Title 42The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73

§1436b Financial assistance in impacted areas

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 8— - LOW-INCOME HOUSING › § 1436b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

HUD must not refuse to consider applications for federal housing aid just because the proposed site is in an impacted area. "Federally assisted housing programs" means programs under the United States Housing Act of 1937; sections 1715z and 1715z–1 and section 1701q of title 12; or section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965.

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Title 42, §1436b

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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall not exclude from consideration for financial assistance under federally assisted housing programs proposals for housing projects solely because the site proposed is located within an impacted area. For the purposes of this section, the term “federally assisted housing programs” means any program authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], section 1715z and 1715z–1 of title 12, section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 [12 U.S.C. 1701s], or section 1701q of title 12.

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The United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in text, is act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, as revised generally by Pub. L. 93–383, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 653, which is classified generally to this chapter (§ 1437 et seq.). For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1437 of this title and Tables. section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, referred to in text, is section 101 of Pub. L. 89–117, title I, Aug. 10, 1965, 79 Stat. 451, which enacted section 1701s of Title 12, Banks and Banking, and amended section 1451 and 1465 of this title. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, and not as part of the United States Housing Act of 1937 which comprises this chapter.

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42 U.S.C. § 1436b

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73