Ill STAT. 1366 PUBLIC LAW 105-65—OCT. 27, 1997 SEC. 209. BROWNFIELDS AS ELIGIBLE CDBG ACTIVITY.—During fiscal year 1998, States and entitlement communities may use funds allocated under the community development block grants program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for environmental cleanup and economic development activities related to Brownfields projects in conjunction with the appropriate environmental regulatory agencies, as if such activities were eligible under section 105(a) of such Act. SEC. 210. PARTIAL PAYMENT OF CLAIMS ON HEALTH CARE 12 USC FACILITIES.— Section 541(a) of the National Housing Act is I735f-19. amended— (1) in the section heading, by adding "AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES" at the end; and (2) in subsection (a)— (A) by inserting "or a health care facility (including a nursing home, intermediate care facility, or board and care home (as those terms are defined in section 232 of this Act), a hospital (as that term is defined in section 242 of this Act), or a group practice facility (as that term is defined in section 1106 of this Act))" after "1978"; and (B) by inserting "or for keeping the health care facility operational to serve community needs," after "character of the project,". SEC. 211. CALCULATION OF DOWNPAYMENT.— Section 203(b) of 12 USC 1709. the National Housing Act is amended by striking "fiscal year 1997" in paragraph (lOXA) and inserting "fiscal years 1997 and 1998". SEC. 212. HOPE VI NOFA—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the July 22, 1996 Notice of Funding Availability (61 Fed. Reg. 38024), the demolition of units at developments funded under the Notice of Funding Availability shall be at the option of the New York City Housing Authority and the assistance awarded shall be allocated by the public housing agency among other eligible activities under the HOPE VI program and without the development costs limitations of the Notice, provided that the public housing agency shall not exceed the total cost limitations for the public housing agency, as provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. SEC. 213. ENHANCED DISPOSITION AUTHORITY. — Section 204 of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Devel- 12 USC opment, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, is 1715z-lla. amended by inserting after "owned by the Secretary" the following: ", including, for fiscal years 1997 and 1998, the provision of grants and loans from the General Insurance Fund (12 U.S.C. 1735c) for the necessary costs of rehabilitation or demoUtion,". SEC. 214. HOME PROGRAM FORMULA. — The first sentence of section 217(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 42 USC 12747. Housing Act is amended by striking "only those jurisdictions that are allocated an amount of $500,000 or greater shall receive an allocation" and inserting the following: "jurisdictions that are allocated an amount of $500,000 or more, and participating jurisdictions (other than consortia that fail to renew the membership of all of their member jurisdictions) that are allocated an amount less than $500,000, shall receive an allocation". SEC. 215. HUD RENT REFORM. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may provide tenant-based assistance to eligible tenants of a project
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