§12782 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must provide help under this part to support six goals for affordable housing. These include sharing useful information on program design, housing finance, land use, and building methods; helping States and local governments—especially those new to affordable housing—plan and run housing strategies; encouraging private lenders and for-profit developers to join public–private partnerships; helping include energy efficiency in affordable housing; supporting employer-assisted housing programs; and creating land banks to clear ownership of vacant or abandoned lots so they can be reused.

Title 42, §12782

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To carry out section 12781 of this title, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this part to—

(1)facilitate the exchange of information that would help participating jurisdictions carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including information on program design, housing finance, land use controls, and building construction techniques;

(2)improve the ability of States and units of general local government to design and implement comprehensive housing affordability strategies, particularly those States and units of general local government that are relatively inexperienced in the development of affordable housing;

(3)encourage private lenders and for-profit developers of low-income housing to participate in public-private partnerships to achieve the purposes of this subchapter;

(4)improve the ability of States and units of general local government, community housing development organizations, private lenders, and for-profit developers of low-income housing to incorporate energy efficiency into the planning, design, financing, construction, and operation of affordable housing;

(5)facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of employer-assisted housing programs through research, technical assistance and demonstration projects; and

(6)facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of land bank programs, under which title to vacant and abandoned parcels of real estate located in or causing blighted neighborhoods is cleared for use consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1992—Par. (6). Pub. L. 102–550 added par. (6).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1992 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 102–550 applicable to unexpended funds allocated under subchapter II of this chapter in fiscal year 1992, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 223 of Pub. L. 102–550, set out as a note under section 12704 of this title.

§12782 Priorities for capacity development