Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§12803 Rental Rehabilitation

Title 42 › CHAPTER 130 — NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER II — INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING › Part D — Specified Model Programs › § 12803

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must create a model program to help repair privately owned rental housing in neighborhoods where the median income is 80 percent or less of the area median, as set by the Secretary, and where rents are expected to stay about the same for a long time. The financial help should be modest and generally no more than 50 percent of the total repair cost. The program’s rules must generally follow the extra protections and limits in section 1437o(c).

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Title 42, §12803

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general

The Secretary shall make available a model program to support the rehabilitation of privately owned rental housing located in neighborhoods where the median income does not exceed 80 percent of the area median as determined by the Secretary and where rents can reasonably be expected not to change materially over an extended period of time.

(b)Amount of subsidy

The amount of the rehabilitation subsidy shall be moderate and shall generally not exceed 50 percent of the total costs associated with the rehabilitation of the housing.

(c)Additional restrictions

The guidelines of the model program shall generally comport with the additional protections and restrictions specified under section 1437o(c) of this title.

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section 1437o of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was repealed by Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 289(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4128.

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42 U.S.C. § 12803

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110