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 104 STAT. 4112 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 in a manner that achieves affordability of housing assisted under this title; (4) the value of land or other real property as appraised according to procedures acceptable to the Secretary; and (5) the value of investment in on-site and off-site infrastructure directly required for affordable housing assisted under this title. (d) REDUCTION OF REQUIREMENT. — If a jurisdiction demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that a reduction of the matching requirement specified in subsection (a) is necessary to permit the jurisdiction to carry out the purposes of this title, the Secretary may reduce the matching requirement during a period not to exceed 3 years after the jurisdiction is first designated as a participating jurisdiction. Such reduction shall be not more than 75 percent in the first year, not more than 50 percent in the second year, and not more than 25 percent in the third year. 42 USC 12751. SEC. 221. PRIVATE-PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP. Each participating jurisdiction shall make all reasonable efforts, consistent with the purposes of this title, to maximize participation by the private sector, including nonprofit organizations and forprofit entities, in the implementation of the jurisdiction's housing strategy, including participation in the financing, development, rehabilitation and management of affordable housing. Nothing in the previous sentence shall preclude public housing authorities from fully participating in the implementation of a jurisdiction's housing strategy. 42 USC 12752. SEC. 222. DISTRIBUTION OF ASSISTANCE. (a) LOCAL. —Each participating jurisdiction shall, insofar as is feasible, distribute assistance under this subtitle geographically within its boundaries and among different categories of housing need, according to the priorities of housing need identified in the jurisdiction's approved housing strategy. (b) STATE.—Participating States shall be responsible for distributing assistance throughout the State according to the State's assessment of the geographical distribution of the housing need within the Rural areas. State, as identified in the State's approved housing strategy. Participating States shall distribute assistance to rural areas in amounts that take into account the nonmetropolitan share of the State's total population and objective measures of rural housing need, such as poverty and substandard housing, as set forth in the State's housing strategy approved under section 105 of this Act. To the extent the need is within the boundaries of a participating unit of general local government, the State and the unit of general local government shall coordinate activities to address that need. 42 USC 12753. SEC. 223. PENALTIES FOR MISUSE OF FUNDS. If the Secretary finds after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing that a participating jurisdiction has failed to comply substantially with any provision of this subtitle and until the Secretary is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply, the Secretary shall reduce the line of credit in the participating jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust Fund by the amount of any expenditures that were not in accordance with the requirements of this title, and the Secretary may—

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