INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTED HOUSING.

SEC. 1001. INCOME ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTED HOUSING. (a) In General.— Section 16(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437n(c)) is amended in the first sentence— (1) by striking “, and” and inserting a comma; (2) by striking “, as appropriate” and all that follows through “programs” and inserting the following: “an appropriate specific percentage of lower income families other than very-low income families that may be assisted in each assisted housing program”; and (3) by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, and shall prohibit project owners from selecting families for residence in an order different from the order on the waiting list for the purpose of selecting relatively higher income families for residence”. (b) Clarification.— Section 6(c)(4)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(c)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: “and shall not permit public housing agencies to select families for residence in an order different from the order on the waiting list for the purpose of selecting relatively higher income families for residence”.