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Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73

§4181 Termination of Indian housing assistance under United States Housing Act of 1937

Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE FOR INDIAN TRIBES UNDER INCORPORATED PROGRAMS › § 4181

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

After September 30, 1997, the Housing Act of 1937 cannot fund Indian housing that is run under contracts between the Secretary and Indian housing authorities, unless the money comes from fiscal year 1997 and the contract was signed before September 30, 1997. If a tenant-based assistance contract ends under this rule, that housing will be treated as a dwelling unit under section 4152(b)(1) starting the next fiscal year and every year after. It will no longer be governed by the Housing Act or its annual contribution contracts and must be kept as affordable housing under this chapter.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §4181

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(a)After September 30, 1997, financial assistance may not be provided under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] or pursuant to any commitment entered into under such Act, for Indian housing developed or operated pursuant to a contract between the Secretary and an Indian housing authority, unless such assistance is provided from amounts made available for fiscal year 1997 and pursuant to a commitment entered into before September 30, 1997. Any housing that is the subject of a contract for tenant-based assistance between the Secretary and an Indian housing authority that is terminated under this section shall, for the following fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, be considered to be a dwelling unit under section 4152(b)(1) of this title.
(b)After September 30, 1997, any 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 not be subject to any provision of such Act or any annual contributions contract or other agreement pursuant to such Act, but shall be considered and maintained as affordable housing for purposes of this chapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in text, 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. This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), 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.

Amendments

2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–568 and Pub. L. 106–569 amended subsec. (a) identically, inserting at end “Any housing that is the subject of a contract for tenant-based assistance between the Secretary and an Indian housing authority that is terminated under this section shall, for the following fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, be considered to be a dwelling unit under section 4152(b)(1) of this title.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 104–330, title V, § 508, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4045, provided that: “section 502, 503, and 507 [25 U.S.C. 4181, 4182, 4183] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 26, 1996].”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

25 U.S.C. § 4181

Title 25 — Indians

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73