The Secretary may not restrict a jurisdiction's choice of eligible housing use
What the document says“``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary may not restrict the choice by a participating jurisdiction of rehabilitation, substantial rehabilitation, new construction, reconstruction, acquisition, or other eligible housing uses authorized in paragraph (1) unless the restriction is explicitly authorized under section 223(2).''.”
The section rewrites section 212(a)(2) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to bar the Secretary from restricting a participating jurisdiction's choice among rehabilitation, substantial rehabilitation, new construction, reconstruction, acquisition, or other eligible housing uses, unless the restriction is explicitly authorized under section 223(2).
What the document actually says“``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary may not restrict the choice by a participating jurisdiction of rehabilitation, substantial rehabilitation, new construction, reconstruction, acquisition, or other eligible housing uses authorized in paragraph (1) unless the restriction is explicitly authorized under section 223(2).''.”
The housing agency may not limit what a place chooses to do. That covers fixing up homes, building new ones, or buying them. Only one part of the older law allows a limit.
A participating jurisdiction is a state or city in the program. It picks how to spend its share. This keeps that choice in local hands.
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