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it little assis Injury $600 vr one perpu be >1 why rust secil to (E) Add Title in do this (i) CRITERIA - The Secretary shall establish criteria for identifying areas where additional as purpose $1000 RRPES services are need to increase the success rates of households with tenant-based rental assistance or to promote metropolitan-wide housing opportunities for such households. (ii) EXPENDITURE OF UNUTILIZED SECTION 8 FUNDS (a) AUTHORIZATION. Any public housing agency that serves an area identified in paragraph (i), and expended less than 95 percent of allocated Section 8 budget authority during the last fiscal year, may use amounts provided for assistance under this section for the activities described in paragraph (iv). busuccess # Starnover actual (b) CAP ON EXPENDITURES. The maximum amount of rental assistance funds that a lease qualifying PHA may spend on the activities described in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) is give or ravids househ $600 times the number of households that lease up under the PHA's tenant-based per ? rental assistance program during the course of the extras year. & mot being builk into revewal wsts. (c) RESERVE FUNDS. No PHA may access funds in its reserve account in order to pay for activities authorized under this section. why (d) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. The Secretary shall determine any additional criteria that apply to the expenditure of funds under this section. Among other criteria, the Secretary shall develop standards for eligibility based on the this Huo or quality of administration of the PHA's tenant-based rental assistance program. this? (iii) VOUCHER SUCCESS FUND. (a) ELIGIBILITY. Any public housing agency that serves an area identified in why explain this paragraph (i), and expended 95 percent or more of allocated Section 8 budget authority during the last fiscal year, IS eligible for a grant under the Voucher Fund in an amount not to 2 percent of the Section 8 budget atherwise Success sounds soundslike more? allocated to the PHA. for the activities described in paragraph (iv) 2% (b) ADDITIONAL ELICIBI !TY CRITERIA. The Secretary shall determine any yourset (iv) additional criteria that apply to the receipt of grants under this section. Among other activities There criteria, the Secretary shall develop standards for eligibility based on the quality of administration of the PHA's tenant-based rental assistance program. USE OF ASSISTANCE. Funds authorized to be spent under paragraph (ii), or provided admir as a grant under paragraph (iii), may be spent to provide services, or make payments, to assist families with tenant-based rental assistance to lease suitable housing or to access E STATE OF metropolitan-wide housing opportunities. The Secretary shall establish criteria for determining the specific activities authorized under this section. SECTION 8 UTILIZATON PLAN. Before a PHA may spend funds, or obtain a grant, pursuant to this section, the PHA must develop a Section 8 Utilization Plan that describes the specific ways in which the PHA will use the funds authorized to be spent under this section, as well as other steps the PHA is taking to increase the utilization of Section 8 funds. The Plan shall include a copy of the most recent year-end statement for the PHA's tenant-based rental assistance program. The Plan shall be available to the public on request and shall be included in the next annual PHA Plan submitted to the Department. you an you 't. because (vi) LIMITATIONS.(a) A PHA shall not be eligible to expend funds authorized under this section, or granted under the Housing Voucher Success Fund, if: $ - the PHA has used funds in the PHA's administrative reserve in the past fiscal day year, or during the current fiscal year, for activities other than administration of the tenant-based rental assistance program; or spend adminis yea. ,,They have to 01 They have have aplan performance reserves stds. althin 3) They 4) THEY cen't arta 5)the send