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§4133 Program requirements

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES › Part Part A— - General Block Grant Program › § 4133

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Grant recipients must write down rules about rents and homebuyer payments for housing paid for with these grants. For low-income families, the monthly rent or payment cannot be more than 30 percent of the family’s monthly adjusted income. Recipients must also write rules about who can live in the homes, how people are admitted, how the homes are managed and maintained, and must carry enough insurance for the housing. If a recipient owns or runs housing set up under a federal housing contract, it must set aside grant money to keep that housing running and in good repair, though it may demolish or dispose of such housing under federal rules. Grant money may be planned for use over more than 1 fiscal year if the Indian tribe’s housing plan allows it, and unused funds for a year can be used later. Purchases under $5,000 bought with these grants do not have to follow competitive bidding rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §4133

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(a)(1)Subject to paragraph (2), each recipient shall develop written policies governing rents and homebuyer payments charged for dwelling units assisted under this chapter, including the methods by which such rents and homebuyer payments are determined.
(2)In the case of any low-income family residing in a dwelling unit assisted with grant amounts under this chapter, the monthly rent or homebuyer payment (as applicable) for such dwelling unit may not exceed 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income of such family.
(b)Each recipient who owns or operates (or is responsible for funding any entity that owns or operates) housing developed or operated pursuant to a contract between the Secretary and an Indian housing authority pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] shall, using amounts of any grants received under this chapter, reserve and use for operating assistance under section 4132(1) of this title such amounts as may be necessary to provide for the continued maintenance and efficient operation of such housing. This subsection may not be construed to prevent any recipient (or entity funded by a recipient) from demolishing or disposing of Indian housing referred to in this subsection, pursuant to regulations established by the Secretary.
(c)Each recipient shall maintain adequate insurance coverage for housing units that are owned or operated or assisted with grant amounts provided under this chapter.
(d)Each recipient shall develop written policies governing the eligibility, admission, and occupancy of families for housing assisted with grant amounts provided under this chapter.
(e)Each recipient shall develop policies governing the management and maintenance of housing assisted with grant amounts under this chapter.
(f)(1)To the extent that the Indian housing plan for an Indian tribe provides for the use of amounts of a grant under section 4111 of this title for a period of more than 1 fiscal year, or for affordable housing activities for which the amounts will be committed for use or expended during a subsequent fiscal year, the Secretary shall not require those amounts to be used or committed for use at any time earlier than otherwise provided for in the Indian housing plan.
(2)Any amount of a grant provided to an Indian tribe under section 4111 of this title for a fiscal year that is not used by the Indian tribe during that fiscal year may be used by the Indian tribe during any subsequent fiscal year.
(g)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a recipient shall not be required to act in accordance with any otherwise applicable competitive procurement rule or procedure with respect to the procurement, using a grant provided under this chapter, of goods and services the value of which is less than $5,000.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–330, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4016, known as the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4101 of this title and Tables. The United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, as revised generally by Pub. L. 93–383, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 653, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (§ 1437 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1437 of Title 42 and Tables.

Amendments

2008—Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 110–411 added subsecs. (f) and (g).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 107 of Pub. L. 104–330, set out as a note under section 4101 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

25 U.S.C. § 4133

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73