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 94 STAT. 1628

Low-rent housing project, demolition.

Ante, p. 1624.

42 USC 1437f.

PUBLIC LAW 96-399—OCT. 8, 1980

shall be made available for the purposes described in paragraphs (3) and (4). "(f) Where an application made pursuant to this section proposes demolition of any low-rent housing project or any portion of such a project, the Secretary may not approve such application unless the Secretary determines that— "(1) timely replacement of the units in such project will be undertaken by the public housing agency; "(2) the total cost of providing such replacement housing is less than the total cost of rehabilitation of such project, except that the Secretary may waive such requirement where the Secretary determines that the demolition is necessary to meet the purposes of this section; and "(3) low-income families displaced by such proposed demolition will be provided with decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing. "(g) No assistance shall be made available to a public housing agency pursuant to subsection (b) for any year subsequent to the first year for which such assistance is made available to such agency unless the Secretary has determined that such agency has made substantial efforts to meet the objectives for the preceding year under the plan described in subsection (d)(4) and approved by the Secretary. "(h) In making assistance available under subsection (b), the Secretary shall give preference to public housing agencies— "(1) which request assistance for projects (A) having conditions which threaten the health or safety of the tenants, or (B) having a significant number of vacant, substandard units; and "(2) which have demonstrated a capability of carrying out the activities proposed in the plan submitted by the agency pursuant to subsection (d)(4) and approved by the Secretary. "(i)(l) In addition to assistance made available under subsection (b), the Secretary may, without regard to the requirements of subsections (c), (d), (e), (g), and (h), make available and contract to make available financial assistance (in such amounts as are authorized pursuant to section 5(c) and as approved in appropriation Acts) to any public housing agency in an amount which the Secretary determines is necessary to meet emergency or special purpose needs. Such needs shall be limited to— "(A) correcting conditions which threaten the health or safety of the tenants of any project (i) which is described in subsection (c), and (ii) with respect to which an application for assistance pursuant to subsection (d) has not been approved by the Secretary; "(B) correcting conditions (i) which threaten the health or safety of the tenants of any project with respect to which an application for assistance pursuant to subsection (d) has been approved, and (ii) which were unanticipated at the time of the development of such application; "(C) correcting conditions which threaten the health or safety of the occupants of any low-income housing project not described in subsection (c) and not assisted pursuant to section 8; or "(D) physical improvements needs which (i) would not otherwise be eligible for assistance under this section, and (ii) pertain to any low-income housing project other than a project assisted under section 8. "(2) The Secretary may issue such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.

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