§12782 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must give help to make the program work. The help must share useful housing information with places that take part; help States and local governments plan and run affordable housing programs, especially those with little experience; encourage private lenders and for-profit builders to work in public-private partnerships; help housing groups, lenders, and builders add energy efficiency into planning, financing, building, and operating affordable housing; support employer-assisted housing through research, technical help, and pilot projects; and help set up land banks to clear title to vacant or abandoned lots in blighted neighborhoods so they can be reused.

Title 42, §12782

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To carry out section 12781 of this title, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this part to—

(1)facilitate the exchange of information that would help participating jurisdictions carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including information on program design, housing finance, land use controls, and building construction techniques;

(2)improve the ability of States and units of general local government to design and implement comprehensive housing affordability strategies, particularly those States and units of general local government that are relatively inexperienced in the development of affordable housing;

(3)encourage private lenders and for-profit developers of low-income housing to participate in public-private partnerships to achieve the purposes of this subchapter;

(4)improve the ability of States and units of general local government, community housing development organizations, private lenders, and for-profit developers of low-income housing to incorporate energy efficiency into the planning, design, financing, construction, and operation of affordable housing;

(5)facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of employer-assisted housing programs through research, technical assistance and demonstration projects; and

(6)facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of land bank programs, under which title to vacant and abandoned parcels of real estate located in or causing blighted neighborhoods is cleared for use consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1992—Par. (6). Pub. L. 102–550 added par. (6).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1992 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 102–550 applicable to unexpended funds allocated under subchapter II of this chapter in fiscal year 1992, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 223 of Pub. L. 102–550, set out as a note under section 12704 of this title.

§12782 Priorities for Capacity Development