2017 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 130 - National Affordable Housing
Subchapter II - Investment in Affordable Housing
Part C - Other Support for State and Local Housing Strategies
Sec. 12782 - Priorities for capacity development

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Citation 42 U.S.C. § 12782 (2017)
Section Name §12782. Priorities for capacity development
Section Text

To carry out section 12781 of this title, the Secretary shall provide assistance under this part to—

(1) facilitate the exchange of information that would help participating jurisdictions carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including information on program design, housing finance, land use controls, and building construction techniques;

(2) improve the ability of States and units of general local government to design and implement comprehensive housing affordability strategies, particularly those States and units of general local government that are relatively inexperienced in the development of affordable housing;

(3) encourage private lenders and for-profit developers of low-income housing to participate in public-private partnerships to achieve the purposes of this subchapter;

(4) improve the ability of States and units of general local government, community housing development organizations, private lenders, and for-profit developers of low-income housing to incorporate energy efficiency into the planning, design, financing, construction, and operation of affordable housing;

(5) facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of employer-assisted housing programs through research, technical assistance and demonstration projects; and

(6) facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of land bank programs, under which title to vacant and abandoned parcels of real estate located in or causing blighted neighborhoods is cleared for use consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 101–625, title II, §242, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4118; Pub. L. 102–550, title II, §214(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3759.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1992—Par. (6). Pub. L. 102–550 added par. (6).

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–550 applicable to unexpended funds allocated under subchapter II of this chapter in fiscal year 1992, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 223 of Pub. L. 102–550, set out as a note under section 12704 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 130 - NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER II - INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Part C - Other Support for State and Local Housing Strategies
Sec. 12782 - Priorities for capacity development
Contains section 12782
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 104 Stat. 4118
106 Stat. 3759
Public Law References Public Law 101-625, Public Law 102-550
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