Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/784

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104 STAT. 4106 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 allocate 60 percent among units of general local government and 40 percent among States. Grant programs. (2) INDIAN ALLOCATION.—For each fiscal year, of the amount approved in an appropriations Act to carry out this title, the Secretary shall reserve for grants to Indian tribes 1 percent of the amount appropriated under such section. The Secretary shall provide for distribution of amounts under this paragraph to Indian tribes on the basis of a competition conducted pursuant to specific criteria for the selection of Indian tribes to Regulations. receive such amounts. The criteria shall be contained in a regulation promulgated by the Secretary after notice and public comment. 0>) FORMULA ALLOCATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) RENTAL HOUSING PRODUCTION FORMULA.— (i) Of the funds made available under subsection (a)(l), the Secretary shall designate 10 percent in fiscal year 1991, and 15 percent in fiscal year 1992, for use only to produce affordable rental housing through new construction or substantial rehabilitation. Such funds shall be initially allocated by formula among jurisdictions that, according to the determination of the Secretary under section 212(a)(3)(B), have a housing supply sufficiently inadequate to permit new construction. The allocation among States shall reflect each State's share of the need in areas that meet the criteria established by the Secretary under section 212(a)(3)(B). Such formula shall reflect each eligible jurisdiction's share of the total need among all eligible jurisdictions for rental housing production as identified by objective measures of inadequate housing supply, including low vacancy rates, low turnover of units with rents below fair market rents, a high proportion of substandard housing, and other measures that the Secretary determines are appropriate under section 212(a)(3)(B). In no case may a jurisdiction's total allocation under this subparagraph and subparagraph (B) exceed the amount the jurisdiction would have received if its allocation were made under subparagraph (B) alone. (ii) Any amounts made available under clause (i) that are not committed for new construction or substantial rehabilitation within a period ending 12 months after they are deposited in a jurisdiction's HOME Investment Trust Fund shall remain available only for such purposes during a subsequent 12-month period, after which they shall be available for other eligible uses in accordance with section 212 for an additional period of not to exceed 12 months. Regulations. (B) BASIC FORMULA. —The Secretary shall establish in regulation an allocation formula that reflects each jurisdiction's share of total need among eligible jurisdiction for an increased supply of affordable housing for very low-income and low-income families of different size, as identified by objective measures of inadequate housing supply, substandard housing, the number of low-income families in housing likely to be in need of rehabilitation, the costs of producing housing, poverty, and the relative fiscal incapacity of the jurisdiction to carry out housing activities eligible under section 212 without Federal assistance. Allocation among units of general local government shall take into