Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 3.djvu/535

 PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

101 STAT. 1833

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housing agency of needs is plainly inconsistent with such facts and data; "(iii) on the basis of the comprehensive plan, the Secretary determines that the action plan described in paragraph (I)(D) is plainly inappropriate to meeting the needs identified in the comprehensive plan, or that the public housing agency has failed to denionstrate that completion of improvements and paragraph (1) will reasonably ensure long-term viability of one or more public housing projects to which they relate at a " reasonable cost; or "(iv) there is evidence available to the Secretary that tends to ' challenge in a substantial manner any certification contained in the comprehensive plan. "(B) The comprehensive plan shall be considered to be approved, unless the Secretary notifies the public housing agency in writing within 75 calendar days of submission that the Secretary has disapproved the comprehensive plan as submitted, indicating the reasons for disapproval and modifications required to make the comprehensive plan approvable. "(3)(A) Each public housing agency that owns or operates 500 or more public housing dwelling units shall, after being advised by the Secretary of the estimated assistance it will receive under this section in any fiscal year, submit to the Secretary, at a date determined by the Secretary, an annual statement of the activities and expenditures projected to be undertaken, in whole or in part, by such assistance during the 12-month period immediately following the execution of the contract for such assistance. The Secretary, in establishing the funding for a public housing agency for any fiscal year, shall review the relative needs for restoring public housing shown by the approved comprehensive plans in the regional or area office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for such agency. As long as the activities and expenditures are consistent with the approved plan, the public housing agency shall have total discretion in expending assistance for any activity or work set forth in the plan. The annual statement shall include a certification by the public housing agency that the proposed activities and expenditures are consistent with the approved comprehensive plan of the public housing agency. The annual statement also shall include a certification that the public housing agency has provided the tenants of the public housing affected by the planned activities the opportunity to review the annual statement and comment on it, and that such comments have been taken into account in formulating the annual statement as submitted to the Secretary. "(B) A public housing agency may propose an amendment to its comprehensive plan under paragraph (1) in any annual statement. Any such proposed amendment shall be reviewed in accordance with paragraph (2), and shall include a certification that (i) the proposed amendment has been made publicly available for comment prior to its submission; (ii) affected tenants have been given sufficient time to review and comment on it; and (iii) such comments have been taken into consideration in the preparation and submission of the amendment. A public housing agency shall have a right to amend its comprehensive plan and related statements to extend the time for performance whenever the Secretary has not provided the amount of assistance set forth in the plan or heis not provided the assistance in a timely manner.
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