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§1319 Federal Participation in Payments for Repairs to Home Owned by Recipient of Aid or Assistance

Title 42 › CHAPTER 7 — SOCIAL SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER XI — GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SIMPLIFICATION › Part A — General Provisions › § 1319

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The federal payment a State gets for a quarter is increased by 50% of what the State spends to repair a home owned by a person getting aid under a State plan approved under subchapter I, X, XIV, or XVI, except when the aid is medical help for the elderly. The increase applies only if the State or local agency running the plan decides, before paying, that the home is unsafe to keep living in; that the person would need to rent another place unless repairs are made; and that, over the time the Secretary sets, renting would cost more than fixing the home plus other costs of staying. No prior payment for repairing that same home under this rule may have been made. Any amount spent on one home above $500 is not counted when figuring the increase.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1319

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

In the case of an expenditure for repairing the home owned by an individual who is receiving aid or assistance, other than medical assistance to the aged, under a State plan approved under subchapter I, X, XIV, or XVI, if—
(1)the State agency or local agency administering the plan approved under such subchapter has made a finding (prior to making such expenditure) that (A) such home is so defective that continued occupancy is unwarranted, (B) unless repairs are made to such home, rental quarters will be necessary for such individual, and (C) the cost of rental quarters to take care of the needs of such individual (including his spouse living with him in such home and any other individual whose needs were taken into account in determining the need of such individual) would exceed (over such time as the Secretary may specify) the cost of repairs needed to make such home habitable together with other costs attributable to continued occupancy of such home, and
(2)no such expenditures were made for repairing such home pursuant to any prior finding under this section,
the amount paid to any such State for any quarter under section 303(a), 1203(a), 1353(a), or 1383(a) of this title shall be increased by 50 per centum of such expenditures, except that the excess above $500 expended with respect to any one home shall not be included in determining such expenditures.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1383(a) of this title, referred to in text, is a reference to section 1383(a) of this title as it existed prior to the general revision of this subchapter by Pub. L. 92–603, title III, § 301, Oct. 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 1465, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. The prior section (which is set out as a note under section 1383 of this title) continues in effect for Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–193 substituted “subchapter I, X, XIV, or XVI,” for “subchapter I, X, XIV, or XVI, or part A of subchapter IV” in introductory provisions and struck out “603(a),” before “1203(a),” in closing provisions.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1996 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 104–193 effective July 1, 1997, with transition rules relating to State options to accelerate such date, rules relating to claims, actions, and proceedings commenced before such date, rules relating to closing out of accounts for terminated or substantially modified programs and continuance in office of Assistant Secretary for Family Support, and provisions relating to termination of entitlement under AFDC program, see section 116 of Pub. L. 104–193, as amended, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 601 of this title.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 90–248, title II, § 209(b), Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 895, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to expenditures made after December 31, 1967.”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1319

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110