PUBLIC LAW 101-239—DEC. 19, 1989 _ 103 STAT. 2315 an area which has high construction, land, and utility costs relative to area median gross income. "dD LIMIT ON AREAS DESIGNATED.—The portions of metropolitan statistical areas which may be des- ignated for purposes of this subparagraph shall not exceed an aggr^ate area having 20 percent of the population of such metropolitan statistical areas. A comparable rule shall apply to nonmetropolitan areas, "(iv) SPECIAL RULES AND DEFINITIONS. —For purposes of this subparagraph— "(0 population shall be determined on the basis of the most recent decennial census for which data 4- are available,
- 0J) area median gross income shall be deter-
mined in accordance with subsection (g)(4), "(HD the term 'metropolitan statistical area' has the same meaning as when used in section 143(k)(2)(B),and "(IV) the term 'nonmetropolitan area' means any county (or portion thereof) which is not within a metropolitan statistical area." (h) CHANGES IN RULES RELATING TO BUILDINGS FOR WHICH CREDIT MAY BE ALLOWED.— (1) SINGLE-ROOM OOCUPANCT UNITS RENTED ON A MONTHLY BASIS.—Subparagraph (B) of section 42(i)(3) (relating to low income unit) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "For purposes of the preceding sen- tence, a single-room occupancy unit shall not be treated as used on a transient basis merely because it is rented on a month-by- month basis." (2) SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING.— Subparagraph (B) of section 42(^2) (relating to gross rent) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by striking "and" at the end, (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ", and", and (Q by adding at the end the following: "(iii) does not include any fee for a supportive service which is paid to the owner of the unit (on the basis of the low-income status of the tenant of the unit) by any governmental program of assistance (or by an oiganiza- tion described in section 501(c)(3) and exempt from tax under section 501(a)) if such program (or organization) provides assistance for rent and the amount of assist- ance provided for rent is not separable from the amount of assistance provided for supportive services. For purposes of clause (iii), the term 'supportive service' means any service provided under a planned program of services designed to enable residents of a residentLed rental property to remcun independent and avoid placement in a hospital, nursing home, or intermediate care facility for the mentally or physically handicapped. In the case of a single- room occupancy unit or a building described in subsection (i)(3)(B)(iii), such term includes any service provided to assist tenants in locating and retaining permanent housing."
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