SEC-412 -- AMENDMENT TO SECTION 18 REGARDING DEMOLITION AND DISPOSITION


OF PUBLIC HOUSING.

 (a) Opportunity to Purchase.-Section 18(b)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437p(b)(1)) is amended by striking
"disposition" and inserting the following: "disposition, and the
tenant councils, resident management corporation, and tenant
cooperative, if any, have been given appropriate opportunities to
purchase the project or portion of the project covered by the
application,".

 (b) Applicability.-Section 18 of the United States Housing Act of 1937
(42 U.S.C. 1437p) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:

 "(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the disposition
of a public housing project in accordance with an approved homeownership
program under title III of this Act.".