Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§1437bbb–3 Applicability of Requirements Under Programs for Covered Housing Assistance

Title 42 › CHAPTER 8 — LOW-INCOME HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER II–B — HOME RULE FLEXIBLE GRANT DEMONSTRATION › § 1437bbb–3

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each fiscal year, money given to a participating area for the demonstration must follow the same rules that would apply under its regular housing program. The Secretary can waive any rule the area asks to waive if the Secretary thinks it helps run the demonstration. The area may pool the funds and use them for any activity allowed under the programs in sections 1437f and 1437g. The area must serve about the same number of eligible low-income families as it would have without joining. No one who was getting help under this law before October 21, 1998 may lose that assistance because of the demonstration. Joining the demonstration does not stop an area or its public housing agency from applying for or getting other housing aid from the Secretary.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1437bbb–3

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(a)In general

In each fiscal year of the demonstration program under this subchapter, amounts made available to a participating jurisdiction under the demonstration program shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as such amounts would be subject to if made available under the provisions of this chapter pursuant to which covered housing assistance is otherwise made available under this chapter to the public housing agency for the jurisdiction, except that—

(1)the Secretary may waive any such term or condition identified by the jurisdiction to the extent that the Secretary determines such action to be appropriate to carry out the purposes of the demonstration program under this subchapter; and

(2)the participating jurisdiction may combine the amounts made available and use the amounts for any activity eligible under the programs under section 1437f and 1437g of this title.

(b)Number of families assisted

In carrying out the demonstration program under this subchapter, each participating jurisdiction shall assist substantially the same total number of eligible low-income families as would have otherwise been served by the public housing agency for the jurisdiction had the jurisdiction not participated in the demonstration program under this subchapter.

(c)Protection of recipients

This subchapter may not be construed to authorize the termination of assistance to any recipient receiving assistance under this chapter before October 21, 1998, as a result of the implementation of the demonstration program under this subchapter.

(d)Effect on ability to compete for other programs

This subchapter may not be construed to affect the ability of any applying or participating jurisdiction (or a public housing agency for any such jurisdiction) to compete or otherwise apply for or receive assistance under any other housing assistance program administered by the Secretary.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1437bbb–3

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110