Housing PLUS Act of 2023

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3405 To allow amounts made available for the Continuum of Care program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 17, 2023 Mr. BARR (for himself, Mr. DAVIDSON, Mr. POSEY, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. SES- SIONS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. STEIL, Mr. OGLES, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. VAN DUYNE, Mr. LAMBORN, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. CLINE, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CLOUD, Ms. DE LA CRUZ, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. PALMER, and Mr. ROY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To allow amounts made available for the Continuum of Care program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel- opment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Housing Promotes 4 Livelihood and Ultimate Success Act of 2023’’ or the 5 ‘‘Housing PLUS Act of 2023’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:41 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3405.IH H3405 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3405 IH SEC. 2. AVAILABILITY OF CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDS FOR 1 GRANTEES REQUIRING WRAPAROUND SERV- 2 ICES OR APPLYING PRECONDITIONS. 3 Subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Home- 4 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) is amended 5 by adding at the end the following new section: 6 ‘‘SEC. 436. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GRANTEES RE- 7 QUIRING WRAPAROUND SERVICES OR APPLY- 8 ING PRECONDITIONS. 9 ‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY.—Notwithstanding any other pro- 10 vision of law, the Secretary may not, in making amounts 11 available under this subtitle, prohibit, limit, or restrict the 12 award or amount of grants made with such amounts to 13 or for eligible entities, project sponsors, or recipients— 14 ‘‘(1) that require the provision of supportive 15 services, such as counseling, job training, or addic- 16 tion treatment, for individuals served by a program, 17 project, or activity assisted with such amounts; 18 ‘‘(2) that require, as a condition for occupancy 19 in a project, or assistance from a program, project, 20 or activity, assisted with such amounts that individ- 21 uals meet certain prerequisites, such as sobriety or 22 lack of drug use; or 23 ‘‘(3) faith-based organizations. 24 ‘‘(b) SET ASIDE.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 25 sion of law, in making available amounts under this sub- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:41 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3405.IH H3405 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3405 IH title for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall ensure that 1 not less than 30 percent of such amounts shall be used 2 by eligible entities, project sponsors, and recipients that 3 provide or offer access to wraparound services. 4 ‘‘(c) ACCOUNTABILITY.—Not later than 180 days 5 after the completion of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 6 submit, to the House Committee on Financial Services of 7 the House of Representatives and Committee on Banking, 8 Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate, for such fiscal 9 year— 10 ‘‘(1) a written certification that the amounts 11 made available for carrying out this subtitle were 12 made available in compliance with subsections (a) 13 and (b) of this section; and 14 ‘‘(2) a report specifying how the Notices of 15 Funding Opportunity for such fiscal year for 16 amounts made available for carrying out this subtitle 17 evidence such compliance.’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:41 Jun 01, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3405.IH H3405 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS