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 97 STAT. 1164 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 Ante, p. 13. 42 USC 5305 note. 42 USC 5305. Elderly families. 42 USC 1437a. 42 USC 5306. for fiscal year 1983 for such activities (excluding any assistance received pursuant to Public Law 98-8), in which case such unit of general local government may usc not more than the percent- age or amount of such assistance used for such activities for such fiscal year, whichever method of calculation yields the higher amount". (2) Section 303(b) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 is amended by striking out ", 1983, and 1984" and inserting in lieu thereof "and 1983". (c) Section 105(a)(14) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after "public facilities" the following: "(except for buildings for the general conduct of government)". (d) Section 105(a)(15) of such Act is amended by inserting the following before the semicolon at the end thereof: ", including grants to neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations, or other pri- vate or public nonprofit organizations, for the purpose of assisting, as part of neighborhood revitalization or other community develop- ment, the development of shared housing opportunities (other than by construction of new facilities) in which elderly families (as de- fined in section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937) benefit as a result of living in a dwelling in which the facilities are shared with others in a manner that effectively and efficiently meets the housing needs of the residents and thereby reduces their cost of housing". (e) Section 105 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c)(1) In any case in which an assisted activity described in paragraph (14) or (17) of subsection (a) is identified as principally benefiting persons of low and moderate income, such activity shall— "(A) be carried out in a neighborhood consisting predomi- nately of persons of low and moderate income and provide services for such persons; or "(B) involve facilities designed for usc predominately by per- sons of low and moderate income; or "(C) involve employment of persons, a majority of whom are persons of low and moderate income. "(2) In any case in which an assisted activity described in subsec- tion (a) is designed to serve an area generally and is clearly designed to meet identified needs of persons of low and moderate income in such area, such activity shall be considered to principally benefit persons of low and moderate income if (A) not less than 51 percent of the residents of such area are persons of low and moderate income; or (B) in any jurisdiction having no areas meeting the requirements of subparagraph (A), the area served by such activity has a larger proportion of persons of low and moderate income than not less than 75 percent of the other areas in the jurisdiction of the recipient. "(3) Any assisted activity under this title that involves the acquisi- tion or rehabilitation of property to provide housing shall be consid- ered to benefit persons of low and moderate income only to the extent such housing will, upon completion, be occupied by such persons.". ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS SEC. 106. (a) Section 106(b) of the Housing and Community Devel- opment Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:

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