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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3689

To limit occupancy of nonelderly single persons in dwelling units located

in public housing projects for elderly families.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 22, 1993

Mr. SANTORUM (for himself and Mrs. ROUKEMA) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To limit occupancy of nonelderly single persons in dwelling

units located in public housing projects for elderly families.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Housing for

5 the Elderly Protection Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON OCCUPANCY OF NONELDERLY SIN7 GLE PERSONS IN PUBLIC HOUSING

8 PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY.

9 Section 7(a) of the United States Housing Act of

10 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437e(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (4), by inserting before the

2 first comma the following: ‘‘and subject only to the

3 limitation under paragraph (4)’’;

4 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) (as amend5 ed by paragraph (1) of this subsection) as paragraph

6 (5); and

7 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the follow8 ing new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON OCCUPANCY OF

10 NONELDERLY SINGLE PERSONS.—Notwithstanding

11 any other provision of law, with respect to any pub12 lic housing project designed, developed, or acquired

13 for elderly families before the effectiveness of final

14 regulations implementing subtitle B of title VI of the

15 Housing and Community Development Act of 1992

16 or any public housing project (or portion of a

17 project) designated for occupancy under clause (A)

18 or (C) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, single

19 persons who are not elderly or near-elderly persons

20 may occupy units in such projects (subject to the

21 limitations under section 3(b)(3)(A)) only—

22 ‘‘(A) in circumstances described in regula23 tions issued by the Secretary; and
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1 ‘‘(B) if the Secretary, after consultation

2 with the public housing agency involved, author3 izes such occupancy under such regulations.

4 If the Secretary authorizes occupancy in such a

5 project for such single persons, the public housing

6 agency shall take such actions as may be necessary

7 to minimize the effects the occupancy of such single

8 persons has on elderly occupants of the project and

9 the character of the project.’’.

10 SEC. 3. INAPPLICABILITY OF REGULATIONS IMPLEMENT11 ING CRANSTON-GONZALEZ NATIONAL AF12 FORDABLE HOUSING ACT.

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

14 amendments made to parts 905, 912, and 960 of title 24,

15 Code of Federal Regulations, by the final rule issued by

16 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to im17 plement section 573(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National

18 Affordable Housing Act, entitled ‘‘Occupancy by Single

19 Persons’’ and published in the Federal Register of July

20 26, 1993 (58 Fed. Reg. 39658–39660), shall not apply

21 to—

22 (1) any public housing project designed, devel23 oped, or acquired for elderly families before the ef24 fectiveness of final regulations implementing subtitle
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1 B of title VI of the Housing and Community Devel2 opment Act of 1992; or

3 (2) any public housing project (or portion of a

4 project) designated for occupancy under clause (A)

5 or (C) of section 7(a)(1) of the United States Hous6 ing Act of 1937.

7 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.

8 The amendments made by section 2 shall be made

9 and shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this

10 Act, notwithstanding any absence of regulations to imple11 ment—

12 (1) such amendments; or

13 (2) the amendments made by subtitle B of title

14 VI of the Housing and Community Development Act

15 of 1992.

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