Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 104 Part 5.djvu/827

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PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4149 "(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here are authorized to be appropriated for grants under this title $68,000,000 for fiscal year 1991 and $380,000,000 for fiscal year 1992. Any amount appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended. "SEC. 302. PLANNING GRANTS. 42 USC "(a) GRANTS.— The Secretary is authorized to make planning iTaaa-l. grants to applicants for the purpose of developing homeownership programs under this title. The amount of a planning grant under this section may not exceed $200,000, except that the Secretary may for good cause approve a grant in a higher amount. "(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Planning grants may be used for activities to develop homeownership programs (which may include programs for cooperative ownership), including— "(1) development of resident management corporations and resident councils; "(2) training and technical assistance for applicants related to development of a specific homeownership program; "(3) studies of the feasibility of a homeownership program; "(4) preliminary architectural and engineering work; "(5) tenant and homebuyer counseling and training; "(6) planning for economic development, job training, and self-sufficiency activities that promote economic self-sufficiency of homebuyers and homeowners under the homeownership program; "(7) development of security plans; and "(8) preparation of an application for an implementation grant under this title. "(c) APPLICATION. — "(1) FORM AND PROCEDURES. — An application for a planning grant shall be submitted by an applicant in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the Secretary shall establish. "(2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. — The Secretary shall require that an application contain at a minimum— "(A) a request for a planning grant, specifying the activities proposed to be carried out, the schedule for completing the activities, the personnel necessary to complete the activities, and the amount of the grant requested; "(B) a description of the applicant and a statement of its qualifications; "(C) identification and description of the public housing project or projects involved, and a description of the composition of the tenants, including family size and income; "(D) a certification by the public official responsible for submitting the comprehensive housing affordability strategy under section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act that the proposed activities are consistent with the approved housing strategy of the State or unit of general local government within which the project is located (or, during the first 12 months after enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, that the application is consistent with such other existing State or local housing plan or strategy that the Secretary shall determine to be appropriate); and "(E) a certification that the applicant will comply with the requirements of the Fair Housing Act, title VI of the