TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 843. TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE. Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) is amended— (1) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: “(4) Tenant-based rental assistance .— “(A) Administering entities.—Tenant-based rental assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) may be provided only through a public housing agency that has submitted and had approved a plan under section 7(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437e(d)) that provides for such assistance, or through a private nonprofit organization. A public housing agency shall be eligible to apply under this section only for the purposes of providing such tenant-based rental assistance. 114 STAT. 3023 “(B) Program rules.—Tenant-based rental assistance under subsection (b)(1) shall be made available to eligible persons with disabilities and administered under the same rules that govern tenant-based rental assistance made available under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, except that the Secretary may waive or modify such rules, but only to the extent necessary to provide for administering such assistance under subsection (b)(1) through private nonprofit organizations rather than through public housing agencies. “(C) Allocation of assistance.—In determining the amount of assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) for a private nonprofit organization or public housing agency, the Secretary shall consider the needs and capabilities of the organization or agency, in the case of a public housing agency, as described in the plan for the agency under section 7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.”; and (2) in subsection (1)(1)— (A) by striking “subsection (b)” and inserting “subsection (b)(2)”; and (B) by striking the last comma and all that follows through “subsection (n)”.