Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 95.djvu/428

 95 STAT. 402

42 USC 1437b, 1437c, 1437g, 14371. 42 USC 1437, 1437b-1437d, 1437g, 14371, 1437J; 94 Stat. 1625, 42 USC 1437/. 42 USC 1437d. 42 USC 1437f.

Ante, p. 400.

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 ing out the development of such project. Construction activity in connection with a lower income housing project may be confined to the reconstruction, remodeling, or repair of existing buildings. "(2) The term 'operation' means any or all undertakings appropriate for management, operation, services, maintenance, security (including the cost of security personnel), or financing in connection with a lower income housing project. The term also means the financing of tenant programs and services for families residing in lower income housing projects, particularly where there is maximum feasible participation of the tenants in the development and operation of such tenant programs and services. As used in this paragraph, the term 'tenant programs and services' includes the development and maintenance of tenant organizations which participate in the management of lower income housing projects; the training of tenants to manage and operate such projects and the utilization of their services in project management and operation; 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 agencies in the community when necessary for the provision of such services. To the maximum extent available and appropriate, existing public and private agencies in the community shall be used for the provision of such services. "(3) The term 'acquisition cost' means the amount prudently required to be expended by a public housing agency in acquiring property for a lower income housing project.". (b) Sections 4, 5, 9, and 11 of such Act are amended by striking out "LOW-INCOME" where it appears in the caption accompanying each such section and by inserting in lieu thereof "LOWER INCOME". (c) Sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, and 14 of such Act are amended by striking out "low income" and "low-income" wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof "lower income". (d) Section 6(c)(2) of such Act is amended by striking out the phrase "at intervals of two years (or at shorter intervals where the Secretary deems it desirable)" and inserting in lieu thereof "no less frequently than annually". (e) Section 8 of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out paragraph (3) of subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(3) The amount of the monthly assistance payment with respect to any dwelling unit shall be the difference between the maximum monthly rent which the contract provides that the owner is to receive for the unit and the rent the family is required to pay under section 3(a) of this Act. Reviews of family income shall be made no less frequently than annually."; (2) by striking out paragraph (7) of subsection (c) and redesignating paragraph (8) of such subsection as paragraph (7); (3) by striking out paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (f) and redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) of such subsection as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; (4) by striking out "The provisions of section 3(1), 5(e), and 6" in subsection (h) and inserting in lieu thereof "Sections 5(e) and 6"; (5) by striking out the comma after the word "Act" in subsection (h); and (6) by striking out "25 per centum of one-twelfth of the annual income of such family" in paragraph (3) of subsection (j) and

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