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 104 STAT. 4214 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 the commencement of such residency. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a public housing agency shall extend the period for any family that requests extension of the period— (A) because the family is not prepared to enter a program for homeownership or to secure any other form of private housing; or (B) for other good cause. (2) INCOMPLETION. — (A) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in subparagraph (B), if a participating family is unable to successfully fulfill the requirements under the demonstration program, the public housing agency shall offer the family a comparable public housing unit in a project administered by the agency (notwithstanding any preference for residency in public housing under section 6(c)(4)(A)(i) of the United States Housing Act of 1937), or assistance under section 8 of such Act (subject to availability of amounts provided under appropriations Acts and notwithstanding any preference for such assistance under section 8(d)(l)(A)(i) of such Act). (B) EXCEPTION.— Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any participating family that has committed serious or repeated violations of the terms and conditions of the lease, violations of applicable Federal, State, or local law or that has been exempted from such requirement by the public housing agency for other good cause. (k) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— (1) INTERIM REPORT.— Upon the expiration of each 2-year period during the term of the demonstration, the first such period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report evaluating the effectiveness of the demonstration program under this section. (2) FINAL REPORT. —Not later than the expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the date of the termination of the demonstration program under subsection (n), the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a final report evaluating the effectiveness of the demonstration program under this section. The report shall also include findings and recommendations for any legislative action appropriate to establish a permanent program based on the demonstration program. (1) DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this section: (1) The term "coordinating committee" mesuis a local coordinating committee established under subsection (b)(l). (2) The term "demonstration program" means the program established by the Secretary under this section. (3) The term "low-income family" means a family whose income does not exceed 80 percent of the median income for the area, as determined by the Secretary with adjustments for smaller and larger families, except that the Secretary may establish income ceilings higher or lower than 80 percent of the median for the area on the basis of findings by the Secretary that such variations are necessary because of prevailing levels of construction costs or unusually high or low family incomes. (4) The term "operating subsidy amounts" means assistance for public housing provided through the performance funding system under section 9 of the United States Housing Act of 1937.

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