The Department of Housing is hereby empowered to create by means of regulation any necessary dispositions for the implementation of this chapter within one hundred eighty (180) days after the approval of this act, and pursuant to §§ 2101 et seq. of Title 3, known as the “Uniform Administrative Procedures Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico”. In addition, it shall create all the necessary forms for its implementation within one hundred eighty (180) days after the approval of this act.
Likewise, same shall set forth procedures to validate or accept any federal or state assistance such as Medicaid, the Nutritional Assistance Program, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, Social Security or Section 8, among others, that may be received by elderly persons interested in living in the housing projects set forth pursuant to this chapter as payment or partial payment of the rent established by means of the residency agreement.
History —Sept. 3, 2003, No. 244, § 20.