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Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102

§4140 Continued Use of Amounts for Affordable Housing

Title 25 › CHAPTER 43 — NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION › SUBCHAPTER II — AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACTIVITIES › Part A — General Block Grant Program › § 4140

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If, on the day this chapter starts to apply to a tribe, the tribe’s Indian housing authority owns, holds, or controls money for low‑income housing programs under the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), including any reserve funds not already committed, that money will be treated as assistance under this chapter. Those funds must be used according to this chapter’s rules about how assistance may be spent.

Full Legal Text

Title 25, §4140

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Any funds for programs for low-income housing under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] that, on the date of the applicability of this chapter to an Indian tribe, are owned by, or in the possession or under the control of, the Indian housing authority for the tribe, including all reserves not otherwise obligated, shall be considered assistance under this chapter and subject to the provisions of this chapter relating to use of such assistance.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

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 Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1437 of Title 42 and Tables. The date of the applicability of this chapter, referred to in text, probably means the

Effective Date

of Pub. L. 104–330, which is Oct. 1, 1997, except as otherwise expressly provided. See section 107 of Pub. L. 104–330, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 4101 of this title. This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–330, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4016, known as the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 4101 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 107 of Pub. L. 104–330, set out as a note under section 4101 of this title.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 4140

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102