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42 U.S. Code § 1437w - Transfer of management of certain housing to independent manager at request of residents | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 42 › Chapter 8 › Subchapter I › § 1437w 42 U.S. Code § 1437w - Transfer of management of certain housing to independent manager at request of residents
§ 1437w.
Transfer of management of certain housing to independent manager at request of residents
(a) AuthorityThe Secretary may transfer the responsibility and authority for management of specified housing (as such term is defined in subsection (h) of this section) from a public housing agency to an eligible management entity, in accordance with the requirements of this section, if—
a request for transfer of management of such housing is made and approved in accordance with subsection (b) of this section; and
(2) the Secretary or the public housing agency, as appropriate pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, determines that—
due to the mismanagement of the agency, such housing has deferred maintenance, physical deterioration, or obsolescence of major systems and other deficiencies in the physical plant of the project;
such housing is located in an area such that the housing is subject to recurrent vandalism and criminal activity (including drug-related criminal activity); and
the residents can demonstrate that the elements of distress for such housing specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B) can be remedied by an entity or entities, identified by the residents, that has or have a demonstrated capacity to manage, with reasonable expenses for modernization.
(b) Request for transferThe responsibility and authority for managing specified housing may be transferred only pursuant to a request made by a majority vote of the residents for the specified housing that—
(1) in the case of specified housing that is owned by a public housing agency that is designated as a troubled agency under section 1437d(j)(2) of this title—
is made to the public housing agency or the Secretary; and
is approved by the agency or the Secretary; or
(2) in the case of specified housing that is owned by a public housing agency that is not designated as a troubled agency under section 1437d(j)(2) of this title—
is made to and approved by the public housing agency; or
if a request is made to the agency pursuant to subparagraph (A) and is not approved, is subsequently made to and approved by the Secretary.
Pursuant to a contract under subsection (d) of this section, the Secretary shall require the public housing agency for specified housing to provide to the manager for the housing, from any assistance from the Capital and Operating Funds under section 1437g of this title for the agency, fair and reasonable amounts for the housing for eligible capital and operating activities under subsection (d)(1) and (e)(1) of section 1437g of this title. The amount made available under this subsection to a manager shall be determined by the Secretary based on the share for the specified housing of the aggregate amount of assistance from such Funds for the public housing agency transferring the housing, taking into consideration the operating and capital improvement needs of the specified housing, the operating and capital improvement needs of the remaining public housing units managed by the public housing agency, and the public housing agency plan of such agency.
(1) Eligible management entityThe term “eligible management entity” means, with respect to any public housing project, any of the following entities:
(A) Nonprofit organizationA public or private nonprofit organization, which may—
include a resident management corporation; and
not include the public housing agency that owns or operates the project.
The term “manager” means any eligible management entity that has entered into a contract under this section with the Secretary for the management of specified housing.
The term “nonprofit” means, with respect to an organization, association, corporation, or other entity, that no part of the net earnings of the entity inures to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual.
(4) Private nonprofit organizationThe term “private nonprofit organization” means any private organization (including a State or locally chartered organization) that—
is incorporated under State or local law;
is nonprofit in character;
has among its purposes significant activities related to the provision of decent housing that is affordable to low-income families.
The term “public nonprofit organization” means any public entity that is nonprofit in character.
The term “specified housing” means a public housing project or projects, or a portion of a project or projects, for which the transfer of management is requested under this section. The term includes one or more contiguous buildings and an area of contiguous row houses, but in the case of a single building, the building shall be sufficiently separable from the remainder of the project of which it is part to make transfer of the management of the building feasible for purposes of this section.
(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title I, § 25, as added Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 534, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2579.)
A prior section 1437w, act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title I, § 25, as added Pub. L. 102–550, title I, § 121(b), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3701; amended Pub. L. 104–330, title V, § 501(b)(10), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4042, known as the Choice in Public Housing Management Act of 1992, related to choice in public housing management, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–276, title V, §§ 503, 534, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2521, 2579, effective and applicable beginning upon Oct. 1, 1999, except as otherwise provided, with provision that Secretary may implement repeal before such date, and with savings provision.