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 PUBLIC LAW 106-569—DEC. 27, 2000 114 STAT. 3023 "(B) PROGRAM RULES.— Tenant-based rental assistance under subsection (b)(1) shall be made available to eligible persons with disabilities and administered under the same rules that govern tenant-based rental assistance made available under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, except that the Secretary may waive or modify such rules, but only to the extent necessary to provide for administering such assistance under subsection (b)(1) through private nonprofit organizations rather than through public housing agencies. "(C) ALLOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.—In determining the amount of assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) for a private nonprofit organization or public housing agency, the Secretary shall consider the needs and capabilities of the organization or agency, in the case of a public ' housing agency, as described in the plan for the agency under section 7 of the United States Housing Act of 1937."; and (2) in subsection (1)(1)— (A) by striking "subsection (b)" and inserting "subsection (b)(2)"; and (B) by striking the last comma and all that follows through "subsection (n)". SEC. 844. USE OF PROJECT RESERVES. Section 811(j) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "(7) USE OF PROJECT RESERVES. —Amounts for project reserves for a project assisted under this section may be used for costs, subject to reasonable limitations as the Secretary determines appropriate, for reducing the number of dwelling units in the project. Such use shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary to ensure that the use is designed to retrofit units that are currently obsolete or unmarketable.". SEC. 845. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES. Section 811(h)(1) of the Cranston-Gronzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(h)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "Neither this section nor any other provision of law may be construed as prohibiting or preventing the location and operation, in a project assisted under this section, of commercial facilities for the benefit of residents of the project and the community in which the project is located, except that assistance made available under this section may not be used to subsidize any such commercial facility.". PART 3—OTHER PROVISIONS SEC. 851. SERVICE COORDINATORS. (a) INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR USE OF SERVICE COORDINATORS IN CERTAIN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING. —Section 676 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking "MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ASSISTED UNDER NATIONAL HOUSING ACT" and inserting "CERTAIN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING"; (2) in subsection (a)—

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