U.S. CODE

U.S. Code

§ 10419. Transitional housing assistance

(a) In general

The Secretary shall award grants under this section to carry out programs to provide assistance to individuals, and their dependents—

(1) who are homeless or in need of transitional housing or other housing assistance, as a result of fleeing a situation of domestic violence; and

(2) for whom emergency shelter services are unavailable or insufficient.

(b) Assistance described

Assistance provided under this section may include—

(1) short-term housing assistance, including rental or utilities payments assistance and assistance with related expenses, such as payment of security deposits and other costs incidental to relocation to transitional housing, in cases in which assistance described in this paragraph is necessary to prevent homelessness because an individual or dependent is fleeing a situation of domestic violence; and

(2) support services designed to enable an individual or dependent who is fleeing a situation of domestic violence to locate and secure permanent housing, and to integrate the individual or dependent into a community, such as transportation, counseling, child care services, case management, employment counseling, and other assistance.

(1) In general

Subject to paragraph (2), an individual or dependent assisted under this section may not receive assistance under this section for a total of more than 12 months.

(2) Waiver

The recipient of a grant under this section may waive the restrictions of paragraph (1) for up to an additional 6-month period with respect to any individual (and dependents of the individual) who has made a good-faith effort to acquire permanent housing and has been unable to acquire the housing.

(d) Reports

(1) Report to Secretary

(A) In general

An entity that receives a grant under this section shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a report describing the number of individuals and dependents assisted, and the types of housing assistance and support services provided, under this section.

(B) Contents

Each report shall include information on—

(i) the purpose and amount of housing assistance provided to each individual or dependent assisted under this section;

(ii) the number of months each individual or dependent received the assistance;

(iii) the number of individuals and dependents who were eligible to receive the assistance, and to whom the entity could not provide the assistance solely due to a lack of available housing; and

(iv) the type of support services provided to each individual or dependent assisted under this section.

(2) Report to Congress

The Secretary shall annually prepare and submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a report that contains a compilation of the information contained in reports submitted under paragraph (1).

(e) Evaluation, monitoring, and administration

Of the amount appropriated under subsection (f) of this section for each fiscal year, not more than 1 percent shall be used by the Secretary for evaluation, monitoring, and administrative costs under this section.

(f) Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2008.

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