PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4401 SEC. 919. STUDY REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF HOUSING PROXIMATE TO 42 USC 5313 PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. note. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall conduct a study regarding the availability of housing within reasonable proximity of places of employment. The study shall— (1) identify causes of, and factors relating to, the geographic divergence of available housing for low- and moderate-income families from places of emplo3ment for working members of such families; and (2) propose methods for preventing such divergence and for providing housing within reasonable proximity of places of employment, without promoting establishment of cottage industries or housing developments for employees owned or controlled by the employer. OJ) STUDY REQUIREMENTS.— In carrying out the study under this section the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall— (1) use, to the extent available and practicable, existing regional plans and strategies developed or implemented by public, private, and nonprofit environmental organizations and regulatory entities; (2) select and analyze one particular region of the Nation or one State in which employment opportunities are available, relative to the remainder of the Nation, but for which lack of available housing is an acute problem; and (3) give priority to analysis of regions and metropolitan areas not complying with Federal laws and regulations relating to clean air standards. (c) REPORT.— Not later than the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report containing the results and conclusions of the study conducted under this section. The report shall also contain proposed strategies for adoption by local, regional, and State governmental agencies, in consultation with nonprofit organizations, to increase the availability of housing for low- and moderate-income families within reasonable proximity of places of employment for working members of such families and prevent the geographical divergence of such housing and places of employment. SEC. 920. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER TITLE I OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, not later Reports, than July 1, 1991, report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs of the House of Representatives with respect to the adequacy, effectiveness, and equity of the formula used for allocations of funds under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, with specific analysis and recommendations concerning the structure of the formulas, the eligibility criteria, the formula factors, and the weights that are assigned to the formula factors. The study should specifically examine the appropriateness of using the age of housing as a factor and also consider quality of housing as an additional factor and the desirability of including at an equal or greater weight the age of
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