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    "ocrText": "http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r106:1:./temp/~r1061BFp7F:e92738\nfrom the payment standards established by the public housing agency pursuant to paragraph (1)(B),\nbut shall be subject to paragraph (10)(A).\n(I) Rent adjustments: A housing assistance payments contract pursuant to this paragraph shall\nprovide for rent adjustments, except that--\n(i) the adjusted rent for any unit assisted shall be reasonable in comparison with rents charged for\ncomparable dwelling units in the private, unassisted, local market and may not exceed the maximum\nrent permitted under subparagraph (H); and\n(ii) the provisions of subsection (c)(2)(C) shall not apply.\n(J) Tenant selection: A public housing agency shall select families to receive project-based\nassistance pursuant to this paragraph from its waiting list for assistance under this subsection. Eligibility\nfor such project-based assistance shall be subject to the provisions of section 16(b) that apply to\ntenant-based assistance. The agency may establish preferences or criteria for selection for a unit\nassisted under this paragraph that are consistent with the public housing agency plan for the agency\napproved under section 5A. Any family that rejects an offer of project-based assistance under this\nparagraph or that is rejected for admission to a structure by the owner or manager of a structure\nassisted under this paragraph shall retain its place on the waiting list as if the offer had not been made.\nThe owner or manager of a structure assisted under this paragraph shall not admit any family to a\ndwelling unit assisted under a contract pursuant to this paragraph other than a family referred by the\npublic housing agency from its waiting list. Subject to its waiting list policies and selection preferences,\na public housing agency may place on its waiting list a family referred by the owner or manager of a\nstructure and may maintain a separate waiting list for assistance under this paragraph, but only if all\nfamilies on the agency's waiting list for assistance under this subsection are permitted to place their\nnames on the separate list.\n(K) Vacated units: Notwithstanding paragraph (9), a housing assistance payment contract pursuant\nto this paragraph may provide as follows:\n(i) Payment for vacant units: That the public housing agency may, in its discretion, continue to\nprovide assistance under the contract, for a reasonable period not exceeding 60 days, for a dwelling\nunit that becomes vacant, but only (I) if the vacancy was not the fault of the owner of the dwelling unit,\nand (II) the agency and the owner take every reasonable action to minimize the likelihood and extent of\nany such vacancy. Rental assistance may not be provided for a vacant unit after the expiration of such\nperiod.\n(ii) Reduction of contract: That, if despite reasonable efforts of the agency and the owner to fill a\nvacant unit, no eligible family has agreed to rent the unit within 120 days after the owner has notified\nthe agency of the vacancy, the agency may reduce its housing assistance payments contract with the\nowner by the amount equivalent to the remaining months of subsidy attributable to the vacant unit.\nAmounts deobligated pursuant to such a contract provision shall be available to the agency to provide\nassistance under this subsection.\nEligible applicants for assistance under this subsection may enforce provisions authorized by this\nsubparagraph.'.\n(b) Applicability: In the case of any dwelling unit that, upon the date of the enactment of this Act, is\nassisted under a housing assistance payment contract under section 8(o)(13) of the United States\nHousing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(13)) as in effect before such enactment, such assistance may\nbe extended or renewed notwithstanding the requirements under subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E) of\nsuch section 8(o)(13), as amended by subsection (a).\n3 of 8\n10/19/2000 1:24 PM"
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