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 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 97 STAT. 1199 make essential improvements, and to repair major systems in danger of failure; "(E) the amount of rental rehabilitation assistance provided under this section for any structure shall not exceed $5,000 per unit except as otherwise determined by the Secretary in areas of high material and labor costs where the grantee demon- strates that every appropriate step has been taken by the grantee to contain the amount of assistance within the limit set by this paragraph and that an exception is necessary to conduct a rehabilitation program while not exceeding the rehabilitation standards of subparagraph (D); "(F) a structure may be assisted under this section only if the rehabilitation of such structure will not cause the involuntary displacement of very low-income families by families who are not very low-income families; "(G) the owner of each assisted structure agrees— "(i) not to discriminate against prospective tenants on the basis of their receipt of or eligibility for housing assistance under any Federal, State, or local housing assistance pro- gram or, except for a structure for housing for the elderly, on the basis that the tenants have a minor child or children who will be residing with them; and "(ii) not to convert the units to condominium ownership (or in the case of a cooperative, to condominium ownership or any form of cooperative ownership not eligible for assist- ance under this section); for at least 10 years beginning on the date on which the units in the project are completed; "(H) the State or unit of general local government that receives the assistance certifies to the satisfaction of the Secre- tary that the assistance will be made available in conformity with Public Law 88-352 and Public Law 90-284; and "(I) 100 per centum of the amount of assistance provided under this section shall be used by the grantee for the benefit of lower income families, except that such requirement shall be reduced to (i) 70 per centum if the grantee certifies in accord- ance with standards prescribed by the Secretary that such reduction is necessary, and that the gremtee cannot develop a proposed program which complies with such requirement, after consultation with the public regarding the inability to develop a program which complies with such requirement, and (ii) to not less than 50 per centum where the Secretary determines that such further reduction is necessary. "(3) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITY. —The Secretary shall assure that— "(A) an equitable share of the rehabilitation grants under this section is used to assist in the provision of housing for families, including large families with children; and "(B) a priority shall be given to projects containing units in substandard condition which are occupied by very low-income families. "(d) GRANTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION AND SUBSTANTIAL REHABIU- TATION. — "(1) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE. — Development grant funds may be used by the grantee to make grants or loans, provide interest reduction payments, or furnish other comparable assistance to support the Low-income families, displacement. 42 USC 2000a note; 82 Stat. 73.

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