Amendment allows the property taxes paid on mobile homes, insurance payments, utilities and financing to be included as components of the housing costs eligible for Section 8 payments.

1. Adds SEC. 111. USE OF VOUCHERS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING on page 55, line 11

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   Inserted: SEC. 111. USE OF VOUCHERS FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Section 8(o)(12) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(12)) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and all that follows through "of" in the second sentence and inserting "and rents' "'; and

   Inserted: (2) in subparagraph (B)--

   Inserted: (A) in clause (i), by striking "the rent" and all that follows and inserting the following: "rent shall mean the sum of the monthly payments made by a family assisted under this paragraph to amortize the cost of purchasing the manufactured home, including any required insurance and property taxes, the monthly amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities, and the monthly rent charged for the real property on which the manufactured home is located, including monthly management and maintenance charges.";

   Inserted: (B) by striking clause (ii); and

   Inserted: (C) in clause (iii)--

   Inserted: (i) by inserting after the period at the end the following: "If the amount of the monthly assistance payment for a family exceeds the monthly rent charged for the real property on which the manufactured home is located, including monthly management and maintenance charges, a public housing agency may pay the remainder to the family, lender or utility company, or may choose to make a single payment to the family for the entire monthly assistance amount."; and

   Inserted: (ii) by redesignating such clause as clause (ii).

   Inserted: (b) Effective Date.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue notice to implement the amendments made by subsection (a) and such amendments shall take effect upon such issuance.

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