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[CITE: 42USC11403c]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 119--HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--HOUSING ASSISTANCE
 
                    Part F--Shelter Plus Care Program
 
                     subpart i--general requirements
 
Sec. 11403c. Applications


(a) In general

    An application for rental housing assistance under this part shall 
be submitted by an applicant in such forms and in accordance with such 
procedures as the Secretary shall establish.

(b) Minimum contents

    The Secretary shall require that an application identify the need 
for the assistance in the community to be served and shall contain at a 
minimum--
        (1) a request for housing assistance under subpart II, III, IV, 
    or V of this part, or a combination, specifying the number of units 
    requested and the amount of necessary budget authority;
        (2) a description of the size and characteristics of the 
    population of eligible persons;
        (3) an identification of the need for the program in the 
    community to be served;
        (4) the identity of the proposed service provider or providers 
    (which may be, or include, the applicant) and a statement of the 
    qualifications of the provider or providers;
        (5) a description of the supportive services that the applicant 
    proposes to assure will be available for eligible persons;
        (6) a description of the resources that are expected to be made 
    available to provide the supportive services required by section 
    11403b of this title;
        (7) a description of the mechanisms for developing a housing and 
    supportive services plan for each person and for monitoring each 
    person's progress in meeting that plan;
        (8) reasonable assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the 
    supportive services will be provided for the full term of the 
    housing assistance under subpart II, III, IV, or V of this part, or 
    a combination; and a certification from the applicant that it will 
    fund the supportive services itself if the planned resources do not 
    become available for any reason;
        (9) a certification by the public official responsible for 
    submitting the comprehensive housing affordability strategy under 
    section 12705 of this title that the proposed activities are 
    consistent with the approved housing strategy of the unit of general 
    local government within which housing assistance under this part 
    will be provided;
        (10) a plan for--
            (A) in the case of rental housing assistance under subpart 
        II,\1\ or III of this part, providing housing assistance;
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            (B) identifying and selecting eligible persons to 
        participate, including a proposed definition of the term 
        ``chronic problems with alcohol, other drugs, or both'';
            (C) coordinating the provision of housing assistance and 
        supportive services;
            (D) ensuring that the service providers are providing 
        supportive services adequate to meet the needs of the persons 
        served;
            (E) obtaining participation of eligible persons who have 
        previously not been assisted under programs designed to assist 
        the homeless or have been considered not capable of 
        participation in these programs; this plan shall specifically 
        address how homeless persons, as defined in section 
        11302(a)(2)(C) of this title, (and the families of such persons) 
        will be brought into the program;

        (11) in the case of housing assistance under subpart V of this 
    part, identification of the specific structures that the recipient 
    is proposing for assistance; and
        (12) in the case of housing assistance under subpart IV of this 
    part, identification of the nonprofit entity that will be the owner 
    or lessor of the property, and identification of the specific 
    structures in which the nonprofit entity proposes to house eligible 
    persons.

(Pub. L. 100-77, title IV, Sec. 454, as added Pub. L. 101-625, title 
VIII, Sec. 837(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4367; amended Pub. L. 102-
550, title XIV, Sec. 1406(g)(3), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 4034.)


                               Amendments

    1992--Subsec. (b)(1), (8). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1406(g)(3)(A), (B), 
substituted ``IV, or V'' for ``or IV''.
    Subsec. (b)(10)(A). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1406(g)(3)(C), inserted 
``, or III'' after ``subpart II''.
    Subsec. (b)(11). Pub. L. 102-550, Sec. 1406(g)(3)(D), substituted 
``subpart V of this part'' for ``subpart III of this part'' and 
``proposing for assistance'' for ``proposing for rehabilitation and 
assistance''.
