1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Displacement Act of 2017 . 2. Housing assistance (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term disaster housing assistance program means a program that provides direct rental assistance and case management services to individuals and households displaced from their pre-disaster primary residences— (A) pursuant to sections 408(b) and 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5174(b) , 5189d); and (B) using the authorities, as may be necessary, under— (i) section 102(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 112(b)(2) ); (ii) section 306(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5149(a) ); and (iii) section 1535 of title 31, United States Code; and (2) the term public housing agency has the meaning given the term in section 3(b)(6) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(6) ). (b) Housing assistance following a major disaster Except as provided in subsection (c)— (1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall provide funding for, or make temporary adjustments to, assistance provided under section 8(o), 9(d), or 9(e) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437f(o) , 1437g(d), 1437(e)) upon request by a public housing agency and supported by documentation, as required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, that demonstrates a need for the additional funding or adjustment as a consequence of a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 )