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PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4089 production of new units, rehabilitation of old units, or acquisition of existing units; (4) explain whether the cost of housing or the incentives to develop, maintain, or improve affordable housing in the jurisdiction are affected by public policies, particularly by policies of the jurisdiction, including tax policies affecting land and other property, land use controls, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limits, and policies that affect the return on residential investment, and describe the jurisdiction's strategy to remove or ameliorate negative effects, if any, of such policies; (5) explain the institutional structure, including private industry, nonprofit organizations, and public institutions, through which the jurisdiction will carry out its housing strategy, assessing the strengths and gaps in that delivery system and describing what the jurisdiction will do to overcome those gaps; (6) indicate resources from private and non-Federal public sources that are reasonably expected to be made available to carry out the purposes of this Act, explaining how funds made available will leverage those additional resources and identify- ing, where the jurisdiction deems it appropriate, publicly owned land or property located within the jurisdiction that may be utilized to carry out the purposes of this Act; (7) set forth the jurisdiction's plan for investment or other use of housing funds made available under title II of this Act, the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, during the ensuing year or such longer period as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, indicating the general priorities for allocating investment geographically within the jurisdiction and among different activities and housing needs; (8) describe the means of cooperation and coordination among the State and any units of general local government in the development, submission, and implementation of their housing strategies; (9) in the case of a unit of local government, describe the number of public housing units in the jurisdiction, the physical condition of such units, the restoration and revitalization needs of public housing projects within the jurisdiction, the public housing agency's strategy for improving the msmagement and operation of such public housing, and the public housing agency's strategy for improving the living environment of lowand very-low-income families residing in public housing; (10) in the case of a State, describe the strategy to coordinate the Low-Income Tax Credit with development of housing, including public housing, that is affordable to very low-income and low-income families; (11) describe the jurisdiction's activities to encourage public housing residents to become more involved in management and participate in homeownership; (12) describe the standards and procedures according to which the jurisdiction will monitor activities authorized under this Act and ensure long-term compliance with the provisions of this Act; (13) include a certification that the jurisdiction will affirmatively further fair housing;