Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73not60

§13614 General Availability of Units

Title 42 › Chapter 135— RESIDENCY AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING › Subchapter II— AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PREFERENCES FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS AND UNITS FOR DISABLED RESIDENTS IN CERTAIN SECTION 8 ASSISTED HOUSING › § 13614

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

If an owner of a covered Section 8 housing project, following the Secretary’s rules, finds there are not enough disabled or near-elderly families who got a preference under section 13613 to fill the units that the preference covers, the owner must open those units to any families who applied and are eligible to live there, and ignore the special preference.

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Title 42, §13614

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If an owner of a covered section 8 housing project in which disabled families who are near-elderly families are given a preference for occupancy pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of section 13613 of this title determines (in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary) that there are an insufficient number of such families to fill all the units in the project for which the preference is applicable, the owner shall make such units generally available for occupancy by families who have applied, and are eligible, for occupancy in the housing, without regard to the preferences established pursuant to this subchapter.

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Covered section 8 housing, referred to in text, is defined in section 13619 of this title.

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42 U.S.C. § 13614

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60