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 Ill STAT. 1394 PUBLIC LAW 105-65—OCT. 27, 1997 requirements established by the Secretary by regulation for purposes of this subtitle; (8) require the owner or purchaser of the project to meet such other requirements as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and (9) prohibit the owner from refusing to lease a reasonable number of units to holders of certificates and vouchers under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 because of the status of the prospective tenants as certificate and voucher holders. (f) TENANT AND OTHER PARTICIPATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING.— (1) PROCEDURES. — (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish procedures to provide an opportunity for teneints of the project, residents of the neighborhood, the local government, and other affected parties to participate effectively and on a timely basis in the restructuring process established by this subtitle. (B) COVERAGE. —T hese procedures shall take into ' account the need to provide tenants of the project, residents of the neighborhood, the local government, and other affected parties timely notice of proposed restructuring actions and appropriate access to relevant information about restructuring activities. To the extent practicable and consistent with the need to accomplish project restructuring in an efficient manner, the procedures shall give all such parties an opportunity to provide comments to the participating administrative entity in writing, in meetings, or in another appropriate manner (which comments shall be taken into consideration by the participating administrative entity). (2) REQUIRED CONSULTATION. — The procedures developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall require consultation with tenants of the project, residents of the neighborhood, the local government, and other affected parties, in connection with at least the following: (A) the mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plan; (B) any proposed transfer of the project; and (C) the rental assistance assessment plan pursuant to section 515(c). (3) FUNDING. — (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide not more than $10,000,000 annually in funding from which the Secretary may make obligations to tenant groups, nonprofit organizations, and public entities for building the capacity of tenant organizations, for technical assistance in furthering any of the purposes of this subtitle (including transfer of developments to new owners) and for tenant services, from those amounts made available under appropriations Acts for implementing this subtitle or previously made available for technical assistance in connection with the preservation of affordable rental housing for low-income persons. (B) MANNER OF PROVIDING. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law restricting the use of preservation

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