assistance from the Capital Fund under section 9(d); (B) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking “under section 14” and inserting“for assistance from the Capital Fund under section 9(d)”; (C) in subparagraph (B)(i)— (i) by inserting “with more than 250 units” after “public housing agency”; and 112 STAT. 2628 (ii) by striking “review conducted under section 14(p)” and inserting “comparable and recent review”; and (D) in the first sentence of subparagraph (C), by inserting “(if applicable)” after “subparagraph (B)”; (3) in paragraph (5)(F), as so redesignated by the preceding provisions of this Act, by striking “program under section 14”and all that follows and inserting “program for assistance from the Capital Fund under section 9(d) and specifies the amount of assistance the agency received under such program.”; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: “(6) (A) To the extent that the Secretary determines such action to be necessary in order to ensure the accuracy of any certification made under this section, the Secretary shall require an independent auditor to review documentation or other information maintained by a public housing agency pursuant to this section to substantiate each certification submitted by the agency or corporation relating to the performance of that agency or corporation. “(B) The Secretary may withhold, from assistance otherwise payable to the agency or corporation under section 9, amounts sufficient to pay for the reasonable costs of any review under this paragraph. “(7) The Secretary shall apply the provisions of this subsection to resident management corporations in the same manner as applied to public housing agencies.”.