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 PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

101 STAT. 1843

"(C) the resident management corporation shall have demonstrated its ability to manage public housing effectively and efficiently for a period of not less than 3 years. "(2) HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE.—

"(A) The Secretary may provide comprehensive improvement assistance under section 14 to a public housing project in which homeownership activities under this section are conducted. "(B) The Secretary, and the public housing agency owning and operating a public housing project, shall provide such training, technical assistance, and educational assistance as the Secretary determines to be necessary to prepare the families residing in the project, and any resident management corporation established under paragraph (1), for homeownership. "(C) This paragraph shall not have effect after Septem- Termination her 30, 1990. date. "(3) CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE BY A RESIDENT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION.—

"(A) A resident management corporation may purchase from a public housing agency one or more multifamily buildings in a public housing project following a determination by the Secretary that— "(i) the resident management corporation has met the conditions of paragraph (1); "(ii) the resident management corporation has applied for and is prepared to undertake the ownership, management, and maintenance of the building or buildings with continued assistance from the Secretary; "(iii) the public housing agency has held one or more public hearings to obtain the views of citizens regarding the proposed purchase and, in consultation with the Secretary, has certified that the purchase will not interfere with the rights of other families residing in public housing, will not harm the efficient operation of other public housing, and is in the interest of the community; "(iv) the public housing agency has certified that it has and will implement a plan to replace public housing units sold under this section within 30 months of the sale, which plan shall provide for replacement of 100 percent of the units sold under this section by— "(I) production, acquisition, or rehabilitation of vacant public housing units by the public housing agency; and "(II) acquisition by the resident management corporation of nonpublicly owned, decent, and affordable housing units, which the resident management corporation shall operate as rental housing subject to tenant income and rent limitations comparable to the limitations applicable to public housing; and "(v) the building or buildings meet the minimum safety and livability standards applicable under section 14, and the physical condition, management, and operation of the building or buildings are sufficient to

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