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104 STAT. 4210 PUBLIC LAW 101-625—NOV. 28, 1990 cooperation and receive assistance from State, county, and local governments and the private sector to develop housing for use under this subsection. Such assistsince may include, but is not limited to— (A) donations of land and write-downs and discounts on land by local governments; (B) abatement of real estate taxes for specified periods by local, county, or State governments; (C) assignment of community development block grant funds and loan guarantees made available under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974; (D) low interest rate financing through Federal Home Loan Bank programs. State or Federal programs, and private lenders; (E) low-income housing tax credits from State and local governments; and (F) mortgage revenue bonds from State or local governments. (7) DETERMINATION OF LOCATION AND NUMBER OF UNITS.— (A) IN GENERAL. —A participating public housing agency and the applicable unit of general local government shall jointly determine the location of any newly constructed or rehabilitated housing to be utilized under the demonstration program carried out by the public housing agency and the number of units to be developed annually, with approval of the legislative body of the local government. (B) LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF UNITS.— The total number of newly constructed or rehabilitated units that may be used under this subsection in the demonstration program may not exceed— (i) for any participating public housing agency with not more than 5,000 public housing units, 15 percent of the number of units administered by the agency; (ii) tor any participating agency with more than 5,000 but not more than 25,000 units, 10 percent of the number of units administered by the agency; and (iii) for any participating agency with more than 25,000 units, 4 percent of the number of units administered by the agency, (f) EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING.— (1) IN GENERAL. — To facilitate the establishment of socioeconomically mixed communities within existing public housing developments, under the demonstration program the Secretary shall authorize participating public housing agencies to lease units in existing public housing projects, as provided in this subsection, to low-income families who are not very lowincome families, notwithstanding the provisions of section 16(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937. (2) LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS.— (A) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in subparagraph (B), not more than 25 percent of the units in each public housing project in which units are utilized under the demonstration program may be occupied by low-income families who are not very low-income families. Not less than 75 percent of the units in each such public housing project shall be occupied by very low-income families.