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75 Stat. 163. 42 USC 1410.

68 Stat. 631; ^\2 USC'^i4'io, 1415.

PUBLIC LAW 89-117-AUGUST10, 1965

[79 STAT.

such agency may approve such units for use as low-rent housing in private accommodations in accordance with (and subject to the applicable limitations contained in) this section. Each public housing agency shall maintain and keep current a list of units approved by it under this subsection, including such information with respect to each such unit as it may consider necessary or appropriate. " (d) To the extent of contracts for annual contributions entered into by the Authority with a public housing agency under section 10(e), such agency may enter into contracts with the owners of structures containing dwelling units approved under subsection (c) for the use of such units in accordance with this section. Each such contract with an owner shall provide (with respect to any unit) that— " (1) the selection of tenants for such unit shall be the function of the owner, subject to the provisions of the contract between the Authority and the agency; "(2) the rental and other charges to be received by the owner shall be negotiated and agreed to by the agency and the owner, and the rental and other charges to be paid by the tenant shall be determined in accordance with the standards applicable to units in low-rent housing projects assisted under the other provisions of this Act; "(3) the agency shall have the sole right to give notice to vacate, with the owner having the right to make representations to the agency for termination of a tenancy; "(4) maintenance and replacements (including redecoration) shall be in accordance with the standard practice for the building concerned, as established by the owner and agreed to by the agency; and "(5) the agency and the owner shall carry out such other appropriate terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed to by them. Each contract between a public housing agency and an owner entered into under this subsection shall be for a term of not less than twelve months nor more than thirty-six months, and shall be renewable by such agency and owner at the expiration of such term. "(e) The annual contribution under this Act for a project of a public housing agency for low-rent housing in private accommodations under this section in lieu of any other guaranteed contribution authorized by section 10 shall not exceed the amount of the fixed annual contribution which would be established under this Act for a newly constructed project by such public housing agency designed to accommodate the comparable number, sizes, and kinds of families. The period over which payments will be made to a public housing agency for a project of low-rent housing in private accommodations under this section, and the aggregate amount of such payments, under a contract for annual contributions, shall be determined on the basis of the number of units in the community or communities under the jurisdiction of such agency which are in use (or can reasonably be expected to be placed in use) as low-rent housing in private accommodations under this section, taking into account the terms of the leases under which such units are (or will be) so used. In addition, contracts for financial assistance entered into by the Authority with a public housing agency pursuant to this section shall provide for reimbursement of reasonable an^l necessary expenses incurred by such agency in conducting surveys, listings, and inspections described in subsections (b) and (c). '< (f) The provisions of sections 10(h) and 15 (7) of this Act, and the workable program requirement in section 10(e) of this Act and section

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