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 97 STAT. 1184 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 minimum habitability standards for the purpose of assuring decent, safe, and sanitary housing for such families while taking into account the special circumstances of shared housing.". PAYMENTS FOR OPERATION OF LOWER INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS 42 USC I437g. SEC. 212. Section 9(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended— (1) by striking out "and" after "October 1, 1980,"; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", not to exceed $1,500,000,000 on or after October 1, 1983, and by such sums as may be necessary on or after October 1, 1984,". INCOME ELIGIBILITY 42 USC I437n. SEC. 213. Section 16(a) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by striking out "10 per centum" and inserting in lieu thereof "25 per centum". DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION OP PUBLIC HOUSING SEC. 214. (a) The United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC HOUSING Application "SEC. 18. (a) The Secretary may not approve an application by a 4^^8^1437 public housing agency for permission, with or without financial ^' assistance under this Act, to demolish or dispose of a public housing project or a portion of a public housing project unless the Secretary has determined that— "(1) in the case of an application proposing demolition of a public housing project or a portion of a public housing project, the project or portion of the project is obsolete as to physical condition, location, or other factors, making it unusable for housing purposes, or no reasonable program of modifications is feasible to return the project or portion of the project to useful life; or in the case of an application proposing the demolition of only a portion of a project, the demolition will help to assure the useful life of the remaining portion of the project; or "(2) in the case of an application proposing disposition of real property of a public housing agency by sale or other transfer— "(A)(i) the property's retention is not in the best interests of the tenants or the public housing agency because devel- opmental changes in the area surrounding the project adversely affect the health or safety of the tenants or the feasible operation of the project by the public housing agency, because disposition allows the acquisition, develop- ment, or rehabilitation of other properties which will be more efficiently or effectively operated as lower income housing projects and which will preserve the total amount of lower income housing stock available in the community, or because of other factors which the Secretary determines are consistent with the best interests of the tenants and public housing agency and which are jiot inconsistent with other provisions of this Act; and

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