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public housing agencies undertaken, on, before, or after Sep-
tember 30, 1995 and before September 30, 1996.’’.
(2) Section 18(f) of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence:
‘‘No one may rely on the preceding sentence as the basis
for reconsidering a final order of a court issued, or a settle-
ment approved by, a court.’’.
(3) APPLICABILITY.—In accordance with section
201(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
the amendments made by this subsection and by sec-
tions 1002 (a), (b), and (c) of Public Law 104–19
shall apply to public housing developed or operated
pursuant to a contract between the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development and an Indian housing
authority.
CONVERSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING TO VOUCHERS
SEC. 203. (a) IDENTIFICATION OF UNITS.—Each pub-
lic housing agency shall identify any public housing devel-
opments—
(1) that are on the same or contiguous sites;
(2) that total more than—
(A) 300 dwelling units; or
(B) in the case of high-rise family buildings
or substantially vacant buildings; 300 dwelling
units;
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(3) that have a vacancy rate of at least 10 per-
cent for dwelling units not in funded, on schedule
modernization programs;
(4) identified as distressed housing that the pub-
lic housing agency cannot assure the long-term viabil-
ity as public housing through reasonable revitaliza-
tion, density reduction, or achievement of a broader
range of household income; and
(5) for which the estimated cost of continued op-
eration and modernization of the developments as
public housing exceeds the cost of providing tenant-
based assistance under section 8 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 for all families in occupancy,
based on appropriate indicators of cost (such as the
percentage of total development cost required for mod-
ernization).
(b) IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT.—
(1) STANDARDS
FOR
IMPLEMENTATION.—The
Secretary shall establish standards to permit imple-
mentation of this section in fiscal year 1996.
(2) CONSULTATION.—Each public housing agen-
cy shall consult with the applicable public housing
tenants and the unit of general local government in
identifying any public housing developments under
subsection (a).
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(3) FAILURE OF PHAS TO COMPLY WITH SUB-
SECTION (a).—Where the Secretary determines that—
(A) a public housing agency has failed
under subsection (a) to identify public housing
developments for removal from the inventory of
the agency in a timely manner;
(B) a public housing agency has failed to
identify one or more public housing develop-
ments which the Secretary determines should
have been identified under subsection (a); or
(C) one or more of the developments identi-
fied by the public housing agency pursuant to
subsection (a) should not, in the determination of
the Secretary, have been identified under that
subsection;
the Secretary may designate the developments to be
removed from the inventory of the public housing
agency pursuant to this section.
(c) REMOVAL OF UNITS FROM THE INVENTORIES OF
PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCIES.—
(1) Each public housing agency shall develop
and carry out a plan in conjunction with the Sec-
retary for the removal of public housing units identi-
fied under subsection (a) or subsection (b)(3), over a
period of up to five years, from the inventory of the
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public housing agency and the annual contributions
contract. The plan shall be approved by the relevant
local official as not inconsistent with the Comprehen-
sive Housing Affordability Strategy under title I of
the Housing and Community Development Act of
1992, including a description of any disposition and
demolition plan for the public housing units.
(2) The Secretary may extend the deadline in
paragraph (1) for up to an additional five years
where the Secretary makes a determination that the
deadline is impracticable.
(3) The Secretary shall take appropriate actions
to ensure removal of developments identified under
subsection (a) or subsection (b)(3) from the inventory
of a public housing agency, if the public housing
agency fails to adequately develop a plan under para-
graph (1), or fails to adequately implement such plan
in accordance with the terms of the plan.
(4) To the extent approved in appropriations
Acts, the Secretary may establish requirements and
provide funding under the Urban Revitalization
Demonstration program for demolition and disposi-
tion of public housing under this section.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
if a development is removed from the inventory of a
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public housing agency and the annual contributions
contract pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary
may authorize or direct the transfer of—
(A) in the case of an agency receiving as-
sistance under the comprehensive improvement
assistance program, any amounts obligated by
the Secretary for the modernization of such de-
velopment pursuant to section 14 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937;
(B) in the case of an agency receiving pub-
lic and Indian housing modernization assistance
by formula pursuant to section 14 of the United
States Housing Act of 1937, any amounts pro-
vided to the agency which are attributable pur-
suant to the formula for allocating such assist-
ance to the development removed from the inven-
tory of that agency; and
(C) in the case of an agency receiving as-
sistance for the major reconstruction of obsolete
projects, any amounts obligated by the Secretary
for the major reconstruction of the development
pursuant to section 5 of such Act,
to the tenant-based assistance program or appropriate
site revitalization of such agency.