Pub. L. 83-560, tit. IV, sec. 401

Sec. 401. The United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, is hereby amended— (1) by adding at the end of section 10 the following new subsection: “(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Public Housing Administration may, with respect to low-rent housing projects initiated after March 1, 1949, enter into new contracts, agree- 68 Stat. 631 ments, or other arrangements during the fiscal year 1955 for loans and annual contributions pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, with respect to not exceeding thirty-five thousand additional units: Provided, That no such new contract, agreement, or other arrangement shall be made except with respect to low-rent housing projects to be undertaken in a community in which there is being carried out a slum clearance and urban redevelopment project, or a slum clearance and urban renewal project, assisted under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and the local governing body of the community undertaking such slum clearance and urban redevelopment project, or slum clearance and urban renewal project, certifies that such low-rent housing project is necessary to assist in meeting the relocation requirements of section 105 (c) of title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended: And provided further, That the total number of dwelling units in low-rent housing projects covered by such new contracts, agreements, or other arrangements shall not exceed the total number of such dwelling units which the Administrator determines to be needed for the relocation of families to be displaced as a result of Federal, State, or local governmental action in such community.”; (2) by striking from subsection 10 (g) the words following the colon up to and including the words “such families” and inserting the following: “First, to families which are to be displaced by any low-rent housing project or by any public slum-clearance, redevelopment or urban renewal project, or through action of a public body or court, either through the enforcement of housing standards or through the demolition, closing, or improvement of dwelling units, or which were so displaced within three years prior to making application to such public housing agency for admission to any low-rent housing: Provided, That as among such projects or actions the public housing agency may from time to time extend a prior preference or preferences: And provided further, That, as among families within any such preference group”; (3) by striking the words “or was to be displaced by another low-rent housing project or by a public slum-clearance or redevelopment project” in clause (ii) of subsection 15 (8) (b) and inserting the following: “or was to be displaced by any low-rent housing project or by any public slum-clearance, redevelopment or urban renewal project, or through action of a public body or court, either through the enforcement of housing standards or through the demolition, closing, or improvement of a dwelling unit or units”; and (4) by striking the words “not later than five years after March 1, 1949” in subsection 15 (8) (b) and inserting “not later than March 1, 1959”.