CHAPTER 8-LOW-INCOME HOUSING
(a)
Conditions for assistance.
(b)
"Financial assistance" defined.
(c)
Preservation of families; students.
(d)
Conditions for provision of financial assistance for individuals.
(e)
Regulatory actions against entities for erroneous determinations regarding eligibility based upon citizenship or immigration status.
(f)
Verification system; liability of State or local government agencies or officials; prior consent agreements, court decrees or court orders unaffected.
(g)
Reimbursement for costs of implementation.
(h)
"Applicable Secretary" defined.
(i)
Verification of eligibility.
SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROGRAM OF ASSISTED HOUSING
(a)
Declaration of policy.
(b)
Public housing agency organization.
(a)
Families included; rent options; minimum amount; occupancy by police officers and over-income families.
(b)
Definition of terms under this chapter.
(c)
Definition of terms used in reference to public housing.
(d)
Disallowance of earned income from rent determinations.
(e)
Individual savings accounts.
(f)
Availability of income matching information.
(a)
Authority of Secretary; interest rates; repayment date; use as security for obligations of public housing agency.
(b)
Issuance of obligations by Secretary; limitation on amounts; forms and denominations; terms and conditions; purchase, establishment of maturities and rates of interest, and sale by Secretary of the Treasury.
(c)
Public and Indian housing financing reforms.
(a)
Contract authorization; amounts; use as security for obligations of public housing agency; use of existing structures.
(b)
Maximum amount of contributions; regulations; criteria for rates of contribution.
(c)
Limitation on aggregate contractual contributions; contracts for preliminary loans; payments of annual contributions; limitations on specific authorities.
(d)
Scope of contracts for loans or annual contributions.
(e)
Local determination of need as prerequisite for contracts for preliminary loans, and contracts for loans or annual contributions; notice.
(f)
Modification by Secretary of terms of contracts, etc.; limitations; amendment or supersedure of contracts for annual contributions or loans.
(g)
Pledge of annual contributions as guarantee of payment of obligations issued by public housing agency; exception.
(h)
Audits.
(i)
Prohibition on use of funds.
(a)
5-year plan.
(b)
Annual plan.
(c)
Procedures.
(d)
Contents.
(e)
Resident advisory board.
(f)
Notice and hearing.
(g)
Amendments and modifications to plans.
(h)
Submission of plans.
(i)
Review and determination of compliance.
(j)
Troubled and at-risk PHAs.
(k)
Streamlined plan.
(l)
Compliance with plan.
(a)
Conditions; elevators.
(b)
Limitation on development costs.
(c)
Revision of maximum income limits; certification of compliance with requirements; notification of eligibility; informal hearing; compliance with procedures for sound management.
(d)
Exemption from personal and real property taxes; payments in lieu of taxes; cash contribution or tax remission.
(e)
Repealed.
(f)
Housing quality requirements.
(g)
Substantial default; conveyance of title and delivery of possession; reconveyance and redelivery; payments for outstanding obligations.
(h)
New construction contracts.
(i)
Reserve fund; major repairs.
(j)
Performance indicators for public housing agencies.
(k)
Administrative grievance procedure regulations: grounds of adverse action, hearing, examination of documents, representation, evidence, decision; judicial hearing; eviction and termination procedures.
(l)
Leases; terms and conditions; maintenance; termination.
(m)
Reporting requirements; limitation.
(n)
Notice to post office regarding eviction for criminal activity.
(o)
Public housing assistance for foster care children.
(p)
Repealed.
(q)
Availability of records.
(r)
Site-based waiting lists.
(s)
Authority to require access to criminal records.
(t)
Obtaining information from drug abuse treatment facilities.
(a)
Authority to provide designated housing.
(b)
Standards regarding evictions.
(c)
Relocation assistance.
(d)
Required plan.
(e)
Review of plans.
(f)
Effectiveness.
(g)
Inapplicability of Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policy Act of 1970.
(a)
Authorization for assistance payments.
(b)
Other existing housing programs.
(c)
Contents and purposes of contracts for assistance payments; amount and scope of monthly assistance payments.
(d)
Required provisions and duration of contracts for assistance payments; waiver of limitation.
(e)
Restrictions on contracts for assistance payments.
(f)
Definitions.
(g)
Regulations applicable for implementation of assistance payments.
(h)
Nonapplicability of inconsistent provisions to contracts for assistance payments.
(i)
Receipt of assistance by public housing agency under other law not to be considered.
(j)
Repealed.
(k)
Verification of income.
(l)
to (n) Repealed.
(o)
Voucher program.
(p)
Shared housing for elderly and handicapped.
(q)
Administrative fees.
(r)
Portability.
(s)
Prohibition of denial of certificates and vouchers to residents of public housing.
(t)
Enhanced vouchers.
(u)
Assistance for residents of rental rehabilitation projects.
(v)
Extension of expiring contracts.
(w)
Repealed.
(x)
Family unification.
(y)
Homeownership option.
(z)
Termination of section 1437f contracts and reuse of recaptured budget authority.
(aa)
Omitted.
(bb)
Transfer, reuse, and rescission of budget authority.
(cc)
Law enforcement and security personnel.
(dd)
Tenant-based contract renewals.
(a)
Merger into Capital Fund.
(b)
Merger into Operating Fund.
(c)
Allocation amount.
(d)
Capital Fund.
(e)
Operating Fund.
(f)
Negotiated rulemaking procedure.
(g)
Limitations on use of funds.
(h)
Technical assistance.
(i)
Eligibility of units acquired from proceeds of sales under demolition or disposition plan.
(j)
Penalty for slow expenditure of capital funds.
(k)
Emergency reserve and use of amounts.
(l)
Treatment of nonrental income.
(m)
Provision of only capital or operating assistance.
(n)
Treatment of public housing.
(a)
Preparation and submission of annual budget program; maintenance of accounts; audit by General Accounting Office.
(b)
Availability of receipts and assets.
(c)
Federal Reserve banks to act as depositories, custodians and fiscal agents; reimbursement for services.
(a)
Payment of wages prevailing in locality.
(b)
Exception for volunteers.
(c)
Community service requirement.
(d)
Treatment of income changes resulting from welfare program requirements.
(e)
Lease provisions.
(f)
Treatment of income.
(g)
Definition.
(a)
Consortia.
(b)
Joint ventures.
(a)
Income eligibility for public housing.
(b)
Income eligibility for tenant-based section 1437f assistance.
(c)
Income eligibility for project-based section 1437f assistance.
(d)
Establishment of different standards.
(e)
Repealed.
(f)
Ineligibility of individuals convicted of manufacturing or producing methamphetamine on the premises.
(a)
Applications for demolition and disposition.
(b)
Disapproval of applications.
(c)
Resident opportunity to purchase in case of proposed disposition.
(d)
Replacement units.
(e)
Consolidation of occupancy within or among buildings.
(f)
De minimus exception to demolition requirements.
(g)
Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Act.
(h)
Relocation and replacement.
(a)
Purpose.
(b)
Program requirements.
(c)
Assistance amounts.
(d)
Waiver of Federal requirements.
(e)
Direct provision of operating and capital assistance.
(f),
(g) Repealed.
(h)
Applicability.
(a)
Homeownership opportunities in general.
(b)
Protection of nonpurchasing families.
(c)
Financial assistance for public housing agencies.
(d)
Additional homeownership and management opportunities.
(e)
Regulations.
(f)
Repealed.
(g)
Limitation.
(a)
Authority.
(b)
Conversion assessment.
(c)
Criteria for implementation of conversion plan.
(d)
Conversion plan requirement.
(e)
Review and approval of conversion plans.
(f)
Tenant-based assistance.
(a)
Purpose.
(b)
Establishment of program.
(c)
Contract of participation.
(d)
Incentives for participation.
(e)
Effect of increases in family income.
(f)
Program coordinating committee.
(g)
Action plan.
(h)
Allowable public housing agency administrative fees and costs.
(i)
Public housing agency incentive award allocation.
(j)
On-site facilities.
(k)
Flexibility.
(l)
Reports.
(m)
GAO report.
(n)
Definitions.
(o)
Effective date and regulations.
(a)
Purposes.
(b)
Grant authority.
(c)
Contribution requirement.
(d)
Eligible activities.
(e)
Application and selection.
(f)
Cost limits.
(g)
Disposition and replacement.
(h)
Administration by other entities.
(i)
Withdrawal of funding.
(j)
Definitions.
(k)
Grantee reporting.
(l)
Annual report.
(m)
Funding.
(n)
Sunset.
(a)
Authority.
(b)
Request for transfer.
(c)
Capital and operating assistance.
(d)
Contract between Secretary and manager.
(e)
Compliance with public housing agency plan.
(f)
Demolition and disposition by manager.
(g)
Limitation on PHA liability.
(h)
Definitions.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Procedure.
(c)
Certification.
(d)
Approval by States.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Violations of housing assistance payment contracts for which penalty may be imposed.
(c)
Agency procedures.
(d)
Judicial review of agency determination.
(e)
Remedies for noncompliance.
(f)
Settlement by Secretary.
(g)
Deposit of penalties.
(h)
Definitions.
(a)
General authorization.
(b)
Terms and conditions.
(c)
No Federal liability.
(a)
Ownership conditions.
(b)
Reasonable requirements.
(c)
Pet ownership in public housing designated for occupancy by elderly or handicapped families.
(d)
Regulations.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Participating units.
(c)
Eligible purchasers.
(d)
Right of first refusal.
(e)
Protection of nonpurchasing residents.
(f)
Financing and assistance.
(g)
Downpayment requirement.
(h)
Ownership interests.
(i)
Resale.
(j)
Net proceeds.
(k)
Homeownership assistance.
(l)
Inapplicability of disposition requirements.
(a)
Identification of units.
(b)
Consultation.
(c)
Plan for removal of units from inventories of PHA's.
(d)
Conversion to tenant-based assistance.
(e)
Cessation of unnecessary spending.
(f)
Use of budget authority.
(g)
Removal by Secretary.
(h)
Administration.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Eligible activities.
(c)
Funding distribution.
(d)
Matching requirement.
(e)
Funding for resident organizations.
(a)
Authority.
(b)
Assistance.
(c)
Compliance with public housing requirements.
(d)
Mixed-finance projects.
(e)
Structure of projects.
(f)
Taxation.
(g)
Use of savings.
(h)
Effect of certain contract terms.
SUBCHAPTER II-ASSISTED HOUSING FOR INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
(a)
Authorization of waiver.
(b)
Extent of waiver.
(c)
"Housing program" defined.
SUBCHAPTER II–A-HOPE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING HOMEOWNERSHIP
(a)
In general.
(b)
Authority to reserve housing assistance.
(a)
Grants.
(b)
Eligible activities.
(c)
Application.
(d)
Selection criteria.
(a)
Grants.
(b)
Eligible activities.
(c)
Matching funding.
(d)
Application.
(e)
Selection criteria.
(f)
Location within participating jurisdictions.
(g)
Approval.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Affordability.
(c)
Plan.
(d)
Acquisition and rehabilitation limitations.
(e)
Financing.
(f)
Housing quality standards.
(g)
Repealed.
(h)
Protection of non-purchasing families.
(a)
Sale by public housing agency to applicant or other entity required.
(b)
Preferences.
(c)
Cost limitations.
(d)
Annual contributions.
(e)
Amounts from Operating Fund allocation.
(f)
Use of proceeds from sales to eligible families.
(g)
Restrictions on resale by homeowners.
(h)
Third party rights.
(i)
Dollar limitation on economic development activities.
(j)
Timely homeownership.
(k)
Capability of resident management corporations and resident councils.
(l)
Records and audit of recipients of assistance.
SUBCHAPTER II–B-HOME RULE FLEXIBLE GRANT DEMONSTRATION
(a)
Authority and use.
(b)
Period of participation.
(c)
Participating jurisdictions.
(a)
Program allocation.
(b)
Covered housing assistance.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Number of families assisted.
(c)
Protection of recipients.
(d)
Effect on ability to compete for other programs.
(a)
Applicability of certain provisions.
(b)
Compliance with assistance plan.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Review, approval, and performance standards.
(c)
Status of PHAs.
(d)
PHA plans.
(a)
Maintenance of records.
(b)
Reports.
(c)
Access to documents by Secretary and Comptroller General.
(d)
Performance review and evaluation.
(a)
Termination.
(b)
Evaluation.
SUBCHAPTER III-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
(a)
Applicability of approved plan to housing assistance application; procedure upon receipt of application by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; definitions.
(b)
Housing assistance applications subject to procedures.
(c)
Repealed.
(d)
Allocation and reservation of housing assistance funds; purposes; prohibited reallocation of unutilized funds; enumerated uses for retained funds; competition for reservation and obligation of funds.
(e)
Assistance payments for properties in Jefferson County, Texas.
(a)
Statement of purpose; participation by private and nonprofit developers in activities assisted.
(b)
Determination of eligibility for assistance; definitions.
(c)
Guarantee of obligations issued by agencies; grants to agencies for interest payments on obligations; maximum amount of grants; prerequisites for guarantee; full faith and credit pledged for payment of guarantee; effect and validity of guarantee; fees and charges for guarantee; authorization of appropriations for grants; maximum amount of obligations guaranteed.
(d)
Requirements for guaranteed obligations.
(e)
Revolving fund for payment of liabilities incurred pursuant to guarantees and payment of obligations issued to Secretary of the Treasury; composition; availability, issuance of obligations to Secretary of the Treasury for implementation of guarantees; amount, maturity, rate of interest, and purchase by Secretary of the Treasury of obligations; payment of expenses and charges.
(f)
Technical assistance to agencies for planning and execution of development activities.
(g)
Labor standards.
(h)
Protection of guarantees issued by United States; inclusion by purchaser in gross income of interest paid on obligations issued by agencies.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in sections 1382a, 1404a, 1434, 1436a, 1436b, 1439, 1471, 1485, 1490a, 1502, 1503, 1504, 1586, 1590, 1594c, 1766, 3013, 5153, 5515, 8003, 11903, 12705, 12896, 12910, 14614 of this title; title 12 sections 24, 1441a, 1701r–1, 1715z–1a, 1701z–3, 1701z–11, 1715l, 1831q; title 20 section 7713; title 25 sections 640d–14, 4103, 4111, 4112, 4116, 4133, 4140, 4152, 4181, 4182, 4183, 4191; title 26 section 32; title 29 section 1605.