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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4064

To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to provide

for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to notify and

consult with the unit of general local government within which an assisted

multifamily housing project is to be located before providing any lowincome housing assistance for the project.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 12, 1996

Mr. KLINK (for himself and Mr. DOYLE) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

A BILL

To amend the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to provide for the Secretary of Housing and

Urban Development to notify and consult with the unit

of general local government within which an assisted

multifamily housing project is to be located before providing any low-income housing assistance for the project.

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 ‘‘Community Housing

5 Right To Know Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

2 The Department of Housing and Urban Development

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 3531 et seq.) is amended by inserting after

4 section 12 the following new section:

5 ‘‘CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS REGARDING

6 LOW-INCOME HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR MULTIFAM7 ILY HOUSING PROJECTS

8 ‘‘SEC. 13. (a) IN GENERAL.—After the completion of

9 any selection process regarding low-income housing assist10 ance, but before making any new commitment or obliga11 tion for low-income housing assistance for a multifamily

12 housing project selected for such assistance, the Secretary

13 shall—

14 ‘‘(1) notify the chief executive officer (or other

15 appropriate official) of the unit of general local gov16 ernment in which the housing to be assisted is lo17 cated (or to be located) of such commitment or obli18 gation; and

19 ‘‘(2) pursuant to the request of such unit of

20 general local government, provide such information

21 as may reasonably be requested by such unit of gen22 eral local government regarding the assisted housing

23 project (except to the extent otherwise prohibited by

24 law) and consult with representatives of such local

25 government regarding the assisted housing project.
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1 This section may not be construed to authorize the release

2 of any covered selection information during any selection

3 process which is otherwise prohibited under section 12.

4 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the

5 following definitions shall apply:

6 ‘‘(1) COVERED SELECTION INFORMATION.—The

7 term ‘covered selection information’ has the meaning

8 given such term in section 12(e).

9 ‘‘(2) LOW-INCOME HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—The

10 term ‘low-income housing assistance’ means any

11 grant, loan, subsidy, guarantee, insurance, or other

12 financial assistance for new or existing housing pro13 vided under a program administered by the Sec14 retary, under which occupancy or ownership of some

15 or all of the dwelling units in the housing assisted

16 is limited, restricted, or determined (pursuant to the

17 laws or regulations relating to such assistance)

18 based on the income of the individual or family occu19 pying or purchasing the unit.

20 ‘‘(3) MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PROJECT.—The

21 term ‘multifamily housing project’ means a property

22 that consists of 5 or more dwelling units.

23 ‘‘(4) NEW.—The term ‘new’, when used in ref24 erence to the commitment or obligation of low-in25 come housing assistance for a multifamily housing
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1 project, means that, at the time such commitment or

2 obligation is made—

3 ‘‘(A) such project is not receiving such low4 income housing assistance and is not subject to

5 a contract or agreement under the program for

6 such low-income housing assistance; and

7 ‘‘(B) such commitment or obligation is not

8 made pursuant to the renewal of a previous

9 contract, obligation, or commitment for such

10 assistance for such project.

11 ‘‘(5) SELECTION PROCESS.—The term ‘selection

12 process’ has the meaning given such term in section

13 12(e).

14 ‘‘(6) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN15 MENT.—The term ‘unit of general local government’

16 means any city, town, township, county, parish, vil17 lage, or other general purpose political subdivision of

18 a State.’’.

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