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42 U.S.C. § 13615 — Preference within groups
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Among disabled families qualifying for occupancy in units reserved under [section 13612 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13612&num=0&edition=prelim), and among elderly families and near-elderly families qualifying for preference for occupancy pursuant to section 13611 or 13613 of this title, preference for occupancy in units that are assisted under [section 1437f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437f&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be given to disabled families according to any preferences established under any system established under [section 1437f(d)(1)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437f/d/1/A&num=0&edition=prelim) by the public housing agency.
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Among disabled families qualifying for occupancy in units reserved under [section 13612 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13612&num=0&edition=prelim), and among elderly families and near-elderly families qualifying for preference for occupancy pursuant to section 13611 or 13613 of this title, preference for occupancy in units that are assisted under [section 1437f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437f&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be given to disabled families according to any preferences established under any system established under [section 1437f(d)(1)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1437f/d/1/A&num=0&edition=prelim) by the public housing agency.
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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) Requirement** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any project for which an owner gives preference in occupancy to elderly families pursuant to [section 13611 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section13611&num=0&edition=prelim), such owner shall (subject to sections 13613, 13614, and 13615 of this title) reserve units in the project for occupancy only by disabled families who are not elderly or near-elderly families (and who have applied for occupancy in the housing) in the number determined under subsection (b).
**(b) Number of units** Each owner required to reserve units in a project for occupancy under subsection (a) shall reserve a number of units in the project that is not less than the lesser of—
(1) the number of units equivalent to the higher of—
(A) the percentage of units in the project that were occupied by such disabled families upon October 28, 1992; or
(B) the percentage of units in the project that were occupied by such families upon January 1, 1992; or
(2) 10 percent of the number of units in the project.
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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
§ 13615
eligible, for occupancy in the housing, without
regard to the preferences established pursuant
to this subchapter.
(Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 654, Oct. 28, 1992, 106
Stat. 3824.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Covered section 8 housing, referred to in text, is de-
fined in section 13619 of this title.
§ 13615. Preference within groups
Among disabled families qualifying for occu-
pancy in units reserved under section 13612 of
this title, and among elderly families and near-
elderly families qualifying for preference for oc-
cupancy pursuant to section 13611 or 13613 of this
title, preference for occupancy in units that are
assisted under section 1437f of this title shall be
given to disabled families according to any pref-
erences established under any system estab-
lished under section 1437f(d)(1)(A) of this title by
the public housing agency.
(Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 655, Oct. 28, 1992, 106
Stat. 3824; Pub. L. 104–99, title IV, § 402(d)(6)(C),
Jan. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 43; Pub. L. 105–276, title V,
§ 514(b)(2)(B), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2548.)
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AMENDMENTS
1998—Pub. L. 105–276 substituted ‘‘shall be given to
disabled families according to any preferences estab-
lished under any system established under section
1437f(d)(1)(A) of this title by the public housing agen-
cy.’’ for ‘‘shall be given to disabled families according
to the preferences for occupancy referred to in section
1437f(d)(1)(A)(i) of this title and the first sentence of
section 1437f(o)(3)(B) of this title, to elderly families ac-
cording to such preferences, and to near-elderly fami-
lies according to such preferences, respectively.’’
1996—Pub. L. 104–99, § 402(d)(6)(C), (f), temporarily sub-
stit
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