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Section 811 |
The Section 811 program allows people with disabilities to live as independently as possible in the community by increasing the supply of rental housing with the availability of supportive services. The program also provides project rental assistance, which covers the difference between the HUD-approved operating costs of the project and the tenants’ contribution toward rent. |
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA) (P.L. 101-625, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4079) (codified at 42 U.S.C. sec. 8013) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing |
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Section 202 |
The Section 202 program helps expand the supply of affordable housing with supportive services for the elderly. It provides very low-income elderly with options that allow them to live independently but in an environment that provides support activities such as cleaning, cooking, transportation, etc. |
Housing Act of 1959 (P.L. 86-372, Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 654) (codified at 12 U.S.C. sec. 1701q) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Housing |
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HOME Investment Partnerships Program |
HOME provides formula grants to states and localities that communities use—often in partnership with local nonprofit groups—to fund a wide range of activities that build, buy, and/or rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or homeownership or provide direct rental assistance to low-income people. |
Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (NAHA), Title II (P.L. 101-625, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4079) (codified at 42 U.S.C. sec. 12721) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning, and Development |
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs |
To develop viable urban communities, by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for people of low and moderate income. |
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Title I, (P.L. 93-383, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 633) (codified at 42 U.S.C. sec. 5301 et seq.) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning, and Development |
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Homeownership and Opportunity for People Everywhere (HOPE) VI |
Revitalization grants enable PHAs to improve the living environment for public housing residents of severely distressed public housing projects through the demolition, substantial rehabilitation, reconfiguration, and/or replacement of severely distressed units; revitalize the sites on which severely distressed public housing projects are located and contribute to the improvement of the surrounding neighborhood; lessen isolation and reduce the concentration of low-income families; build sustainable mixed-income communities; and provide well-coordinated, results-based community and supportive services that directly complement housing redevelopment and that help residents to achieve self-sufficiency, young people to obtain educational excellence, and the community to secure a desirable quality of life. HOPE VI Demolition Grants enable PHAs to fund the demolition of severely distressed public housing units, the relocation of affected residents, and the provision of supportive services to relocated residents. |
Quality Housing and Work
Responsibility Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-276, Title V, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat.
2518) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian Housing |
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Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) |
The HOPWA Program was established to address the specific needs of people living with HIV/AIDS and their families. HOPWA makes grants to local communities, states, and nonprofit organizations for projects that benefit low-income people medically diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and their families. HOPWA funding provides housing assistance and related supportive services as part of HUD’s Consolidated Planning initiative that works in partnership with communities and neighborhoods in managing federal funds appropriated to HIV/AIDS programs. HOPWA grantees are encouraged to develop community-wide strategies and form partnerships with area nonprofit organizations. |
AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS Act of 1991) (HOPWA) (P.L. 101-625, Title VIII, Subtitle D, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4375) (as codified at 42 U.S.C. sec. 12901 et. seq.) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning, and Development |
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Supportive Housing Program |
The Program is designed to promote the development of supportive housing and supportive services to assist homeless people in the transition from homelessness and to enable them to live as independently as possible. Program funds may be used to provide: (1) transitional housing within a 24-month period as well as up to 6 months of follow-up services to former residents to assist their adjustment to independent living; (2) permanent housing provided in conjunction with appropriate supportive services designed to maximize the ability of people with disabilities to live as independently as possible; (3) supportive housing that is, or is part of, a particularly innovative project for, or alternative method of, meeting the immediate and long-term needs of homeless individuals and families; (4) supportive services for homeless individuals not provided in conjunction with supportive housing, and (5) safe havens for homeless individuals with serious mental illness currently residing on the streets who may not yet be ready for supportive services. |
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act) (McKinney Act) (P.L. 100-77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482) (codified at 42 U.S.C. sec. 11301 et. seq.) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Community Planning, and Development |
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Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program |
To aid very low-income families in obtaining decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing. For Welfare-to-Work rental vouchers, families must also meet special welfare-to-work criteria. Section 502 of the Public Housing Reform Act states that a purpose of the legislation is “consolidating the voucher and certificate programs for rental assistance under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (the USHA) into a single market-driven program that will assist in making tenant-based rental assistance more successful at helping low-income families obtain affordable housing and will increase housing choice for low-income families.” |
Housing Act of 1937, Section 8(o), (as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1437(o)) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Public and Indian Housing |
Section 502 Rural Housing Service |
To assist very low, low-income, and moderate-income households to obtain modest, decent, safe, and sanitary housing for use as a permanent residence in rural areas. |
Housing Act of 1949, Title V, Section 502, as amended, P.L. 89-117, 42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.; P.L. 92-310 (codified at 42 U.S.C. sec. 1472 et seq.) |
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation |
Committee on Financial Services |
Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee |
Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service |
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