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<br /> C. IATIONAl PROGRAM OBJECTIYES <br /> Each act1v1ty proposed for fund1ng under the Community Development <br /> Project Fund, the Area Rev1ta11zat10n Fund, or the Spec1a1 Impact Fund, must - <br /> address one or more of the fo1low1ng national program object1ves outlined in <br /> Title 1 of the Housing and Commun1ty Development Act of 1974, as amended. <br /> These are: <br /> -- Principally benefits persons of low/Moderate income (1.e., at least 51 <br /> percent of the persons benefitting from the project must be of low and <br /> moderate 1ncome as def1ned for the HUD Section 8 housing assistance <br /> program). Section 8 'ncome l1mits are prov'ded 'n Append1ces VI or VII. <br /> depending on whether the applicant is using a surveyor census data. <br /> -- Prevents or eliminates slum and b11ght conditions. <br /> The follow1ng is set forth as the definition of .Slum and Blight- to <br /> qualify an application for cons1deration for funding under the Texas <br /> Community Development Program: <br /> Substandard structures may be used to establish a slum and blighted area <br /> (one or more) within the corporate l1mits of a city if the designated <br /> area constitutes less than all of the geographic area within the <br /> corporate l1m1ts of a city and one or more of the following exist: <br /> a) the area is designated as a re1nvestment zone pursuant to Art1cle <br /> 10&&e (Tax Increment Finance Act) or Art1cle lObbf (Tax Abatement <br /> Act); or <br /> b) the area 1s designated as an enterprise zone by the city and the <br /> State Enterprise Zone Board (based 1n whole or 1n part on <br /> substandard structures); or <br /> c) twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the structures 1n the area <br /> designated are found by the governing body of a city to constitute <br /> substandard, slum, deter10rated, or deter1orating structures as <br /> def1ned by local law. If local law does not define what constitutes <br /> a substandard, slum, etc., structure, the amended rules provide that <br /> a city may cons1der as substandard any structure which: <br /> (1) is abandoned; or <br /> (2) does not have plumb1ng; or <br /> (3) has been condemned or cited for building or fire code <br /> violations by appropriate c'ty author'ty; or <br /> (4) 1s 1n an 1nadequate state of repair under applicable public <br /> health, safety, fire, or building codes; or <br /> (5) 1s the subject of a tax or special assessment delinquency <br /> stated as a percentage of total taxes assessed, wh'ch exceeds <br /> the fair market value of the land 'nvolved and the improvements <br /> thereon; or <br /> 15 <br />