; (4) experts estimate that fully funding housing vouchers and providing an additional $40,000,000,000 in funding to the Housing Trust Fund each year could eliminate homelessness and housing poverty; and (5) the Federal Government must reiterate its commitment to ending homelessness and take actionable steps to do so. 3. Direct appropriations for housing programs (a) Tenant-Based rental assistance Out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for the provision of tenant-based rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029. (b) Housing trust fund Out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Housing Trust Fund established under section 1338(a) of the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 ( 12 U.S.C. 4568(a) ) $40,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2029. (c) Continuum of care program Out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development— (1) $10,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022 to make planning grants under the continuum of care program authorized under subtitle C of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11381 et seq.)