Provided further , That all balances for Shelter Plus Care renewals previously funded from the Shelter Plus Care Renewal account and transferred to this account shall be available, if recaptured, for Continuum of Care renewals in fiscal year 2021: Provided further , That when awarding funds under the Continuum of Care program, the Secretary shall not deviate from the Fiscal Year 2018 Notice of Funding Availability with respect to the tier 2 funding process, the Continuum of Care application scoring, and, for new projects, the project quality threshold requirements, except as otherwise provided under this Act or as necessary to award all available funds or consider the most recent data from each Continuum of Care: Provided further, That unobligated balances, including recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds transferred to or appropriated under this heading shall be available for the current purposes authorized under this heading in addition to the purposes for which such funds originally were appropriated. Housing programs Project-based rental assistance For activities and assistance for the provision of project-based subsidy contracts under the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in this heading the Act ), not otherwise provided for, $13,051,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2020 (in addition to the $400,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading that became available October 1, 2020), and $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2021: Provided , That the amounts made available under this heading shall be for expiring or terminating section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 11401 ), for renewal of