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 82 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-448-AUG. 1, 1968 INCREASED

521

AUTHORIZATION

SEC. 502. (a) Section 103(b) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by striking out everything in the first sentence after "exceed" and inserting in lieu thereof "$7,600,000,000, which amount shall be increased by $1,400,000,000 on July 1, 1969". (b) Section 103(b) of such Act is further amended by striking out "$250,000,000" in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "$600,000,000". REHABILITATION

GRANTS

63 Stat. 4i6; 42 USC 1453. ^° ^*°'- ^26o. rt^p Q hJ^^

SEC. 503. (a) The second sentence of section 115(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by striking out the words "a structure" and ^^ ^^^- '*57 "such structure" and inserting in lieu thereof "real property" and ^'*^^' "such real property", respectively. (b) Section 115(b) of such Act is amended by striking out "$1,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,000". (c) Section 115(a) of such Act is amended by inserting " (1) " after " (a) ", and by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph as follows: "(2) I n addition to the authority conferred by paragraph (1), and notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the Secretary is authorized, through the utilization of local public agencies where feasible, to make grants (payable from any grant funds provided under section 103(b)) to an individual or family, as described in subsection (b), to cover the cost of repairs and improvements necessary to make real property owned and occupied by such individual or family conform to public standards for decent, safe, and sanitary housing. No grants shall be made under this paragraph in the case of any property, unless (A) such property is in an area within a locality (other than an urban renewal or code enforcement area) which the governing body of the locality has determined, and so certifies to the Secretary, contains a substantial number of structures in need of such repairs and improvements, (B) there is in effect for the locality a workable program meeting the requirements of section 101(c), and (C) ^^ Stat. 623. the area is definitely planned for rehabilitation or concentrated code ^'*^^ enforcement within a reasonable time, and such repairs and improvements to such property are consistent with the plan for rehabilitation or concentrated code enforcement." (d) Section 115 of such Act is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as supsection (c) and inserting after subsection (a) a new subsection (b) as follows: " (b) The Secretary is authorized to make grants (payable from any grant funds provided under section 103(b)), through the utilization of local public and private agencies where feasible, to an individual or family, as described in subsection (c), who owns and occupies real property which has been determined to be uninsurable because of physical hazards after an inspection pursuant to a statewide property insurance plan approved by the Secretary under title X II or the National Housing Act. Such grants may only be made to rehabilitate ^°^'' P- sse. such property to the extent which the Secretary determines to be necessary to make it meet reasonable underwriting standards imposed by such plan."; and (2) by striking out "subsection (b) " in subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof "subsection (c)". \ R E H A B I L I T A T I O N I N U R B A N R E N E W A L AREAS

SEC. 504. Section 110(c)(8) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by striking out (1) "guidance purposes, and", and (2) the proviso at the end thereof.

7o Stat. 1097; 42 USC ueo.

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