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 PUBLIC LAW 100-242—FEB. 5, 1988

101 STAT. 1865

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(2) by striking subsection (k) and inserting the following: "(k) In selecting individuals or families to be assisted under this section in accordance with the eligibility criteria and procedures established under subsection (e)(D, the project owner shall give preference to individuals or families who are occupying substandard housing, are paying more than 50 percent of family income for rent, or are involuntarily displaced at the time they are seeking housing assistance under this section.".

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SEC. 169. COUNSELING TO TENANTS AND HOMEOWNERS. (a) COUNSELING SERVICES.—Section 106(a)(3) of the Housing and

Urban Development Act of 1968 is amended in the first sentence by 12 USC I70lx. striking all that follows the semicolon and inserting the following: "except that for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989 there are authorized to be appropriated $3,500,000 for such purposes.". (b) EMERGENCY HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING.—Section 106 of the

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 is amended by inserting at the'end the following new subsection: "(c) GRANTS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING ORGANIZATIONS.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make grants— "(A) to nonprofit organizations experienced in the provision of homeownership counseling to enable the organizations to provide homeownership counseling to eligible homeowners; and "(B) to assist in the establishment of nonprofit homeownership counseling organizations. "(2) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—

"(A) Applications for grants under this subsection shall be submitted in the form, and in accordance with the procedures, that the Secretary requires. "(B) The homeownership counseling organizations receiving assistance under this subsection shall use the assistance only to provide homeownership counseling to eligible homeowners. "(C) The homeownership counseling provided by homeownership counseling organizations receiving assistance under this subsection shall include counseling with ,^t respect to— "(i) financial management; "(ii) available community resources, including public

assistance programs, mortgage assistance programs, home repair assistance programs, utility assistance pro' V grams, food programs, and social services; and "(iii) employment training and placement. "(3) AVAILABILITY OF HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSELING.—The Secretary shall take any action that is necessary— "(A) to ensure the availability throughout the United States of homeownership counseling from homeownership counseling organizations receiving assistance under this ' subsection, with priority to areas that— "(i) are experiencing high rates of home foreclosure -' i and any other indicators of homeowner distress determined by the Secretary to be appropriate; and "(ii) are not already adequately served by homeownership counseling organizations; and

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