112 STAT. 2556 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 "(3) LIMITATION ON NEW CONSTRUCTION. — "(A) IN GENERAL,—Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C), a public housing agency may not use any of the amounts allocated for the agency from the Capital Fund or Operating Fund for the purpose of constructing any public housing unit, if such construction would result in a net increase from the number of public housing units owned, assisted, or operated by the public housing agency on October 1, 1999, including any public housing units demolished as part of any revitalization effort. "(B) EXCEPTION REGARDING USE OF ASSISTANCE. — A public housing agency may use amounts allocated for the agency from the Capital Fund or Operating Fund for the construction and operation of housing units that are available and affordable to low-income families in excess of the limitations on new construction set forth in subparagraph (A), but the formulas established under subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) shall not provide additional funding for the specific purpose of allowing construction and operation of housing in excess of those limitations (except to the extent provided in subparagraph (O). "(C) EXCEPTION REGARDING FORMULAS.— Subject to reasonable limitations set by the Secretary, the formulas established under subsections (d)(2) and (e)(2) may provide additional funding for the operation and modernization costs (but not the initial development costs) of housing in excess of amounts otherwise permitted under this paragraph, and such amounts may be so used, if— "(i) such units are part of a mixed-finance project or otherwise leverage significant additional private or public investment; and "(ii) the estimated cost of the useful life of the project is less than the estimated cost of providing tenant-based assistance under section 8(o) for the same period of time. Contracts. "(h) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. —To the extent amounts are provided in advance in appropriations Acts, the Secretary may make grants or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements in accordance with this subsection for purposes of providing, either directly or indirectly— "(1) technical assistance to public housing agencies, resident councils, resident organizations, and resident management corporations, including assistance relating to monitoring and inspections; "(2) training for public housing agency employees and residents; "(3) data collection and analysis; "(4) training, technical assistance, and education to public housing agencies that are— "(A) at risk of being designated as troubled under section 6(j), to assist such agencies from being so designated; and "(B) designated as troubled under section 6(j), to assist such agencies in achieving the removal of that designation; "(5) contract expertise;
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