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[CITE: 42USC12899b]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
 
 SUBCHAPTER IV--HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP OF MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY 
                                  HOMES
 
                   Part C--HOPE for Youth: Youthbuild
 
Sec. 12899b. Planning grants


(a) Grants

    The Secretary is authorized to make planning grants to applicants 
for the purpose of developing Youthbuild programs under this part. The 
amount of a planning grant under this section may not exceed $150,000, 
except that the Secretary may for good cause approve a grant in a higher 
amount.

(b) Eligible activities

    Planning grants may be used for activities to develop Youthbuild 
programs including--
        (1) studies of the feasibility of a Youthbuild program;
        (2) establishment of consortia between youth training and 
    education programs and housing owners or developers, including any 
    organizations specified in section 12899(2) of this title, which 
    will participate in the Youthbuild program;
        (3) identification and selection of a site for the Youthbuild 
    program;
        (4) preliminary architectural and engineering work for the 
    Youthbuild program;
        (5) identification and training of staff for the Youthbuild 
    program;
        (6) planning for education, job training, and other services 
    that will be provided as part of the Youthbuild program;
        (7) other planning, training, or technical assistance necessary 
    in advance of commencing the Youthbuild program; and
        (8) preparation of an application for an implementation grant 
    under this part.

(c) Application

                       (1) Form and procedures

        An application for a planning grant shall be submitted by an 
    applicant in such form and in accordance with such procedures as the 
    Secretary shall establish.

                      (2) Minimum requirements

        The Secretary shall require that an application contain at a 
    minimum--
            (A) a request for a planning grant, specifying the 
        activities proposed to be carried out, the schedule for 
        completing the activities, the personnel necessary to complete 
        the activities, and the amount of the grant requested;
            (B) a description of the applicant and a statement of its 
        qualifications, including a description of the applicant's past 
        experience with housing rehabilitation or construction and with 
        youth and youth education and employment training programs, and 
        its relationship with local unions and apprenticeship programs, 
        and other community groups;
            (C) identification and description of potential sites for 
        the program and the construction or rehabilitation activities 
        that would be undertaken at such sites; potential methods for 
        identifying and recruiting youth participants; potential 
        educational and job training activities, work opportunities and 
        other services for participants; and potential coordination with 
        other Federal, State, and local housing and youth education and 
        employment training activities including activities conducted by 
        Indian tribes;
            (D) a certification by the public official responsible for 
        submitting the comprehensive housing affordability strategy 
        under section 12705 of this title that the proposed activities 
        are consistent with the approved housing strategy of the State 
        or unit of general local government within which the project is 
        located; and
            (E) a certification that the applicant will comply with the 
        requirements of the Fair Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.], 
        title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000d et 
        seq.], section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 [29 U.S.C. 
        794], and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 [42 U.S.C. 6101 et 
        seq.], and will affirmatively further fair housing.

(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 potential of the applicant for developing a successful 
    and affordable Youthbuild program;
        (3) the need for the prospective program, as determined by the 
    degree of economic distress--
            (A) of the community from which participants would be 
        recruited (such as poverty, youth unemployment, and number of 
        individuals who have dropped out of high school); and
            (B) of the community in which the housing proposed to be 
        constructed or rehabilitated would be located (such as incidence 
        of homelessness, shortage of affordable housing, and poverty); 
        and

        (4) 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 part in an effective 
    and efficient manner.

(Pub. L. 101-625, title IV, Sec. 453, as added Pub. L. 102-550, title I, 
Sec. 164, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3723.)

                       References in Text

    The Fair Housing Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(E), is title 
VIII of Pub. L. 90-284, Apr. 11, 1968, 82 Stat. 81, as amended, which is 
classified principally to subchapter I (Sec. 3601 et seq.) of chapter 45 
of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 3601 of this title and Tables.
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964, referred to in subsec. (c)(2)(E), is 
Pub. L. 88-352, July 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 241, as amended. Title VI of the 
Act is classified generally to subchapter V (Sec. 2000d et seq.) of 
chapter 21 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2000a of this title and 
Tables.
    The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, referred to in subsec. 
(c)(2)(E), is title III of Pub. L. 94-135, Nov. 28, 1975, 89 Stat. 728, 
as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 76 (Sec. 6101 et 
seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6101 of this title and 
Tables.
