PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2491 other entity as determined by the Secretary and upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate, all rental charges collected on a unit-by-unit basis in excess of the basic rental charges. Unless otherwise directed by the Secretary, such excess charges shall be credited to a reserve used by the Secretary to make additional assistance payments as provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (f), Notwithstanding any other requirements of this subsection, an owner of a project with a mortgage insured under this section, or a project previously assisted under subsection (b) but without a mortgage insured under this section if the project mortgage was insured under section 207 of this Act before July 30, 1998 pursuant to section 223(f) of this Act and assisted under subsection (b), may retain some or all of such excess charges for project use if authorized by the Secretary and upon such terms and conditions as established by the Secretary.". FHA MORTGAGE INSURANCE INCREASE SEC. 228. (a) Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking clause (ii) and all that follows through the end of the subparagraph and inserting the following: "(ii) 87 percent of the dollar amount limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a residence of the applicable size; except that the dollar amount limitation in effect for any area under this subparagraph may not be less than 48 percent of the dollar limitation determined under section 305(a)(2) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act for a residence of the applicable size; and", (b) The first sentence in the matter following section 203(b)(2)(B)(iii) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(B)(iii) is amended to read as follows: "For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term 'area' means a metropolitan statistical area as established by the Office of Management and Budget; and the median 1-family house price for an area shall be equal to the median 1-family house price of the county within the area that has the highest such median price.". HOPE VI GRANT FOR HOLLANDER RIDGE SEC. 229. If the Secretary rescinds the grant award of $20,000,000 made to the Housing Authority of Baltimore City for development efforts at Hollander Ridge in Bsdtimore, Maryland, involving funds appropriated for fiscal year 1996 under the heading "Public Housing Demolition, Site Revitalization, and Replacement Housing Grsints", all of the rescinded grant amount shall be recaptured by the Secretary and added to the amounts otherwise available under this heading. If, after the date of any such recapture, the Housing Authority of Baltimore City applies in response to a Notice of Funding Availability issued by the Secretary for a grant from funds available under this heading (not to exceed the amount recaptured) for development efforts at Hollander Ridge, then the Secretary shall grant priority status to such application and approve the grant award if the application meets the terms and criteria stated in the Notice of Funding Availability.
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