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PUBLIC LAW 89-117-AUGUST10, 1965

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INCREASE I N NONRESIDENTIAL EXCEPTION

SEC, 308. The third unnumbered paragraph following the numbered paragraphs in section 110(c) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by striking out the period and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ": And provided further, That the aggregate amount of capital grants made available under this title with respect to such projects after the date of the enactment of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 may be in an amount not to exceed (in addition to amounts previousl;^ available for such projects) 35 per centum of the amount of additional capital grants authorized under this title by such Act." PRESERVATION

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SEC. 309. (a) Section 110(c) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended—• (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (7); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; (3) by inserting a new paragraph (9) as follows: "(9) relocating within the project area a structure which the local public agency determines to be of historic value and which will be disposed of to a public body or a private nonprofit organization which will renovate and maintain such structure for historic purposes."; and (4) by striking out "paragraphs (7) and (8) " in the second unnumbered paragraph following the numbered paragraphs and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraphs (7), (8), and (9)". (b) Section 110(e) of such Act is amended by striking out "and (8) " in clause (i) and inserting in lieu thereof " (8), and (9)". E L I G I B I L I T Y OF CERTAIN E X P E N S E S OF PROJECTS F I N A N C E D ON T H R E E F O U R T H S GRANT BASIS

SEC. 310. (a) Clause (i) of the third sentence of section 110(e) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by (1) inserting "staff services in connection with programs of code enforcement and voluntary rehabilitation and repair (including community organization)," after "disposition of land,"; and (2) inserting " (5), " after "(4),". (b) Any contract for a capital grant under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, executed prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, ^^"^2 USC i45omay be amended to incorporate the provisions of subsection (a) as to costs incurred on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. DEMOLITION

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ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 311. (a) Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by inserting after section 115 (added by section 106 of this Act) two new sections as follows: "DEMOLITION

"SEC. 116. (a) Notwitlistanding any other provision of this title, the Administrator is authorized to enter into contracts to make, and to make, grants as provided in this section (payable from any grant funds provided under section 103(b)) t,o cities, other municipalities, and counties to assist in financing the cost of demolishing structures which under State or local law have been determined to be structurally unsound or unfit for human habitation, and which such city, municipality, or county has authority to demolish. The amount of

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