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112 STAT. 2652 PUBLIC LAW 105-276—OCT. 21, 1998 Affordable Housing Act, the limitation based on percentage of median income that is applicable under section 104(10), 214(1)(A), or 215(a)(1)(A) for any area of the jurisdiction shall be the numerical percentage that is specified in such section; and (2) for purposes of the community development block grant program under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, the limitation based on percentage of median income that is applicable pursuant to section 102(a)(20) for any area within the State or unit of general local government shall be the numerical percentage that is specified in subparagraph (A) of such section. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—T his section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 42 USC 3535 SEC 691. REPORT ON SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOMES. Deadline. (^i) IN GENERAL.— Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the Congress a report, which shall include information relating to— (1) with respect to 1- to 4-family dwellings owned by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, on a monthly average basis— (A) the total number of units in those dwellings; (B) the number and percentage of units in those dwellings that are unoccupied, and their average period of vacancy, and the number and percentage of units in those dwellings that have been unoccupied for more than 1 year, as of that date; and (C) the number and percentage of units in those Erejects that are determined by the Inspector General to e substandard, based on any— (i) lack of hot or cold piped water; (ii) lack of working toilets; (iii) regular and prolonged breakdowns in heating; (iv) dangerous electrical problems; (v) unsafe hallways or stairways; (vi) leaking roofs, windows, or pipes; (vii) open holes in walls and ceilings; and (viii) indications of rodent infestation; and (2) with respect to multifamily housing projects (as that term is defined in section 203 of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978) owned by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on a monthly average basis— (A) the total number of units in those projects; (B) the number and percentage of units in those projects that are unoccupied, and their average period of vacancy, and the number and percentage of units in those projects that have been unoccupied for more than 1 year, as of that date; and (C) the number and percentage of units in those erojects that are determined by the Inspector General to e substandard, based on any— (i) lack of hot or cold piped water; (ii) lack of working toilets; (iii) regular and prolonged breakdowns in heating;