Notwithstanding the limitation contained in the last sentence of section
110
(d) [
42 U.S.C.
1460
(d)] or in any other provision of title I [
42 U.S.C.
1450 et seq.] of the Housing Act of 1949 (Public Law 171, Eighty-first Congress), as amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to allow and credit to such authority as may be created for the Virgin Islands under this Act, as amended,