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 97 STAT. 1196 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 Rules. "Federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped." Ante, p. 1190. 42 USC 1437 note. 12 USC 1701. 42 USC 1471. 12 USC 1701q. program of assistance referred to in subsection (d) that is adminis- tered by such Secretary; and (B) attaining the goal of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for the elderly or handicapped, (2) Such regulations shall establish guidelines under which the owner or manager of any federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped (A) may prescribe reasonable rules for the keeping of pets by tenants in such housing; and (B) shall consult with the tenants of such housing in prescribing such rules. Such rules may consider factors such as density of tenants, pet size, types of pets, potential financial obligations of tenants, and standards of pet care. (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit any owner or manager of federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped, or any local housing authority or other appropriate authority of the community where such housing is located, from requiring the removal from any such housing of any pet whose conduct or condition is duly determined to constitute a nuisance or a threat to the health or safety of the other occupants of such housing or of other persons in the community where such housing is located. (d) For purposes of this section, the term "federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped" means any rental housing project that— (1) is assisted under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959; or (2) is assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937, the National Housing Act, or title V of the Housing Act of 1949, and is designated for occupancy by elderly or handicapped families, as such term is defined in section 202(d)(4) of the Housing Act of 1959. TITLE III—RENTAL HOUSING REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM RENTAL REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS SEC. 301. The United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by inserting before section 18 the following: RENTAL REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 42 USC i437o. "SEC. 17. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.— (1) REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS. —The Secretary is authorized— "(A) to make rental rehabilitation grants to States and units of general local government to help support the rehabilitation of privately owned real property to be used for primarily resi- dential rental purposes in accordance with subsection (c); and "(B) to make development grants for new construction or substantial rehabilitation in accordance with subsection (d). "(2) AUTHORITY TO RESERVE HOUSING ASSISTANCE.— In connection with a grant under this section, the Secretary may reserve authority Ante, p. 1181. to provide housing assistance under section 8(o) to the extent necessary— "(A) to provide housing assistance to persons displaced by activities under this section; or "(B) to support the grantee's program. "(3) AUTHORIZATION. —To carry out the purposes of this section the Secretary may utilize not to exceed $615,000,000, as provided in Ante, p. 1176. Section 5(c) for Hscal years 1984 and 1985, of which amount—

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