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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1701z-6. Special housing need research and demonstration authority
(a) Special demonstrations of housing design, structure,
facilities, and amenities to meet needs of elderly, handicapped,
etc.; contracts, grants, and assistance by Secretary
In carrying out activities under section 1701z-1 of this title,
the Secretary may undertake special demonstrations to determine the
housing design, the housing structure, and the housing-related
facilities, and amenities most effective or appropriate to meet the
needs of groups with special housing needs including the elderly,
the handicapped, the displaced, single individuals, broken
families, and large households. For this purpose, the Secretary is
authorized to enter into contracts with, to make grants to, and to
provide other types of assistance to individuals and entities with
special competence and knowledge to contribute to the planning,
development, design, and management of such housing.
(b) Areas of preferential attention
In carrying out his functions under this section, the Secretary
shall give preferential attention to demonstrations which in his
judgment involve areas of housing user needs most neglected in past
and current research and demonstration efforts.
(c) Utilization of contract and loan authority of federally
assisted housing programs; setting aside of development, etc.,
requirements during testing
The Secretary is authorized to undertake demonstrations involving
the actual planning, development, and occupancy of housing
utilizing the contract and loan authority of any federally assisted
housing program. He is also authorized to set aside any
development, construction, design, and occupancy requirements, for
the purposes of these demonstrations, if in his judgment they
inhibit the testing of housing designed to meet the special housing
needs.
(d) Evaluation of demonstration
In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall include, as
part of any demonstration, an evaluation of the demonstration to
cover the full experience involved in planning, development, and
occupancy.
(e) Limitation on amounts available for research
In addition to any other contract or loan authority which the
Secretary may utilize under subsection (c) of this section, not
more than $10,000,000 from amounts approved in appropriation Acts
shall be available for research under this section.
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