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 112 STAT. 2584 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 this section to include demolition of public housing or to preclude use of grant amounts for rehabilitation or rebuilding of any housing on an existing site. "(f) COST LIMITS. —Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary— "(1) shall establish cost limits on eligible activities under this section sufficient to provide for effective revitalization programs; and "(2) may establish other cost limits on eligible activities under this section. "(g) DISPOSITION AND REPLACEMENT.Any severely distressed public housing disposed of pursuant to a revitalization plan and any public housing developed in lieu of such severely distressed housing, shall be subject to the provisions of section 18. Severely distressed public housing demolished pursuant to a revitalization plan shall not be subject to the provisions of section 18. "(h) ADMINISTRATION BY OTHER ENTITIES.— The Secretary may require a grantee under this section to make arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary for use of an entity other than the public housing agency to carry out activities assisted under the revitalization plan, if the Secretary determines that such action will help to effectuate the purposes of this section. "(i) WITHDRAWAL OF FUNDING.— I f a grantee under this section does not proceed within a reasonable timeframe, in the determination of the Secretary, the Secretary shall withdraw any grant amounts under this section that have not been obligated by the public housing agency. The Secretary shall redistribute any withdrawn amounts to one or more other applicants eligible for assistance under this section or to one or more other entities capable of proceeding expeditiously in the same locality in carrying out the revitalization plan of the original grantee. "(j) DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: " (1) APPLICANT.— The term 'applicant' means— "(A) any public housing agency that is not designated as troubled pursuant to section 6( j)(2); "(B) any public housing agency for which a private housing management agent has been selected, or a receiver has been appointed, pursuant to section 6(j)(3); and (C) any public housing agency that is designated as troubled pursuant to section 6(j)(2) and that— "(i) is so designated principally for reasons that will not affect the capacity of the agency to carry out a revitalization program; "(ii) is making substantial progress toward eliminating the deficiencies of the agency; or "(iii) is otherwise determined by the Secretary to be capable of carrying out a revitalization program. "(2) SEVERELY DISTRESSED PUBLIC HOUSING. — The term 'severely distressed public housing' means a public housing project (or building in a project)— "(A) that— "(i) requires major redesign, reconstruction or redevelopment, or partial or total demolition, to correct serious deficiencies in the original design (including inappropriately high population density), deferred maintenance, physical deterioration or obsolescence of

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