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42 U.S.C. § 1592 — Authority of Secretary
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Subject to the provisions and limitations of this subchapter and subchapter VIII of this chapter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to provide housing in any areas (subject to the provisions of [section 1591 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1591&num=0&edition=prelim)) needed for defense workers or military personnel or to extend assistance for the provision of, or to provide, community facilities or services required in connection with national defense activities in any area which the President, pursuant to the authority contained in said section, has determined to be a critical defense housing area.
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Subject to the provisions and limitations of this subchapter and subchapter VIII of this chapter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to provide housing in any areas (subject to the provisions of [section 1591 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1591&num=0&edition=prelim)) needed for defense workers or military personnel or to extend assistance for the provision of, or to provide, community facilities or services required in connection with national defense activities in any area which the President, pursuant to the authority contained in said section, has determined to be a critical defense housing area.
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**(a) Mandatory transfers** Upon the filing of a request therefor as herein prescribed, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall (subject to the provisions of this section) relinquish and transfer, without monetary consideration, to any State or political subdivision thereof, local housing authority, local public agency, nonprofit organization, or educational institution, all contractual rights (including the right to revenues and other proceeds) and all property right, title, and interest of the United States in and with respect to (1) any temporary housing located on land owned or controlled by such transferee and in which the United States has no leasehold or other property interest, and (2) housing materials which have been made available to the transferee by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to [section 1572 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1572&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Transfer to provide housing for parents of deceased World War II servicemen** Upon the filing of a request therefor as herein prescribed, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may (subject to the provisions of this section) relinquish and transfer, without monetary consideration other than that specifically required by this subsection, to any State, county, municipality, or local housing authority, or to any educational institution where the housing involved is being operated for its student veterans or where the land underlying the housing is in the ownership of two or more educational institutions, or to any other local public agency or nonprofit organization where the housing involved has been made available by the United States to such agency or organization pursuant to [section 1572 of this
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**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the authority contained in titles II or III of this Act shall not be exercised in any area unless the President shall have determined that such area is a critical defense housing area.
**(b)** No area shall be determined to be a critical defense housing area pursuant to this section unless the President finds that in such area all the following conditions exist:
(1) a new defense plant or installation has been or is to be provided, or an existing defense plant or installation has been or is to be reactivated or its operation substantially expanded;
(2) substantial in-migration of defense workers or military personnel is required to carry out activities at such plant or installation; and
(3) a substantial shortage of housing required for such defense workers or military personnel exists or impends which impedes or threatens to impede activities at such defense plant or installation, or that community facilities or services required for such defense workers or military personnel are not available or are insufficient, or both, as the case may be.
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There is established as of June 30, 1954, a revolving fund, and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to credit said fund with all moneys hereafter obtained or now held by him or by any constituent agency of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or any other official thereof, and to account under said fund for all assets and liabilities, in connection with (1) community facilities provided or assisted under title II of the Lanham Act, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 1531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1531&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or under title III of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 1592](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1592&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; (2) loans or advances made pursuant to title V of the War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 791), or the Act of October 13, 1949; (3) functions transferred under Reorganization Plan No. 23 of 1950, or authorized under sections 102, 102a, 102b, and 102c of the Housing Act of 1948, as amended [[12 U.S.C. 1701g](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title12-section1701g&num=0&edition=prelim) to 1701g–3]; (4) notes or other obligations purchased pursuant to the Alaska Housing Act, as amended ([48 U.S.C. 484(a)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title48-section484/a&num=0&edition=prelim)); (5) subsistence homesteads and greentowns (Acts of June 29, 1936, 49 Stat. 2035, and May 19, 1949, 63 Stat. 68); (6) public war housing under title I of the Lanham Act, as amended [[42 U.S.C. 1521](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1521&num=0&editio
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1592a
munity facilities or defense housing under sections 1592
to 1592o of this title, see section 1701g–5 of Title 12,
Banks and Banking.
EXPIRATION DATE
For prohibition of construction of housing or commu-
nity facilities by United States under this subchapter,
see section 1591c of this title.
§ 1592. Authority of Secretary
Subject to the provisions and limitations of
this subchapter and subchapter VIII of this
chapter, the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) is authorized to provide housing in any
areas (subject to the provisions of section 1591 of
this title) needed for defense workers or mili-
tary personnel or to extend assistance for the
provision of, or to provide, community facilities
or services required in connection with national
defense activities in any area which the Presi-
dent, pursuant to the authority contained in
said section, has determined to be a critical de-
fense housing area.
(Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title III, § 301, 65 Stat. 303;
Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, see note set out under section 1581
of this title.
§ 1592a. Construction of housing
(a) Types, sales, preferences in purchases, and
payment
Consistent with other requirements of na-
tional defense, any permanent housing con-
structed pursuant to the authority of this sub-
chapter shall consist of one- to four-family
dwelling structures (including row houses) so ar-
ranged that they may be offered for separate
sale. All housing of permanent construction
which is constructed or acquired under the
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