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PUBLIC LAW 90-448-AUG. 1, 1968

Tenant serv-

xces

Appropriation.

[82 STAT.

p^j.. pyrposes of tlils paragraph the term 'tenant services' inckides the following services and activities for families living in low-rent housing projects: counseling on household management, housekeeping, budgeting, money management, child care, and similar matters; advice as to resources for job training and placement, education, welfare, health, and other community services; services which are directly related to meeting tenant needs and providing a wholesome living environment; and referral to appropriate ag'encies when necessary for the provision of such services. To the maxnnum extent available and appropriate, existing public and private agencies in the community shall be \ised for the provision of such services. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this paragraph not to exceed $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1969, and not to exceed $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970. Any amounts so appropriated shall remain available until expended, and any amounts authorized for any fiscal year under this paragraph but not appropriated may be appropriated for any succeeding fiscal year commencing prior to July 1, 1970.'' P U R C H A S E OF U N I T S BY T E N A N T S

79 Stat. 488. 42 USC 1415.

SEC. 205. Section 15(9) of the Ignited States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking out "which is suitable by reason of its detached or semidetached construction" and inserting in lieu thereof '', if the property to be acquired is sufficiently separable from other property retained by the public housing agency to make it suitable". PUBLIC HOUSING I N INDIAN

5o^st^t^2^g88; 42 USC 1401.

42 USC ui°o

AREAS

SEC. 206. (a) Section 1 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking o u t " urban and r u r a l nonfarm'" in the first

sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "urban, rural nonfarm, and Indian". (^^ Section 10(a) of such Act is amended by inserting "or Indian" after "nonfarm" in the fourth proviso. LIMITATION

ON H K J l l - R I S E STRUCTURES I N L O W - R E N T P U B L I C PROJECTS

HOUSING

S E C 207. Section 15 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end thereof (after the new paragraf>h added by section 204 of this Act) the following new paragraph: "(11) Except in the case of housing predominantly for the elderly, upon enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall not approve high-rise elevator projects for families with children unless he makes a determination that there is no practical alternative." SALE TO T E N A N T S OF L O W - R E N T H O U S I N G I N PRIVATE

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ACCOMMODATIONS

SEC. 208. (a) Section 23(f) of the United States Housing Act of ^*^'^^ ^^ amended by inserting " (1) " after "shall not apply to", and by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", or (2) housing purchased (or in the process of purchase) by the public housing agency for resale to tenants as provided in subsection (g) ". (b) Section 23 of such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (g) To the extent authorized in contracts entered into by the Authority with a public housing agency, such agency may purchase any structure containing one or more dwelling units leased to provide low-rent housing in private ac-commodations under this section for the purpose of reselling the structure to the tenant or tenants of the struc-

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