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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§12783 Conditions of contracts

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 130— - NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING › Part Part C— - Other Support for State and Local Housing Strategies › § 12783

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must use contracts whenever possible and may award them to five kinds of groups: local governments or their agencies; state or local public-purpose organizations that report to the chief elected official; agencies of two or more participating jurisdictions; national or regional nonprofits made mostly of those kinds of members; or professional or technical firms with the needed capacity. Contracts can run up to 3 years, cannot provide more than 20 percent of a contractor’s annual operating budget, and in any fiscal year contracts with one organization cannot total more than 40 percent of the funds appropriated under this part.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12783

The Public Health and Welfare — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Secretary shall carry out this part insofar as is practicable through contract with—
(1)a participating jurisdiction or agency thereof;
(2)a public purpose organization established pursuant to State or local legislation and responsible to the chief elected official of a participating jurisdiction;
(3)an agency or authority established by two or more participating jurisdictions to carry out activities consistent with the purposes of this subchapter;
(4)a national or regional nonprofit organization that has a membership comprised predominantly of entities or officials of entities that qualify under paragraph (1), (2), or (3); or
(5)a professional and technical services company or firm that has demonstrated capacity to provide services under this part.
(b)Contracts under this part shall be for not more than 3 years and shall provide not more than 20 percent of the operating budget of the contracting organization in any one year. Within any fiscal year, contracts with any one organization may not be entered into for a total of more than 40 percent of the funds appropriated under this part in that fiscal year.

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Amendments

2009—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–8 substituted “40 percent of the funds” for “20 percent of the funds”.

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42 U.S.C. § 12783

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73