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 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2573 subject of a disposition, as described in paragraph (1), during the 30-day period beginning on the date of notification of a proposed sale of the property. "(B) OPPORTUNITY TO ARRANGE PURCHASE.— I f an entity expresses written interest in purchasing a property, as provided in subparagraph (A), no disposition of the property shall occur during the 60-day period beginning on the date of receipt of that written notice (other than to the entity providing the notice), during which time that entity shall be given the opportunity to obtain a firm commitment for financing the purchase of the property. "(d) REPLACEMENT UNITS. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, replacement public housing units for public housing units demolished in accordance with this section may be built on the original public housing location or in the same neighborhood as the original public housing location if the number of the replacement public housing units is significantly fewer than the number of units demolished. " (e) CONSOLIDATION OF OCCUPANCY WITHIN OR AMONG BUILD- INGS. —Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent a public housing agency from consolidating occupancy within or among buildings of a public housing project, or among projects, or with other housing for the purpose of improving living conditions of, or providing more efficient services to, residents. " (f) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION TO DEMOLITION REQUIREMENTS.— Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in any 5- year period a public housing agency may demolish not more than the lesser of 5 dwelling units or 5 percent of the total dwelling units owned by the public housing agency, but only if the space occupied by the demolished unit is used for meeting the service or other needs of public housing residents or the demolished unit was beyond repair. " (g) UNIFORM RELOCATION AND REAL PROPERTY ACQUISITION ACT.— The Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 shall not apply to activities under this section. "(h) RELOCATION AND REPLACEMENT.—Of the amounts appropriated for tenant-based assistance under section 8 in any fiscal year, the Secretary may use such sums as are necessary for relocation and replacement housing for dwelling units that are demolished and disposed of from the public housing inventory (in addition to other amounts that may be available for such purposes).". (b) HOMEOWNERSHIP REPLACEMENT PLAN.— 42 USC (1) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) l437aaa-3 note, of section 1002 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Additional Disaster Assistance, for Anti-terrorism Initiatives, for Assistance in the Recovery from the Tragedy that Occurred At Oklahoma City, and Rescissions Act, 1995 (Public Law 104-19; 109 Stat. 236), subsection (g) of section 304 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437aaa- 3(g)) is repealed. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.— The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective with respect to any plan for the demolition, disposition, or conversion to homeownership of public housing that is approved by the Secretary after September 30, 1995. (c) TREATMENT OF FROST-LELAND PROVISIONS.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the public housing projects described in section

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