Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Housing and Community Development Amendments - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development and Conservation - Amends the Housing Act of 1964 to extend the rehabilitation loan program through fiscal year 1980. Places additional conditions on multifamily property loans assisted under such Act. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to extend the Urban Homesteading program through fiscal year 1979. Changes the requirements for application and eligibility for assistance under the Community Development Block Grant program. Title II: Housing Assistance Programs - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to authorize funds to be appropriated for annual contributions for low-income housing projects through fiscal year 1979. Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make assistance payments for the upgrading of low-income housing so as to make and keep such housing decent, safe, and sanitary without substantial rehabilitation. Amends the Housing Act of 1959 to set aside a specified amount of the funds appropriated for housing for the handicapped to be made available for loans for the development of rental housing and related facilities specifical…