code enforcement

code enforcement Sec. 301. (a) Section 101(c) of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “: Provided further, That commencing three years after the date of enactment of the Housing Act of 1964, no workable program shall be certified or recertified unless (A) the locality has had in effect, for at least six months prior to such certification or recertification, a minimum standards housing code, related but not limited to health, sanitation, and occupancy requirements, which is deemed adequate by the Administrator, and (B) the Administrator is satisfied that the locality is carrying out an effective program of enforcement to achieve compliance with such housing code.” (b) The first sentence of section 110(c) of such Act is amended by inserting after “or rehabilitation or conservation in an urban renewal area,” the following: “or a program of code enforcement in an urban renewal area,”. (c) Paragraph (5) of the second sentence of section 110(c) of such Act is amended by (1) striking out “a program of” and inserting in lieu thereof “programs of code enforcement or”, and (2) adding before the semicolon at the end of such paragraph the following: “: Provided, That no program of code enforcement snail be included as part of an urban renewal project unless the locality shall agree to increase its total expenditures with respect to code enforcement, during the period such project is under contract for a loan or capital grant, by an amount equal to the required local grants-in-aid with respect to the code enforcement included as part of such project”. (d) Any contract for a capital grant under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, executed prior to the date of enactment of this Act, may be amended to incorporate the provisions of subsection (c) for costs incurred on or after such date.