Community Planning and Development

Community Planning and Development housing opportunities for persons with aids For carrying out the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901), $204,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount made available under this heading for non-formula allocation, the Secretary may designate, on a noncompetitive basis, one or more nonprofit organizations that provide meals delivered to homebound persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or a related disease to receive grants, not exceeding $250,000 for any grant, and the Secretary shall assess the efficacy of providing such assistance to such persons. community development block grants (including transfers of funds) For grants to States and units of general local government and for related expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out a community development grants program as authorized by title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (the “Act” herein) (42 U.S.C. 5301), $4,675,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That $67,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian tribes notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act; $2,100,000 shall be available as a grant to the Housing Assistance Council; $1,500,000 shall be available as a grant to the National American Indian Housing Council; $32,000,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 107 of such Act; $7,500,000 shall be for the Community Outreach Partnership program; $16,700,000 shall be for grants pursuant to section 11 of the Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–120): Provided further, That not to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated herein (other than a grant made available under the preceding proviso to the Housing Assistance Council or the National American Indian Housing Council, or a grant using funds under section 107(b)(3) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended) shall be expended for “Planning and Management Development” and “Administration” as defined in regulations promulgated by the Department. Of the amount made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be made available for “Capacity Building for Community Development and Affordable Housing”, as authorized by section 4 of the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 (Public Law 103–120), as in effect immediately before June 12, 1997, with not less than $5,000,000 of the funding to be used in rural areas, including tribal areas. Of the amount provided under this heading, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may use up to $55,000,000 for a public and assisted housing self-sufficiency program, of which up to $5,000,000 may be used for the Moving to Work Demonstration, and at least $7,000,000 shall be used for grants for service 111 STAT. 1357coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and disabled: Provided, That for self-sufficiency activities, the Secretary may make grants to public housing agencies (including Indian tribes and their tribally designated housing entities), nonprofit corporations, and other appropriate entities for a supportive services program to assist residents of public and assisted housing, former residents of such housing receiving tenant-based assistance under section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f), and other low-income families and individuals: Provided further, That the program shall provide supportive services, principally for the benefit of public housing residents, to the elderly and the disabled, and to families with children where the head of household would benefit from the receipt of supportive services and is working, seeking work, or is preparing for work by participating in job training or educational programs: Provided further, That the supportive services may include congregate services for the elderly and disabled, service coordinators, and coordinated education, training, and other supportive services, including academic skills training, job search assistance, assistance related to retaining employment, vocational and entrepreneurship development and support programs, transportation, and child care: Provided further, That the Secretary shall require applications to demonstrate firm commitments of funding or services from other sources: Provided further, That the Secretary shall select public and Indian housing agencies to receive assistance under this heading on a competitive basis, taking into account the quality of the proposed program, including any innovative approaches, the extent of the proposed coordination of supportive services, the extent of commitments of funding or services from other sources, the extent to which the proposed program includes reasonably achievable, quantifiable goals for measuring performance under the program over a three-year period, the extent of success an agency has had in carrying out other comparable initiatives, and other appropriate criteria established by the Secretary (except that this proviso shall not apply to renewal of grants for service coordinators and congregate services for the elderly and disabled). Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $35,000,000 shall be available for YouthBuild program activities authorized by subtitle D of title IV of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and such activities shall be an eligible activity with respect to any funds made available under this heading. Local YouthBuild programs that demonstrate an ability to leverage private and nonprofit funding shall be given a priority for YouthBuild funding. Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000 shall be available for the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to make grants, not to exceed $4,000,000 each, for rural and tribal areas, including at least one Native American area in Alaska and one rural area in each of the States of Iowa and Missouri, to test comprehensive approaches to developing a job base through economic development, developing affordable low- and moderate-income rental and homeownership housing, and increasing the investment of both private and nonprofit capital. Of the amount made available under this heading, $138,000,000 shall be available for the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) to finance a variety of efforts, including $100,000,000 for making 111 STAT. 1358grants for targeted economic investments in accordance with the terms and conditions specified for such grants in the conference report and the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying this Act. Of the amount made available under this heading, notwithstanding any other provision of law, $60,000,000 shall be available 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. Of the amount made available under this heading, $25,000,000, including $15,000,000 for the County of San Bernardino, California, shall be used for neighborhood initiatives that are utilized to improve the conditions of distressed and blighted areas and neighborhoods, and to determine whether housing benefits can be integrated more effectively with welfare reform initiatives. For the cost of guaranteed loans, $29,000,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 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 $1,261,000,000, notwithstanding any aggregate limitation on outstanding obligations guaranteed in section 108(k) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan program, $1,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for departmental salaries and expenses. Of the $500,000,000 made available under the heading “Community Development Block Grants Fund” in the 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia (Public Law 105–18), not more than $3,500,000 shall be made available for the non-Federal cost-share for a levee project at Devils Lake, North Dakota: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide the State of North Dakota with a waiver to allow the use of its annual Community Development Block Grant allocation for use in funding the non-Federal cost-share for a levee project at Devils Lake, North Dakota: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is prohibited from providing waivers, other than those provided herein, for funds in excess of $100,000 in emergency Community Development Block Grants funds for the non-Federal cost-share of projects funded by the Secretary of the Army through the Corps of Engineers. brownfields redevelopment For Economic Development Grants, as authorized by section 108(q) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for Brownfields redevelopment projects, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make these grants available on a competitive basis as specified in section 102 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989.111 STAT. 1359 empowerment zones and enterprise communities For planning grants, technical assistance, contracts and other assistance, and training in connection with Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities, designated by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to continue efforts to stimulate economic opportunity in America’s distressed communities, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended. 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, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That up to $7,000,000 shall be available for the development and operation of integrated community development management information systems: Provided further, That $20,000,000 shall be available for Housing Counseling under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out a demonstration program in which the Secretary makes grants to up to three organizations exempt from Federal taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, selected on a competitive basis, to demonstrate methods of expanding homeownership opportunities for low-income borrowers through expanding the secondary market for non-conforming home mortgage loans to low-wealth borrowers: Provided further, That grantees for such demonstration program shall have experience in working with lenders who make non-conforming loans to low-income borrowers, have experience in expanding the secondary market for such loans, have demonstrated success in carrying out such activities including raising non-Federal grants and capital on concessionary terms for the purpose of expanding the secondary market for loans in the previous two years in amounts equal to or exceeding the amount awarded to such organization under this paragraph, and have demonstrated the ability to provide data on the performance of such loans sufficient to allow for future analysis of the investment risk of such loans. supportive housing program (rescission) Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102–389 and prior laws for the Supportive Housing Demonstration Program, as authorized by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, $6,000,000 of funds recaptured during fiscal year 1998 shall be rescinded. shelter plus care (rescission) Of the funds made available under this heading in Public Law 102–389 and prior laws for the Shelter Plus Care program, as authorized by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, $4,000,000 of funds recaptured during fiscal year 1998 shall be rescinded.111 STAT. 1360 homeless assistance grants For the emergency shelter grants program (as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as amended); the supportive housing program (as authorized under subtitle C of title IV of such Act); the section 8 moderate rehabilitation single room occupancy program (as authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended) to assist homeless individuals pursuant to section 441 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; and the shelter plus care program (as authorized under subtitle F of title IV of such Act), $823,000,000, to remain available until expended.