This part changes an older law about help for people without homes. A place that gets the money may ask to lift a spending cap. It must first ask local groups and the public. The housing agency must post every request and answer within 60 days. It must say no to a place that moves people out with nowhere to go.
The document says “can”Who acts: recipients under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance ActHow: statuteSec. 503 in the PDF
What the document says
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, a recipient may request a waiver to the expenditure limit established pursuant to section 415(b) for amounts provided for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.”
The section adds a new subsection (f) to section 414 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act letting a recipient ask the Secretary to waive the expenditure limit set under section 415(b) for money provided for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.
What the document actually says
“Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, a recipient may request a waiver to the expenditure limit established pursuant to section 415(b) for amounts provided for each of fiscal years 2027 through 2030.”
That sentence, in plain words
A place that gets this money may ask for a waiver. The waiver lifts a limit on how the money is spent. It covers the years 2027 through 2030.
What this is about
A spending cap holds one use of the money to a share. A waiver lets a place go past it. The place must ask, and it may be told no.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: recipients under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance ActHow: statuteSec. 503 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(i) A demonstration of local needs and circumstances that necessitate a waiver. ``(ii) A detailed plan for how the recipient intends to use funds. ``(iii) A justification for how the proposed use of funds supports the most recent Consolidated Plan submitted by the recipient.”
The new subsection requires a recipient seeking a waiver to submit a request containing no more than a showing of the local needs and circumstances that make a waiver necessary, a detailed plan for using the funds, a justification for how that use supports its most recent Consolidated Plan, and any public input it gathered.
What the document actually says
“``(i) A demonstration of local needs and circumstances that necessitate a waiver. ``(ii) A detailed plan for how the recipient intends to use funds. ``(iii) A justification for how the proposed use of funds supports the most recent Consolidated Plan submitted by the recipient.”
That sentence, in plain words
The request must show what the place needs and why. It must give a full plan for the money. It must show how that plan fits the place's own housing plan.
What this is about
A Consolidated Plan is a housing plan a place files with the housing agency. The law caps what may be asked for. Nothing beyond these four items is required.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: recipients under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance ActHow: statuteSec. 503 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(i) notify all subrecipients and local Continuums of Care that serve the recipient's geographic area of the availability of waivers under this subsection; and ``(ii) prior to the submission of a waiver request under subparagraph (A), solicit public input regarding the potential need for and proposed uses of such waiver.”
The new subsection requires each recipient to tell all subrecipients and local Continuums of Care serving its area that waivers are available, and to seek public input on the need for and proposed uses of a waiver before submitting a request.
What the document actually says
“``(i) notify all subrecipients and local Continuums of Care that serve the recipient's geographic area of the availability of waivers under this subsection; and ``(ii) prior to the submission of a waiver request under subparagraph (A), solicit public input regarding the potential need for and proposed uses of such waiver.”
That sentence, in plain words
The place must tell the groups it works with that waivers exist. It must also ask the public before it files. The question is whether a waiver is needed and how the money would be used.
What this is about
A Continuum of Care is a local group planning services for people without homes. A subrecipient is a group that gets part of the money. Both must be told first.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 503 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(i) make all waiver requests submitted under subparagraph (A) publicly available on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; ``(ii) not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a waiver request under subparagraph (A), approve or deny the request; and”
The new subsection requires the Secretary to post every waiver request on the Department of Housing and Urban Development website and to approve or deny each request within 60 days of receiving it.
What the document actually says
“``(i) make all waiver requests submitted under subparagraph (A) publicly available on the website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; ``(ii) not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a waiver request under subparagraph (A), approve or deny the request; and”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency must post every request on its website. It must say yes or no within 60 days of getting one.
What this is about
Posting the requests lets anyone see what was asked. The 60 day limit puts a clock on the answer. It runs from the day the request arrives.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 503 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(iii) deny any waiver request submitted under subparagraph (A) by a recipient that relocates or threaten to relocate individuals or their property without providing emergency shelter, rapid rehousing,”
The new subsection requires the Secretary to deny a waiver request from a recipient that relocates or threatens to relocate people or their property without providing emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, or other permanent housing options.
What the document actually says
“``(iii) deny any waiver request submitted under subparagraph (A) by a recipient that relocates or threaten to relocate individuals or their property without providing emergency shelter, rapid rehousing,”
That sentence, in plain words
The housing agency must turn down some requests. That covers a place that moves people or their things. It also covers a place that threatens to do so.
What this is about
The bar applies where nowhere is offered instead. Shelter, rapid rehousing, or a lasting home would count. Without one of those, the waiver must be refused.
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The document says “shall”Who acts: recipients under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHow: statuteSec. 503 in the PDF
What the document says
“A waiver approved under this subsection shall remain in effect for the duration of the period of performance of fiscal year 2027 through 2030 grants, unless the recipient notifies the Secretary in writing that the recipient wishes to revoke the waiver.”
The new subsection provides that an approved waiver lasts for the period of performance of the fiscal year 2027 through 2030 grants unless the recipient writes to the Secretary to revoke it. Before revoking, the recipient must seek input from subrecipients and give them a summary of that input and the justification. The Secretary must publish any revocation and the recipient's justification on the Department website.
What the document actually says
“A waiver approved under this subsection shall remain in effect for the duration of the period of performance of fiscal year 2027 through 2030 grants, unless the recipient notifies the Secretary in writing that the recipient wishes to revoke the waiver.”
That sentence, in plain words
An approved waiver lasts through the grant years 2027 to 2030. The place may end it early. To do that it must write to the housing agency.
What this is about
Before ending a waiver the place must ask the groups it works with. It must share what they said and why it is ending it. The housing agency then posts the result.
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Each distinct thing the new subsection (f) does: the power to request a waiver of the expenditure limit, what a request must contain, the duty to notify subrecipients and seek public input, the duty on the Secretary to publish requests and decide within 60 days, the mandatory denial for a recipient that relocates people without housing options, and the rules on revoking a waiver.
Nothing the section does is left out.
The section works by amending section 414 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which is not indexed here, so nothing is recorded about what the expenditure limit in section 415(b) is or what the underlying grants pay for.
