Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73
§1408b Authorization of loans, conveyances, etc., by government and municipalities
Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - VIRGIN ISLANDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - PUBLIC HOUSING › § 1408b
Summary
The Virgin Islands’ legislature can let the territory and its towns help that authority by giving money, loans, property, buildings, or services. These actions can support slum clearance, urban redevelopment, urban renewal, or low‑rent housing projects.
Full Legal Text
Title 48, §1408b
Territories and Insular Possessions — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The government of the Virgin Islands, through its legislative assembly, may assist such authority with cash donations, loans, conveyances of real and personal property, facilities, and services, and otherwise, and may authorize municipalities and other subdivisions to make cash donations, loans, conveyances of real and personal property to such authority, and to take other action, including but not limited to, the making available or the furnishing of facilities and services, in aid of slum clearance, urban redevelopment, urban renewal, or low-rent housing projects.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, included urban renewal projects.
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Citation
48 U.S.C. § 1408b
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73