123STA T . 1 6 6 4PUBLIC LA W 111 – 22 —M A Y 2 0, 200 9Sec.1 1 03 . G e n e ralp r ovis ions. Sec. 110 4 . P ro t ection o f personall y i d entifyin g infor m ation b y victim service pro - viders. Sec. 110 5 . Au t h ori z ation of appropriations. TI T LE II — E M E R GE NCY S O L U TIONS GRANTS PROGRAM Sec. 1 2 01. Grant assistance. Sec. 1202. Eligible activities. Sec. 1203. Participation in H omeless Management Information System. Sec. 1204. Administrative provision. Sec. 1205. GAO study of administrative fees. TITLE III—CONTINUUM O F CARE PROGRAM Sec. 1301. Continuum of care. Sec. 1302. Eligible activities. Sec. 1303. High performing communities. Sec. 1304. Program re q uirements. Sec. 1305. Selection criteria , allocation amounts, and funding. Sec. 130 6 . Research. TITLE I V —RURAL HOUSING STA B ILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Sec. 1401. Rural housing stability assistance. Sec. 1402. GAO study of homelessness and homeless assistance in rural areas. TITLE V—REPEALS AN D CONFORMING AMENDMENTS Sec. 1501. Repeals. Sec. 1502. Conforming amendments. Sec. 1503. Effective date. Sec. 1504. Regulations. Sec. 1505. Amendment to table of contents. SEC.10 0 2 . FIND IN G S A ND PUR P O SES. (a)FIND IN GS.—TheCongr e s s fi n d s t hat— ( 1 )a l a ck of afforda b le ho u sing and li m ited scale of housing assistance p rograms are the primar y causes of homelessness
and ( 2 ) homelessness affects all types of communities in the U nited S tates , including rural, urban, and suburban areas. (b) PURPO S E S.—The purposes of this di v ision are— (1) to consolidate the separate homeless assistance pro - grams carried out under title IV of the M c K inney-Vento H ome- less A ssistance Act (consisting of the supportive housing pro- gram and related innovative programs, the safe havens pro- gram, the section 8 assistance program for single-room occu- pancy d w ellings, and the shelter plus care program) into a single program with specific eligible activities; (2) to codify in Federal law the continuum of care planning process as a re q uired and integral local function necessary to generate the local strategies for ending homelessness; and ( 3 ) to establish a Federal goal of ensuring that individuals and families who become homeless return to permanent housing within 3 0 days. SEC. 100 3 . DEFINI T ION OF H O M E L ESSNESS. (a) IN G ENER AL .—Section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 4 2 U.S.C. 11302) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d); and (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following
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‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act, the terms ‘home- less ’ , ‘homeless individual’, and ‘homeless person’ means— ‘‘(1) an individual or family who lacks a fi x ed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; 42USC1 1 30 1 note.
