low-income housing

low-income housing Sec. 201. (a) The first sentence of section 5(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended— (1) by striking out “and” immediately following “July 1, 1975,” the first time it appears; and (2) by inserting immediately after “on October 1, 1976,” the following: “and by $1,159,995,000 on October 1, 1977,”. (b) Section 5(c) of such Act is amended by inserting after the third sentence the following: “Of the additional authority to enter into contracts for annual contributions provided on October 1, 1977, and approved in appropriation Acts, the Secretary shall make available not less than $42,500,000 for modernization of low-income housing projects, not less than $197,139,200 for low-income housing projects permanently financed by loans from State housing finance or State development agencies, as defined in section 802(b)(2)(A) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and not less than $120,000,000 for low-income housing projects permanently financed by loans pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959.” (c) Section 8(c)(1) of such Act is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: “Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, after the date of enactment of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977, the Secretary shall prohibit high-rise elevator projects for families with children unless there is no practical alternative.”. (d) Section 8(c)(4) of such Act is amended by striking out the following: “(i) if the unoccupied unit is in a project insured under the National Housing Act, except pursuant to section 244 of such Act, or (ii)”. (e)(1) Section 8(d) of such Act is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: “(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the approval of the Secretary the public housing agency administering a contract under this section with respect to existing housing units may exercise all management and maintenance responsibilities with respect to those 91 STAT. 1129units pursuant to a contract between such agency and the owner of such units.”. (2) Section 8(e)(2) of such Act is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: “In approving any public housing agency to assume all the management and maintenance responsibilities of any dwelling unit under the preceding sentence, the Secretary may do so without regard to whether such agency administers the housing assistance payment contract for that unit.”. (f) Section 9(c) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking out “and” immediately following “on or after July 1, 1976,”; and (2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: “, and not to exceed $685,000,000 on or after October 1, 1977”. (g) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a study of payments in lieu of taxes made under section 6(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and report to the Congress on the status and adequacy of such payments not later than twelve months after the date of enactment of this section. (h) Section 208 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 is amended by inserting “, including the right to renewal of such lease to the maximum term permitted by law,” after “United States Housing Act of 1937”.