Guam § 5109 - Duties of Authority With Respect to Tenant Selection.

§ 5109. Duties of Authority With Respect to Tenant Selection.

Subject to such requirements as the Federal Government may

impose with respect to federally aided low-rent housing projects, which

shall in any event prevail, the Authority, in the operation and

management of low-rent housing projects, shall observe the following

criteria:

(a) (1) It may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in a

housing project only to families who lack the amount of

income deemed necessary by the Authority to enable them,

without financial assistance, to secure decent, safe, and sanitary

dwellings, within the area of operation of the Authority, and to

provide an adequate standard of living for themselves.

(A) The Authority shall charge rentals which it determines

to be within the financial reach of such families.

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(B) In the selection process, the Authority shall provide a

preference for any veteran, as that term is defined in 16

GCA § 7120.2(b)(1), who is also the named applicant in

any application for public housing.

(2) The preference established by this Subsection shall be

cumulative with any other preference allowed by the Authority

for which the applicant qualifies, so that veterans have priority

over non-service members and non-veterans within each

preference category.

(b) Nothing contained in § 5108 or in Subsection (a) of this

Section shall limit the power of the Authority to vest in an obligee

of the Authority the right, in the event of a default by the Authority,

to take possession of a housing project or cause the appointment of

a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed therein.