Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§13614 General availability of units
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 135— - RESIDENCY AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PREFERENCES FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS AND UNITS FOR DISABLED RESIDENTS IN CERTAIN SECTION 8 ASSISTED HOUSING › § 13614
Summary
An owner of a Section 8 project that gives priority to disabled or near‑elderly families must, if under the Secretary’s rules there aren’t enough such families to fill the priority units, offer those units to other eligible applicants.
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Title 42, §13614
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If an owner of a covered section 8 housing project in which disabled families who are near-elderly families are given a preference for occupancy pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of section 13613 of this title determines (in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary) that there are an insufficient number of such families to fill all the units in the project for which the preference is applicable, the owner shall make such units generally available for occupancy by families who have applied, and are eligible, for occupancy in the housing, without regard to the preferences established pursuant to this subchapter.
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Covered section 8 housing, referred to in text, is defined in section 13619 of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 13614
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73