HR 888 IH

To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide for renewals of grants for permanent housing under the supportive housing program and for shelter plus care assistance to be funded through section 8 rental assistance amounts made available under the Housing Certificate Fund of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

March 6, 2001

Mr. LAFALCE (for himself, Mr. WELLER, Mr. FRANK, Mr. QUINN, Mr. SABO, Mrs. BIGGERT, and Ms. LEE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services

To amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to provide for renewals of grants for permanent housing under the supportive housing program and for shelter plus care assistance to be funded through section 8 rental assistance amounts made available under the Housing Certificate Fund of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Homeless Prevention Permanent Housing Renewal Act of 2001'.

SEC. 2. RENEWAL OF PERMANENT HOUSING GRANTS AND SHELTER PLUS CARE GRANTS UNDER HOUSING CERTIFICATE FUND.

(a) SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM PERMANENT HOUSING GRANT RENEWALS- Section 429 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11389) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(d) PERMANENT HOUSING GRANT RENEWALS- For fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated, from any amounts appropriated under the Housing Certificate Fund account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, such sums as may be necessary for renewing expiring grants under this subtitle for permanent housing for homeless persons with disabilities.'.

(b) SHELTER PLUS CARE GRANT RENEWALS- Section 463 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11403h) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(c) GRANT RENEWALS- For fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated, from any amounts appropriated under the Housing Certificate Fund account of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, such sums as may be necessary for renewing expiring grants under this subtitle.'.

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