42 U.S.C. § 13617
Treatment of covered section 8 housing not subject to elderly preference
United States · Title 42 — THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · Status: effective
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- 42 U.S.C. § 13617, Treatment of covered section 8 housing not subject to elderly preference, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/483263
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If an owner of any covered section 8 housing project designed primarily for occupancy by elderly families does not give preference in occupancy to elderly families as authorized in this subchapter, then elderly families (as such term was defined in section 1437a of this title before October 28, 1992) shall be eligible for occupancy in such housing to the same extent that such families were eligible before October 28, 1992.
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 1992House: 377–37Senate: no recorded tally