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42 U.S.C. § 11372 — Grant assistance
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The Secretary shall make grants to States and local governments (and to private nonprofit organizations providing assistance to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, in the case of grants made with reallocated amounts) for the purpose of carrying out activities described in [section 11374 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11374&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Secretary shall make grants to States and local governments (and to private nonprofit organizations providing assistance to persons experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness, in the case of grants made with reallocated amounts) for the purpose of carrying out activities described in [section 11374 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11374&num=0&edition=prelim).
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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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**(a) In general** Assistance provided under [section 11372 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11372&num=0&edition=prelim) may be used for the following activities:
(1) The renovation, major rehabilitation, or conversion of buildings to be used as emergency shelters.
(2) The provision of essential services related to emergency shelter or street outreach, including services concerned with employment, health, education, family support services for homeless youth, substance abuse services, victim services, or mental health services, if—
(A) such essential services have not been provided by the local government during any part of the immediately preceding 12-month period or the Secretary determines that the local government is in a severe financial deficit; or
(B) the use of assistance under this part would complement the provision of those essential services.
(3) Maintenance, operation, insurance, provision of utilities, and provision of furnishings related to emergency shelter.
(4) Provision of rental assistance to provide short-term or medium-term housing to homeless individuals or families or individuals or families at risk of homelessness. Such rental assistance may include tenant-based or project-based rental assistance.
(5) Housing relocation or stabilization services for homeless individuals or families or individuals or families at risk of homelessness, including housing search, mediation or outreach to property owners, legal services, credit repair, providing security or utility deposits, utility payments, rental assistance for a final month at a location, assistance with moving costs, or other activities that are effective at—
(A) stabilizing individuals and families in their current housing; o
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**(a) In general** Of the amount made available to carry out this part and part C for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate nationally 20 percent of such amount for activities described in [section 11374 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11374&num=0&edition=prelim). The Secretary shall be required to certify that such allocation will not adversely affect the renewal of existing projects under this part and part C for those individuals or families who are homeless.
**(b) Allocation** An entity that receives a grant under [section 11372 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11372&num=0&edition=prelim), and serves an area that includes 1 or more geographic areas (or portions of such areas) served by collaborative applicants that submit applications under part C, shall allocate the funds made available through the grant to carry out activities described in [section 11374 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11374&num=0&edition=prelim), in consultation with the collaborative applicants.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall award funds to recipients through a national competition between geographic areas based on criteria established by the Secretary.
**(b) Required criteria**
(1) **In general** — The criteria established under subsection (a) shall include—
(A) the previous performance of the recipient regarding homelessness, including performance related to funds provided under [section 11372 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section11372&num=0&edition=prelim) (except that recipients applying from geographic areas where no funds have been awarded under this part, or under parts C, D, E, or F of subchapter IV of this chapter, as in effect prior to May 20, 2009, shall receive full credit for performance under this subparagraph), measured by criteria that shall be announced by the Secretary, that shall take into account barriers faced by individual homeless people, and that shall include—
(i) the length of time individuals and families remain homeless;
(ii) the extent to which individuals and families who leave homelessness experience additional spells of homelessness;
(iii) the thoroughness of grantees in the geographic area in reaching homeless individuals and families;
(iv) overall reduction in the number of homeless individuals and families;
(v) jobs and income growth for homeless individuals and families;
(vi) success at reducing the number of individuals and families who become homeless;
(vii) other accomplishments by the recipient related to reducing homelessness; and
(viii) for collaborative applicants that have exercised the authority under [section 11382(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section113
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 11372a
(4) The term ‘‘operating costs’’ means ex-
penses incurred by a recipient operating a fa-
cility assisted under this part with respect
to—
(A) the administration, maintenance, re-
pair, and security of such housing; and
(B) utilities, fuels, furnishings, and equip-
ment for such housing.
(5) The term ‘‘private nonprofit organiza-
tion’’ means a secular or religious organiza-
tion described in section 501(c) of title 26 that
is exempt from taxation under subtitle A of
title 26, has an accounting system and a vol-
untary board, and practices nondiscrimination
in the provision of assistance.
(6) The term ‘‘recipient’’ means any govern-
mental or private nonprofit entity that is ap-
proved by the Secretary as to financial respon-
sibility.
(7) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development.
(8) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands, and any other territory or pos-
session of the United States.
(9) The term ‘‘urban county’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 5302 of this
title.
(Pub. L. 100–77, title IV, § 411, July 22, 1987, 101
Stat. 495; Pub. L. 101–625, title VIII, § 832(f)(1),
Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4361; Pub. L. 104–330, title
V, § 506(a)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4044.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1996—Par. (10). Pub. L. 104–330 struck out par. (10)
which read as follows: ‘‘The term ‘Indian tribe’ has the
meaning given such term in section 5302(a)(17) of this
title.’’
1990—Par. (10). Pub. L. 101–625 added par. (10).
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