42 U.S.C. § 1439
Local housing assistance plan
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 1439, Local housing assistance plan, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/477597
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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, upon receiving an application for housing assistance under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.],11 So in original. The comma probably should be “or”. section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 [12 U.S.C. 1701s], or,22 So in original. The word “or” and the comma probably should not appear. if the unit of general local government in which the proposed assistance is to be provided has an approved housing assistance plan, shall—
The provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to—
The formula allocation requirements of subparagraph (A) shall not apply to—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1990, the Secretary may retain not more than 5 percent of the financial assistance that becomes available under programs described in subsection (a)(1) during any fiscal year. Any such financial assistance that is retained shall be available for subsequent allocation to specific areas and communities, and may only be used for—
Any competition referred to in subparagraph (A) shall be conducted pursuant to specific criteria for the selection of recipients of assistance. The criteria shall be contained in—
From budget authority made available in appropriation Acts for fiscal year 1988, the Secretary shall enter into an annual contributions contract for a term of 180 months to obligate sufficient funds to provide assistance payments pursuant to section 8(b)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437f(b)(1)] on behalf of 500 lower income families from budget authority made available for fiscal year 1988, so long as such families occupy properties in Jefferson County, Texas. If a lower income family receiving assistance payments pursuant to this subsection ceases to qualify for assistance payments pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of such Act [42 U.S.C. 1437f] or of this subsection during the 180-month term of the annual contributions contract, assistance payments shall be made on behalf of another lower income family who occupies a unit identified in the previous sentence.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1979House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1980House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Technical Amendments Act of 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To provide for the temporary extension of the certain laws relating to housing and community development.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing ActHouse: no recorded tallySenate: 93–6
- Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993
- Housing and Community Development Act of 1992House: 377–37Senate: no recorded tally
- Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999