Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/348

 94 STAT. 1626

Ante, p. 1624.

Eligibility requirements.

Ante, p. 1624. 42 USC 1437g. 42 USC 1437f. Applications.

PUBLIC LAW 96-399—OCT. 8, 1980

"(2) to upgrade the management and operation of such projects, in order to assure that such projects continue to be available to serve low-income families. "(b) The Secretary may make available and contract to make available financial assistance (in such amounts as are authorized pursuant to section 5(c) and as may be approved in appropriations Acts) to public housing agencies for the purpose of improving the physical condition of existing low-rent public housing projects and for upgrading the management and operation of such projects to the extent necessary to maintain such physical improvements. "(c) Assistance under subsection (b) may be made available only for low-rent housing projects which— "(1) are owned by public housing agencies; "(2) are operated as rental housing projects and receive assistance under section 5(c) or section 9 of this Act; "(3) are not assisted under section 8 of this Act; and "(4) meet such other requirements consistent with the purposes of this section as the Secretary may prescribe. "(d) Except as provided in subsection (e)(4), no assistance may be made available under subsection (b) unless the Secretary has approved an application from the public housing agency which has been developed in consultation with appropriate local officials and with tenants of the housing projects for which assistance is requested. Such application shall contain at least— "(1) a comprehensive assessment of (A) the current physical condition of each project for which assistance is requested, and (B) the physical improvements necessary for each such project to meet the standards established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (j); "(2) an identification, for each such project, of the equipment systems or structural elements which would normally be replaced (assuming routine and timely maintenance is performed) over the remaining period of the annual contributions contract or during the 30-year period beginning on the date of submission of the application, whichever period is longer; "(3) a comprehensive assessment of the improvements needed to upgrade the management and operation of each such project so that decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions will be provided in such projects; such assessment shall include at least an identification of needs related to— "(A) the management, financial, and accounting control systems of the public housing agency which are related to each project eligible for assistance under this section; "(B) the adequacy and qualifications of personnel employed by such public housing agency (in the management and operation of such projects) for each category of employment; and "(C) the adequacy and efficacy of— "(i) tenant programs and services in such projects; "(ii) the security of each such project and its tenants; "(iii) policies and procedures of the public housing agency for the selection and eviction of tenants in such projects; and "(iv) other policies and procedures of such agency relating to such projects, as specified by the Secretary; and

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