Implementation grants

42 U.S. Code § 1437aaa-2. Implementation grants

(a) Grants
The Secretary is authorized to make implementation grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out homeownership programs approved under this subchapter.
(b) Eligible activitiesImplementation grants may be used for activities to carry out homeownership programs (including programs for cooperative ownership) that meet the requirements under this subchapter, including the following activities:
(1)
Architectural and engineering work.
(2)
Implementation of the homeownership program, including acquisition of the public housing project from a public housing agency for the purpose of transferring ownership to eligible families in accordance with a homeownership program that meets the requirements under this subchapter.
(3)
Rehabilitation of any public housing project covered by the homeownership program, in accordance with standards established by the Secretary.
(4)
Abatement of lead-based paint hazards, as required by section 4822(a) of this title.
(5)
Administrative costs of the applicant, which may not exceed 15 percent of the amount of assistance provided under this section.
(6)
Development of resident management corporations and resident management councils, but only if the applicant has not received assistance under section 1437aaa–1 of this title for such activities.
(7)
Counseling and training of homebuyers and homeowners under the homeownership program.
(8)
Relocation of tenants who elect to move.
(9)
Any necessary temporary relocation of tenants during rehabilitation.
(10)
Funding of operating expenses and replacement reserves of the project covered by the homeownership program, except that the amount of assistance for operating expenses shall not exceed the amount the project would have received if it had continued to receive such assistance from the Operating Fund, with adjustments comparable to those that would have been made under section 1437g of this title, and except that implementation grants may not be used under this paragraph to fund operating expenses for scattered site public housing acquired under a homeownership program.
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