Guam § 5106 - Housing for Disaster Victims and Defense Workers.

§ 5106. Housing for Disaster Victims and Defense Workers.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article relating to rentals

of, preferences or eligibility for admission to, or occupancy of dwellings

in housing projects, during the period when the Authority determines that

there is an acute need in its area of operation for housing to assure the

availability of dwellings for persons engaged in national defense

activities or for victims of a major disaster, the Authority may undertake

the development and administration of housing projects for the Federal

Government, and dwellings in any housing project for the Federal

Government, and dwellings in any housing project under the jurisdiction

of the Authority may be made available to persons engaged in national

defense activities or to victims of a major disaster, as the case may be.

(b) The Authority is authorized to contract with the Federal

Government or the government of Guam or public agencies thereof for

advance payment or reimbursement for the furnishing of housing to

victims of a major disaster, including the furnishing of the housing free

of charge to needy disaster victims during any period covered by a

determination of acute need by the Authority as herein provided.