104 STAT. 4180 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 (11) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (12) The term 'single parent" means an individual who— (A) is unmarried or legally separated from a spouse; and (B)(i) has 1 or more minor children for whom the individual has custody or joint custody; or (ii) is pregnant. 42 USC 12897. SEC. 447. LIMITATION ON SELECTION CRITERIA. In establishing criteria for selecting applicants to receive assistance under this subtitle, the Secretary may not establish any selection criterion or criteria that grant or deny such assistance to an applicant (or have the effect of granting or denying assistance) based on the implementation, continuation, or discontinuation of any public policy, regulation, or law of any jurisdiction in which the applicant or project is located. 42 USC 12898. SEC. 448. IMPLEMENTATION. Not later than the expiration of the 180-day period beginning on the date funds authorized under this subtitle first become available for obligation, the Secretary shall by notice establish such requirements as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subtitle. Such requirements shall be subject to section 553 of title 5, Regulations. United States Code. The Secretary shall issue regulations based on the initial notice before the expiration of the 8-month period beginning on the date of the notice. TITLE V—HOUSING ASSISTANCE Subtitle A—Public and Indian Housing SEC. 501. PREFERENCE RULES. Section 6(c)(4)(A) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437d(c)(4)(A)) is amended to read as follows: "(A) except for projects or portions of projects specifically designated for elderly families with respect to which the Secretary has determined that application of this subparagraph would result in excessive delays in meeting the housing need of such families, the establishment of tenant selection criteria which— "(i) for not less than 70 percent of the units that are made available for occupancy in a given fiscal year, give preference to families that occupy substandard housing (including families that are homeless or living in a shelter for homeless families), are paying more than 50 percent of family income for rent, or are involuntarily displaced at the time they are seeking assistance under this Act; "(ii) for any remaining units to be made available for occupancy, give preference in accordance with a system of preferences established by the public housing agency in writing and after public hearing to respond to local housing needs and priorities, which may include (I) assisting very low-income families who either reside in transitional housing assisted under title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, or partici-
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