DISCRETIONARY PREFERENCE FOR NEAR ELDERLY FAMILIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS DESIGNED FOR THE ELDERLY.

SEC. 111. DISCRETIONARY PREFERENCE FOR NEAR ELDERLY FAMILIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS DESIGNED FOR THE ELDERLY. Section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “In determining priority for admission to public housing projects designed for elderly families, the public housing agency shall give preference to such families. When the public housing agency determines (in accordance with regulations of the Secretary) that there are insufficient numbers of elderly families to fill all the units in such a project, the agency may give preference to families in which the head of household (or spouse) is at least 50 years of age but below the age of 62 before those in which the head of household and spouse, if any, are below the age of 50.”.