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PUBLIC LAW 90-448-AUG. 1, 1968

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Public Law 90-448 August 1, 1968 [S.3497]

Housing and Urban Developmv.it Act of 1968.

AN ACT To assist in the provision of housing for low and m o d e r a t e income families, and to extend and amend laws relating to housing and urban development.

Be It enacted by the JSetiate and House of I?eprexentafhe.S' of the I'n'tted States of America hi ('Ongress ansenihJed. That this Act may be cited as the ""Housing and Urban Development Act of 1908''. DECLAKATION OF POLICY

63 Stat. 4 1 3. 42 USC 1441.

SEC. 2. The Congress affirms the national goal, as set forth in section 2 of the Housing Act of 1949, of "a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family". The Congress finds that this goal has not been fully realized for many of the Nation's lower income families; that this is a matter of grave national concern; and that there exist in the public and private sectors of the economy the resources and capabilities necessary to the full realization of this goal. The Congress declares that in the administration of those housing programs authorized by this Act which are designed to assist families with incomes so low that they could not otherwise decently house themselves, and of other Government programs designed to assist in the provision of housing for such families, the highest priority and emphasis should be given to meeting the housing needs of those families for which the national goal has not become a reality; and in the carrying out of such programs there should be the fullest practicable utilization of the resources and capabilities of private enterprise and of individual self-help techniques. JOBS I N H O U S I N G; EMPLOYMENT O P P O R T U N I T I E S FOR LOWER I N C O M E P E R SONS I N C ON NE Cr r iO N W I T H ASSISIT.D P R O J E C T S

Post, pp. 477, 498. 75 Stat. 150. 12 USC 1715^. 50 Stat. 888. 42 USC 1430. 79 Stat. 4 5 1. 12 USC 1749aa note.

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SEC. 3. I n the administration of the programs authorized by sections 235 and 236 of the National Housing Act, the below-market interest rate program under section 221(d)(3) of such Act, the lowrent public housing program under the United States Housing Act of 1937, and the rent supplement program under section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, the Secretary of Housing and LTrban Development shall— (1) require, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, that to the greatest extent feasible opportunities for training and employment arising in connection with the planning, construction, rehabilitation, and operation of housing assisted under such programs be given to lower income persons residing in the area of such housing; and (2) require, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, that to the greatest extent feasible contracts for work to be performed pursuant to such programs shall, where appropriate, be awarded to business concerns, including but not limited to individuals or firms doing business in the fields of design, architecture, building construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, or repair, located in or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of such housing.

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