104 STAT. 4238 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 SEC. 574. EFFECT OF FOSTER CARE CHILDREN IN DETERMINING FAMILY COMPOSITION AND SIZE. Section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 14373(1^X3)), as Eimended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the period at the end the following new sentence: "The temporary absence of a child from the home due to placement in foster care shall not be considered in considering family composition and family size.". SEC. 575. EXEMPTION FROM HOUSING DEVELOPMENT GRANT CONSTRUC- TION COMMENCEMENT REQUIREMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 17(d)(4)(G) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and subject to approval in appropriations Acts, the county of Santa Cruz, in the State of California, may not be required to return, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may not recapture, any housing development grant amounts referred to in subsection (b) if during the 6-month period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act the county (or any subgrantee) commences construction or substantial rehabilitation activities for which such amounts were made available. (b) DESCRIPTION OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—The grant amounts referred to in subsection (a) are the amounts awarded to the county of Santa Cruz, in the State of California, on October 1, 1987, under section 17(d) of the United States Housing Act of 1937, for the purpose of providing 37 housing units for low- and very low-income families at the Murphy's Crossing housing development (project no. CA030HG701). SEC. 576. CONSULTATION REGARDING FOSTER CARE CHILDREN IN DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE PLAN. Section 213(a)(5) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1439(a)(5)) is amended by inserting after the period at the end the following: "In developing a housing assistance plan under this paragraph a unit of general local government shall consult with local public agencies involved in providing for the welfare of children to determine the housing needs of (A) families identified by the agencies as having a lack of adequate housing that is a primary factor in the imminent placement of a child in foster care or in preventing the discharge of a child from foster care and reunification with his or her family; and (B) children who, upon discharge of the child from foster care, cannot return to their family or extended family and for which adoption is not available. The unit of general local government sheill include in the housing assistance plan needs and goals with respect to such families and children.". SEC. 577. HOUSING COUNSELING. (a) COUNSEUNG SERVICES.—The first sentence of section 106(a)(3) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(a)(3)) is amended by striking "except that" and all that follows and inserting the following: "except that for such purposes there are authorized to be appropriated $3,600,000 for fiscal year 1991 and $3,700,000 for fiscal year 1992. ". (b) EMERGENCY HOMEOWNERSHIP COUNSEUNG. — (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — The first sentence of section 106(c)(8) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x(c)(8)) is amended to read as follows: "There
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