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[CITE: 42USC1437z-6]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                      CHAPTER 8--LOW-INCOME HOUSING
 
            SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROGRAM OF ASSISTED HOUSING
 
Sec. 1437z-6. Services for public housing residents


(a) In general

    To the extent that amounts are provided in advance in appropriations 
Acts, the Secretary may make grants to public housing agencies on behalf 
of public housing residents, or directly to resident management 
corporations, resident councils, or resident organizations (including 
nonprofit entities supported by residents), for the purposes of 
providing a program of supportive services and resident empowerment 
activities to provide supportive services to public housing residents or 
assist such residents in becoming economically self-sufficient.

(b) Eligible activities

    Grantees under this section may use such amounts only for activities 
on or near the property of the public housing agency or public housing 
project that are designed to promote the self-sufficiency of public 
housing residents or provide supportive services for such residents, 
including activities relating to--
        (1) physical improvements to a public housing project in order 
    to provide space for supportive services for residents;
        (2) the provision of service coordinators or a congregate 
    housing services program for elderly individuals, elderly disabled 
    individuals, nonelderly disabled individuals, or temporarily 
    disabled individuals;
        (3) the provision of services related to work readiness, 
    including education, job training and counseling, job search skills, 
    business development training and planning, tutoring, mentoring, 
    adult literacy, computer access, personal and family counseling, 
    health screening, work readiness health services, transportation, 
    and child care;
        (4) economic and job development, including employer linkages 
    and job placement, and the start-up of resident microenterprises, 
    community credit unions, and revolving loan funds, including the 
    licensing, bonding, and insurance needed to operate such 
    enterprises;
        (5) resident management activities and resident participation 
    activities; and
        (6) other activities designed to improve the economic self-
    sufficiency of residents.

(c) Funding distribution

                           (1) In general

        Except for amounts provided under subsection (d) of this 
    section, the Secretary may distribute amounts made available under 
    this section on the basis of a competition or a formula, as 
    appropriate.

                    (2) Factors for distribution

        Factors for distribution under paragraph (1) shall include--
            (A) the demonstrated capacity of the applicant to carry out 
        a program of supportive services or resident empowerment 
        activities;
            (B) the ability of the applicant to leverage additional 
        resources for the provision of services; and
            (C) the extent to which the grant will result in a high 
        quality program of supportive services or resident empowerment 
        activities.

(d) Matching requirement

    The Secretary may not make any grant under this section to any 
applicant unless the applicant supplements amounts made available under 
this section with funds from sources other than this section in an 
amount equal to not less than 25 percent of the grant amount. Such 
supplemental amounts may include--
        (1) funds from other Federal sources;
        (2) funds from any State or local government sources;
        (3) funds from private contributions; and
        (4) the value of any in-kind services or administrative costs 
    provided to the applicant.

(e) Funding for resident organizations

    To the extent that there are a sufficient number of qualified 
applications for assistance under this section, not less than 25 percent 
of any amounts appropriated to carry out this section shall be provided 
directly to resident councils, resident organizations, and resident 
management corporations. In any case in which a resident council, 
resident organization, or resident management corporation lacks adequate 
expertise, the Secretary may require the council, organization, or 
corporation to utilize other qualified organizations as contract 
administrators with respect to financial assistance provided under this 
section.

(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title I, Sec. 34, as added Pub. L. 105-276, 
title V, Sec. 538(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2592.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective and applicable beginning upon Oct. 1, 1999, except 
as otherwise provided, with provision that Secretary may implement 
section before such date except to extent otherwise provided, see 
section 503 of Pub. L. 105-276, set out as an Effective Date of 1998 
Amendment note under section 1437 of this title.


                   Assessment and Report by Secretary

    Pub. L. 105-276, title V, Sec. 538(b), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2594, provided that: ``Not later than 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 
[Oct. 21, 1998], the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall--
        ``(1) conduct an evaluation and assessment of grants carried out 
    by resident organizations, and particularly of the effect of the 
    grants on living conditions in public housing; and
        ``(2) submit to the Congress a report setting forth the findings 
    of the Secretary as a result of the evaluation and assessment and 
    including any recommendations the Secretary determines to be 
    appropriate.
    ``This subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of 
this Act [Oct. 21, 1998].''
