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 PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

101 STAT. 1831

the Secretary may provide such assistance if it is necessary to correct conditions that constitute an immediate threat to the health or safety of tenants. The comprehensive plan shall contain— "(A) a comprehensive assessment of— "(i) the current physical condition of each public housing ,j.C; project owned or operated by the public housing agency; "(ii) the physical improvements necessary for each such project to permit the project— "(I) to be rehabilitated to a level at least equal to the modernization standards specified in the Modernization Handbook of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in effect on the date of the enact.j.; *: ment of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, as well as the modernization standards established by the Secretary and in effect at the time of the preparation of the comprehensive plan; and , "(II) to comply with life-cycle cost-effective energy Energy. ['' conservation performance standards established by the Secretary to reduce operating costs over the estimated life of the building; and "(iii) the replacement needs of equipment systems and structural elements that will be required to be met (assuming routine and timely maintenance is performed) during the 5-year period covered by the comprehensive plan; "(B) a comprehensive assessment of the improvements needed to upgrade the management and operation of the public housing agency and of each such project so that decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions will be provided such projects, which assessment shall include at least an identification of needs related to— "(i) the management, financial, and accounting control systems of the public housing agency that are related to such projects; "(ii) the adequacy and qualifications of personnel appropriate to be employed by the public housing agency (in the mauagement and operation of such projects) for each significant category of employment; and "(iii) the improvement of the efficacy of— "(I) tenant programs and services in such projects; "(II) the security of each such project and its tenants; "(III) policies and procedures of the public housing Eigency for the selection and eviction of tenants in such projects; and "(IV) other policies and procedures of the public housing agency relating to such projects, as specified by the Secretary; "(C) an analysis, made on a project-by-project basis in accordance with standards and criteria prescribed by the Secretary, demonstrating that completion of the improvements and replacements identified under subpargigraphs (A) and (B) will reasonably ensure the long-term physical and social viability of each such project at a reasonable cost; "(D) an action plan for making the improvements and replacements identified under subparagraphs (A) and (B) that are determined under the analysis described in subparagraph (C) to reasonably ensure long-term viability of each such project at a regisonable cost, which action plan shall include at least a

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