Housing and Community Development Act of 1983

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Housing and Community Development Act of 1983 - Title I: Rental Rehabilitation - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to: (1) make rental rehabilitation grants to State and local governments to support the moderate rehabilitation of private property for residential purposes; (2) make available contract authority for housing payment assistance to minimize the displacement of very low-income tenants and other lower income tenants from structures undergoing rehabilitation, to assist such tenants, and to assist other very low-income tenants in obtaining decent housing; and (3) make rental development grants to State and local governments to support the substantial rehabilitation or new construction of private property for residential purposes. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to allocate such grant amounts to cities with populations of 50,000 or more, urban counties, and States on the basis of a formula accounting for such factors as low-income renter population, rental housing market conditions, the condition of rental housing stock, and overcrowding of rental housing in each area. Authoriz…