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 97 STAT. 1252 PUBLIC LAW 98-181—NOV. 30, 1983 Rental or cooperative housing assistance. 42 USC 2000a note. 82 Stat. 73. "(C) to which such activities will be undertaken in rural areas having populations below 10,000 or in remote parts of other rural areas; "(D) to which the repair and rehabilitation activities may be expected to result in achieving the greatest degree of repair or improvement for the least cost per unit or dwelling; "(E) to which the program would minimize displacement; "(F) to which the program would alleviate overcrowding in rural residences inhabited by low- and very low-income persons and families; "(G) to which the program would minimize the use of grant funds for administrative purposes; and "(H) to which the owner agrees to meet the requirement of subsection (e)(l)(B)(iv) for a period longer than 5 years; and shall assess the demonstrated capacity of the grantee to carry out the program as well as the financial fesisibility of the program. "(4) The amount of assistance provided under this section with respect to any housing shall be the least amount that the Secretary determines is necessary to provide, through the repair and rehabili- tation of such housing, decent housing of modest design that is affordable for persons of low income. "(e)(1) Assistance under this section may be provided with respect to rental or cooperative housing only if— "(A) the owner has entered into such agreements with the Secretary as may be necessary to assure compliance with the requirements of this section, to assure the financial feasibility of such housing, and to carry out the other provisions of this section; "(B) the owner agrees— "(i) to pass on to the tenants any reduction in the debt service payments resulting from the assistance provided under this section; "(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); "(iii) not refuse to rent a dwelling unit in the structure to a family solely because the family is receiving or is eligible to receive assistance under any Federal, State, or local housing assistance program; and "(iv) that the units repaired and rehabilitated with such assistance will be occupied, or available for occupancy, by persons of low income; during the 5-year period beginning on the date on which the units in the housing are available for occupancy; "(C) the unit of general local government or nonprofit organi- zation that receives the assistance certifies to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the assistance will be made available in conformity with Public Law 88-352 and Public Law 90-284; "(D) the owner agrees to enter into and abide by written leases with the tenants, which leases shall provide that tenants may be evicted only for good cause; and "(E) the unit of general local government or nonprofit organi- zation will agree to supervise repairs and rehabilitation and will agree to have a disinterested party inspect such repairs and rehabilitation.

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