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42 U.S.C. § 11361a — Preventing involuntary family separation
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**(a) In general** After the expiration of the 2-year period that begins upon May 20, 2009, and except as provided in subsection (b), any project sponsor receiving funds under this subchapter to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing to families with children under age 18 shall not deny admission to any family based on the age of any child under age 18.
**(b) Exception** Notwithstanding the requirement under subsection (a), project sponsors of transitional housing receiving funds under this subchapter may target transitional housing resources to families with children of a specific age only if the project sponsor—
(1) operates a transitional housing program that has a primary purpose of implementing an evidence-based practice that requires that housing units be targeted to families with children in a specific age group; and
(2) provides such assurances, as the Secretary shall require, that an equivalent appropriate alternative living arrangement for the whole family or household unit has been secured.
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**(a) In general** After the expiration of the 2-year period that begins upon May 20, 2009, and except as provided in subsection (b), any project sponsor receiving funds under this subchapter to provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, or permanent housing to families with children under age 18 shall not deny admission to any family based on the age of any child under age 18.
**(b) Exception** Notwithstanding the requirement under subsection (a), project sponsors of transitional housing receiving funds under this subchapter may target transitional housing resources to families with children of a specific age only if the project sponsor—
(1) operates a transitional housing program that has a primary purpose of implementing an evidence-based practice that requires that housing units be targeted to families with children in a specific age group; and
(2) provides such assurances, as the Secretary shall require, that an equivalent appropriate alternative living arrangement for the whole family or household unit has been secured.
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**(a) In general** For purposes of this chapter, the terms “homeless”, “homeless individual”, and “homeless person” means— 11 So in original. Probably should be “mean—”.
(1) an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence;
(2) an individual or family with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings, including a car, park, abandoned building, bus or train station, airport, or camping ground;
(3) an individual or family living in a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designated to provide temporary living arrangements (including hotels and motels paid for by Federal, State, or local government programs for low-income individuals or by charitable organizations, congregate shelters, and transitional housing);
(4) an individual who resided in a shelter or place not meant for human habitation and who is exiting an institution where he or she temporarily resided;
(5) an individual or family who—
(A) will imminently lose their housing, including housing they own, rent, or live in without paying rent, are sharing with others, and rooms in hotels or motels not paid for by Federal, State, or local government programs for low-income individuals or by charitable organizations, as evidenced by—
(i) a court order resulting from an eviction action that notifies the individual or family that they must leave within 14 days;
(ii) the individual or family having a primary nighttime residence that is a room in a hotel or motel and where they lack the resources necessary to reside there for more than 14 days; or
(iii) credible evidence indicating that the owner or renter of the housing will not allow the individ
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Assistance may be made under this subchapter only if the grantee certifies that it is following—
(1) a consolidated plan which has been approved by the Secretary in accordance with [section 12705 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section12705&num=0&edition=prelim) (referred to in such section as a “comprehensive housing affordability strategy”), or
(2) a comprehensive homeless assistance plan which was approved by the Secretary during the 180-day period beginning on November 28, 1990, or during such longer period as may be prescribed by the Secretary in any case for good cause.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall make available technical assistance to private nonprofit organizations and other nongovernmental entities, States, metropolitan cities, urban counties, and counties that are not urban counties, to implement effective planning processes for preventing and ending homelessness, to improve their capacity to prepare collaborative applications, to prevent the separation of families in emergency shelter or other housing programs, and to adopt and provide best practices in housing and services for persons experiencing homeless.
**(b) Reservation** The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds made available for any fiscal year for carrying out parts B and C, to provide technical assistance under subsection (a).
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 11361a
section 12705 of this title (referred to in such
section as a ‘‘comprehensive housing afford-
ability strategy’’), or
(2) a comprehensive homeless assistance
plan which was approved by the Secretary dur-
ing the 180-day period beginning on November
28, 1990, or during such longer period as may be
prescribed by the Secretary in any case for
good cause.
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, § 403, formerly § 401, July
22, 1987, 101 Stat. 494; Pub. L. 100–628, title IV,
§§ 401–404, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3230, 3231; Pub. L.
101–625, title VIII, §§ 831, 832(e)(3), 836(a), Nov. 28,
1990, 104 Stat. 4357, 4360, 4366; renumbered § 403
and amended Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title I,
§ 1101(2), title V, § 1502(a), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat.
1669, 1701.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2009—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–22, § 1502(a), substituted
‘‘consolidated plan’’ for ‘‘current housing affordability
strategy’’ and inserted before the comma ‘‘(referred to
in such section as a ‘comprehensive housing afford-
ability strategy’)’’.
1990—Pub. L. 101–625, § 836(a), amended section gen-
erally, substituting present provisions for provisions
requiring the annual submission of a comprehensive
homeless assistance plan with requirements for con-
tents of the plan, review of the plan, performance re-
views under the plan, publication by notice, applica-
tions for assistance, coordination with State agencies,
and consultation with other private and public groups
and entities regarding the plan.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–625, § 831(b)(1), inserted at end
‘‘Assistance authorized by this subchapter may be pro-
vided to any Indian tribe that is eligible to receive a
grant under the emergency shelter grants program in
any fiscal year, but
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