Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1985

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1985 - Title I: Community and Neighborhood Development - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize FY 1986 through 1987 appropriations for: (1) the community development block grant (CDBG) program; and (2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development's discretionary fund. Modifies the definition of "Indian tribe" for community block grant purposes to mean an Indian tribe, band, nation, or Alaskan Native Village, and not a tribal organization. Provides for a statewide, rather than a county-by-county basis for determining nonmetropolitan low-and moderate-income levels for CDBG State program purposes. Amends the CDBG statement of activities and review provisions to: (1) repeal provisions requiring a description of a grantee's past use of funds; (2) exempt States from the community development plan requirement; (3) substitute for the housing assistance plan certification a certification that the grantee will cooperate in providing low-and middle-income housing; and (4) repeal the limitation on assessments to recover the cost of CDBG-assisted public improvements. Provides that 60 percent of CDBG funds shall be…