ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING.

SEC. 605. ADDRESSING THE HOUSING NEEDS OF VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. (a) McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants.—The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) is amended— (1) in section 103 (42 U.S.C. 11302), by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: “(b) Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, Stalking, and Other Dangerous, Traumatic, or Life-threatening Conditions Relating to Such Violence.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Secretary shall consider to be homeless any individual or family who— “(1) is experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or other dangerous, traumatic, or life-threatening conditions related to the violence against the individual or a family member in the individual’s or family’s current housing situation, including where the health and safety of children are jeopardized; “(2) has no other safe residence; and “(3) lacks the resources to obtain other safe permanent housing.” ; and (2) in section 423(a) (42 U.S.C. 11383(a)), by adding at the end the following: “(13) Facilitating and coordinating activities to ensure compliance with subsection (e) of section 41411 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491) and monitoring compliance with the confidentiality protections of subsection (c)(4) of such section.” . (b) Collaborative Grants To Increase the Long-term Stability of Victims.—Section 41404(i) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12474(i)) is amended by striking “2014 through 2018” and inserting “2023 through 2027”. (c) Grants To Combat Violence Against Women in Public and Assisted Housing.—Section 41405 of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12475) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “the Director of the Violence Against Women Office” and inserting “the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women”; (2) in subsection (c)(2)(D), by inserting after “linguistically and culturally specific service providers,” the following: “population-specific organizations,”; and (3) in subsection (g), by striking “2014 through 2018” and inserting “2023 through 2027”. (d) VAWA Training and Technical Assistance Grants.—Chapter 2 of subtitle N of title IV of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12491 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting after section 41415 the following: “SEC. 41416. [34 U.S.C. 12496] TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS “There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to be used for training and technical assistance to support the implementation of this chapter, including technical assistance agreements with entities whose primary purpose and expertise is assisting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence or providing culturally specific services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.” .