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 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2543 workfare positions on-site in such housing, and such other elements as may be appropriate. "(C) CONFIDENTIALITY.— This paragraph may not be construed to authorize any release of information prohibited by, or in contravention of, any other provision of Federal, State, or local law. " (e) LEASE PROVISIONS.—A public housing agency shall incorporate into leases under section 6(1) and into agreements for the provision of tenant-based assistance under section 8, provisions incorporating the conditions under subsection (d). "(f) TREATMENT OF INCOME. —Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in determining the income of a family who resides in public housing or receives tenant-based assistance under section 8, a public housing agency shall consider any decrease in the income of a family that results from the reduction of any welfare or public assistance benefits received by the family under any Federal, State, or local law regarding a program for such assistance if the family (or a member thereof, as applicable) has complied with the conditions for receiving such assistance and is unable to obtain employment notwithstanding such compliance. "(g) DEFINITION. —For purposes of this section, the term 'economic self-sufficiency program' means any program designed to encourage, assist, train, or facilitate the economic independence of participants and their families or to provide work for participants, including programs for job training, employment counseling, work placement, basic skills training, education, workfare, financial or household management, apprenticeship, or other activities as the Secretary may provide.". (b) 1-YEAR LEASES. —Section 6(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(l)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (6) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively; (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (9); and (3) by inserting before paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(1) have a term of 12 months and shall be automatically renewed for all purposes except for noncompliance with the requirements under section 12(c) (relating to community service requirements); except that nothing in this title shall prevent a resident from seeking timely redress in court for failure to renew based on such noncompliance;". SEC. 513. INCOME TARGETING. (a) IN GENERAL. —Section 16 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n) is amended by striking the section designation and all that follows through the end of subsection (d) and inserting the following: "SEC. 16. (a) INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING. — "(1) INCOME MIX WITHIN PROJECTS.— A public housing agency may establish and utilize income-mix criteria for the selection of residents for dwelling units in public housing projects, subject to the requirements of this section. "(2) PHA INCOME MIX.— "(A) TARGETING. —Except as provided in paragraph (4), of the public housing dwelling units of a public housing agency made available for occupancy in any fiscal year

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