Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102

§1592g Payment of Annual Sums to Local Authorities in Lieu of Taxes

Title 42 › CHAPTER 9 — HOUSING OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE › SUBCHAPTER IX — DEFENSE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES › § 1592g

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

HUD must pay each year, from the rent it collects, money to states and local governments for property it owns for housing (or small related businesses). This applies even if the federal government has had sole control over the land. Each yearly payment should be about the same as the property taxes and special charges the state or local government would have gotten if the property were taxable. HUD can adjust the amount to account for federal spending on streets, utilities, or other public services that serve the property.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §1592g

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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall pay from rentals annual sums in lieu of taxes and special assessments to any State and/or political subdivision thereof, with respect to any real property, including improvements thereon, acquired and held by the Secretary under this subchapter for residential purposes (or for commercial purposes incidental thereto), whether or not such property is or has been held in the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States. The amount so paid for any year upon such property shall approximate the taxes and special assessments which would be paid to the State and/or subdivision, as the case may be, upon such property if it were not exempt from taxation and special assessments, with such allowance as may be considered by the Secretary to be appropriate for expenditures by the Federal Government for the provision or maintenance of streets, utilities, or other public services to serve such property.

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

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 1592g

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102