1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “PHA Public Health Flexible Funding Act of 2020”.
PHA Public Health Flexible Funding Act of 2020
A BILL
To provide for the use of Public Housing Operating and Capital Fund amounts to address public health emergencies, and for other purposes.
2. Use of operating and capital fund amounts
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any public housing agency plan of any public housing agency, during any fiscal year a public housing agency may use any amounts allocated under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g) for such fiscal year for such agency for eligible activities under subsections (d)(1) and (e)(1) of such section 9 that are designed to prevent the spread of or address an immediate threat to the health or welfare of a community from infectious diseases, including the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) regardless of the fund under such section 9 from which the amounts were allocated and provided.