Ending Homelessness Act of 2021
This bill expands the housing choice voucher program and provides assistance to homeless individuals and families.
Specifically, the bill provides FY2022-2025 funding for the expansion of the housing choice voucher program for certain extremely low income families. Furthermore, beginning in FY2026, the bill creates and funds an entitlement to housing choice vouchers for certain extremely low income families. Eligibility for the entitlement expands annually, extending to low-income families by FY2030.
The bill also reduces the geographic area used to calculate an area's fair market rent for purposes of voucher payment standards and prohibits the use of criminal history in determining eligibility for certain housing assistance.
Additionally, the bill prohibits housing discrimination on the basis of a renter's source of income or a renter's veteran status.
The bill also provides additional FY2022-FY2026 funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist the homeless, including to award emergency relief grants in jurisdictions with the highest need and award grants to provide outreach and coordinate services.
Furthermore, the bill provides additional FY2022-FY2026 funding for the Housing Trust Fund, which provides affordable housing for extremely low-income and very low-income families. While this additional funding is available, HUD must ensure that priority for occupancy in assisted units is given to individuals and families who are homeless.
Finally, the bill permanently reauthorizes certain homeless assistance grants and makes permanent the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.
To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Ending 
Homelessness Act of 2021''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Expansion of housing choice voucher program.
Sec. 3. Entitlement program for housing choice vouchers.
Sec. 4. Repeal of ineligibility criteria.
Sec. 5. Prohibiting housing discrimination based on source of income.
Sec. 6. Funding to address unmet need.
Sec. 7. Housing Trust Fund.
Sec. 8. Technical assistance funds to help States and local 
                            organizations align health and housing 
                            systems.
Sec. 9. Permanent authorization of appropriations for McKinney-Vento 
                            Homeless Assistance Act grants.
Sec. 10. Permanent extension of United States Interagency Council on 
                            Homelessness.
Sec. 11. Eligibility of private nonprofit organizations for funding.
Sec. 12. Eligibility of faith-based organizations.
Sec. 13. Conforming amendments.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

    (a) Funding.--There is appropriated out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for providing incremental voucher 
assistance in accordance with this section for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2025, the amount necessary to fund--
            (1) the number of incremental vouchers required to be 
        allocated under subsection (c);
            (2) annual renewals of the vouchers allocated under 
        subsection (c); and
            (3) administrative fees for vouchers allocated under 
        subsection (c).
    (b) Eligible Households.--Amounts made available under subsection 
(a) may be used only for providing rental housing assistance under 
section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)) for an eligible family who initially--
            (1) has an income that does not exceed 50 percent of the 
        maximum income limitation for extremely low-income families 
        established by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
        (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') pursuant to 
        section 3(b)(2)(C) of the United States Housing Act of 1937; or
            (2) is an extremely low-income family that includes an 
        individual who is an individual who is a recipient of 
        supplemental security income benefits under title XVI of the 
        Social Security Act.
    (c) Allocation.--
            (1) Incremental vouchers.--The Secretary of Housing and 
        Urban Development shall allocate 500,000 incremental vouchers 
        in fiscal year 2022 and 1,000,000 incremental vouchers in 
        increments of 500,000 in each calendar year from 2023 through 
        2025 under this section to public housing agencies pursuant to 
        section 213(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
        1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439).
            (2) Selection criteria.--The Secretary shall, by notice in 
        the Federal Register, establish selection criteria under such 
        section 213(d) that prioritizes housing needs among families 
        targeted under subsection (b) and severe housing hardship, such 
        as experiencing homelessness, overcrowding or evictions.
            (3) Rental assistance.--Vouchers allocated under this 
        subsection shall be vouchers for rental assistance under 
        section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

SEC. 3. ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM FOR HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS.

    (a) Entitlement.--During fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
thereafter, any family that is otherwise eligible for tenant-based 
rental assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) shall be entitled to such rental 
assistance in accordance with this section during such period that such 
family meets the requirements under subsection (c) or (d) as a 
qualified family.
    (b) Funding.--For fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
there is appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated the amount necessary--
            (1) to provide assistance under section 8(o) of the United 
        States Housing Act of 1937 in accordance with the entitlement 
        under subsection (a) of this section for each qualified family 
        in the amount determined under such section 8(o); and
            (2) to provide administrative fees under such section 8(q), 
        as modified pursuant to subsection (i) of this section, in 
        connection with each voucher for assistance provided pursuant 
        to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
    (c) Qualified Families.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``qualified family'' means the following:
            (1) Fiscal year 2026.--For fiscal year 2026, a family that 
        meets the requirements under section 2(b) of this Act.
            (2) Fiscal year 2027.--For fiscal year 2027, a family 
        having an income that--
                    (A) meets the requirements under section 2(b) of 
                this Act; or
                    (B) does not exceed 75 percent of the maximum 
                income limitation for extremely low-income families 
                established by the Secretary pursuant to section 
                3(b)(2)(C) of the United States Housing Act of 1937.
            (3) Fiscal year 2028.--For fiscal year 2028, an extremely 
        low-income family.
            (4) Fiscal year 2029.--For fiscal year 2029, a very low-
        income family.
            (5) Fiscal year 2030 and after.--For fiscal year 2030 and 
        each fiscal year thereafter, a low-income family.
    (d) Continuing Eligibility.--A family shall meet the requirements 
under this subsection as a qualifying family if the family--
            (1) does not meet the requirements under subsection (c); 
        and
            (2) was initially assisted under this section or section 2 
        of this Act and continues to be assisted.
    (e) Repeal of Income Targeting Requirement.--Effective October 1, 
2028, section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437n) is amended by striking subsection (b).
    (f) Administering Agencies.--
            (1) Regional consortia.--The Secretary shall encourage and 
        provide for public housing agencies to form regional consortia 
        to administer the program for rental assistance under this 
        section with respect to geographical areas.
            (2) PHA designation.--The Secretary shall designate a 
        public housing agency to administer assistance under this 
        section in any area where no existing public housing agency has 
        jurisdiction or where no agency with jurisdiction is adequately 
        administering such assistance, subject to public comment and 
        after consultation with States, public housing agencies, local 
        governments, Indian tribes, and tribally designated housing 
        agencies.
    (g) Use of Small Area Fair Market Rents.--Paragraph (1) of section 
8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph (D)'' 
        and inserting ``subparagraphs (D) and (F)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Use of small area fair market rents.--
                Effective for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year 
                thereafter, the area fair market rents used for 
                purposes of subparagraph (B) shall be stablished by the 
                Secretary for zip code areas.''.
    (h) Project-Basing.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of 
        paragraph (13) of section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act 
        of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)(A)), a public housing agency 
        administering assistance under this section may enter into 
        agreements to attach such assistance to a project in accordance 
        with such paragraph, except that--
                    (A) a qualified family residing in a dwelling unit 
                so assisted may at any time opt to use such assistance 
                on a tenant-based basis for a different dwelling unit 
                and, upon such a move, the public housing agency shall 
                provide the qualified family with tenant-based rental 
                assistance under this section; and
                    (B) subparagraph (B) of such section 8(o)(13) 
                (relating to percentage limitation) shall not apply 
                with respect to assistance under this section.
            (2) Percentage limitation.--For purposes of section 
        8(o)(13)(B) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, all 
        families assisted by a public housing agency under this section 
        shall be counted as authorized units for the agency
    (i) Security Deposits.--
            (1) Authority.--An agency administering assistance under 
        this section may authorize a qualified family assisted under 
        this section to use such assistance for security deposits and 
        broker and application fees relating to obtaining a dwelling 
        unit, except that the Secretary may establish a limitation on 
        the amount of such assistance used pursuant to this subsection 
        and for each authorized purpose under this subsection.
            (2) Recapture.--The Secretary shall require the return to 
        the Secretary of any amounts used for a security deposit with 
        respect to a dwelling unit upon the termination of the 
        residence in such unit by an assisted family.
    (j) Administrative Fees.--Notwithstanding the administrative fee 
with respect to tenant-based assistance in effect on October 1, 2021, 
pursuant section 8(q) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437f(q)), the Secretary shall, by regulation, establish a new 
administrative fee for such assistance, applicable to fiscal year 2022 
and thereafter, that reflects local variation in the cost of 
administering a well-run housing choice voucher program and which 
encourages public housing agencies to expand housing choice for 
assisted families and increase the rate at which families issued 
vouchers use them successfully to lease housing.
    (k) Prohibition of Use Under Moving to Work Program.--None of the 
amounts made available by subsection (b) of this section or by section 
2 of this Act may be used under, to carry out, or otherwise in 
connection with the Moving to Work demonstration program authorized by 
section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and 
Urban Development and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 
(Public Law 104-134; 110 Stat. 1321), as expanded by section 239 of the 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2016 (division L of Public Law 114-113; 129 Stat. 
2897) or any other provision of law.
    (l) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the following 
definitions shall apply:
            (1) Indian tribe; tribally designated housing agency.--The 
        terms ``Indian tribe'' and ``tribally designated housing 
        agency'' have the meanings given such terms in section 4 of the 
        Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
        of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).
            (2) Low-income family; very low-income family; extremely 
        low-income family.--The terms ``low-income family'', ``very 
        low-income family'', and ``extremely low-income family'' have 
        the meanings given such terms in section 3(b) of the United 
        States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
            (3) Public housing agency.--The term ``public housing 
        agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(b) of the 
        United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Housing and Urban Development.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
        (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)).

SEC. 4. REPEAL OF INELIGIBILITY CRITERIA.

    (a) United States Housing Act of 1937.--Effective October 1, 2025, 
section 6 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (q)(1), by adding at the end the 
        following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Inapplicability.--This subsection shall not 
                apply to applicants for, or families assisted under, 
                the entitlement program for housing choice vouchers 
                under section 3 of the Ending Homelessness Act of 
                2021.''; and
            (2) in subsection (s), by striking ``or assisted housing 
        program''.
    (b) Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998.--The 
Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 is amended--
            (1) in section 576 (42 U.S.C. 13661)--
                    (A) by inserting ``covered'' before ``federally 
                assisted housing'' each place such term appears; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(f) Definition of Covered Federally Assisted Housing.--The term 
`covered federally assisted housing' has the meaning given the term 
`federally assisted housing' in section 579, except that the former 
term shall not include housing specified in subsection (a)(2)(B) of 
such section.''; and
            (2) in section 577(a) (42 U.S.C. 13662(a)), by adding after 
        and below paragraph (2) the following new flush material:
``This subsection shall not apply to applicants for, or families 
assisted under, the entitlement program for housing choice vouchers 
under section 3 of the Ending Homelessness Act of 2021.''.

SEC. 5. PROHIBITING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SOURCE OF INCOME.

    (a) In General.--The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 802 (42 U.S.C. 3602), by adding at the end 
        the following:
    ``(p) `Source of income' includes--
            ``(1) current and future use of a tenant- or project-based 
        housing voucher under section 8 of the United States Housing 
        Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) and any form of Federal, State, 
        or local housing assistance provided to a person or family or 
        provided to a housing owner on behalf of a person or family, 
        including rental vouchers, rental assistance, down payment 
        assistance, other homeownership assistance, assistance to cover 
        housing costs, and other rental and homeownership subsidies, or 
        guarantees or financial assistance provided through government 
        and nongovernment organizations, including both receipt of such 
        assistance and compliance with its terms thereof;
            ``(2) income received as a monthly benefit under title II 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), as a 
        supplemental security income benefit under title XVI of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.), or as a benefit 
        under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231 et 
        seq.) or income provided through Federal, State, or local 
        governments or nongovernment organizations, or through any 
        public or State-supported general or disability income 
        assistance program or the terms of such income;
            ``(3) income received by court order, including spousal 
        support and child support;
            ``(4) any payment from a trust, guardian, conservator, co-
        signer, or relative; and
            ``(5) any other source of income or funds, including 
        savings accounts and investments.'';
            (2) in section 804 (42 U.S.C. 3604)--
                    (A) by inserting ``source of income,'' after 
                ``familial status,'' each place that term appears; and
            (3) in section 805 (42 U.S.C. 3605)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``source of 
                income,'' after ``familial status,''; and
                    (B) in subsection (c), by inserting ``source of 
                income,'' after ``handicap,'';
            (4) in section 806 (42 U.S.C. 3606), by inserting ``source 
        of income,'' after ``familial status,'';
            (5) in section 807 (42 U.S.C. 3607), by adding at the end 
        the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Nothing under this title shall be construed to prohibit any 
entity from providing a preference for veterans or based on veteran 
status in the sale or rental of a dwelling or in the provision of 
services or facilities in connection therewith.'';
            (6) in section 808(e)(6) (42 U.S.C. 3608(e)(6)), by 
        inserting ``source of income,'' after ``handicap,''; and
            (7) in section 810(f) (42 U.S.C. 3610(f)), by striking 
        paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
    ``(4) During the period beginning on the date of enactment of the 
Ending Homelessness Act of 2021 and ending on the date that is 40 
months after such date of enactment, each agency certified for purposes 
of this title on the day before such date of enactment shall, for 
purposes of this subsection, be considered certified under this 
subsection with respect to those matters for which the agency was 
certified on that date. If the Secretary determines in an individual 
case that an agency has not been able to meet the certification 
requirements within this 40-month period due to exceptional 
circumstances, such as the infrequency of legislative sessions in that 
jurisdiction, the Secretary may extend such period by not more than 6 
months.''.
    (b) Prevention of Intimidation in Fair Housing Cases.--Section 901 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631) is amended by 
inserting ``source of income (as defined in section 802),'' before ``or 
national origin'' each place that term appears.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations for Enforcement.--There is 
authorized to be appropriated for contracts, grants, and other 
assistance--
            (1) $90,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031 
        for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program under section 561 of 
        the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 
        3616a);
            (2) $47,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2031 
        for the Fair Housing Assistance Program under the Fair Housing 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.); and
            (3) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2024 
        to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for a 
        carrying out national media campaign to raise public awareness 
        to help individuals understand their expanded rights under the 
        Fair Housing Act and learn how to report incidents of housing 
        discrimination.

SEC. 6. FUNDING TO ADDRESS UNMET NEED.

    Title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11360 et seq) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 491 (42 U.S.C. 11408; relating 
        to rural housing stability grant program) as section 441;
            (2) by redesignating section 592 (42 U.S.C. 11408a; 
        relating to use of FMHA inventory for transitional housing for 
        homeless persons and for turnkey housing) as section 442; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subtitle:

         ``Subtitle E--Emergency Funding To Address Unmet Need

``SEC. 451. FUNDING TO ADDRESS UNMET NEEDS.

    ``(a) Direct Appropriations.--There is appropriated out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each of fiscal 
years 2022 through 2026, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for emergency relief grants under this section to address the 
unmet needs of homeless populations in jurisdictions with the highest 
need.
    ``(b) Formula Grants.--
            ``(1) Allocation.--Amounts appropriated under subsection 
        (a) for a fiscal year shall be allocated among collaborative 
        applicants that comply with section 402, in accordance with the 
        funding formula established under paragraph (2) of this 
        subsection.
            ``(2) Formula.--The Secretary shall, in consultation with 
        the United States Interagency Council on Homeless, establish a 
        formula for allocating grant amounts under this section to 
        address the unmet needs of homeless populations in 
        jurisdictions with the highest need, using the best currently 
        available data that targets need based on key structural 
        determinants of homelessness in the geographic area represented 
        by a collaborative applicant, which shall include data 
        providing accurate counts of--
                    ``(A) the poverty rate in the geographic area 
                represented by the collaborative applicant;
                    ``(B) shortages of affordable housing for low-, 
                very low-, and extremely low-income households in the 
                geographic area represented by the collaborative 
                applicant;
                    ``(C) the number of overcrowded housing units in 
                the geographic area represented by the collaborative 
                applicant;
                    ``(D) the number of unsheltered homeless 
                individuals and the number of chronically homeless 
                individuals; and
                    ``(E) any other factors that the Secretary 
                considers appropriate.
        The formula shall provide priority to (i) collaborative 
        applicants for which the local governments, within the area 
        served by the applicant, have adopted local policies, such as 
        through zoning and regulation, that leverage the private 
        sector's participation to provide housing that is reserved and 
        affordable to low-, very low-, and extremely low-income 
        households, as defined by the Secretary, for a minimum term of 
        15 years, and (ii) collaborative applicants for which the local 
        governments have adopted policies that decriminalize 
        homelessness. The Secretary shall establish by regulation the 
        process and manner that local governments will be evaluated. 
        The Secretary shall ensure that local governments are not 
        incentivized or otherwise rewarded for eliminating or 
        undermining the intent of zoning regulations or other 
        regulations or policies that establish fair wages for laborers, 
        ensure health and safety of buildings for residents and the 
        general public, protect fair housing, establish environmental 
        protections, establish standards for resiliency, prevent tenant 
        displacement, or any other requirements that the Secretary 
        determines it is in the public interest to preserve.
            ``(3) Grants.--For each fiscal year for which amounts are 
        made available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make a 
        grant to each collaborative applicant for which an amount is 
        allocated pursuant to application of the formula established 
        pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection in an amount that 
        is equal to the formula amount determined for such 
        collaborative applicant.
            ``(4) Timing.--The funding formula required under paragraph 
        (2) shall be established by regulations issued, after notice 
        and opportunity for public comment, not later than 6 months 
        after the date of enactment of this section.
    ``(c) Use of Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4), a 
        collaborative applicant that receives a grant under this 
        section may use such grant amounts only for eligible activities 
        under section 415, 423, or 441(b).
            ``(2) Permanent supportive housing requirement.--
                    ``(A) Requirement.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), each collaborative applicant that 
                receives a grant under this section shall use not less 
                than 75 percent of such grant amount for permanent 
                supportive housing, including capital costs, rental 
                subsidies, and services.
                    ``(B) Exemption.--The Secretary shall exempt a 
                collaborative applicant from the applicability of the 
                requirement under subparagraph (A) if the applicant 
                demonstrates, in accordance with such standards and 
                procedures as the Secretary shall establish, that--
                            ``(i) chronic homelessness has been 
                        functionally eliminated in the geographic area 
                        served by the applicant; or
                            ``(ii) the permanent supportive housing 
                        under development in the geographic area served 
                        by the applicant is sufficient to functionally 
                        eliminate chronic homelessness once such units 
                        are available for occupancy.
                The Secretary shall consider and make a determination 
                regarding each request for an exemption under this 
                subparagraph not later than 60 days after receipt of 
                such request.
            ``(3) Limitation on use for administrative expenses.--Not 
        more than 5 percent of the total amount of any grant under this 
        section to a collaborative applicant may be used for costs of 
        administration.
            ``(4) Housing first requirement.--The Secretary shall 
        ensure that each collaborative applicant that receives a grant 
        under this section is implementing, to the extent possible, and 
        will use such grant amounts in accordance with, a Housing First 
        model for assistance for homeless persons.
    ``(d) Renewal Funding.--Expiring contracts for leasing, rental 
assistance, or permanent housing shall be treated, for purposes of 
section 429, as expiring contracts referred to in subsection (a) of 
such section.
    ``(e) Reporting to Congress.--
            ``(1) Annual reports.--Not later than the expiration of the 
        12-month period beginning upon the first allocation of amounts 
        made after the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to 
        subsection (b)(1), and annually thereafter, the Secretary and 
        the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness shall 
        submit a report to the Committees on Financial Services and 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committees on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and 
        Appropriations of the Senate providing detailed information 
        regarding the grants made under this section during the 
        preceding year, the activities funded with such grant amounts, 
        and the impact of such activities on the communities where such 
        activities took place.
            ``(2) Collection of information by secretary.--The 
        Secretary shall require each collaborative applicant that 
        receives a grant under this section to submit such information 
        to the Secretary as may be necessary for the Secretary to 
        comply with the reporting requirement under paragraph (1).

``SEC. 452. OUTREACH FUNDING.

    ``(a) Direct Appropriation.--There is appropriated out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for each of fiscal years 
2022 through 2026, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
the Secretary for grants under this section to provide outreach and 
coordinate services for persons and households who are homeless or 
formerly homeless.
    ``(b) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants under 
        this section on a competitive basis only to collaborative 
        applicants who comply with section 402.
            ``(2) Priority.--The competition for grants under this 
        section shall provide priority--
                    ``(A) to collaborative applicants who submit plans 
                to make innovative and effective use of staff funded 
                with grant amounts pursuant to subsection (c);
                    ``(B) to collaborative applicants for which the 
                local governments, within the area served by the 
                applicant, have adopted local policies, such as through 
                zoning and regulation, that leverage the private 
                sector's participation to provide housing that is 
                reserved and affordable to low-, very low-, and 
                extremely low-income households, as defined by 
                Secretary, for a minimum term of 15 years; and
                    ``(C) to collaborative applicants for which the 
                local governments have adopted policies that 
                decriminalize homelessness.
        The Secretary shall establish by regulation the process and 
        manner that local governments will be evaluated. The Secretary 
        shall ensure that local governments are not incentivized or 
        otherwise rewarded for eliminating or undermining the intent of 
        zoning regulations or other regulations or policies that 
        establish fair wages for laborers, ensure health and safety of 
        buildings for residents and the general public, protect fair 
        housing, establish environmental protections, establish 
        standards for resiliency, prevent tenant displacement, or any 
        other requirements that the Secretary determines it is in the 
        public interest to preserve.
    ``(c) Use of Grants.--A collaborative applicant that receives a 
grant under this section--
            ``(1) may use such grant amounts only for providing case 
        managers, social workers, or other staff who conduct outreach 
        and coordinate services for persons and households who are 
        homeless or formerly homeless; and
            ``(2) shall not use grant amounts for any law enforcement 
        purposes.
    ``(d) Timing.--The Secretary shall establish the criteria for the 
competition for grants under this section required under subsection (b) 
by regulations issued, after notice and opportunity for public comment, 
not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this section.''.

SEC. 7. HOUSING TRUST FUND.

    (a) Funding.--
            (1) Annual funding.--There is appropriated, out of any 
        money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for each of 
        fiscal years 2022 through 2026, $1,000,000,000, to remain 
        available until expended, which shall be credited to the 
        Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to section 1338 of the 
        Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
        of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568) for use under such section.
            (2) Priority for housing the homeless.--
                    (A) Priority.--During the first 5 fiscal years that 
                amounts are made available under this subsection, the 
                Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall ensure 
                that priority for occupancy in dwelling units described 
                in subparagraph (B) that become available for occupancy 
                shall be given to persons and households who are 
                homeless (as such term is defined in section 103 of the 
                McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
                11302)).
                    (B) Covered dwelling units.--A dwelling unit 
                described in this subparagraph is any dwelling unit 
                that--
                            (i) is located in housing that was at any 
                        time provided assistance with any amounts from 
                        the Housing Trust Fund referred to paragraph 
                        (1) that were credited to such Trust Fund by 
                        such paragraph; or
                            (ii) is receiving assistance described in 
                        paragraph (2) with amounts made available under 
                        such paragraph.
    (b) Tenant Rent Contribution.--
            (1) Limitation.--Subparagraph (A) of section 1338(c)(7) of 
        the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness 
        Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4568(c)(7)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``except that not less than 75 
                percent'' and inserting the following: ``except that--
                            ``(i) not less than 75 percent'';
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(ii) notwithstanding any other provision 
                        of law, all rental housing dwelling units shall 
                        be subject to legally binding commitments that 
                        ensure that the contribution toward rent by a 
                        family residing in the dwelling unit shall not 
                        exceed 30 percent of the adjusted income (as 
                        such term is defined in section 3(b) of the 
                        United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
                        1437a(b))) of such family; and''.
            (2) Regulations.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban 
        Development shall issue regulations to implement section 
        1338(c)(7)(A)(ii) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial 
        Safety and Soundness Act of 1992, as added by the amendment 
        made by paragraph (1)(B) of this section, not later than the 
        expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.

SEC. 8. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FUNDS TO HELP STATES AND LOCAL 
              ORGANIZATIONS ALIGN HEALTH AND HOUSING SYSTEMS.

    (a) Funding.--There is hereby made available to the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development $20,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for providing technical assistance under section 405 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11361(b)) to 
integrate and coordinate assistance provided under the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.) with health care 
funded by Federal programs, in collaboration with the United States 
Interagency Council on Homelessness and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
    (b) Use.--In allocating amounts made available by subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall seek to--
            (1) assist States and localities in integrating and 
        aligning policies and funding between Medicaid programs, 
        behavioral health providers, and housing providers to create 
        supportive housing opportunities; and
            (2) engage State Medicaid program directors, Governors, 
        State housing and homelessness agencies, any other relevant 
        State offices, and any relevant local government entities, to 
        assist States in increasing use of their Medicaid programs to 
        finance supportive services for homeless persons.
    (c) Priority.--In using amounts made available under this section, 
the Secretary shall give priority--
            (1) to use for States and localities having the highest 
        numbers of chronically homeless persons; and
            (2) to assist localities that have adopted local policies, 
        such as through zoning and regulation, that leverage the 
        private sector's participation to provide and make housing 
        affordable for low-, very low-, and extremely low-income 
        household, as defined by the Secretary, for a minimum of 15 
        years. The Secretary shall establish by regulation the process 
        and manner that local governments will be evaluated. The 
        Secretary shall ensure that local governments are not 
        incentivized or otherwise rewarded for eliminating or 
        undermining the intent of zoning regulations or other 
        regulations or policies that establish fair wages for laborers, 
        ensure health and safety of buildings for residents and the 
        general public, protect fair housing, establish environmental 
        protections, establish standards for resiliency, prevent tenant 
        displacement, or any other requirements that the Secretary 
        determines it is in the public interest to preserve.

SEC. 9. PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO 
              HOMELESS ASSISTANCE ACT GRANTS.

    Section 408 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11364) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 408. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this title 
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year.''.

SEC. 10. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
              HOMELESSNESS.

    Section 209 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11319) is hereby repealed.

SEC. 11. ELIGIBILITY OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNDING.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development shall provide that private nonprofit 
organizations (as such term is defined in section 401 of the McKinney-
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)) that are eligible 
entities (as such term is defined in such section 401), including 
faith-based such organizations that are eligible entities, shall be 
eligible for assistance made available or authorized by this Act or by 
the amendments made by this Act (but not including assistance under 
section 452 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as added by 
section 3 of this Act), and shall be eligible to be subgrantees for 
entities receiving amounts made available or authorized by this Act or 
by the amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 12. ELIGIBILITY OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in determining 
eligibility for assistance made available by this Act or the amendments 
made by this Act or for which appropriations are authorized by this Act 
or the amendments made by this Act, the status of an entity as faith-
based or the possibility that an entity may be faith-based may not be a 
basis for any discrimination against such entity in any manner or for 
any purpose.

SEC. 13. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The table of sections in section 101(b) of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act is amended--
            (1) in the item relating to title II, by striking 
        ``INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON THE HOMELESS'' and inserting ``UNITED 
        STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS'';
            (2) by striking the item relating to section 209;
            (3) in the item relating to section 491, by striking 
        ``491'' and inserting ``441'';
            (4) in the item relating to section 492, by striking 
        ``492'' and inserting ``442''; and
            (5) by inserting before the item relating to title V the 
        following:

         ``Subtitle E--Emergency Funding To Address Unmet Need

``Sec. 451. Funding to address unmet needs.
``Sec. 452. Outreach funding.''.
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Ending Homelessness Act of 2021
To provide a path to end homelessness in the United States, and for other purposes.
Ending Homelessness Act of 2021
Rep. Waters, Maxine