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. '. . 8 . " . . . ... . . ,~ . e . , . '. ., (3) the public housing agenCY shall prOlllptly notify (i) any applicant -4etermined to be ineli~ibl. for ,admission to the project of the basis' før'suoh'determination and provide the applicant upon request within a ~aonable time after the determination is made. with an opportunity for en informal hearing on such determination, and (ii) any applicant deter- ldDed to be eligible for admission to the project of the approximate date of occupancy insofar as such date can be reasonably determined; and .' . (14)' the public housing agency shall cOlllply with such procêdures and re- t¡Uirements as. the Secretary may prescribe to assure that' sound manage- II8J1t practices will be followed in the operation of the project, includ- !DB requirements pertaining to- (A) the establishment' of tenant select~on criteriti desisned to assure that, within a reasonable period of time, the project will include families with a broad range of incomes and will avqid concentrations of low-income and deprived families with serious social problems, but this shall not permit maintenance of vacancies to await higher income tenants where lower income tenants are available; (D) the establishment of satisfactory procedures designed to assure the prolIIpt payment and collection of rents and the prompt processing of evictions in the case of nonpayment of rent; , . (0) the establishment of effective tenant-J!18Ilagement relation- Bbips designed to assure that ,satisfactory standards of tenant security and project maintenance are formulated and that the public housing agency (together with tenant councils where they exiat) enforces those standards fully and effectively; and . (D) the development by local housing authority managements of viable homeownersmp opportunity programs for low-income families capable of assuming the responsibilities of homeownership." (6) 'Under section 6(d) of the Act: (4) * * * no annual contributions by the Secretary shall be made available, for such project £:.i.e.., low-income housing projecg , un],ess such project (exclusive of any portion thereof which is not assisted by annual contribution~ under this Act) is exempt from all , real and personal property taxes levied or imposed by the State,city, county, or other political subdivision; and such contract shall require' the public housing agency to lXiake payments in lieu of taxes equal to , 10 per centum of the S1]Il1 of the annual shelter rents charged in such ~~ect, or such lesser amount as (i) is prescribed by Sta:t,e, law, or (11) is agreed to by the local governing body in its agreeJ!ICnt for 'local cooperation with the. public housing agency required under section S(e)(2) of this Act, or (iii) is due to failure of a local public body or bodies other than the public housing agency to prformany obliga- tion under such agreement. If any such project is not exempt from all real and personal property taxes levied, or imposed by the State, city, county, or other political subdivision, * * * no annual contributions by the Secretary shall be made available for such project unless and until the State, 'city, county, or other political subdivision in which such project is situated shall contribute in the form of cash or tax remission, the amount by 'Ihich the taxes paid with respect to the project exceed 10 per centum of the annual shelter rents charged in such project. tI . . . (7) Under section 6(e) of the Act: . (e) * * * whenever in anY year the receipts of a public housing agency in connection with a low-income housing project exceed its expenditures .(including debt servi~P, operation, maintenance, establishment of re- serves, and other costa and charges), an amount equal to such excess shall be applied, or set aside for application, to purposes which, in the deter- JDination of the Secretary, will effect a reduction in the amount of subse- quent annual contributions." 7