Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§12752 Distribution of Assistance

Title 42 › CHAPTER 130 — NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER II — INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING › Part A — HOME Investment Partnerships › § 12752

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Local governments must, as much as possible, spread housing help across their area and among different kinds of housing needs, following the priorities in their approved housing strategy. States must spread help across the whole State using their approved housing strategy. They must give rural areas amounts that reflect the nonmetropolitan share of the State’s population and measures like poverty and substandard housing, as set in the State’s housing strategy approved under section 12705. If the need lies inside a participating local government, the State and that local government must work together.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §12752

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(a)Local

Each participating jurisdiction shall, insofar as is feasible, distribute assistance under this part geographically within its boundaries and among different categories of housing need, according to the priorities of housing need identified in the jurisdiction’s approved housing strategy.

(b)State

Participating States shall be responsible for distributing assistance throughout the State according to the State’s assessment of the geographical distribution of the housing need within the State, as identified in the State’s approved housing strategy. Participating States shall distribute assistance to rural areas in amounts that take into account the nonmetropolitan share of the State’s total population and objective measures of rural housing need, such as poverty and substandard housing, as set forth in the State’s housing strategy approved under section 12705 of this title. To the extent the need is within the boundaries of a participating unit of general local government, the State and the unit of general local government shall coordinate activities to address that need.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 12752

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110