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 PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

101 STAT. 1847

"(7) recommendations of the Secretary to ensure decent homes and decent neighborhoods for lower income families; and "(8) the recommendations of the Secretary for statutory and regulatory improvements to the program. "(g) LIMITATION.—Any authority of the Secretary under this sec- Contracts. tion to provide financial assistance, or to enter into contracts to provide financial assistance, shall be effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are or have been provided in advance in an appropriation Act.". SEC. 124. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FUNDS. (a) FORGIVENESS OP CERTAIN INTEREST.—Notwithstanding any Pennsylvania. other provision of law or other requirement, any interest accruing on any excess funds advanced to the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, in the State of Pennsylvania, for development of the public housing project numbered PA-1-22 shall be forgiven, and any such interest paid to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development before the date of the enactment of this Act shall be returned to such City. (b) FORGIVENESS OP CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding any

other provision of law or other requirement, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not require the Bay City Housing Commission in the State of Michigan to pay any amount relating to ineligible costs incurred with respect to the public housing development grant numbered Michigan 24-7, awarded in 1974, under the United States Housing Act of 1937. (c) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—This section shall be effective only to the extent approved in appropriation Acts. SEC. 125. ENERGY EFFICIENT PUBLIC HOUSING DEMONSTRATION. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish a demonstration program through the assistance of an appropriate technology transfer organization that specializes in producing detailed energy-efficient designs and in conducting locad and statewide, public participation tests for energy efficient, needs-oriented housing. The appropriate technology organization shall carry out the demonstration working through and with public housing agencies to build and test a variety of energy-efficient housing designs in 100 separate housing units in 4 different States that meet local lower income housing needs (including single parent, disabled, and elderly concerns) through a composite ranging from single to 12-plex units in the cluster approach on vacant lots and open areas. Ob) REPORT.—As soon as practicable following September 30, 1988, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Congress a report setting forth the findings and recommendations of the Secretary as a result of the demonstration under this section. (c) FUNDING.—Of the budget authority authorized to be provided for the development of public housing, there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $4,700,000 for fiscal year 1988. SEC. 126. PUBLIC HOUSING COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION DEMONSTRATION. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OP DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as

Michigan.

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42 USC 1437f note.

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