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 104 STAT. 4346 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 42 USC 11376. "(1) the grantee determines that the rental charge for the subject unit is reasonable in comparison with rents charged for comparable units in the private, unassisted market; "(2) there is a regular income and a reasonable prospect that the family will be able to sustain the rental payments for a reasonable period of time and to repay any loan provided; and "(3) the eligible family has made reasonable efforts to receive assistance under the program of aid to families with dependent children under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act or a similar local, State, or Federal public assistance program. "(c) PARTICIPATING LANDLORD. — If an eligible family vacates the rental unit, a landlord participating in this program shall return to the grantee any portion of the security deposit (including reasonable interest) against which such landlord does not have a claim. Any returned funds may be used by a grantee in accordance with section 403(a). "SEC. 416. DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL APPROVED ACTIVITIES. "The Secretary, in cooperation with grantees and other appropriate parties, shall develop additional approved activities to carry out the purposes of this title. "Subtitle C—Section 8 Single Room Occupancy 42 USC 11381. "SEC. 421. SECTION 8 ASSISTANCE FOR SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY PROVI- SIONS. "(a) USE OF FUNDS. —The amounts made available under this subtitle shall be used only in connection with the moderate rehabilitation of housing described in section 8(n) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for occupeincy by homeless persons, except that such amounts may be used in connection with the moderate rehabilitation of efficiency units if the building owner agrees to pay the additional cost of rehabilitating and operating such units. "(b) ALLOCATION. —The amounts made available under this subtitle shall be allocated by the Secretary on the basis of a national competition among approvable applications to the applicant public housing agencies or other contracting agencies that best demonstrate a need for the assistance under this section and the ability to undertake and carry out a program to be assisted under this 1 subtitle. To be considered for assistance under this section, an 1 applicant shall submit to the Secretary a proposal containing— "(1) a description of the size and characteristics of the population within the applicant's jurisdiction that would occupy single room occupancy dwellings; "(2) a listing of additional commitments from public and private sources that the applicant might be able to provide in connection with the program; "(3) an inventory of suitable housing stock to be rehabilitated with such assistance; and "(4) a description of the interest that has been expressed by builders, developers, and others (including profit and nonprofit organizations) in participating in the program. No single city or urban county shall be eligible to receive more than 10 percent of the assistance made available under this subtitle. "(c) FIRE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.—Each annual contribution contract entered into with the authority provided under this subtitle

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