1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Help End Abusive Living Situations Act or the HEALS Act . 2. Definitions In this Act— (1) the term domestic violence project means a project administered by a victim service provider designed to meet the needs of survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; (2) the term homeless has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11302 ); (3) the terms homeless individual with a disability , permanent housing , tenant-based , transitional housing , and victim service provider have the meanings given those terms in section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11360 ); (4) the term rapid re-housing project means supportive services and short- or medium-term tenant-based rental assistance, as necessary, to help a homeless individual or family, with or without a disability, move as soon as possible into permanent housing and achieve stability in that housing; and (5) the term Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 3. Strengthening housing resources protections for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall take the following measures to improve services provided to survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking: (1) Equal consideration For purposes of scoring applicants in the notice of funding availability for the Continuum of Care program authorized under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) in any fiscal year, the Secretary shall give equal consideration to— (A) rapid re-housing projects; (B) projects that provide permanent supportive housing