LIMITATION ON PUBLIC HOUSING ASSISTANCE EXCERPT FROM DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999 [Public Law 105–276; 112 Stat. 2490; 42 U.S.C. 1437 note] SEC. 226. [42 U.S.C. 1437 note] FUNDING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds in this Act or any other Act may hereafter be used by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine allocations or provide assistance for operating subsidies or modernization for certain State and city funded and locally developed public housing units, as defined for purposes of a statutory paragraph, notwithstanding the deeming by statute of such units to be public housing units developed under the United States Housing Act of 1937, unless such unit was so assisted before October 1, 1998. MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLANS EXCERPT FROM QUALITY HOUSING AND WORK RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1998 [Public Law 105-276; 112 Stat. 2550; 42 U.S.C. 1437 note] SEC. 517. [42 U.S.C. 1437 note] MENTAL HEALTH ACTION PLAN. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor, and appropriate State and local officials and representatives, shall (1) develop an action plan and list of recommendations for the improvement of means of providing severe mental illness treatment to families and individuals receiving housing assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937, including public housing residents, residents of multifamily housing assisted with project-based assistance under section 8 of such Act, and recipients of tenant-based assistance under such section; and (2) develop and disseminate a list of current practices among public housing agencies and owners of assisted housing that serve to benefit persons in need of mental health care.”. 2 2 So in law. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING 1998 ACT EXCERPT FROM QUALITY HOUSING AND WORK RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1998 [Public Law 105-276; 112 Stat. 2643; 42 U.S.C. 1437 note] SEC. 581. [42 U.S.C. 1437 note] ANNUAL REPORT. (a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on (1) the impact of the amendments made by this Act on(A) the demographics of public housing residents and families receiving tenant-based assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937; and and (B) the economic viability of public housing agencies; (2) the effectiveness of the rent policies established by this Act and the amendments made by this Act on the employment status and earned income of public housing residents. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.-This section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 1 1October 21, 1998. CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED AREAS IN EXCERPT FROM QUALITY HOUSING AND WORK RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1998 [Public Law 105–276; 112 Stat. 2668; 42 U.S.C. 1436d] SEC. 599H. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN LOCALITIES. (b) [42 U.S.C. 1436d] CONSULTATION WITH AFFECTED AREAS IN SETTLEMENT OF LITIGATION.-In negotiating any settlement of, or consent decree for, significant litigation regarding public housing or section 8 tenant-based assistance that involves the Secretary and any public housing agency or any unit of general local government, the Secretary shall seek the views of any units of general local government and public housing agencies having jurisdictions that are adjacent to the jurisdiction of the public housing agency involved, if the resolution of such litigation would involve the acquisition or development of public housing dwelling units or the use of vouchers under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 in jurisdictions that are adjacent to the jurisdiction of the public housing agency involved in the litigation. * * * * * (m) EFFECTIVE DATE.-This section shall take effect on, and the amendments made by this section are made on, and shall apply beginning upon, the date of the enactment of this Act. 1 1 October 21, 1998. 362 |