Sec. 408. GAO studies
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall carry out a study and submit to the Congress a report that identifies options to remove barriers and improve housing for persons who are elderly or disabled, including any potential impacts of providing capital advances for— the program for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q ); and the program for supportive housing for persons with disabilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act ( 42 U.S.C. 8013 ).
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall carry out a study and submit to the Congress a report that identifies how many residential dwelling units, and how many dwelling units that are a part of public housing (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ( 42 U.S.C. 1437a(b) )), are located less than 1 mile from a site that is included on the National Priorities List established pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9605 ).
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall carry out a study and submit to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report that— establishes a comprehensive definition of residential heirs property, or family land inherited without a will or legal documentation of ownership; examines the occurrence of and consequences to owners of residential heirs property, and provides an estimate regarding the number of current residential heirs properties; describes the objectives and requirements of the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act as approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws in 2010; details the various resources that may be available to the owners of residential heirs properties, including housing counseling, legal services, and financial assistance to resolve residential heirs property title issues from the Federal Government, nonprofits, and institutes of higher education; and makes recommendations with respect to how to reduce the number of residential heirs properties, including— by incentivizing States and other jurisdictions which enact or adopt the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act or similar such reforms; by awarding grants to States and other jurisdictions to assist residents of such States and jurisdictions to establish and document property ownership rights or settle a decedent’s estate; by awarding grants to entities which provide housing counseling, legal assistance, and financial assistance to homeowners and their heirs relating to title clearing and home retention efforts of heirs’ property and which target services to low- and moderate-income persons or provide services in neighborhoods that have a high concentration of low- and moderate-income persons; and by conducting other activities that assist individuals to clear title with respect to heirs’ property and with general estate planning.
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