1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to housing; appropriating money for the family homeless prevention and 
1.3 	assistance program; requiring a report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Housing 
1.7 	Finance Agency for transfer to the housing development fund for the family homeless 
1.8 	prevention and assistance program under Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.204. This 
1.9 	appropriation is onetime. Notwithstanding procurement provisions outlined in Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, section 16C.06, subdivisions 1, 2, and 6, the agency may award grants to existing 
1.11 	program grantees. The agency shall make best efforts to spend the appropriation by June 
1.12 	30, 2024.
1.13 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.204, subdivision 5, qualified 
1.14 	families may receive more than 24 months of rental assistance.
1.15 	(c) By January 15, 2024, and 60 days after the appropriation in paragraph (a) has been 
1.16 	expended, the commissioner shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
1.17 	legislative committees of housing finance the following:
1.18 	(1) the number of applicants and the total amount receiving rental assistance under this 
1.19 	section;
1.20 	(2) the geographic distribution of the rental assistance; and
1.21 	(3) for the January 15, 2024, report, the remaining balance of the appropriation in this 
1.22 	section.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.