HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY

HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY Sec. 404. (a) Paragraph (2) of section 2 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “The term ‘families’ means families consisting of two or more persons, a single person sixty-five years of age or over, or the remaining member of a tenant family. The term ‘elderly families’ means families the head of which (or his spouse) is sixty-five years of age or over.” (b) Section 10 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(m) For the purpose of increasing the supply of low-rent housing for elderly families, the Authority may assist the construction of new housing or the remodeling of existing housing in order to provide accommodations designed specifically for such families. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 10 (g), any public housing agency, in respect to dwelling units suitable to the needs of elderly families, may extend a prior preference to such families and may waive the provisions of clause (ii) of section 15 (8) (b) with respect to such units: Provided, That, as among such families, the ‘First’ preference in subsection 10 (g) shall apply.” (c) Section 15 (5) of such Act is amended by inserting after the word “Alaska” the following: “or $2,250 in the case of accommodations designed specifically for elderly families”.