42 U.S.C. § 1586. Sale of specific housing projects

1. (a)
   (a)

   Conditions precedent

   The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is specifically authorized to convey the following housing projects to the following local public housing agencies respectively, if—

   1. (1)
      (a)(1)on or before January 30, 1953, (i) the conveyance is requested by the governing body of the municipality or county and (ii) the public housing agency has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development that there is a need for low-rent housing (as such term is defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.]) within the area of operation of such public housing agency which is not being met by private enterprise;
   2. (2)
      (a)(2)the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that the project requested will meet such need in whole or in part, and is suitable for low-rent housing use; and
   3. (3)
      (a)(3)on or before June 30, 1953, the governing body of the municipality or county enters into an agreement with the public housing agency (satisfactory to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) providing for local cooperation and payments in lieu of taxes not in excess of the amount permitted by subsection (c)(5) of this section, and the public housing agency enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in accordance with subsection (c) of this section) or for the administration of the project:

      State	Project number	Local public housing agency
      Alabama	1041	Housing Authority of District of Birmingham.
      	1061	Housing Authority of Greater Gadsden.
      	1062	Housing Authority of Greater Gadsden.
      	1031	Housing Board of Mobile.
      	1033	Housing Board of Mobile.
      	1034	Housing Board of Mobile.
      	1035	Housing Board of Mobile.
      	1036	Housing Board of Mobile.
      	1101	Housing Board of Mobile.
      	1102	Housing Board of Mobile.
      	1072	Housing Authority of Sylacauga.
      	1076	Housing Authority of Sylacauga.
      	1073	Housing Authority of City of Talladega.
      Arkansas	3023	Housing Authority of City of Conway.
      California	4031	Housing Authority of City of Fresno.
      	4161	Housing Authority of County of Kern.
      	4141	Housing Authority of County of Kern.
      	4103	Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
      	4104	Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
      	4108	Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
      	4121	Housing Authority of City of Paso Robles.
      	4171	Housing Authority of City of Richmond.
      	4174	Housing Authority of City of Richmond.
      Connecticut	6091	Housing Authority of City of Bristol.
      	6024	Housing Authority of Town of East Hartford.
      	6031	Housing Authority of City of New Britain.
      	6032	Housing Authority of City of New Britain.
      	6101	Housing Authority of City of New Haven.
      	6041	Housing Authority of City of Waterbury.
      	6213	Housing Authority of City of Waterbury.
      District of Columbia	49012	National Capital Housing Authority.
      	49017	National Capital Housing Authority.
      	49044	National Capital Housing Authority.
      Florida	8052	Housing Authority of City of Jacksonville.
      	8121	Housing Authority of City of Lakeland.
      	8062	Housing Authority of City of Miami.
      	8011	Housing Authority of City of Orlando.
      	8082	Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
      	8084	Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
      	8085	Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
      	8131	Housing Authority of City of Sebring.
      	8041	Housing Authority of City of West Palm Beach.
      Georgia	9071	Housing Authority of City of Albany.
      	9061	Housing Authority of Macon.
      	9063	Housing Authority of Macon.
      	9041	Housing Authority of Savannah.
      	9042	Housing Authority of Savannah.
      	9043	Housing Authority of Savannah.
      Illinois	11081	Madison County Housing Authority.
      	11082	Madison County Housing Authority.
      	11111	Winnebago County Housing Authority.
      	11112	Winnebago County Housing Authority.
      Indiana	12071	Housing Authority of City of Fort Wayne.
      	12021	Housing Authority of City of South Bend.
      Louisiana	16051	Housing Authority of Parish of East Baton Rouge.
      Maryland	18095	Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
      	18096	Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
      	18097	Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
      	18098	Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
      Massachusetts	19051	Boston Housing Authority.
      	19021	Chicopee Housing Authority.
      	19022	Chicopee Housing Authority.
      	19061	Pittsfield Housing Authority.
      	19023	Springfield Housing Authority.
      Michigan	20042	Housing Commission of Detroit.
      Nevada	26021	Housing Authority of City of Las Vegas.
      New Hampshire	27021	Housing Authority of City of Manchester.
      New Jersey	28044	Housing Authority of City of Camden.
      	28021	Housing Authority of City of Long Branch.
      	28072	Housing Authority of City of Newark.
      	28111	Housing Authority of Town of Phillipsburg.
      New York	30031	Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
      	30032	Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
      	30042	Elmira Housing Authority.
      	30033	Lackawanna Municipal Housing Authority.
      	30039	Lackawanna Municipal Housing Authority.
      	30034	Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
      	30071	Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
      	30082	Massena Housing Authority.
      North Carolina	31023	Housing Authority of City of Wilmington.
      	31024	Housing Authority of City of Wilmington.
      Ohio	33031	Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33033	Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33021	Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33071	Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33074	Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33075	Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33112	Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33261	Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33262	Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33041	Warren Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      	33043	Warren Metropolitan Housing Authority.
      Oregon	35021	Housing Authority of Portland.
      Pennsylvania	36051	Housing Authority of County of Beaver.
      	36058	Housing Authority of County of Beaver.
      	36041	Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
      	36042	Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
      	36044	Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
      	36151	Allegheny County Housing Authority.
      	36152	Allegheny County Housing Authority.
      	36061	Housing Authority of County of Lawrence.
      	36021	Housing Authority of City of Erie.
      	36031	Housing Authority of County of Lycoming.
      	36011	Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
      	36012	Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
      	36014	Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
      	36015	Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
      	36016	Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
      	36101	Housing Authority of City of Pittsburgh.
      	36212	Allegheny County Housing Authority.
      	36295	Housing Authority of City of York.
      Rhode Island	37013	Housing Authority of City of Newport.
      South Carolina	38023	Housing Authority of City of Charleston.
      	38061	Housing Authority of City of Charleston.
      	38041	Housing Authority of City of Spartanburg.
      	38042	Housing Authority of City of Spartanburg.
      Tennessee	40022	Jackson Housing Authority.
      	40023	Milan Housing Authority.
      	40011	Nashville Housing Authority.
      	40025	Trenton Housing Authority.
      Texas	41064	Housing Authority of City of Corpus Christi.
      	41065	Housing Authority of City of Corpus Christi.
      	41133	Housing Authority of City of Freeport.
      	41031	Housing Authority of City of Houston.
      	41131	Housing Authority of City of Lake Jackson.
      	41101	Housing Authority of City of Mineral Wells.
      	41103	Housing Authority of City of Mineral Wells.
      	41072	Housing Authority of City of Orange.
      	41032	Housing Authority of City of Pasadena.
      	41141	Housing Authority of City of Texarkana.
      	41121	Housing Authority of City of Wichita Falls.
      Virginia	44131	Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
      	44132	Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
      	44133	Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
      	44135	Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
      	44136	Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
      	44065	Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
      	44074	Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
      	44086	Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
      Washington	45043	Housing Authority of City of Bremerton.
      	45277N	Housing Authority of County of Clallam.
      	45315N	Housing Authority of County of Clallam.
      	45133	Housing Authority of County of King.
      	45052	Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
      	45053	Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
      	45054	Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
      	45055	Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
      	45056	Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
      	45122	Housing Authority of City of Vancouver.

   In addition to the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the first sentence of this subsection, the Secretary is specifically authorized to convey any permanent war housing project to a local public housing agency if requested in writing, within sixty days after April 20, 1950, by such agency or the executive head of the municipality (or of the county or parish if such project is not in a municipality) within which the project is located, or by the Governor of the State where an agency of the State has authority to operate the project: Provided, That any conveyance by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to this sentence shall be subject to the same conditions and requirements as provided in this section with respect to a project specifically designated herein.
2. (b)
   (b)

   Projects as “low-rent housing”

   Upon the conveyance by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of any such project pursuant to the provisions of this section, such project shall constitute and be deemed to be “low-rent housing” as that term is used and defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] (and to be a low-rent housing project assisted pursuant to that Act, within the meaning of section 1404a(b) of this title). Any instrument of conveyance by the Administrator stating that it is executed under subchapters II to VII of this chapter shall be conclusive evidence of compliance therewith insofar as any title or other interest in the property is concerned.
3. (c)
   (c)

   Conditions and requirements of agreements

   The agreement between the public housing agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development required by subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following conditions and requirements, and may contain such further conditions, requirements, and provisions as the Secretary determines—

   1. (1)
      (c)(1)during a period of forty years following the conveyance the project shall be administered as low-rent housing in accordance with subsections 2(1) and 2(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1402(1) and (2)]: Provided, That if at any time during such period the public housing agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development agree that the project, or any part thereof, is no longer suitable for use as low-rent housing, the project, or part thereof, shall with the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be sold by the public housing agency after which the agreement shall be deemed to have terminated with respect to such project or part thereof except that the proceeds from such sale, after payment of the reasonable expense thereof, shall be paid to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or, with the Secretary’s approval, used to finance the repair or rehabilitation of a project or part thereof conveyed to the public housing agency under this section;
   2. (2)
      (c)(2)the public housing agency shall, within six months following the conveyance, initiate a program for the removal of all families residing in the project on the date of conveyance who are ineligible under the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] for continued occupancy therein, and shall have required such ineligible tenants to vacate their dwellings within eighteen months after the initiation of such program: Provided, That military personnel as designated by the Secretary of Defense or his designee shall not be subject to such removal until eighteen months after the date of conveyance;
   3. (3)
      (c)(3)annually during the term of such agreement, the public housing agency shall pay to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development all income from the project remaining after deducting the amounts necessary (as determined pursuant to regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) for (i) the payment of reasonable and proper costs of operating, maintaining, and approving such project, (ii) the payments in lieu of taxes authorized hereunder, (iii) the establishment and maintenance of reasonable and proper reserves as approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and (iv) the payment of currently maturing installments of principal of and interest on any indebtedness incurred by such public housing agency with the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable to any project which is consolidated under a single contract with one or more low-rent projects being assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], and all income from any such project conveyed under this section may be commingled with funds of the project or projects with which it is consolidated and applied in accordance with the requirements of the consolidated contract and the provisions of section 10(c) of the said Act [42 U.S.C. 1410(c)];
   4. (4)
      (c)(4)during the term of such agreement, the project shall be exempt from all real and personal property taxes levied or imposed by the State, city, county, or other political subdivisions;
   5. (5)
      (c)(5)for the tax year in which the conveyance is made and the next succeeding tax year annual payments in lieu of taxes may be made to the State, city, county, or other political subdivisions in amounts not in excess of the real property taxes which would be paid to such State, city, county, or other political subdivisions if the project were not exempt from taxation; and thereafter, during the term of such agreement, payments in lieu of taxes with respect to the project may be made in annual amounts which do not exceed 10 per centum of the annual shelter rents charged in such project;
   6. (6)
      (c)(6)in selecting tenants for such project, the public housing agency shall give such preferences as are prescribed by subsection 10(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1410g], except that for one year after the date of conveyance of a project, the public housing agency shall, to the extent permitted by law, give such preferences, by allocation or otherwise, to military personnel as the Secretary of Defense or his designee prescribes to the public housing agency; and
   7. (7)
      (c)(7)upon the occurrence of a substantial default in respect to the requirements and conditions to which the public housing agency is subject (as such substantial default shall be defined in such agreement), the public housing agency shall be obligated at the option of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, either to convey title in any case where, in the determination of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, (which determination shall be final and conclusive), such conveyance of title is necessary to achieve the purposes of this subchapter and the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], or to deliver possession to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the project, as then constituted, to which such agreement relates: Provided, That in the event of such conveyance of title or delivery of possession, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may improve and administer such project as low-rent housing, and otherwise deal with such housing or parts thereof, subject, however, to the limitations contained in the applicable provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall be obligated to reconvey or to redeliver possession of the project, as constituted at the time of reconveyance or redelivery, to such public housing agency or to its successor (if such public housing agency or a successor exists) upon such terms as shall be prescribed in such agreement and as soon as practicable after the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall be satisfied that all defaults with respect to the project have been cured, and that the project will, in order to fulfill the purposes of this subchapter and the United States Housing Act of 1937, thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of such agreement. Any prior conveyances and reconveyances, deliveries and redeliveries of possession shall not exhaust the right to require a conveyance or delivery of possession of the project to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to this paragraph upon the subsequent occurrence of a substantial default.
4. (d)
   (d)

   Disposition of payments

   At the end of each fiscal year, the total amount of payments during such year to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in accordance with subsection (c) of this section shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.