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§1586 Sale of Specific Housing Projects

Title 42 › CHAPTER 9 — HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE › SUBCHAPTER VII — DISPOSAL OF WAR AND VETERANS’ HOUSING › § 1586

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Summary

HUD can transfer the specific housing projects named in the law to the local public housing agency listed for each project if three things happen: by January 30, 1953 the local government asks for the transfer and the agency proves there is a need for low-rent housing not met by private builders; HUD decides the project will help meet that need and is suitable for low-rent use; and by June 30, 1953 the local government and the housing agency sign agreements with HUD that include local cooperation and limits on payments in lieu of taxes. HUD also may transfer any permanent war housing if it is asked in writing within 60 days after April 20, 1950, under the same rules. After a transfer the project is treated as low-rent housing under the 1937 Housing Act. The HUD agreement with the local agency must require: operate the project as low-rent housing for 40 years unless HUD and the agency agree otherwise; start within six months a program to remove tenants who are not eligible and have them leave within 18 months (military personnel may stay until 18 months after transfer); each year send HUD any project income left after paying approved operating costs, allowed payments in lieu of taxes, approved reserves, and approved debt payments; exempt the project from property taxes; for the tax year of transfer and the next year payments in lieu may equal full property taxes, and after that payments in lieu may not exceed 10% of annual shelter rents; follow tenant preference rules in the 1937 Act and, for one year after transfer, give military personnel the special preference the Secretary of Defense prescribes; and if the agency seriously defaults, HUD can require the agency to give title or possession to HUD until the problems are fixed, after which HUD must return the project. At the end of each fiscal year the payments HUD receives under these rules go into the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1586

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(a)Conditions precedent
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is specifically authorized to convey the following housing projects to the following local public housing agencies respectively, if—
(1)on or before January 30, 1953, (i) the conveyance is requested by the governing body of the municipality or county and (ii) the public housing agency has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development that there is a need for low-rent housing (as such term is defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.]) within the area of operation of such public housing agency which is not being met by private enterprise;
(2)the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that the project requested will meet such need in whole or in part, and is suitable for low-rent housing use; and
(3)on or before June 30, 1953, the governing body of the municipality or county enters into an agreement with the public housing agency (satisfactory to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) providing for local cooperation and payments in lieu of taxes not in excess of the amount permitted by subsection (c)(5) of this section, and the public housing agency enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in accordance with subsection (c) of this section) or for the administration of the project:
State | Project number | Local public housing agency
Alabama | 1041 | Housing Authority of District of Birmingham.
| 1061 | Housing Authority of Greater Gadsden.
| 1062 | Housing Authority of Greater Gadsden.
| 1031 | Housing Board of Mobile.
| 1033 | Housing Board of Mobile.
| 1034 | Housing Board of Mobile.
| 1035 | Housing Board of Mobile.
| 1036 | Housing Board of Mobile.
| 1101 | Housing Board of Mobile.
| 1102 | Housing Board of Mobile.
| 1072 | Housing Authority of Sylacauga.
| 1076 | Housing Authority of Sylacauga.
| 1073 | Housing Authority of City of Talladega.
Arkansas | 3023 | Housing Authority of City of Conway.
California | 4031 | Housing Authority of City of Fresno.
| 4161 | Housing Authority of County of Kern.
| 4141 | Housing Authority of County of Kern.
| 4103 | Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
| 4104 | Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
| 4108 | Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
| 4121 | Housing Authority of City of Paso Robles.
| 4171 | Housing Authority of City of Richmond.
| 4174 | Housing Authority of City of Richmond.
Connecticut | 6091 | Housing Authority of City of Bristol.
| 6024 | Housing Authority of Town of East Hartford.
| 6031 | Housing Authority of City of New Britain.
| 6032 | Housing Authority of City of New Britain.
| 6101 | Housing Authority of City of New Haven.
| 6041 | Housing Authority of City of Waterbury.
| 6213 | Housing Authority of City of Waterbury.
District of Columbia | 49012 | National Capital Housing Authority.
| 49017 | National Capital Housing Authority.
| 49044 | National Capital Housing Authority.
Florida | 8052 | Housing Authority of City of Jacksonville.
| 8121 | Housing Authority of City of Lakeland.
| 8062 | Housing Authority of City of Miami.
| 8011 | Housing Authority of City of Orlando.
| 8082 | Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
| 8084 | Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
| 8085 | Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
| 8131 | Housing Authority of City of Sebring.
| 8041 | Housing Authority of City of West Palm Beach.
Georgia | 9071 | Housing Authority of City of Albany.
| 9061 | Housing Authority of Macon.
| 9063 | Housing Authority of Macon.
| 9041 | Housing Authority of Savannah.
| 9042 | Housing Authority of Savannah.
| 9043 | Housing Authority of Savannah.
Illinois | 11081 | Madison County Housing Authority.
| 11082 | Madison County Housing Authority.
| 11111 | Winnebago County Housing Authority.
| 11112 | Winnebago County Housing Authority.
Indiana | 12071 | Housing Authority of City of Fort Wayne.
| 12021 | Housing Authority of City of South Bend.
Louisiana | 16051 | Housing Authority of Parish of East Baton Rouge.
Maryland | 18095 | Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
| 18096 | Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
| 18097 | Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
| 18098 | Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
Massachusetts | 19051 | Boston Housing Authority.
| 19021 | Chicopee Housing Authority.
| 19022 | Chicopee Housing Authority.
| 19061 | Pittsfield Housing Authority.
| 19023 | Springfield Housing Authority.
Michigan | 20042 | Housing Commission of Detroit.
Nevada | 26021 | Housing Authority of City of Las Vegas.
New Hampshire | 27021 | Housing Authority of City of Manchester.
New Jersey | 28044 | Housing Authority of City of Camden.
| 28021 | Housing Authority of City of Long Branch.
| 28072 | Housing Authority of City of Newark.
| 28111 | Housing Authority of Town of Phillipsburg.
New York | 30031 | Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
| 30032 | Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
| 30042 | Elmira Housing Authority.
| 30033 | Lackawanna Municipal Housing Authority.
| 30039 | Lackawanna Municipal Housing Authority.
| 30034 | Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
| 30071 | Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
| 30082 | Massena Housing Authority.
North Carolina | 31023 | Housing Authority of City of Wilmington.
| 31024 | Housing Authority of City of Wilmington.
Ohio | 33031 | Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33033 | Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33021 | Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33071 | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33074 | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33075 | Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33112 | Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33261 | Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33262 | Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33041 | Warren Metropolitan Housing Authority.
| 33043 | Warren Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Oregon | 35021 | Housing Authority of Portland.
Pennsylvania | 36051 | Housing Authority of County of Beaver.
| 36058 | Housing Authority of County of Beaver.
| 36041 | Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
| 36042 | Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
| 36044 | Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
| 36151 | Allegheny County Housing Authority.
| 36152 | Allegheny County Housing Authority.
| 36061 | Housing Authority of County of Lawrence.
| 36021 | Housing Authority of City of Erie.
| 36031 | Housing Authority of County of Lycoming.
| 36011 | Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
| 36012 | Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
| 36014 | Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
| 36015 | Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
| 36016 | Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
| 36101 | Housing Authority of City of Pittsburgh.
| 36212 | Allegheny County Housing Authority.
| 36295 | Housing Authority of City of York.
Rhode Island | 37013 | Housing Authority of City of Newport.
South Carolina | 38023 | Housing Authority of City of Charleston.
| 38061 | Housing Authority of City of Charleston.
| 38041 | Housing Authority of City of Spartanburg.
| 38042 | Housing Authority of City of Spartanburg.
Tennessee | 40022 | Jackson Housing Authority.
| 40023 | Milan Housing Authority.
| 40011 | Nashville Housing Authority.
| 40025 | Trenton Housing Authority.
Texas | 41064 | Housing Authority of City of Corpus Christi.
| 41065 | Housing Authority of City of Corpus Christi.
| 41133 | Housing Authority of City of Freeport.
| 41031 | Housing Authority of City of Houston.
| 41131 | Housing Authority of City of Lake Jackson.
| 41101 | Housing Authority of City of Mineral Wells.
| 41103 | Housing Authority of City of Mineral Wells.
| 41072 | Housing Authority of City of Orange.
| 41032 | Housing Authority of City of Pasadena.
| 41141 | Housing Authority of City of Texarkana.
| 41121 | Housing Authority of City of Wichita Falls.
Virginia | 44131 | Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
| 44132 | Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
| 44133 | Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
| 44135 | Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
| 44136 | Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
| 44065 | Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
| 44074 | Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
| 44086 | Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
Washington | 45043 | Housing Authority of City of Bremerton.
| 45277N | Housing Authority of County of Clallam.
| 45315N | Housing Authority of County of Clallam.
| 45133 | Housing Authority of County of King.
| 45052 | Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
| 45053 | Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
| 45054 | Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
| 45055 | Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
| 45056 | Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
| 45122 | Housing Authority of City of Vancouver.
In addition to the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the first sentence of this subsection, the Secretary is specifically authorized to convey any permanent war housing project to a local public housing agency if requested in writing, within sixty days after April 20, 1950, by such agency or the executive head of the municipality (or of the county or parish if such project is not in a municipality) within which the project is located, or by the Governor of the State where an agency of the State has authority to operate the project: Provided, That any conveyance by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to this sentence shall be subject to the same conditions and requirements as provided in this section with respect to a project specifically designated herein.
(b)Projects as “low-rent housing”
Upon the conveyance by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of any such project pursuant to the provisions of this section, such project shall constitute and be deemed to be “low-rent housing” as that term is used and defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] (and to be a low-rent housing project assisted pursuant to that Act, within the meaning of section 1404a(b) of this title). Any instrument of conveyance by the Administrator stating that it is executed under subchapters II to VII of this chapter shall be conclusive evidence of compliance therewith insofar as any title or other interest in the property is concerned.
(c)Conditions and requirements of agreements
The agreement between the public housing agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development required by subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following conditions and requirements, and may contain such further conditions, requirements, and provisions as the Secretary determines—
(1)during a period of forty years following the conveyance the project shall be administered as low-rent housing in accordance with subsection 2(1) and 2(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1402(1) and (2)]: Provided, That if at any time during such period the public housing agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development agree that the project, or any part thereof, is no longer suitable for use as low-rent housing, the project, or part thereof, shall with the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be sold by the public housing agency after which the agreement shall be deemed to have terminated with respect to such project or part thereof except that the proceeds from such sale, after payment of the reasonable expense thereof, shall be paid to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or, with the Secretary’s approval, used to finance the repair or rehabilitation of a project or part thereof conveyed to the public housing agency under this section;
(2)the public housing agency shall, within six months following the conveyance, initiate a program for the removal of all families residing in the project on the date of conveyance who are ineligible under the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] for continued occupancy therein, and shall have required such ineligible tenants to vacate their dwellings within eighteen months after the initiation of such program: Provided, That military personnel as designated by the Secretary of Defense or his designee shall not be subject to such removal until eighteen months after the date of conveyance;
(3)annually during the term of such agreement, the public housing agency shall pay to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development all income from the project remaining after deducting the amounts necessary (as determined pursuant to regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) for (i) the payment of reasonable and proper costs of operating, maintaining, and approving such project, (ii) the payments in lieu of taxes authorized hereunder, (iii) the establishment and maintenance of reasonable and proper reserves as approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and (iv) the payment of currently maturing installments of principal of and interest on any indebtedness incurred by such public housing agency with the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable to any project which is consolidated under a single contract with one or more low-rent projects being assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], and all income from any such project conveyed under this section may be commingled with funds of the project or projects with which it is consolidated and applied in accordance with the requirements of the consolidated contract and the provisions of section 10(c) of the said Act [42 U.S.C. 1410(c)];
(4)during the term of such agreement, the project shall be exempt from all real and personal property taxes levied or imposed by the State, city, county, or other political subdivisions;
(5)for the tax year in which the conveyance is made and the next succeeding tax year annual payments in lieu of taxes may be made to the State, city, county, or other political subdivisions in amounts not in excess of the real property taxes which would be paid to such State, city, county, or other political subdivisions if the project were not exempt from taxation; and thereafter, during the term of such agreement, payments in lieu of taxes with respect to the project may be made in annual amounts which do not exceed 10 per centum of the annual shelter rents charged in such project;
(6)in selecting tenants for such project, the public housing agency shall give such preferences as are prescribed by subsection 10(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1410g], except that for one year after the date of conveyance of a project, the public housing agency shall, to the extent permitted by law, give such preferences, by allocation or otherwise, to military personnel as the Secretary of Defense or his designee prescribes to the public housing agency; and
(7)upon the occurrence of a substantial default in respect to the requirements and conditions to which the public housing agency is subject (as such substantial default shall be defined in such agreement), the public housing agency shall be obligated at the option of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, either to convey title in any case where, in the determination of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, (which determination shall be final and conclusive), such conveyance of title is necessary to achieve the purposes of this subchapter and the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], or to deliver possession to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the project, as then constituted, to which such agreement relates: Provided, That in the event of such conveyance of title or delivery of possession, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may improve and administer such project as low-rent housing, and otherwise deal with such housing or parts thereof, subject, however, to the limitations contained in the applicable provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall be obligated to reconvey or to redeliver possession of the project, as constituted at the time of reconveyance or redelivery, to such public housing agency or to its successor (if such public housing agency or a successor exists) upon such terms as shall be prescribed in such agreement and as soon as practicable after the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall be satisfied that all defaults with respect to the project have been cured, and that the project will, in order to fulfill the purposes of this subchapter and the United States Housing Act of 1937, thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of such agreement. Any prior conveyances and reconveyances, deliveries and redeliveries of possession shall not exhaust the right to require a conveyance or delivery of possession of the project to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to this paragraph upon the subsequent occurrence of a substantial default.
(d)Disposition of payments
At the end of each fiscal year, the total amount of payments during such year to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in accordance with subsection (c) of this section shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (b), and (c)(2), (3), (7), is act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, as revised generally by Pub. L. 93–383, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 653, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (§ 1437 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note under section 1437 of this title and Tables. Subchapters III and VI of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), were comprised of sections 1531 to 1536 and 1571 to 1576, respectively, of this title and have been omitted from the Code. For further details, see note set out under section 1522 of this title. Subsection 2(1) and 2(2) and section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), (3), (6), are references to section 2 and 10 of the Act prior to the general revision of the Act by Pub. L. 93–383. The Act as so revised is classified to section 1437 et seq. of this title. Provisions of former section 2 and 10 are covered by section 3 and 5 of the Act which are classified to section 1437a and 1437d of this title.

Amendments

1974—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–383, § 207(a), struck out provisions relating to payment of capital grants or annual contributions to low-rent housing projects. Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 93–383, § 207(b), inserted provision relating to financing repair or rehabilitation of a project or part of project conveyed to public housing agency under this section. 1959—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–372, § 807(1), provided that if any such project is consolidated under a single annual contributions contract with any low-rent project being assisted with annual contributions under United States Housing Act of 1937, payment of any annual contribution on account of any project so assisted shall not be deemed to be a capital grant or annual contribution with respect to any project conveyed hereunder. Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 86–372, § 807(2), inserted proviso making provisions of subsec. (c)(3) inapplicable to any project which is consolidated under a single contract with one or more low-rent projects being assisted under United States Housing Act of 1937, and permitting commingling of income from such project with funds of project or projects with which it is consolidated.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see note set out under section 1581 of this title.

Executive Documents

Executive Order No. 10284 Ex. Ord. No. 10284, Sept. 4, 1951, extended time for request for conveyance of housing projects from Dec. 31, 1950, to Dec. 31, 1951, and extended time for entering agreements with Public Housing Administration from
June 30, 1951, to
June 30, 1952. See note set out under section 1589a of this title. Executive Order No. 10339 Ex. Ord. No. 10339, Apr. 7, 1952, set out as a note under section 1589a of this title, extended time for request for conveyance of housing projects from Dec. 31, 1951, to Dec. 31, 1952, and extended time for entering agreements with Public Housing Administration from
June 30, 1952, to
June 30, 1953. Executive Order No. 10425 Ex. Ord. No. 10425, Jan. 16, 1953, set out as a note under section 1589a of this title, extended time for request for conveyance of housing projects from Dec. 31, 1952, to
June 30, 1953.

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42 U.S.C. § 1586

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110