§11386b Allocation of amounts and incentives for specific eligible activities

Summary

Requires that at least 30% of the money for this program each year be used to create permanent housing for homeless people with disabilities and for homeless families that include such a person (including when a minor is the head of household and no adult is present). The Secretary will not count funds used to renew existing project contracts when checking that 30% requirement. That 30% can be cut back for certain areas based on need under section 11386a(b)(2). The 30% rule is paused for any year when following it would leave too little money to renew all existing grants for one year. The rule ends once the Secretary finds that 150,000 new permanent housing units for homeless people and disabled families have been funded since the start of 2001. At least 10% of the program money each year must go to permanent housing for homeless families with children. Applicants may request any amount for buying, building, or rehabbing housing. The Secretary will offer bonuses or incentives to areas that use proven strategies to reduce homelessness, such as permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless, rapid rehousing and short-term subsidies for families, or other approaches shown by research and public comment. Bonuses should be balanced across different groups and must not discourage serving families or youth. If an area fully implements a proven strategy for all people it targets, it gets the bonus and may spend it on any eligible homeless program activities.