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Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§1319 Federal participation in payments for repairs to home owned by recipient of aid or assistance

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - SOCIAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XI— - GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION › Part Part A— - General Provisions › § 1319

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal money can help pay to repair a home owned by someone who is getting certain state benefits under subchapters I, X, XIV, or XVI, except for medical assistance to the aged, if two things are true. First, the state or local agency must decide before spending the money that the home is in such bad shape that staying there isn’t appropriate; that without repairs the person will need to rent another place; and that, over the time the Secretary sets, the cost of renting would be more than fixing the home plus other costs of staying there (this includes the person’s spouse and any other people whose needs were counted). Second, no repair payments for that home may have been made before under this rule.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1319

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

In the case of an expenditure for repairing the home owned by an individual who is receiving aid or assistance, other than medical assistance to the aged, under a State plan approved under subchapter I, X, XIV, or XVI, if—
(1)the State agency or local agency administering the plan approved under such subchapter has made a finding (prior to making such expenditure) that (A) such home is so defective that continued occupancy is unwarranted, (B) unless repairs are made to such home, rental quarters will be necessary for such individual, and (C) the cost of rental quarters to take care of the needs of such individual (including his spouse living with him in such home and any other individual whose needs were taken into account in determining the need of such individual) would exceed (over such time as the Secretary may specify) the cost of repairs needed to make such home habitable together with other costs attributable to continued occupancy of such home, and
(2)no such expenditures were made for repairing such home pursuant to any prior finding under this section,

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1383(a) of this title, referred to in text, is a reference to section 1383(a) of this title as it existed prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 92–603, title III, § 301, Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1465, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. The prior section (which is set out as a note under section 1383 of this title) continues in effect for Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–193 substituted “subchapter I, X, XIV, or XVI,” for “subchapter I, X, XIV, or XVI, or part A of subchapter IV” in introductory provisions and struck out “603(a),” before “1203(a),” in closing provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1996 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 104–193 effective July 1, 1997, with transition rules relating to State options to accelerate such date, rules relating to claims, actions, and proceedings commenced before such date, rules relating to closing out of accounts for terminated or substantially modified programs and continuance in office of Assistant Secretary for Family Support, and provisions relating to termination of entitlement under AFDC program, see section 116 of Pub. L. 104–193, as amended, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 601 of this title.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 209(b), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 895, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to expenditures made after December 31, 1967.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1319

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73