The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make grants in accordance with this section to owners of eligible projects described in subsection (b) for one or both of the following activities:
Substantial capital repairs to projects that are needed to rehabilitate, modernize, or retrofit aging structures, common areas, or individual dwelling units.
Activities designed to convert dwelling units in the eligible project to assisted living facilities for elderly persons.
Activities designed to convert dwelling units in the eligible project to service-enriched housing for elderly persons.
An eligible project described in this subsection is a multifamily housing project that is-
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection or this section, an unused or underutilized commercial property may be considered an eligible project under this subsection, except that the Secretary may not provide grants under this section for more than three such properties. For any such projects, any reference under this section to dwelling units shall be considered to refer to the premises of such properties.
Applications for grants under this section shall be submitted to the Secretary in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish. Such applications shall contain-
The Secretary may not make a grant under this section for conversion activities unless an application for a grant submitted pursuant to subsection (c) contains sufficient evidence, in the determination of the Secretary, of firm commitments for the funding of services to be provided in the assisted living facility or service-enriched housing, which may be provided by third parties.
The Secretary shall require evidence that each recipient of a grant for service-enriched housing under this section provides relevant and timely disclosure of information to residents or potential residents of such housing relating to-
The Secretary shall select applications for grants under this section based upon selection criteria, which shall be established by the Secretary and shall include-
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a multifamily project which includes one or more dwelling units that have been converted to assisted living facilities or service-enriched housing using grants made under this section shall be eligible for project-based assistance under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [ 42 U.S.C. 1437f ], in the same manner in which the project would be eligible for such assistance but for the assisted living facilities or service-enriched housing in the project.
For assistance pursuant to this subsection, the maximum monthly rent of a dwelling unit that is an assisted living facility or service-enriched housing with respect to which assistance payments are made shall not include charges attributable to services relating to assisted living.
For purposes of this section-
There is authorized to be appropriated for providing grants under this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000.
1 So in original. Probably should be followed by "or".
2 See References in Text note below.
12 U.S.C. § 1701q-2
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSection 1701(q)(k) of this title, referred to in subsec. (g)(3), probably should be a reference to section 202(k) of this Act, which is classified to section 1701q(k) of this title.
CODIFICATIONSection was enacted as part of the Housing Act of 1959, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS2011- Pub. L. 111-372, §301(a), inserted "and other purposes" after "assisted living facilities" in section catchline.Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(b), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B).Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(c), inserted "for either an assisted living facility or service-enriched housing" after "activities".Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(d), amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary may not make a grant under this section for conversion activities unless the application contains sufficient evidence, in the determination of the Secretary, of firm commitments for the funding of services to be provided in the assisted living facility, which may be provided by third parties."Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(e)(1), inserted "or service-enriched housing" after "facilities" and "service-enriched housing" after "facility".Subsec. (e)(5). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(e)(2), inserted "or service-enriched housing" after "facility".Subsec. (e)(6). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(e)(3), inserted "or service-enriched housing" after "facility".Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(f)(1), inserted "or service-enriched housing" after "facilities" in two places. Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(f)(2), inserted "or service-enriched housing" after "facility".Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 111-372, §301(g), amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (g) related to definitions for purposes of this section.1999-Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 106-74 added subsec. (f) and redesignated former subsecs. (f) and (g) as (g) and (h), respectively.