Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§1437bbb–2 Program Allocation and Covered Housing Assistance

Title 42 › CHAPTER 8 — LOW-INCOME HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER II–B — HOME RULE FLEXIBLE GRANT DEMONSTRATION › § 1437bbb–2

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each fiscal year, each area that joins the demonstration program must receive an amount equal to the total housing funds that the area’s public housing agency would otherwise get under this law. “Covered housing assistance” means six kinds of housing money: operating aid, modernization aid, help for the certificate and voucher programs (each as they were before the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 took effect under section 503(a)), funds from the Operating Fund, funds from the Capital Fund, and tenant‑based assistance as amended by that 1998 Act.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1437bbb–2

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(a)Program allocation
In each fiscal year, the amount made available to each participating jurisdiction under the demonstration program under this subchapter shall be equal to the sum of the amounts of covered housing assistance that would otherwise be made available under the provisions of this chapter to the public housing agency for the jurisdiction.
(b)Covered housing assistance
For purposes of this subchapter, the term “covered housing assistance” means—
(1)operating assistance under section 1437g of this title (as in effect before the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998);
(2)modernization assistance under section 1437l of this title (as in effect before the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998);
(3)assistance for the certificate and voucher programs under section 1437f of this title (as in effect before the effective date under section 503(a) of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998);
(4)assistance from the Operating Fund under section 1437g(e) of this title;
(5)assistance from the Capital Fund under section 1437g(d) of this title; and
(6)tenant-based assistance under section 1437f of this title (as amended by the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, referred to in subsec. (b), is title V of Pub. L. 105–276, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2518. section 503(a) of the Act is set out as an

Effective Date

of 1998 Amendment note under section 1437 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. section 1437l of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was repealed by Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 522(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2564.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1437bbb–2

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110