Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 1.djvu/775

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

PUBLIC LAW 102-139—OCT. 28, 1991 105 STAT. 747 funding to ensure that sufficient rental assistance units are available. Of the $10,357,201,000 total under this head, $102,860,000 shall be for capital advances for housing for persons with disabilities as authorized by section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Public Law 101-625); $100,159,000 shall be for project rental assistance for persons with disabilities under section 811(b)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; and $23,300,000 shall be for amendments to rental assistance contracts for projects for the handicapped that receive capital advances, including projects previously reserved under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as it existed before enactment of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall make a commitment and provide capital advance assistance under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, or section 811 of such Act if the project is for persons with disabilities, for any project for which there is a loan reservation under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 as it existed before enactment of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, if the loan has not been executed and recorded, and if the project is making satisfactory progress under 24 CFR section 885.230: Provided, That the Secretary shall not make such commitments and provide such capital advance assistance before January 1, 1992: Provided further, That the Secretary shall have the discretion until April 1, 1992 not to terminate a project and not to convert a project to capital advance assistance: Provided further. That upon converting a project to capital advance assistance, the loan reservation for such project shall be terminated: Provided further. That a project not making satisfactory progress under 24 CFR section 885.230 shall not have its loan reservation terminated before January 1, 1992, and the Secretary shall ensure that the processing of all projects through loan execution and recordation or the making of the capital advance is expedited, and that no project being so processed shall have the order in which it is processed arbitrarily changed: Provided further. That an owner of a project that is converted pursuant to this paragraph shall be permitted voluntarily to provide funds for capital costs in addition to the capital advance, from debt or other non-Federal sources. With respect to each project that has a loan reservation terminated pursuant to the immediately foregoing paragraph, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall convert each funding reservation that was made under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or section 202(h) of the Housing Act of 1959, before enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, to a commitment for project rental assistance under such section 202 as amended by section 801 of the Cranston- Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act or section 811 of the Act. ASSISTANCE FOR THE RENEWAL OF EXPIRING SECTION 8 SUBSIDY CONTRACTS For assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437) not otherwise provided for, for use in connection with expiring section 8 subsidy contracts, $7,355,128,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds provided under this paragraph may not be obligated for a contract term that is less than