106 STAT. 3728 PUBLIC LAW 102-550—OCT. 28, 1992

"(2) the feasibility of the Youthbuild program;
"(3) the potential for developing a successful Youthbuild
program;

"(4) the need for the prospective project, as determined
by the degree of economic distress of the community from
which participants would be recruited (such as poverty, youth
unemployment, number of individuals who have dropped out
of high school) and of the community in which the housing
proposed to be constructed or rehabilitated would be located
(such as incidence of homelessness, shortage of affordable hous-
ing, poverty);

"(5) the apparent commitment of the applicant to leadership
development, education, and training of participants;

"(6) the inclusion of previously homeless tenants in the
housing provided;

"(7) the commitment of other resources to the program
by the applicant and by recipients of other Federal, State
or local housing and community development assistance who
will sponsor any part of the construction, rehabilitation, oper-
ation and maintenance, or other housing and community devel-
opment activities undertaken as part of the program, or by
other Federal, State or local activities and activities conducted
by Indian tribes, including, but not limited to, vocational, adult
and bilingual education programs, and job training provided
with funds available under the Job Training Partnership Act
and the Family Support Act of 1988; and

"(8) such other factors as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate for purposes of carrying out the program estab-
lished by this subtitle in an effective and efficient manner.
"(e) PRIORITY FOR APPLICANTS WHO OBTAIN HOUSING MONEY
FROM OTHER SOURCES.—The Secretary shall give priority in the
award of grants under this section to applicants to the extent
that they propose to finance activities described in paragraphs
(1), (2), and (6) of subsection (b) from funds provided from Federal,
State, local, or private sources other than assistance under this
subtitle.

"(f) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall notify each applicant, not
later than 4 months after the date of the submission of the applica-
tion, whether the application is approved or not approved.

"(g) COMBINED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION GRANT
APPLICATION PROCEDURE.—The Secretary shall develop a procedure
under which an applicant may apply at the same time and in
a single application for a planning grant and an implementation
grant, with receipt of the implementation grant conditioned on
successful completion of the activities funded by the planning grant.

42 USC 12899d. "SEC. 455. YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

"(a) RESIDENTIAL RENTAL HOUSING.—-Each residential rental
housing project receiving assistance under this subtitle shall meet
the following requirements:

"(1) OCCUPANCY BY LOW- AND VERY LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.—
In the project—

"(A) at least 90 percent of the units shall be occupied,
or available for occupancy, by individuals and families with
incomes less than 60 percent of the area median income,
adjusted for family size; and