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§8003 Contracts to provide congregate services programs

Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 89— - CONGREGATE HOUSING SERVICES › § 8003

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may make contracts with local public housing agencies and nonprofit groups, using money provided under this law, to run congregate services programs that help eligible residents live independently with needed support. Contracts must last at least 3 years and at most 5 years and can be renewed. The full approved contract amount must be reserved from the fiscal-year funds when the funding approval notice is dated.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §8003

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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized to enter into contracts with local public housing agencies under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] (hereinafter referred to as “public housing agencies”) and with nonprofit corporations, utilizing sums appropriated under this chapter, to provide congregate services programs for eligible project residents in order to promote and encourage maximum independence within a home environment for such residents capable of self-care with appropriate supportive congregate services. Each contract between the Secretary and a public housing agency or nonprofit corporation shall be for a term of not less than three years or more than five years and shall be renewable at the expiration of such term. Each public housing agency or nonprofit corporation entering into such a contract shall be reserved a sum equal to its total approved contract amount from the moneys authorized and appropriated for the fiscal year in which the notification date of funding approval falls.

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References in Text

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 chapter 8 (§ 1437 et seq.) of this title. 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.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 8003

Title 42The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73