exceeding 10 per centum of the units in any single structure except to the extent that the agency, because of the limited number of units in the structure or for any other reasons, determines that such limit should not be applied). The public housing agency shall conduct appropriate inspections of the units offered to be made available in any residential structure by the owner thereof in reponse to such invitation, and if (1) it finds that such units are, or may be made, suitable for use as low-rent housing in private accommodations within the meaning of subsection (a)(3), and (2) the rentals to be charged for such units, as negotiated and agreed to by the agency and the owner of the structure in a manner consistent with subsection (d)(2), are within the financial range of families of low income. Such agency may approve such units for use as low-rent housing in private accommodations in accordance with (and subject to the applicable limitations contained in) this section. Each public housing agency shall maintain and keep current a list of units approved by it under this subsection, including such information with respect to each such unit as it may consider necessary or appropriate. (d) to the extent of contracts for annual contributions entered into by the Authority with a public housing agency under section 10(e), such agency may enter into contracts with the owners of structures containing dwelling units approved under subsection (c) for the use of such units in accordance with this section (and no limitation not specifically provided for in this section shall be imposed by regulations of the Authority on the types of categories of structures or dwelling units, qualifying under subsection (a)(3) and approved under subsection (c), which may be so used in any community). Each such contract with an owner shall provide (with respect to any unit) that (1) the selection of tenants for such unit shall be the function of the owner, subject to the provisions of the contract between the Authority and the agency; (2) the rental and other charges to be received by the owner shall be negotiated and agreed to by the agency and the owner, and the rental and other charges to be paid by the tenant shall be determined in accordance with the standards applicable to units in low-rent housing projects assisted under the other provisions of this Act; (3) the agency shall have the sole right to give notice to vacate, with the owner having the right to make representations to the agency for termination of the tenancy; (4) maintenance and replacements (including redecoration) shall be in accordance with the standard practice for the building concerned, as established by the owner and agreed to by the agency; and (5) the agency and the owner shall carry out such other appropriate terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed to by them. Each contract between a public housing agency and an owner entered into under this subsection shall be for a term of not less than twelve months nor more than one hundred and twenty months and shall be renewable by such agency and owner at the expiration of such term; Provided, that no renewal of such a contract shall result in a total term exceeding two hundred and forty months (or one hundred and eighty months in the case of an existing structure). (e) The annual contribution under this Act for a project of a public housing agency for low-rent housing in private accommodations under this section in lieu of any other guaranteed contribution authorized by section 10 shall not exceed the amount of the fixed annual contribution which would be established under this Act for a newly constructed project by such public housing agency designed to accommodate the comparable number, sizes, and kinds of families. The period over which payments will be made to a public housing agency for a project of low-rent housing in private accommodations under this section, and the aggregate amount of such payments, under a contract for annual contributions, shall be determined on the basis of the number of units in the community or communities under the jurisdiction of such agency which are in use (or can reasonably be expected to be placed in use) as low-rent housing in private accommodations under this section, taking into account the terms of the leases under which such units are (or will be) so used. In addition, contracts for financial assistance entered into by the Authority with a public housing agency pursuant to this section shall provide for reimbursement of reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by such agency in conducting surveys, listings, and inspections described in subsections (b) and (c). (f) The provisions of sections 10(h) and 15(7) of this Act, shall not apply to low-rent housing assisted or to be assisted under this section. (g) To the extent authorized in contracts entered into by the authority with a public housing agency, such agency may purchase any structure containing one or more dwelling units leased to provide low-rent housing in private accommodations under this section for the purpose of reselling the structure to the tenant or tenants of the structure or to a group of such tenants occupying units aggregating in value at least 80 per centum of the structure's total value. Any such resale shall be made subject to such terms and conditions (including provision for deferment of the required downpayment and for elimination of or adjustments in the required interest payments during a temporary period) as may be necessary to enable the tenants involved to make the purchase without undue financial hardship. EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974 [Public Law 93-383; 88 Stat. 669; 42 U.S.C. 1421b note] LEASED HOUSING SEC. 208. Nothing in this title or any other provision of law authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to apply any policy or procedure established by him with respect to the rights of an owner under a lease entered into under section 23 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, including the right to renewal of such lease to the maximum term permitted by law, if such NONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST SECTION 8 EXCERPT FROM HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1987 [Public Law 100-242; 101 Stat. 1872; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note] SEC. 183. TENANT PARTICIPATION IN MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECTS. (a) APPLICABILITY. * * * (b) NOTICE AND COMMENT.- *** (c) NONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST SECTION 8 CERTIFICATE HOLDERS AND VOUCHER HOLDERS.-No owner of a subsidized project (as defined in section 203(i)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, as amended by section 181(h) of this Act) shall refuse (1) to lease any available dwelling unit in any such project of such owner that rents for an amount not greater than the fair market rent for a comparable unit, as determined by the Secretary under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, to a holder of a certificate of eligibility under such section, a proximate cause of which is the status of such prospective tenant as a holder of such certificate, and to enter into a housing assistance payments contract respecting such unit; or (2) to lease any available dwelling unit in any such project of such owner to a holder of a voucher under section 8(0) of such Act, and to enter into a voucher contract respecting such unit, a proximate cause of which is the status of such prospective tenant as holder of such voucher. [42 U.S.C. 1437f note] SECTION 8 RENT ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS EXCERPT FROM DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN [Public Law 101-235; 103 Stat. 1987; 42 U.S.C. 1437f note] TITLE VIII-SECTION 8 RENT ADJUSTMENTS SEC. 801. ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS FOR SECTION 8 RENTS. (a) EFFECT OF PRIOR COMPARABILITY STUDIES. (1) IN GENERAL.-In any case in which, in implementing section 8(c)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (A) the use of comparability studies by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the appropriate State agency as an independent limitation on the amount of rental adjustments resulting from the application of an annual adjustment factor under such section has resulted in the reduction of the maximum monthly rent for units covered by the contract or the failure to increase such contract rent to the full amount otherwise permitted under the annual adjustment factor, or (B) an assistance contract requires a project owner to make a request before becoming eligible for a rent adjustment under the annual adjustment factor and the project owner certifies that such a request was not made because of anticipated negative adjustment to the project rents, for fiscal year 1980, and annually thereafter until regulations implementing this section take effect, rental adjustments shall be calculated as an amount equal to the annual adjustment factor multiplied by a figure equal to the contract rent minus the amount of contract rent attributable to debt service. Upon the request of the project owner, the Secretary shall pay to the project owner the amount, if any, by which the total rental adjustment calculated under the preceding sentence exceeds the total adjustments the Secretary or appropriate State agency actually approved, except that solely for purposes of calculating retroactive payments under this subsection, in no event shall any project owner be paid an amount less than 30 percent of a figure equal to the aggregate of the annual adjustment factor multiplied by the full contract rent for each year on or after fiscal year 1980, minus the sum of the rental payments the Secretary or appropriate State agency actually approved for those years. The method provided by this subsection shall be the exclusive method by which retroactive payments, whether or not requested, may be made for projects subject to this subsection for the period from fiscal year 1980 until the regulations issued under subsection (e) take effect. For purposes of |