are, or are being provided, sufficient units of decent, safe, and sanitary relocation housing in comparable areas at reasonable rents. The policies and procedures applicable to urban renewal projects are set forth in the Urban Renewal Handbook (RHA 7200 through RHA 7228) and those applicable to neighborhood development programs in the Neighborhood Development Program Handbook, RHA 7380 through RHA 7389.

(d) An urban renewal project or a neighborhood development program assisted under title I may include, in accordance with the urban renewal plan for the area, acquisition of land, site clearance, installation of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements, restoration and relocation of structures of historic or architectural value, carrying out plans for programs of code enforcement, voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements, and disposition of acquired land.

(e) The Secretary is authorized to make relocation grants to local public agencies to reimburse them for payments to individuals, families, and businesses for their reasonable and necessary moving expenses, for any direct loss of property resulting from their displacement from an urban renewal area, and for related payments. The regulations governing such payments may be found at § 500.100 et seq.

(f) The Secretary is authorized to make an advance of funds to a local public agency (1) for survey and planning work for a project, (2) to determine the feasibility of the undertaking of a project or program, and (3) for a General Neighborhood Renewal Plan outlining the urban renewal activities proposed in an area which is of such size that the activities may have to be initiated and carried out in stages.

(g) For an urban renewal project, the Secretary is authorized to make one or more temporary loans to be used by the local public agency as working capital in acquiring real estate, clearing sites and preparing the project area for redevelopment, conservation and/or rehabilitation. For a neighborhood development program,

the Secretary is authorized to make temporary loans for use by the local public agency for such program activities as are to be carried out during an annual increment of the program.

(h) The Secretary is authorized to make one or more definitive loans to the local public agency, for a period not exceeding 40 years, when project land is leased rather than sold to a redeveloper. A definitive loan must be amortized from the rental income derived from the land.

(i) The Secretary is authorized to make one or more capital grants to a local public agency not exceeding twothirds of the net project or program cost except that a capital grant may be made not exceeding three-fourths of the net project or program cost (1) where the project is located in a municipality with a population of 50,000 or less, or (2) where the project is situated in an officially designated redevelopment area. A three-fourths grant is also available for an urban renewal project (but not one that is included in a neighborhood development gram) where the net project cost exIcludes the costs of survey, planning, administrative, legal, and certain other expenses. For a neighborhood development program, the capital grant is paid annually for the Government's share of expenses for the year.

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(j) The local contribution toward the cost of the project or program may be made in the form of cash or noncash grants-in-aid, such as donations of land, demolition and removal work, project improvements, historic preservation activities, certain expenditures by colleges, universities and hospitals, or public facilities that benefit the project.

(k) Application for financial assistance for an urban renewal project may be made by local public agencies on Form HUD-6100, Survey and Planning Application, and Form HUD-612, Application for Loan and Grant. A neighborhood development program application may be made on Form HUD6270, Application for a Neighborhood Development Program.