Section 811 National Affordable Housing Act (Pub L. 111-374)

PUBLIC LAW 111–374—JAN. 4, 2011

124 STAT. 4089

Public Law 111–374
111th Congress
An Act
To amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons
with disabilities.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.

(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Frank Melville
Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Except as otherwise expressly provided,
wherever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in
terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, section 811 or any other
provision of section 811, the reference shall be considered to be
made to section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013).

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SEC. 2. TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

Jan. 4, 2011
[S. 1481]

Frank Melville
Supportive
Housing
Investment Act
of 2010.
42 USC 8001
note.

42 USC 8013.

(a) RENEWAL THROUGH SECTION 8.—Section 811(d)(4) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Tenant-based rental assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) shall be provided under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42
U.S.C. 1437f(o)).
‘‘(B) CONVERSION OF EXISTING ASSISTANCE.—There is
authorized to be appropriated for tenant-based rental
assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for persons with disabilities
an amount not less than the amount necessary to convert
the number of authorized vouchers and funding under an
annual contributions contract in effect on the date of enactment of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment
Act of 2010. Such converted vouchers may be administered
by the entity administering the vouchers prior to conversion. For purposes of administering such converted
vouchers, such entities shall be considered a ‘public housing
agency’ authorized to engage in the operation of tenantbased assistance under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937.
‘‘(C) REQUIREMENTS UPON TURNOVER.—The Secretary
shall develop and issue, to public housing agencies that
receive voucher assistance made available under this subsection and to public housing agencies that received
voucher assistance under section 8(o) of the United States

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42 USC 8013
note.

Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) for non-elderly
disabled families pursuant to appropriation Acts for fiscal
years 1997 through 2002 or any other subsequent appropriations for incremental vouchers for non-elderly disabled
families, guidance to ensure that, to the maximum extent
possible, such vouchers continue to be provided upon turnover to qualified persons with disabilities or to qualified
non-elderly disabled families, respectively.’’.
(b) PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is
authorized to the extent amounts are made available in future
appropriations Acts, to provide technical assistance to public
housing agencies and other administering entities to facilitate using
vouchers to provide permanent supportive housing for persons with
disabilities, help States reduce reliance on segregated restrictive
settings for people with disabilities to meet community care requirements, end chronic homelessness, as ‘‘chronically homeless’’ is
defined in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act (42 U.S.C. 11361), and for other related purposes.

42 USC 8013.

SEC 3. MODERNIZED CAPITAL ADVANCE PROGRAM.

(a) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACTS.—Section 811 is
amended—
(1) in subsection (d)(2)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A) INITIAL PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE CONTRACT.—’’ after ‘‘PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—
’’;
(B) in the first sentence, by inserting after ‘‘shall’’
the following: ‘‘comply with subsection (e)(2) and shall’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘annual contract amount’’ each place
such term appears and inserting ‘‘amount provided under
the contract for each year covered by the contract’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) RENEWAL OF AND INCREASES IN CONTRACT AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(i) EXPIRATION OF CONTRACT TERM.—Upon the expiration of each contract term, subject to the availability of
amounts made available in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall adjust the annual contract amount to provide
for reasonable project costs, including adequate reserves
and service coordinators as appropriate, except that any
contract amounts not used by a project during a contract
term shall not be available for such adjustments upon
renewal.
‘‘(ii) EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.—In the event of emergency situations that are outside the control of the owner,
the Secretary shall increase the annual contract amount,
subject to reasonable review and limitations as the Secretary shall provide.’’.
(2) in subsection (e)(2)—
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period
at the end the following: ‘‘, except that, in the case of
the sponsor of a project assisted with any low-income
housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 or with any tax-exempt housing
bonds, the contract shall have an initial term of not less
than 360 months and shall provide funding for a term
of 60 months’’; and

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(B) by striking ‘‘extend any expiring contract’’ and
insert ‘‘upon expiration of a contract (or any renewed contract), renew such contract’’.
(b) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 811 is amended—
(1) in subsection (e)—
(A) by striking the subsection heading and inserting
the following: ‘‘PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:
‘‘(1) USE RESTRICTIONS.—
‘‘(A) TERM.—Any project for which a capital advance
is provided under subsection (d)(1) shall be operated for
not less than 40 years as supportive housing for persons
with disabilities, in accordance with the application for
the project approved by the Secretary and shall, during
such period, be made available for occupancy only by very
low-income persons with disabilities.
‘‘(B) CONVERSION.—If the owner of a project requests
the use of the project for the direct benefit of very lowincome persons with disabilities and, pursuant to such
request the Secretary determines that a project is no longer
needed for use as supportive housing for persons with
disabilities, the Secretary may approve the request and
authorize the owner to convert the project to such use.’’;
and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No assistance received
under this section (or any State or local government funds
used to supplement such assistance) may be used to replace
other State or local funds previously used, or designated for
use, to assist persons with disabilities.
‘‘(4) MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.—
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in subparagraph
(B), of the total number of dwelling units in any multifamily
housing project (including any condominium or cooperative
housing project) containing any unit for which assistance
is provided from a capital grant under subsection (d)(1)
made after the date of the enactment of the Frank Melville
Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010, the aggregate
number that are used for persons with disabilities,
including supportive housing for persons with disabilities,
or to which any occupancy preference for persons with
disabilities applies, may not exceed 25 percent of such
total.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply
in the case of any project that is a group home or independent living facility.’’; and
(2) in subsection (l), by striking paragraph (4).
(c) DELEGATED PROCESSING.—Subsection (g) of section 811 (42
U.S.C. 8013(g)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SELECTION CRITERIA.—’’ and inserting
‘‘SELECTION CRITERIA AND PROCESSING.—(1) SELECTION CRITERIA.—’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6),
and (7) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), and (H),
respectively; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

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Criteria.
Timeline.

Fee schedule.

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‘‘(2) DELEGATED PROCESSING.—
‘‘(A) In issuing a capital advance under subsection (d)(1)
for any multifamily project (but not including any project that
is a group home or independent living facility) for which
financing for the purposes described in the last sentence of
subsection (b) is provided by a combination of the capital
advance and sources other than this section, within 30 days
of award of the capital advance, the Secretary shall delegate
review and processing of such projects to a State or local
housing agency that—
‘‘(i) is in geographic proximity to the property;
‘‘(ii) has demonstrated experience in and capacity for
underwriting multifamily housing loans that provide
housing and supportive services;
‘‘(iii) may or may not be providing low-income housing
tax credits in combination with the capital advance under
this section; and
‘‘(iv) agrees to issue a firm commitment within 12
months of delegation.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall retain the authority to process
capital advances in cases in which no State or local housing
agency is sufficiently qualified to provide delegated processing
pursuant to this paragraph or no such agency has entered
into an agreement with the Secretary to serve as a delegated
processing agency.
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall—
‘‘(i) develop criteria and a timeline to periodically assess
the performance of State and local housing agencies in
carrying out the duties delegated to such agencies pursuant
to subparagraph (A); and
‘‘(ii) retain the authority to review and process projects
financed by a capital advance in the event that, after
a review and assessment, a State or local housing agency
is determined to have failed to satisfy the criteria established pursuant to clause (i).
‘‘(D) An agency to which review and processing is delegated
pursuant to subparagraph (A) may assess a reasonable fee
which shall be included in the capital advance amounts and
may recommend project rental assistance amounts in excess
of those initially awarded by the Secretary. The Secretary shall
develop a schedule for reasonable fees under this subparagraph
to be paid to delegated processing agencies, which shall take
into consideration any other fees to be paid to the agency
for other funding provided to the project by the agency,
including bonds, tax credits, and other gap funding.
‘‘(E) Under such delegated system, the Secretary shall
retain the authority to approve rents and development costs
and to execute a capital advance within 60 days of receipt
of the commitment from the State or local agency. The Secretary
shall provide to such agency and the project sponsor, in writing,
the reasons for any reduction in capital advance amounts or
project rental assistance and such reductions shall be subject
to appeal.’’.
(d) LEVERAGING OTHER RESOURCES.—Paragraph (1) of section
811(g) (as so designated by subsection (c)(1) of this section) is
amended by inserting after subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated
by subsection (c)(2) of this section) the following new subparagraph:

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‘‘(F) the extent to which the per-unit cost of units
to be assisted under this section will be supplemented
with resources from other public and private sources;’’.
(e) TENANT PROTECTIONS AND ELIGIBILITY FOR OCCUPANCY.—
Section 811 is amended by striking subsection (i) and inserting
the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) ADMISSION AND OCCUPANCY.—
‘‘(1) TENANT SELECTION.—
‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—An owner shall adopt written tenant selection procedures that are satisfactory to the Secretary as (i) consistent with the purpose of improving
housing opportunities for very low-income persons with
disabilities; and (ii) reasonably related to program eligibility and an applicant’s ability to perform the obligations
of the lease. Owners shall promptly notify in writing any
rejected applicant of the grounds for any rejection.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT FOR OCCUPANCY.—Occupancy in
dwelling units provided assistance under this section shall
be available only to persons with disabilities and households that include at least one person with a disability.
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—Except only as provided in
subparagraph (D), occupancy in dwelling units in housing
provided with assistance under this section shall be available to all persons with disabilities eligible for such occupancy without regard to the particular disability involved.
‘‘(D) LIMITATION ON OCCUPANCY.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the owner of housing developed
under this section may, with the approval of the Secretary,
limit occupancy within the housing to persons with disabilities who can benefit from the supportive services offered
in connection with the housing.
‘‘(2) TENANT PROTECTIONS.—
‘‘(A) LEASE.—The lease between a tenant and an owner
of housing assisted under this section shall be for not
less than one year, and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall determine to be appropriate.
‘‘(B) TERMINATION OF TENANCY.—An owner may not
terminate the tenancy or refuse to renew the lease of
a tenant of a rental dwelling unit assisted under this
section except—
‘‘(i) for serious or repeated violation of the terms
and conditions of the lease, for violation of applicable
Federal, State, or local law, or for other good cause;
and
‘‘(ii) by providing the tenant, not less than 30
days before such termination or refusal to renew, with
written notice specifying the grounds for such action.
‘‘(C) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN SERVICES.—A supportive service plan for housing assisted under this section
shall permit each resident to take responsibility for
choosing and acquiring their own services, to receive any
supportive services made available directly or indirectly
by the owner of such housing, or to not receive any supportive services.’’.
(f) DEVELOPMENT COST LIMITATIONS.—Subsection (h) of section
811 is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—

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(A) by striking the paragraph heading and inserting
‘‘GROUP HOMES’’;
(B) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘various types
and sizes’’ and inserting ‘‘group homes’’;
(C) by striking subparagraph (E); and
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as
subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively;
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘established pursuant
to paragraph (1)’’ after ‘‘cost limitation’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY OF HOME PROGRAM COST LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 212(e) of
the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act
(42 U.S.C. 12742(e)) and the cost limits established by
the Secretary pursuant to such section with respect to
the amount of funds under subtitle A of title II of such
Act that may be invested on a per unit basis, shall apply
to supportive housing assisted with a capital advance under
subsection (d)(1) and the amount of funds under such subsection that may be invested on a per unit basis.
‘‘(B) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may provide for waiver
of the cost limits applicable pursuant to subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(i) in the cases in which the cost limits established
pursuant to section 212(e) of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act may be waived; and
‘‘(ii) to provide for—
‘‘(I) the cost of special design features to make
the housing accessible to persons with disabilities;
‘‘(II) the cost of special design features necessary to make individual dwelling units meet the
special needs of persons with disabilities; and
‘‘(III) the cost of providing the housing in a
location that is accessible to public transportation
and community organizations that provide supportive services to persons with disabilities.’’.
(g) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF WAIVER.—Section 811(k)
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding the following after the
second sentence: ‘‘Not later than the date of the exercise of
any waiver permitted under the previous sentence, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial
Services of the House of Representatives of the waiver or the
intention to exercise the waiver, together with a detailed explanation of the reason for the waiver.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by striking ‘‘prescribe, subject to the limitation
under subsection (h)(6) of this section)’’ and inserting ‘‘prescribe)’’; and
(B) by adding the following after the first sentence:
‘‘Not later than the date that the Secretary prescribes
a limit exceeding the 24 person limit in the previous sentence, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives of the limit or the intention to prescribe a limit

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in excess of 24 persons, together with a detailed explanation
of the reason for the new limit.’’.
(h) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.—Paragraph (1) of section 811(l) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) MINIMUM ALLOCATION FOR MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.—
The Secretary shall establish a minimum percentage of the
amount made available for each fiscal year for capital advances
under subsection (d)(1) that shall be used for multifamily
projects subject to subsection (e)(4).’’.

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SEC. 4. PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

42 USC 8013.

Section 811(b) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘is
authorized—’’ and inserting ‘‘is authorized to take the following
actions:’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) to provide tenant-based’’ and
inserting ‘‘(1) TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE.—To provide tenant-based’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period;
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2) to provide assistance’’
and inserting ‘‘(2) CAPITAL ADVANCES.—To provide assistance’’;
and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) PROJECT RENTAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To offer additional methods of
financing supportive housing for non-elderly adults with
disabilities, the Secretary shall make funds available for
project rental assistance pursuant to subparagraph (B) for
eligible projects under subparagraph (C). The Secretary
shall provide for State housing finance agencies and other
appropriate entities to apply to the Secretary for such
project rental assistance funds, which shall be made available by such agencies and entities for dwelling units in
eligible projects based upon criteria established by the Secretary. The Secretary may not require any State housing
finance agency or other entity applying for such project
rental assistance funds to identify in such application the
eligible projects for which such funds will be used, and
shall allow such agencies and applicants to subsequently
identify such eligible projects pursuant to the making of
commitments described in subparagraph (C)(ii).
‘‘(B) CONTRACT TERMS.—
‘‘(i) CONTRACT TERMS.—Project rental assistance
under this paragraph shall be provided—
‘‘(I) in accordance with subsection (d)(2); and
‘‘(II) under a contract having an initial term
of not less than 180 months that provides funding
for a term 60 months, which funding shall be
renewed upon expiration, subject to the availability
of sufficient amounts in appropriation Acts.
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON UNITS ASSISTED.—Of the total
number of dwelling units in any multifamily housing
project containing any unit for which project rental
assistance under this paragraph is provided, the aggregate number that are provided such project rental
assistance, that are used for supportive housing for

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persons with disabilities, or to which any occupancy
preference for persons with disabilities applies, may
not exceed 25 percent of such total.
‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION OF CAPITAL ADVANCES.—The Secretary may not provide a capital advance under subsection (d)(1) for any project for which assistance is
provided under this paragraph.
‘‘(iv) ELIGIBLE POPULATION.—Project rental assistance under this paragraph may be provided only for
dwelling units for extremely low-income persons with
disabilities and extremely low-income households that
include at least one person with a disability.
‘‘(C) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—An eligible project under this
subparagraph is a new or existing multifamily housing
project for which—
‘‘(i) the development costs are paid with resources
from other public or private sources; and
‘‘(ii) a commitment has been made—
‘‘(I) by the applicable State agency responsible
for allocation of low-income housing tax credits
under section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, for an allocation of such credits;
‘‘(II) by the applicable participating jurisdiction that receives assistance under the HOME
Investment Partnership Act, for assistance from
such jurisdiction; or
‘‘(III) by any Federal agency or any State or
local government, for funding for the project from
funds from any other sources.
‘‘(D) STATE AGENCY INVOLVEMENT.—Assistance under
this paragraph may be provided only for projects for which
the applicable State agency responsible for health and
human services programs, and the applicable State agency
designated to administer or supervise the administration
of the State plan for medical assistance under title XIX
of the Social Security Act, have entered into such agreements as the Secretary considers appropriate—
‘‘(i) to identify the target populations to be served
by the project;
‘‘(ii) to set forth methods for outreach and referral;
and
‘‘(iii) to make available appropriate services for
tenants of the project.
‘‘(E) USE REQUIREMENTS.—In the case of any project
for which project rental assistance is provided under this
paragraph, the dwelling units assisted pursuant to
subparagraph (B) shall be operated for not less than 30
years as supportive housing for persons with disabilities,
in accordance with the application for the project approved
by the Secretary, and such dwelling units shall, during
such period, be made available for occupancy only by persons and households described in subparagraph (B)(iv).
‘‘(F) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date
of the enactment of this paragraph, and again 2 years
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report—

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‘‘(i) describing the assistance provided under this
paragraph;
‘‘(ii) analyzing the effectiveness of such assistance,
including the effectiveness of such assistance compared
to the assistance program for capital advances set forth
under subsection (d)(1) (as in effect pursuant to the
amendments made by such Act); and
‘‘(iii) making recommendations regarding future
models for assistance under this section.’’.

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SEC. 5. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

42 USC 8013.

Section 811 is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking ‘‘provides’’ and inserting ‘‘makes
available’’; and
(ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting
‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) promotes and facilitates community integration for
people with significant and long-term disabilities.’’;
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘special’’ and inserting
‘‘housing and community-based services’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(A) make available voluntary supportive services that
address the individual needs of persons with disabilities
occupying such housing;’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma
and inserting a semicolon;
(3) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘provided under’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘shall bear’’ and inserting ‘‘provided
pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall bear’’;
(4) in subsection (f)—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘receive’’ and
inserting ‘‘be offered’’;
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(C) evidence of the applicant’s experience in—
‘‘(i) providing such supportive services; or
‘‘(ii) creating and managing structured partnerships with service providers for the delivery of appropriate community-based services;’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘such persons’’ and all that follows through ‘‘provision of such
services’’ and inserting ‘‘tenants’’; and
(iv) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘other Federal, and’’ before ‘‘State’’; and
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘special’’ and inserting
‘‘housing and community-based services’’;
(5) in subsection (g), in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated
by section 3(c)(1) of this Act)—

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(A) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated by section
3(c)(2) of this Act), by striking ‘‘the necessary supportive
services will be provided’’ and inserting ‘‘appropriate supportive services will be made available’’; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (E) (as so redesignated
by section 3(c)(2) of this Act) and inserting the following:
‘‘(E) the extent to which the location and design of
the proposed project will facilitate the provision of community-based supportive services and address other basic
needs of persons with disabilities, including access to appropriate and accessible transportation, access to community
services agencies, public facilities, and shopping;’’;
(6) in subsection (j)—
(A) by striking paragraph (4); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as
paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively;
(7) in subsection (k)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period
at the end of the first sentence the following: ‘‘, which
provides a separate bedroom for each tenant of the residence’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the first sentence,
and inserting the following: ‘‘The term ‘person with disabilities’ means a household composed of one or more persons
who is 18 years of age or older and less than 62 years
of age, and who has a disability.’’;
(C) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) The term ‘supportive housing for persons with disabilities’ means dwelling units that—
‘‘(A) are designed to meet the permanent housing needs
of very low-income persons with disabilities; and
‘‘(B) are located in housing that make available supportive services that address the individual health, mental
health, or other needs of such persons.’’;
(D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘a project for’’; and
(E) in paragraph (6)—
(i) by inserting after and below subparagraph (D)
the matter to be inserted by the amendment made
by section 841 of the American Homeownership and
Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–
569; 114 Stat. 3022); and
(ii) in the matter inserted by the amendment made
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, by striking
‘‘wholly owned and’’; and
(8) in subsection (l)—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(1)’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(1)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘subsection (c)(2)’’
and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)’’.

Definition.

Definition.

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42 USC 8013.

PUBLIC LAW 111–374—JAN. 4, 2011

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Subsection (m) of section 811 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated for providing assistance pursuant to this
section $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015.’’.

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PUBLIC LAW 111–374—JAN. 4, 2011

124 STAT. 4099

SEC. 7. GAO STUDY.

The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct
a study of the supportive housing for persons with disabilities
program under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) to determine the adequacy
and effectiveness of such program in assisting households of persons
with disabilities. Such study shall determine—
(1) the total number of households assisted under such
program;
(2) the extent to which households assisted under other
programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development that provide rental assistance or rental housing would
be eligible to receive assistance under such section 811 program;
and
(3) the extent to which households described in paragraph
(2) who are eligible for, but not receiving, assistance under
such section 811 program are receiving supportive services
from, or assisted by, the Department of Housing and Urban
Development other than through the section 811 program
(including under the Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency
program) or from other sources.
Upon the completion of the study required under this section,
the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress
setting forth the findings and conclusions of the study.

Reports.

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Approved January 4, 2011.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1481 (H.R. 1675):
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010):
Dec. 17, considered and passed Senate.
Dec. 21, considered and passed House.

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