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§13664 Definitions

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 135— - RESIDENCY AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - SAFETY AND SECURITY IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED HOUSING › § 13664

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Summary

Defines three key words used in this part. "Drug-related criminal activity" uses the meaning given in section 1437a(b). "Federally assisted housing" covers nine kinds of housing that get federal help, such as public housing (see 1437a(b)); tenant-based and project-based aid under section 1437f (including new construction and major rehab); housing assisted under 12 U.S.C. 1701q (both as amended by section 801 of the Cranston‑Gonzalez Act and as it existed before Nov. 28, 1990); housing under section 8013 of this title; housing tied to loans insured under 12 U.S.C. 1715l(d)(3) with interest set under the proviso of 1715l(d)(5); housing insured, assisted, or held under 12 U.S.C. 1715z–1; and housing assisted under sections 1484 or 1485. "Owner" means the person or entity legally allowed to lease or sublease the dwelling units, including cooperatives and public housing agencies.

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Title 42, §13664

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(a)For purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)The term “drug-related criminal activity” has the meaning given the term in section 1437a(b) of this title.
(2)The term “federally assisted housing” means a dwelling unit—
(A)in public housing (as such term is defined in section 1437a(b) of this title);
(B)assisted with tenant-based assistance under section 1437f of this title;
(C)in housing that is provided project-based assistance under section 1437f of this title, including new construction and substantial rehabilitation projects;
(D)in housing that is assisted under section 1701q of title 12 (as amended by section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act);
(E)in housing that is assisted under section 1701q of title 12, as such section existed before the enactment of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act [November 28, 1990];
(F)in housing that is assisted under section 8013 of this title;
(G)in housing financed by a loan or mortgage insured under section 1715l(d)(3) of title 12 that bears interest at a rate determined under the proviso of section 1715l(d)(5) of title 12;
(H)in housing insured, assisted, or held by the Secretary or a State or State agency under section 1715z–1 of title 12; or
(I)in housing assisted under section 1484 or 1485 of this title.
(3)The term “owner” means, with respect to federally assisted housing, the entity or private person (including a cooperative or public housing agency) that has the legal right to lease or sublease dwelling units in such housing.

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section 801 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(D), is section 801 of Pub. L. 101–625. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, and not as part of subtitles C to F of title VI of Pub. L. 102–550 which comprise this chapter.

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Effective Date

Section effective and applicable beginning upon Oct. 1, 1999, except as otherwise provided, with provision that Secretary may implement any provision of this section before such date, except to extent otherwise provided, see section 503 of Pub. L. 105–276, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1998 Amendment note under section 1437 of this title.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 13664

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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