Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

§1437z–8 Collection of Information on Tenants in Tax Credit Projects

Title 42 › CHAPTER 8 — LOW-INCOME HOUSING › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROGRAM OF ASSISTED HOUSING › § 1437z–8

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

State agencies that run low-income housing tax credit programs must send HUD, at least once a year, data about each household living in those properties. The data must include race and ethnicity, family makeup, age, income, whether the household gets rental help under section 1437f(o) or similar aid, disability status, and how much rent they pay each month. States should use existing reports when possible and keep extra work for property owners to a minimum. If a household stays in the same unit, owners may reuse prior-year answers that don’t change or when current-year data aren’t available. HUD must make rules and clear definitions for the data, help States build reporting systems, work with other federal housing programs to avoid duplicate reporting, and publish the collected information at least yearly. Congress authorized $2,500,000 for these tasks in fiscal year 2009 and $900,000 for each fiscal year 2010 through 2013.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1437z–8

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(a)In general

Each State agency administering tax credits under section 42 of title 26 shall furnish to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, not less than annually, information concerning the race, ethnicity, family composition, age, income, use of rental assistance under section 1437f(o) of this title or other similar assistance, disability status, and monthly rental payments of households residing in each property receiving such credits through such agency. Such State agencies shall, to the extent feasible, collect such information through existing reporting processes and in a manner that minimizes burdens on property owners. In the case of any household that continues to reside in the same dwelling unit, information provided by the household in a previous year may be used if the information is of a category that is not subject to change or if information for the current year is not readily available to the owner of the property.

(b)Standards

The Secretary shall establish standards and definitions for the information collected under subsection (a), provide States with technical assistance in establishing systems to compile and submit such information, and, in coordination with other Federal agencies administering housing programs, establish procedures to minimize duplicative reporting requirements for properties assisted under multiple housing programs.

(c)Public availability

The Secretary shall, not less than annually, compile and make publicly available the information submitted to the Secretary pursuant to subsection (a).

(d)Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated for the cost of activities required under subsections (b) and (c) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 and $900,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013.

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1437z–8

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110