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58 Stat. 291. 38 USC 694694n.

Hotel purposes. Intent of Con^ gress.

Prohibitions.

PUBLIC LAW 560-AUG. 2, 1954

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ment, or alteration of any existing structure is required or recommended by the Housing and Home Finance Agency, the Federal Housing Administration, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Public Housing Administration, the Government of the United States or any agency thereof, for the purpose of inducing any person to enter into a contract for the making of such repairs, alterations, or improvements, or falsely advertises or falsely represents by any device whatsoever that any housing unit, project, business, or product has been in any way endorsed, authorized, inspected, appraised, or approved by the Housing and Home Finance Agency, the Federal Housing Administration, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Public Housing Administration, the Government of the United States or any agency thereof; or". SEC. 132. Title V of the National Housing Act, as amended, is hereby amended by adding the following new sections after section 511: "SEC. 512. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner is authorized to refuse the benefits of participation (either directly as an insured lender or as a borrower, or indirectly as a builder, contractor, or dealer, or salesman or sales agent for a builder, contractor or dealer) under title I, II, VI, VII, VIII, or IX of this Act to any person or firm (including but not limited to any individual, partnership, association, trust, or corporation) if the Commissioner has determined that such person or firm (1) has knowingly or willfully violated any provision of this Act or of title III of the Servicemen s Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended, or of any regulation issued by the Commissioner under this Act or by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs under said title III, or (2) has, in connection with any construction, alteration, repair or improvement work financed with assistance under this Act or under said title III, or in connection with contracts or financing relating to such work, violated any Federal or State penal statute, or (3) has failed materially to properly carry out contractual obligations with respect to the completion of construction, alteration, repair, or improvement work financed with assistance under this Act or under title III of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, as amended. Before any such determination is made any person or firm with respect to whom such a determination is proposed shall be notified in writing by the Commissioner and shall be entitled, upon making a written request to the Commissioner, to a written notice specifying charges in reasonable detail and an opportunity to be heard and to be represented by counsel. Determinations made by the Commissioner under this section shall be based on the preponderance of the evidence. "SEC. 513. (a) The Congress hereby declares that it has been its intent since the enactment of the National Housing Act that housing built with the aid of mortgages insured under that Act is to be used principally for residential use; and that this intent excludes the use of such housing for transient or hotel purposes while such insurance on the mortgage remains outstanding. "(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, no new, existing, or rehabilitated multifamily housing with respect to which a mortgage is insured under this Act shall be operated for transient or hotel purposes unless (1) on or before May 28, 1954, the Commissioner has agreed in writing to the rental of all or a portion of the accommodations in the project for transient or hotel purposes (in which case no accommodations in excess of the number so agreed to by the Commissioner shall be rented on such basis), or (2) the project covered by the insured mortgage is located in an area which the Commissioner determines to be a resort area, and the Commissioner finds that prior to May 28, 1954, a portion of the accommodations in the project had been made

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