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42 U.S.C. § 13641 — Definitions
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(1) **Elderly, disabled, and near-elderly families** — The terms “elderly family”, “disabled family”, and “near-elderly family” have the meanings given the terms under section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437a/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim)].
(2) **Federally assisted housing** — The terms “federally assisted housing” and “project” mean—
(A) a public housing project (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437a/b&num=0&edition=prelim)]);
(B) housing for which project-based assistance is provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437f](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437f&num=0&edition=prelim)];
(C) housing that is assisted under [section 1701q of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701q&num=0&edition=prelim);
(D) housing that is assisted under [section 1701q of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701q&num=0&edition=prelim), as such section existed before November 28, 1990;
(E) housing financed by a loan or mortgage insured under section 1715l(d)(3) of title 12 that bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of section 1715l(d)(5) of title 12;
(F) housing insured, assisted, or held by the Secretary or a State or State agency under [section 1715z–1 of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1715z–1&nu
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(1) **Elderly, disabled, and near-elderly families** — The terms “elderly family”, “disabled family”, and “near-elderly family” have the meanings given the terms under section 3(b)(3) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)(3)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437a/b/3&num=0&edition=prelim)].
(2) **Federally assisted housing** — The terms “federally assisted housing” and “project” mean—
(A) a public housing project (as such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437a/b&num=0&edition=prelim)]);
(B) housing for which project-based assistance is provided under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437f](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437f&num=0&edition=prelim)];
(C) housing that is assisted under [section 1701q of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701q&num=0&edition=prelim);
(D) housing that is assisted under [section 1701q of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701q&num=0&edition=prelim), as such section existed before November 28, 1990;
(E) housing financed by a loan or mortgage insured under section 1715l(d)(3) of title 12 that bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of section 1715l(d)(5) of title 12;
(F) housing insured, assisted, or held by the Secretary or a State or State agency under [section 1715z–1 of title 12](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1715z–1&num=0&edition=prelim);
(G) housing constructed or substantially rehabilitated pursuant to assistance provided under section 8(b)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)(2)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437f/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim)], as in effect before October 1, 1983, that is assisted under a contract for assistance under such section; and
(H) housing that is assisted under section 8013 1 of this title.
(3) **Housing assistance** — The term “housing assistance” means, with respect to federally assisted housing, the grant, contribution, capital advance, loan, mortgage insurance, or other assistance provided for the housing under the provisions of law referred to in paragraph (2). The term also includes any related assistance provided for the housing by the Secretary, including any rental assistance for low-income occupants.
(4) **Owner** — The term “owner” means, with respect to federally assisted housing, the entity or private person, including a cooperative or public housing agency, that has the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units in such housing.
(5) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Aug. 2, 1954, ch. 649, title VIII, § 815, 68 Stat. 647, required submission of specifications by applicants prior to award of any contract for construction of a project and submission of data with respect to acquisition of land prior to authorization to purchase such land.
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**(a) Purpose** The purpose of this section is to enable persons with disabilities to live with dignity and independence within their communities by expanding the supply of supportive housing that—
(1) is designed to accommodate the special needs of such persons;
(2) makes available supportive services that address the individual health, mental health, and other needs of such persons; and
(3) promotes and facilitates community integration for people with significant and long-term disabilities.
**(b) Authority to provide assistance** The Secretary is authorized to take the following actions:
(1) **Tenant-based assistance** — To provide tenant-based rental assistance to eligible persons with disabilities, in accordance with subsection (d)(4).
(2) **Capital advances** — To provide assistance to private, nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of supportive housing for persons with disabilities, which shall be provided as—
(A) capital advances in accordance with subsection (d)(1), and
(B) contracts for project rental assistance in accordance with subsection (d)(2);
assistance under this paragraph may be used to finance the acquisition, acquisition and moderate rehabilitation, construction, reconstruction, or moderate or substantial rehabilitation of housing, including the acquisition from the Resolution Trust Corporation, to be used as supportive housing for persons with disabilities and may include real property acquisition, site improvement, conversion, demolition, relocation, and other expenses that the Secretary determines are necessary to expand the supply of supportive housing for persons with disabilities.
(3) **Project rental assistance**
(A) *In general* — To offer additional methods of financing supportive housing for non-elderly adults with
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**(a) Critical social, economic, and environmental problems facing Nation’s urban communities** The Congress finds and declares that the Nation’s cities, towns, and smaller urban communities face critical social, economic, and environmental problems arising in significant measure from—
(1) the growth of population in metropolitan and other urban areas, and the concentration of persons of lower income in central cities;
(2) inadequate public and private investment and reinvestment in housing and other physical facilities, and related public and social services, resulting in the growth and persistence of urban slums and blight and the marked deterioration of the quality of the urban environment; and
(3) increasing energy costs which have seriously undermined the quality and overall effectiveness of local community and housing development activities.
**(b) Establishment and maintenance of viable urban communities; systematic and sustained action by Federal, State, and local governments; expansion of and continuity in Federal assistance; increased private investment; streamlining programs and improvement of functioning of agencies; action to address consequences of scarce fuel supplies** The Congress further finds and declares that the future welfare of the Nation and the well-being of its citizens depend on the establishment and maintenance of viable urban communities as social, economic, and political entities, and require—
(1) systematic and sustained action by Federal, State, and local governments to eliminate blight, to conserve and renew older urban areas, to improve the living environment of low- and moderate-income families, and to develop new centers of population growth and economic activity;
(2) substantial expansion of and greater continuity in the scope a
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act June 27, 1934, ch. 847, title VIII, § 804, as added Aug. 8, 1949, ch. 403, § 1, 63 Stat. 575; amended Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 783, title IV, § 401, 69 Stat. 650, provided for disposition and use of excess moneys in Armed Services Housing Mortgage Insurance Fund, issue and cancellation of debentures, and receipt and payment of credits and charges.
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**(a) Consultation by Secretary with National Science Foundation; scope of demonstrations; powers of Secretary** In carrying out activities under [section 1701z–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701z-1&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may, after consultation with the National Science Foundation, undertake demonstrations to determine the economic and technical feasibility of utilizing solar energy for heating or cooling residential housing (including demonstrations of new housing design or structure involving the use of solar energy). Demonstrations carried out under this section should involve both single family and multifamily housing located in areas having distinguishable climatic characteristics in urban as well as rural environments. To carry out the purpose of this section the Secretary is authorized—
(1) to enter into contracts with, to make grants to, and to provide other types of assistance to individuals and entities with special competence and knowledge to contribute to the planning, design, development, and operation of such housing;
(2) to utilize the contract, loan, or mortgage insurance authority of any federally assisted housing program in the actual planning, development, and occupancy of such housing; and
(3) to set aside any development, construction, design, or occupancy requirements for the purpose of any demonstration under this section if he determines that such requirements inhibit such demonstration.
**(b) Evaluation by Secretary** The Secretary shall include in any demonstration under this section an evaluation of the demonstration to cover the full experience involved in all stages of the demonstration.
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**(a) Authority** The Secretary may make grants under this section to owners of federally assisted housing projects described in subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and (G) of [section 13641(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13641/2&num=0&edition=prelim). Any grant amounts shall be used for the costs of employing or otherwise retaining the services of one or more service coordinators under [section 13631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13631&num=0&edition=prelim) to coordinate the provision of any services within the project for residents of the project who are elderly families and disabled families (as such terms are defined in [section 13641 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13641&num=0&edition=prelim)). A service coordinator funded with a grant under this section for a project may provide services to low-income elderly or disabled families living in the vicinity of such project.
**(b) Application and selection** The Secretary shall provide for the form and manner of applications for grants under this section and for selection of applicants to receive such grants.
**(c) Eligible project expense** For any federally assisted housing project described in subparagraph (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of [section 13641(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13641/2&num=0&edition=prelim) that does not receive a grant under this section, the cost of employing or otherwise retaining the services of one or more service coordinators under [section 13631 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1363
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 13632
1 See References in Text note below.
residents whose names appear on ‘‘mooch
lists’’ confiscated from fraudulent tele-
marketers.
(Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 671, Oct. 28, 1992, 106
Stat. 3826; Pub. L. 106–569, title VIII, § 851(b),
(c)(2), Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 3024.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subtitle, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (d),
means subtitle E of title VI of Pub. L. 102–550, Oct. 28,
1992, 106 Stat. 3826, which enacted this subchapter,
amended sections 1437f, 1437g, and 8011 of this title and
section 1701q of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and en-
acted provisions set out as a note under section 1701q of
Title 12.
AMENDMENTS
2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–569, § 851(b)(1), in first
sentence, substituted ‘‘for providing service coordina-
tors under this section,’’ for ‘‘to carry out this subtitle
pursuant to the amendments made by this subtitle,’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–569, § 851(c)(2)(A), in first sen-
tence, inserted ‘‘education and outreach regarding tele-
marketing fraud in accordance with the standards
issued under subsection (f),’’ after ‘‘response,’’.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–569, § 851(b)(2), inserted closing
parenthesis after ‘‘section 13641(2) of this title’’.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–569, § 851(b)(3), added subsec.
(e).
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 106–569, § 851(c)(2)(B), added subsec.
(f).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Amendment by title VIII of Pub. L. 106–569 effective
Dec. 27, 2000, unless effectiveness or applicability upon
another date certain is specifically provided for, with
provisions relating to effect of regulatory authority,
see section 803 of Pub. L. 106–569, set out as a note
under section
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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may sue and be sued only with respect to its functions under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 1437](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and title II of Public Law 671, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved June 28, 1940, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]. Funds made available for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (including appropriations therefor, which are authorized) shall be available, in such amounts as may from year to year be authorized by the Congress, for the administrative expenses of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law except provisions of law enacted after August 10, 1948 expressly in limitation hereof, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or any State or local public agency administering a low-rent housing project assisted pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 or title II of Public Law 671, Seventy-sixth Congress, approved June 28, 1940, shall continue to have the right to maintain an action or proceeding to recover possession of any housing accommodations operated by it where such action is authorized by the statute or regulations under which such housing accommodations are administered, and, in determining net income for the purposes of tenant eligibility with respect to low-rent housing projects assisted pursuant to said Acts, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized, where it finds such action equitable and in the public interest, to exclude am
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1437a
1 See References in Text note below.
cept that the study under this section shall differen-
tiate between and compare the development and con-
struction of new public housing and the assistance of
existing public housing structures;
‘‘(2) the certificate program for rental assistance
under section 8(b)(1) of the United States Housing Act
of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)(1)];
‘‘(3) the voucher program for rental assistance
under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of
1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)];
‘‘(4) the programs for project-based assistance
under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of
1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f];
‘‘(5) the rental assistance payments program under
section 521(a)(2)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 [42
U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)(A)];
‘‘(6) the program for housing for the elderly under
section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 [12 U.S.C. 1701q];
‘‘(7) the program for housing for persons with dis-
abilities under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
National Affordable Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 8013];
‘‘(8) the program for financing housing by a loan or
mortgage insured under section 221(d)(3) of the Na-
tional Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(3)] that bears
interest at a rate determined under the proviso of
section 221(d)(5) of such Act [12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(5)];
‘‘(9) the program under section 236 of the National
Housing Act [12 U.S.C. 1715z–1];
‘‘(10) the program for construction or substantial
rehabilitation under section 8(b)(2) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)(2)], as in
effect before October 1, 1983; and
‘‘(11) any other program for housing assistance ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development or the Secretary of Agriculture, un
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1437f
of 6-month period beginning Oct. 28, 1992, except as oth-
erwise provided, see section 13642 of this title.
INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN 1992 AMENDMENTS TO
INDIAN PUBLIC HOUSING
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–550 not applicable with re-
spect to lower income housing developed or operated
pursuant to contract between Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development and Indian housing authority, see
section 626 of Pub. L. 102–550, set out as a note under
section 1437a of this title.
§ 1437f. Low-income housing assistance
(a) Authorization for assistance payments
For the purpose of aiding low-income families
in obtaining a decent place to live and of pro-
moting economically mixed housing, assistance
payments may be made with respect to existing
housing in accordance with the provisions of
this section.
(b) Other existing housing programs
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized
to enter into annual contributions contracts
with public housing agencies pursuant to which
such agencies may enter into contracts to make
assistance payments to owners of existing dwell-
ing units in accordance with this section. In
areas where no public housing agency has been
organized or where the Secretary determines
that a public housing agency is unable to imple-
ment the provisions of this section, the Sec-
retary is authorized to enter into such contracts
and to perform the other functions assigned to a
public housing agency by this section.
(2) The Secretary is authorized to enter into
annual contributions contracts with public
housing agencies for the purpose of replacing
public housing transferred in accordance with
subchapter II–A of this chapter. Each contract
entered into under this subsection shall be for
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