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§1408c Grants-in-aid by Federal Government

Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - VIRGIN ISLANDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - PUBLIC HOUSING › § 1408c

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development can let the Virgin Islands' housing authority receive and count certain local and federal grants for projects that clear slums or renew neighborhoods, even if other parts of the Housing Act would otherwise limit that. That permission includes local grants that would normally be approved for projects funded under the Housing Act of 1949, and also grants or help from other federal agencies that, if given by a state or local government, would be approved for those same projects.

Full Legal Text

Title 48, §1408c

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Notwithstanding the limitation contained in the last sentence of section 110(d) [42 U.S.C. 1460(d)] or in any other provision of title I [42 U.S.C. 1450 et seq.] of the Housing Act of 1949 (Public Law 171, Eighty-first Congress), as amended, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is authorized to allow and credit to such authority as may be created for the Virgin Islands under this Act, as amended, (1) such local grants-in-aid as are otherwise approvable pursuant to the first sentence of said section 110(d) with respect to any slum clearance and urban redevelopment or urban renewal project or projects undertaken by such authority with Federal assistance made available under title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and (2) such grants-in-aid made or assistance given to the local community by any Federal department or agency pursuant to authority of law other than the Housing Act of 1949 [42 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.] which would, if made or given by a State or local community, be approvable pursuant to said first sentence of section 110(d) with respect to any such project or projects so undertaken.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Housing Act of 1949, referred to in text, is act July 15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 413, which is classified principally to chapter 8A (§ 1441 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Title I of the Housing Act of 1949 (Public Law 171, Eighty-first Congress) was classified generally to subchapter II (§ 1450 et seq.) of chapter 8A of Title 42, and was omitted from the Code pursuant to section 5316 of Title 42 which terminated the authority to make grants or loans under such title I after Jan. 1, 1975. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1441 of Title 42 and Tables. This Act, referred to in text, means act July 18, 1950, ch. 466, 64 Stat. 344, known as the Territorial Enabling Act of 1950, which enacted this subchapter and sections 480 to 480b, 483a, 483b, 721 to 721b, and 910 to 910b of this title, amended sections 481 to 483 and 722 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 480, 481, and 722 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

Amendments

1967—Pub. L. 90–19 substituted “Secretary of Housing and Urban Development” for “Housing and Home Finance Administrators.” 1955—Act Aug. 11, 1955, included urban renewal proj­ects, and inserted “as amended” after (Public Law 171, Eighty-first Congress), after “this Act”, and after “Housing Act of 1949” in cl. (1).

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Citation

48 U.S.C. § 1408c

Title 48Territories and Insular Possessions

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73