,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhfg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ad1 #bjbj,mr4  
,gonzalez of ,texas introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to provide necessary        
flexibility under programs for federally
 assisted housing to respond to the     
,,covid-#ai pandemic1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,housing ,waiver    
,flexibility ,act of #bjbj4  #b4        
,housing ,trust ,fund  7a7 ,waiver      
authority ,the ,secretary of ,housing   
and ,urban ,development may waive1 or   
specify alternative requirements for1   
any provision of any statute or         
regulation that the ,secretary          
administers in connection with the use  
of amounts made available from the      
,housing ,trust ,fund established       
pursuant to section #acch of the        
,federal ,housing ,enterprises          
,financial ,safety and ,soundness ,act  

of #aiib 7#ab ,u4,s4,c4 #defh7 7except  
for requirements related to fair        
housing1 nondiscrimination1 labor       
standards1 and the environment71 upon a 
finding by the ,secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are 
necessary for the safe and effective    
administration of such amounts to       
prevent1 prepare for1 and respond to    
coronavirus 7,,covid-#ai74  7b7         
,retroactive applicability ,any such    
waivers shall be deemed to be effective 
as of the date a ,state or eligible     
recipient of amounts from a ,state      
allocation of such amounts began        
preparing for coronavirus and shall     
apply to the amounts made available from
 the ,housing ,trust ,fund before1 on1  
and after the date of the enactment of  
this ,act4  #c4 ,assistance for         
self-help housing providers  7a7 ,waiver
 authority ,the ,secretary of ,housing  
and ,urban ,development may waive1 or   
specify alternative requirements for1   
any provision of any statute or         

regulation that the ,secretary          
administers in connection with the      
program for self-help housing assistance
 under section #aa of the ,housing      
,opportunity ,program ,extension ,act of
 #aiif 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #abhje note7      
7except for requirements related to fair
 housing1 nondiscrimination1 labor      
standards1 and the environment71 upon a 
finding by the ,secretary that any such 
waivers or alternative requirements are 
necessary for the safe and effective    
administration of such amounts to       
prevent1 prepare for1 and respond to    
coronavirus 7,,covid-#ai74  7b7         
,retroactive applicability ,any such    
waivers and alternative requirements    
shall be deemed to be effective as of   
the date an organization or consortia   
who is a recipient of amounts under the 
program referred to in subsection 7a7   
began preparing for coronavirus and     
shall apply to the amounts made         
available under such program before1 on1
 and after the date of the enactment of 

this ,act4  #d4 ,choice ,neighborhoods  
,initiative ,any amounts made available 
in the ,consolidated and ,further       
,continuing ,appropriations ,act1 #bjac 
7,public ,law #aac-f7 for the heading   
,department of ,housing and ,urban      
,development--,public and ,indian       
,housing--,choice ,neighborhoods        
,initiative shall remain available for  
the purpose of paying obligations       
incurred prior to the expiration of such
 amounts through ,september #cj1 #bjba4 
#e4 ,continuum of ,care program ,due to 
the emergency relating to the           
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai7 pandemic1 the ,notice of  
,funding ,availability 7,,nofa7 for     
fiscal year #bjbj for the ,continuum of 
,care program under subtitle ,c of title
 ,,iv of the ,mc,kinney-,vento ,homeless
 ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aacha 
et seq47 shall have no force or effect  
and the ,secretary of ,housing and      
,urban ,development shall distribute    
amounts made available for such fiscal  

year for such program based on the      
results of the competition for amounts  
made available for such program for     
fiscal year #bjai 7,,fr-#fcjj-be71      
except that grant amounts may be        
adjusted to account for changes in fair 
market rents4