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 112 STAT. 2610 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 and inserting "tenant-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937". (d) ASSISTANCE FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS.—Section 223(a) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 (12 U.S.C. 4113(a)) is amended by striking "assistance under the certificate and voucher programs under sections 8(b) and 8(o)" and inserting "tenant-based assistance under section 8". (e) RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS. —Section 533(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490m(a)) is amended in the second sentence by striking "assistance payments as provided by section 8(o)" and inserting "tenant-based assistance as provided under section 8". (f) REPEAL OF MOVING TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR FAIR HOUSING DEMONSTRATION.— Section 152 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 1437f note) is repealed. (g) ASSISTANCE FOR TROUBLED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS.^-Section 201(m)(2)(A) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978 (12 U.S.C. 1715z-la(m)(2)(A)) is amended by striking "section 8(b)(1)" and inserting "section 8". SEC. 551. FUNDING AND ALLOCATION. Section 213 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c); and ,5 ,;>;,; (2) in subsection (d)— (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— (i) in clause (i), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Amounts for tenant-based assistance under section 8(0) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 may not be provided to any public housing agency that has been disqualified from providing such assistance."; and (ii) in clause (ii), by striking "8(b)(1)" each place it appears and inserting "8(0)"; (B) by striking paragraph (2); and (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively. SEC. 552. TREATMENT OF COMMON AREAS. Section 8(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437fl[d)), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(6) TREATMENT OF COMMON AREAS.— The Secretary may not provide any assistance amounts pursuant to an existing contract for project-based assistance under this section for a housing project and may not enter into a new or renewal contract for such assistance for a project unless the owner of the project provides consent, to such local law enforcement agencies as the Secretary determines appropriate, for law enforcement officers of such agencies to enter common areas of the project at any time and without advance notice upon a determination of probable cause by such officers that criminal activity is taking place in such areas.". SEC. 553. PORTABILITY. Section 8(r) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(r)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking the last sentence;

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