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c. NATIONAL PROGRAM OBJECTIVES Each activity proposed for funding under the Community Development Project Fund or the Area Revitalization Fund must address one or more of the following national program objectives outlined in Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. These are: -- principally benefits persons of low/moderate income (1. e., a,t least 51 percent of the persons benefitting from the project must be of low and moderate income as defined for the Section 8 housing program.) Section 8 income limits are provided in Appendices VI or VII, depending on whether the applicant is using a surveyor census data. -- Prevents or eliminates slum blight conditions. The following is set forth as a definition of "Slum and Blight" to qualify an application for consideration for funding under the Texas Community Development Program. This definition is based on 10 TAC Section IO7.2(b)(9)(A). Substandard structures may be used to establish a blighted area (one or more) within the corporate limits of a city if the designated area constitutes less than all of the geographic area within the corporate limits of a city and one or more of the following exist: a) the area is designated as a reinvestment zone pursuant to Article 1066e (Tax Increment Finance Act) or Article 1066£ (Tax Abatement Act); or b) the area is designated as an enterprise zone by the city and the state Enterprise Zone Board (based in whole or in pa~t on substandard structures); or c) twenty~five percent (25~) or more of the structu~es in the area designated are found by the governing body of a city to constitute substanda~d, slum, deteriorated, or dete~ioratin~ structures as defined by local law. If local law does not define what constitutes a substandard, slum, ete., structure, the amended rules provide that a city may consider as substandard any structure which: (1) is abandoned; or (2) does not have plumbing; or (3) has been condemned or cited for buildin~ or fire code violations by appropriate city authority; or (4) is in an inadequate state of repair under applicable public health. safety, fire, or building codes; or -14-