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12 U.S.C. § 1715l — Pet ownership in assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped

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12 U.S.C. § 1715l — Pet ownership in assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped

**(a) Restrictions on ownership** No owner or manager of any federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped may— (1) as a condition of tenancy or otherwise, prohibit or prevent any tenant in such housing from owning common household pets or having common household pets living in the dwelling accommodations of such tenant in such housing; or (2) restrict or discriminate against any person in connection with admission to, or continued occupancy of, such housing by reason of the ownership of such pets by, or the presence of such pets in the dwelling accommodations of, such person. **(b) Rules and regulations** (1) Not later than the expiration of the twelve-month period following November 30, 1983, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each issue such regulations as may be necessary to ensure (A) compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) with respect to any program of assistance referred to in subsection (d) that is administered by such Secretary; and (B) attaining the goal of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for the elderly or handicapped. (2) Such regulations shall establish guidelines under which the owner or manager of any federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped (A) may prescribe reasonable rules for the keeping of pets by tenants in such housing; and (B) shall consult with the tenants of such housing in prescribing such rules. Such rules may consider factors such as density of tenants, pet size, types of pets, potential financial obligations of tenants, and standards of pet care. **(c) Removal of pets constituting a nuisance** Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit any owner or manager of federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or

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**(a) Restrictions on ownership** No owner or manager of any federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped may— (1) as a condition of tenancy or otherwise, prohibit or prevent any tenant in such housing from owning common household pets or having common household pets living in the dwelling accommodations of such tenant in such housing; or (2) restrict or discriminate against any person in connection with admission to, or continued occupancy of, such housing by reason of the ownership of such pets by, or the presence of such pets in the dwelling accommodations of, such person. **(b) Rules and regulations** (1) Not later than the expiration of the twelve-month period following November 30, 1983, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall each issue such regulations as may be necessary to ensure (A) compliance with the provisions of subsection (a) with respect to any program of assistance referred to in subsection (d) that is administered by such Secretary; and (B) attaining the goal of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for the elderly or handicapped. (2) Such regulations shall establish guidelines under which the owner or manager of any federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped (A) may prescribe reasonable rules for the keeping of pets by tenants in such housing; and (B) shall consult with the tenants of such housing in prescribing such rules. Such rules may consider factors such as density of tenants, pet size, types of pets, potential financial obligations of tenants, and standards of pet care. **(c) Removal of pets constituting a nuisance** Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit any owner or manager of federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped, or any local housing authority or other appropriate authority of the community where such housing is located, from requiring the removal from any such housing of any pet whose conduct or condition is duly determined to constitute a nuisance or a threat to the health or safety of the other occupants of such housing or of other persons in the community where such housing is located. **(d) “Federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped” defined** For purposes of this section, the term “federally assisted rental housing for the elderly or handicapped” means any rental housing project that— (1) is assisted under [section 1701q of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701q&num=0&edition=prelim); or (2) is assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the National Housing Act [[12 U.S.C. 1701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or title V of the Housing Act of 1949 [[42 U.S.C. 1471](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1471&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and is designated for occupancy by elderly or handicapped families, as such term is defined in section 1701q(d)(4) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 1471 — Financial assistance by Secretary of Agriculture

**(a) Authorization and purposes of assistance** The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized, subject to the terms and conditions of this subchapter, to extend financial assistance, through the Farmers Home Administration, (1) to owners of farms in the United States and in the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii and in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, to enable them to construct, improve, alter, repair, or replace dwellings and other farm buildings on their farms, and to purchase buildings and land constituting a minimum adequate site, in order to provide them, their tenants, lessees, sharecroppers, and laborers with decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions and adequate farm buildings as specified in this subchapter, and (2) to owners of other real estate in rural areas for the construction, improvement, alteration, or repair of dwellings, related facilities, and farm buildings and to rural residents, including persons who reside in reservations or villages of Indian tribes, for such purposes and for the purchase of buildings and the purchase of land constituting a minimum adequate site, in order to enable them to provide dwellings and related facilities for their own use and buildings adequate for their farming operations, and (3) to elderly or handicapped persons or families who are or will be the owners of land in rural areas for the construction, improvement, alteration, or repair of dwellings and related facilities, the purchase of dwellings and related facilities and the purchase of land constituting a minimum adequate site, in order to provide them with adequate dwellings and related facilities for

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12 U.S.C. § 1701q — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–117, title XI, § 1108(aa), Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 507

### 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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42 U.S.C. § 1441 — Congressional declaration of national housing policy

The Congress declares that the general welfare and security of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people require housing production and related community development sufficient to remedy the serious housing shortage, the elimination of substandard and other inadequate housing through the clearance of slums and blighted areas, and the realization as soon as feasible of the goal of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family, thus contributing to the development and redevelopment of communities and to the advancement of the growth, wealth, and security of the Nation. The Congress further declares that such production is necessary to enable the housing industry to make its full contribution toward an economy of maximum employment, production, and purchasing power. The policy to be followed in attaining the national housing objective established shall be: (1) private enterprise shall be encouraged to serve as large a part of the total need as it can; (2) governmental assistance shall be utilized where feasible to enable private enterprise to serve more of the total need; (3) appropriate local public bodies shall be encouraged and assisted to undertake positive programs of encouraging and assisting the development of well-planned, integrated residential neighborhoods, the development and redevelopment of communities, and the production, at lower costs, of housing of sound standards of design, construction, livability, and size for adequate family life; (4) governmental assistance to eliminate substandard and other inadequate housing through the clearance of slums and blighted areas, to facilitate community development and redevelopment, and to provide adequate housing for urban and rural nonfarm families with incomes so low th

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12 U.S.C. § 1701 — Information regarding early defaults and foreclosures on insured mortgages

**(a) In general** The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall collect and maintain information regarding early defaults on mortgages as provided under this section. The Secretary shall make such information available for public inspection upon request. Information shall be collected quarterly with respect to each applicable collection period (as such term is defined in subsection (c)) and shall be available for inspection not more than 30 days after the conclusion of the calendar quarter relating to each such period. Information shall first be made available under this section for the applicable collection period relating to the first calendar quarter ending more than 180 days after November 28, 1990. **(b) Contents** (1) **Mortgage lender analysis** — Information collected under this section shall include, for each lender originating mortgages during the applicable collection period that are insured pursuant to [section 1709 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1709&num=0&edition=prelim) and secured by property in a designated census tract, the following information with respect to such mortgages: (A) The name of the lender and the number of each designated census tract in which the lender originated 1 or more such mortgages during the applicable collection period. (B) The total number of such mortgages originated by such lender during the applicable collection period in each designated census tract and the number of mortgages originated each year in each designated census tract. (C) The total number of defaults and foreclosures on such mortgages during the applicable collection period in each designated census tract and the number of defaults and foreclosures in each designated census tract in

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42 U.S.C. § 1437 — Omitted

### Statutory Notes #### Codification Sections 1401 to 1404 were omitted in the general revision of the United States Housing Act of 1937 by Pub. L. 93–383, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 653. Section 1401, acts Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, § 1, 50 Stat. 888; July 15, 1949, 338, title III, § 307(a), 63 Stat. 429; Sept. 23, 1959, Pub. L. 86–372, title V, § 501, 73 Stat. 679; Aug. 1, 1968, Pub. L. 90–448, title II, § 206(a), 82 Stat. 504; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–609, title II, § 211, 84 Stat. 1779, set out declaration of policy. See [section 1437 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 1402, acts, Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, § 2, 50 Stat. 888; July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title III, §§ 302(b), 304(c), (i), 306, 307(b), 63 Stat. 424, 425, 429; Oct. 26, 1951, ch. 577, § 1, 65 Stat. 647; June 30, 1953, 170, § 24(c), 67 Stat. 128; Aug. 7, 1956, ch. 1029, title IV, § 404(a), 70 Stat. 1104; July 12, 1957, Pub. L. 85–104, title III, § 307, title IV, § 401(a), 71 Stat. 301; Sept. 23, 1959, Pub. L. 86–372, title V, §§ 502, 503(a), 504, 73 Stat. 680; June 30, 1961, Pub. L. 87–70, title II, § 202, 75 Stat. 163; Sept. 2, 1964, Pub. L. 88–560, title II, § 203(d), title IV, § 401(a), 78 Stat. 784, 794; Aug. 10, 1965, Pub. L. 89–117, title I, §§ 103(b), 104, 79 Stat. 457; Aug. 1, 1968, Pub. L. 90–448, title II, § 209(a), 82 Stat. 505; Dec. 24, 1969, Pub. L. 91–152, title II, § 213(a), title IV, § 403(a), 83 Stat. 389, 395; Dec. 31, 1970, Pub. L. 91–609, title II, § 208(a), title IX, § 903(c), 84 Stat. 1778, 1808; Dec. 22, 1971, Pub. L. 92–213, § 9, 85 Stat. 776, defined applicable terms. See [section 1437a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1

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12 U.S.C. § 1701 — Short title

Page 424 TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING § 1701 Sec. 1735f–6. Secondary mortgages held by State or local governmental agency on insured properties. 1735f–7. Exemption from State usury laws; appli- cability. 1735f–7a. State constitution or laws limiting mortgage interest, discount points, and finance or other charges; exemp- tion for obligations made after March 31, 1980. 1735f–8. Time of payment of premium charges. 1735f–9. Limitation on commitments to insure loans and mortgages. 1735f–10. Change of mortgagee status. 1735f–11. Review of mortgagee performance and authority to terminate. 1735f–12. Assurance of adequate processing of ap- plications for loan and mortgage insur- ance. 1735f–13. Prohibition of requirement of minimum principal loan amount. 1735f–14. Civil money penalties against mortga- gees, lenders, and other participants in FHA programs. 1735f–15. Civil money penalties against multi- family mortgagors. 1735f–16. Annual audited financial statements. 1735f–17. Examinations and sanctions for certain violations. 1735f–18. Information regarding early defaults and foreclosures on insured mortgages. 1735f–19. Partial payment of claims on defaulted mortgages and in connection with mortgage restructuring. 1735f–20. Authorization of appropriations for Gen- eral and Special Risk Insurance Funds. 1735g. Mortgage relief for homeowners who are unemployed as result of closing of Fed- eral installation. 1735h. Repealed. SUBCHAPTER VI—WAR HOUSING INSURANCE 1736. Definitions. 1737. Repealed. 1738. Insurance of mortgages. 1739. Mortgage insurance benefits. 1740. Repealed. 1741. State taxation of realty held by Sec- retary. 1742. Rules and regulations. 1743. Insurance of mortgages. 1744. Insurance of loans for man

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12 U.S.C. § 1715l — Housing for moderate income and dis-

Page 603 TITLE 12—BANKS AND BANKING § 1715l Subsec. (d)(3)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 86–372, § 109(c)–(e), in- serted ‘‘(excluding exterior land improvements as de- fined by the Commissioner)’’ after ‘‘dwelling use’’, and substituted ‘‘$2,500’’ for ‘‘$2,250’’ in two places, ‘‘$9,000’’ for ‘‘$8,100’’ in two places, ‘‘$3,000’’ for ‘‘$2,700’’, ‘‘$9,400’’ for ‘‘$8,400’’, and ‘‘$1,250’’ for ‘‘$1,000’’. Subsec. (d)(3)(B)(iv). Pub. L. 86–372, § 109(e), added cl. (iv). Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 86–372, § 116(b), inserted ref- erence to subsec. (k) of section 1710 of this title. 1958—Subsec. (d)(3)(A)(i). Pub. L. 85–364 substituted ‘‘$13,500’’ for ‘‘$10,000’’ in two places. 1957—Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 85–104, § 102, amended pro- visions generally, and, among other changes, raised maximum mortgage obligation from 95 to 97 percent, inserted ‘‘unless the construction of the dwelling was completed more than one year prior to the application for mortgage insurance’’, and as to estimated replace- ment cost, raised figure from $9,000 to $10,000 and pro- vided for 85 percent of such replacement cost in excess of $10,000 and 70 percent in excess of $16,000, in lieu of former provisions allowing 75 percent of such cost in excess of $9,000 with Presidential authority to increase dollar amounts to $10,000. Subsec. (d)(3)(B)(iii). Pub. L. 85–10 substituted ‘‘with- out regard to the number of rooms being less than four, or four or more’’ for ‘‘or per family unit, as the case may be’’, in second proviso. Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 85–104, § 112, substituted ‘‘(h), and (j) of section 1710 of this title’’ for ‘‘and (h) of sec- tion 1710 of this title’’. 1956—Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Act Aug. 7, 1956, § 307(b), pro- vided mortgage insurance assistance for urban renewal areas under section 1

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42 U.S.C. § 1437 — Declaration of policy and public housing

Page 4526 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 1436d rulemaking pursuant to subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, which will become effective not later than one year from October 28, 1991. On and after October 28, 1991, in establishing standards for approval of such nonprofit insur- ance entities, the Secretary shall be assured that such entities have sufficient surplus capital to meet reasonably expected losses, reliable ac- counting systems, sound actuarial projections, and employees experienced in the insurance in- dustry. The Secretary shall not place restric- tions on the investment of funds of any such en- tity that is regulated by the insurance depart- ment of any State that describes the types of in- vestments insurance companies licensed in such State may make. With regard to such entities that are not so regulated, the Secretary shall es- tablish investment guidelines that are com- parable to State law regulating the investments of insurance companies. On and after October 28, 1991, the Secretary shall not approve additional nonprofit insurance entities until such standards have become final, nor shall the Secretary revoke the approval of any nonprofit insurance entity previously ap- proved by the Department unless for cause and after a due process hearing. On and after October 28, 1991, until the Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Development has adopted regulations specifying the nature and quality of insurance covering the potential per- sonal injury liability exposure of public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities (and their contractors, including architectural and engineering services) as a result of testing and abatement of lead-based paint in federally sub- sidized public and Indian housing units, said au- thori

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42 U.S.C. § 1471 — Financial assistance by Secretary of Agri-

Page 4741 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 1471 1 So in original. workable program requirements, transient housing, re- moval of buildings, financial assistance for subsequent annual increments, and modification of urban renewal plans. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REDEVELOPMENT LAND AGENCY Pub. L. 90–448, title V, § 501(c), Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 520, provided that notwithstanding any requirement or condition to the contrary in section 6 or 20(i) of the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945 (act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 736, 60 Stat. 790, as amended), or any other law, the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency was authorized to plan and undertake neighborhood development programs under this part, which programs would be regarded as complying with sections 6 and 20(i) of that Act and any other provision of law, if those programs were in compliance with this part. SUBCHAPTER III—FARM HOUSING § 1471. Financial assistance by Secretary of Agri- culture (a) Authorization and purposes of assistance The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter re- ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) is authorized, sub- ject to the terms and conditions of this sub- chapter, to extend financial assistance, through the Farmers Home Administration, (1) to owners of farms in the United States and in the Terri- tories of Alaska and Hawaii and in the Common- wealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the territories and possessions of the United States, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, to enable them to construct, improve, alter, repair, or replace dwellings and other farm buildings on their farms, and to purchase buildings and land constituting a minimum adequate site, in order

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