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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1701z. New technologies in the development of housing for lower income families
(a) Institution of program; assistance to mobile home buyers
In order to encourage the use of new housing technologies in
providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for lower income
families; to encourage large-scale experimentation in the use of
such technologies; to provide a basis for comparison of such
technologies with existing housing technologies in providing such
housing; and to evaluate the effect of local housing codes and
zoning regulations on the large-scale use of new housing
technologies in the provision of such housing, the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the
"Secretary") shall institute a program under which qualified
organizations, public and private, will submit plans for the
development of housing for lower income families, using new and
advanced technologies, on Federal land which has been made
available by the Secretary for the purposes of this section, or on
other land where (1) local building regulations permit the
construction of experimental housing, or (2) State or local law
permits variances from building regulations in the construction of
experimental housing for the purpose of testing and developing new
building technologies.
(b) Approval of plans utilizing new housing technologies;
considerations
The Secretary shall approve not more than five plans utilizing
new housing technologies which are submitted to him pursuant to the
program referred to in subsection (a) of this section and which he
determines are most promising in furtherance of the purposes of
this section. In making such determination the Secretary shall
consider -
(1) the potential of the technology employed for producing
housing for lower income families on a large scale at a moderate
cost;
(2) the extent to which the plan envisages environmental
quality;
(3) the possibility of mass production of the technology; and
(4) the financial soundness of the organization submitting the
plan, and the ability of such organization, alone or in
combination with other organizations, to produce at least one
thousand dwelling units a year utilizing the technology proposed.
(c) Number of dwelling units to be constructed for each type of
technology; evaluation of projects
In approving projects for mortgage insurance under section
1715x(a)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall seek to achieve the
construction of at least one thousand dwelling units a year over a
five-year period for each of the various types of technologies
proposed in approved plans under subsection (b) of this section.
The Secretary shall evaluate each project with respect to which
assistance is extended pursuant to this section with a view to
determining (1) the detailed cost breakdown per dwelling unit, (2)
the environmental quality achieved in each unit, and (3) the effect
which local housing codes and zoning regulations have, or would
have if applicable, on the cost per dwelling unit.
(d) Transfer of surplus property
Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, any land which is excess
property within the meaning of such Act and which is determined by
the Secretary to be suitable in furtherance of the purposes of this
section may be transferred to the Secretary upon his request.
(e) Report of findings; legislative recommendations
The Secretary shall, at the earliest practicable date, report his
findings with respect to projects assisted pursuant to this section
(including evaluations of each such project in accordance with
subsection (c) of this section), together with such recommendations
for additional legislation as he determines to be necessary or
desirable to expand the available supply of decent, safe, and
sanitary housing for lower income families through the use of
technologies the efficacy of which has been demonstrated under this
section.
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