Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 3.djvu/554

 101 STAT. 1852

PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

SEC. 145. PORTABILITY OF SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES AND VOUCHERS.

Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended by section 144 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(r)(1) Any family assisted under subsection O> or (o) may receive t) such assistance to rent an eligible dwelling unit if the dwelling unit to which the family moves is within the same, or a contiguous, within which is located the area of jurisdiction of the public housing agency approving such assistance. "(2) The public housing agency having authority with respect to the dwelling unit to which a family moves under this subsection shall have the responsibility of carrying out the provisions of this subsection with respect to the family. If no public housing agency has authority with respect to the dwelling unit to which a family moves under this subsection, the public housing agency approving the assistance shall have such responsibility. "(3) In providing assistance under subsection (b) or (o) for any fiscal year, the Secretary shall give consideration to any reduction in the number of resident families incurred by a public housing agency in the preceding fiscal year as a result of the provisions of this subsection. "(4) The provisions of this subsection may not be construed to restrict any authority of the Secretary under any other provision of law to provide for the portability of assistance under this section.".
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SEC. 146. PROHIBITION OF DENIAL OF SECTION 8 CERTIFICATES AND VOUCHERS TO RESIDENTS OF PUBLIC HOUSING.

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Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended by section 145 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(s) In selecting families for the provision of assistance under this section (including subsection (o)), a public housing agency may not exclude or penalize a family solely because the family resides in a public housing project.". SEC. 147. NONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST SECTION 8 CERTIFICATE HOLDERS AND VOUCHER HOLDERS.

Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (as amended by section 146 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(t)(1) No owner who has entered into a contract for housing assistance payments under this section on behalf of any tenant in a multifamily housing project shall refuse— "(A) to lease any available dwelling unit in any multifamily housing project of such owner that rents for an amount not greater than the fair market rent for a comparable unit, as determined by the Secretary under this section, to a holder of a certificate of eligibility under this section a proximate cause of which is the status of such prospective tenant as a holder of such certificate, and to enter into a housing assistance payments contract respecting such unit; or "(B) to lease any available dwelling unit in any multifamily housing project of such owner to a holder of a voucher under subsection (o), and to enter into a voucher contract respecting such unit, a proximate cause of which is the status of such prospective tenant as holder of such voucher.

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