Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§13604 Assisted Applications

Title 42 › CHAPTER 135 — RESIDENCY AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER I — STANDARDS AND OBLIGATIONS OF RESIDENCY IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING › § 13604

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must let people applying for federally assisted housing add a contact person or support group (name, address, phone, or other needed contact details) to their application. The owner must treat that information as private. If the applicant becomes a tenant, the owner must keep the contact info to reach that person or group to help with services, special care, or tenancy problems. Owners cannot force applicants to give this contact information.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §13604

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(a)Authority

The Secretary shall provide that any individual or family applying for occupancy in federally assisted housing may include in the application for the housing the name, address, phone number, and other relevant information of a family member, friend, or social, health, advocacy, or other organization, and that the owner shall treat such information as confidential.

(b)Maintenance of information

The Secretary shall require the owner of any federally assisted housing receiving an application including such information to maintain such information for any applicants who become tenants of the housing, for the purposes of facilitating contact by the owner with such person or organization to assist in providing any services or special care for the tenant and assist in resolving any relevant tenancy issues arising during the tenancy of such tenant.

(c)Limitations

An owner of federally assisted housing may not require any individual or family applying for occupancy in the housing to provide the information described in subsection (a).

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

42 U.S.C. § 13604

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110