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104 STAT. 4150 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 Civil Rights Act of 1964, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and will affirmatively further fair housing. Regulations. "(d) SELECTION CRITERIA.— The Secretary shall, by regulation, establish selection criteria for a national competition for assistance under this section, which shall include— "(1) the qualifications or potential capabilities of the applicant; (2) the extent of tenant interest in the development of a homeownership program for the project; "(3) the potential of the applicant for developing a successful and affordable homeownership program and the suitability of the project for homeownership; "(4) national geographic diversity among projects for which applicants are selected to receive assistance; and "(5) such other factors that the Secretary shall require that (in the determination of the Secretary) are appropriate for purposes of carrying out the program established by this title in an effective and efficient manner. 42 USC "SEC. 303. 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 title. (b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. —Implementation grants may be used for activities to carry out homeownership programs (including programs for cooperative ownership) that meet the requirements under this subtitle, including the following activities: "(1) Architectural and engineering work. "(2) Implementation of the homeownership program, including acquisition of the public housing project (not including scattered site single family housing of a public housing agency) 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 title. "(3) Rehabilitation of any public housing project covered by the homeownership program, in accordance with standards established by the Secretary. "(4) Administrative coste of the applicant, which may not exceed 15 percent of the amount of assistance provided under this section. "(5) Development of resident management corporations and resident management councils, but only if the applicant has not received assistance under section 302 for such activities. "(6) Counseling and training of homebuyers and homeowners under the homeownership program. "(7) Relocation of tenants who elect to move. "(8) Any necessary temporary relocation of tenants during rehabilitation. "(9) 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 under section 9, with adjustments comparable to those that would have been made under section 9. "(10) Implementation of a replacement housing plan.