housing for the elderly and handicapped

housing for the elderly and handicapped Sec. 507. (a) Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 is amended— (1) by striking out “elderly persons” in section 501(a)(3) and inserting in lieu thereof “elderly or handicapped persons or families”; (2) by striking out “that he is an elderly person in a rural area without an adequate dwelling or related facilities for his own use,” in section 501(c)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof “that the applicant is an elderly or handicapped person or family in a rural area without an adequate dwelling or related facility for its own use,”; (3) by striking out “elderly persons and elderly families” in subsections (a) and (b) of section 515 and inserting in lieu thereof “elderly or handicapped persons or families”; (4) by striking out “elderly persons and elderly families” in section 521(a)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof “elderly or handicapped persons or families”: and (5) by inserting “or handicapped” after “elderly” in clause (i) of the last sentence of section 521(a)(2)(A). 91 STAT. 1141 (b) Section 501(b)(3) of such Act is amended to read as follows: “(3) For the purposes of this title, the term ‘elderly or handicapped persons or families’ means families which consist of two or more persons, the head of which (or his or her spouse) is at least sixty-two years of age or is handicapped. Such term also means a single person who is at least sixty-two years of age or is handicapped. A person shall be considered handicapped if such person is determined, pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary, to have an impairment which (A) is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration, (B) substantially impedes his ability to live independently, and (C) is of such a nature that such ability could be improved by more suitable housing conditions, or if such person is a developmentally disabled individual as defined in section 102(7) of the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act. The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to prevent abuses in determining, under the definitions contained in this paragraph, eligibility of families and persons for admission to and occupancy of housing constructed with assistance under this title. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this paragraph, such term also includes two or more elderly (sixty-two years of age or over) or handicapped persons living together, one or more such persons living with another person who is determined (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) to be essential to the care or well-being of such persons, and the surviving member or members of any family described in the first sentence of this paragraph who were living, in a unit assisted under this title, with the deceased member of the family at the time of his or her death.”.