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42 U.S.C. 8013: Supportive housing for persons with disabilities

Created in 1990 by Public Law 101-625. Changed by 8 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

13 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 12 U.S.C. 1701q–3, 12 U.S.C. 1701z–11, 12 U.S.C. 3702, 12 U.S.C. 3705, 12 U.S.C. 4565.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development (Section 8 Housing Assistance Programs, Section 202 Direct Loan Program, Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons With Disabilities Program) (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2022

    • Pub. L. 117–328 added par. (8). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023) Law text · (j)

    2020

    • Pub. L. 116–260 added par. (7). (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) Law text · (j)

    2011

    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(1)(B)(i), substituted "makes available" for "provides". Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(1)(A), (B)(ii), (C), added par. (3). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §4(1), substituted "is authorized to take the following actions:" for "is authorized—" in introductory provisions. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §4(2), inserted heading and substituted "To provide tenant-based" for "to provide tenant-based" and a period for "; and". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §4(3), inserted heading and substituted "To provide assistance" for "to provide assistance". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §4(4), added par. (3). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(2)(A), substituted "housing and community-based services" for "special". Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(2)(B)(i), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: "provide persons with disabilities occupying such housing with supportive services that address their individual needs;". Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(2)(B)(ii), substituted "activities;" for "activities,". Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(3), substituted "provided pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall bear" for "provided under subsection (b)(2) shall bear". Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(a)(1), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading and "comply with subsection (e)(2) and shall" before "obligate" in first sentence, substituted "amount provided under the contract for each year covered by the contract" for "annual contract a… Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §2(a), amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) related to tenant-based rental assistance provided through a public housing agency or a private nonprofit organization. Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(b)(1)(A), substituted "Program requirements" for "Term of commitment" in heading. Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(b)(1)(B), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "All units in housing assisted under subsection (b)(2) shall be made available for occupancy by very low-income persons with disabilities for not less than 40 years… Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(a)(2), inserted ", except that, in the case of the sponsor of a project assisted with any low-income housing tax credit pursuant to section 42 of title 26 or with any tax-exempt housing bonds, the contract shall have an initial term of not less than 360 months an… Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(b)(1)(C), added pars. (3) and (4). Law text · (e), (4)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(4)(A)(i), substituted "be offered" for "receive". Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(4)(A)(ii), added subpar. (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: "evidence of the applicant's (or a designated service provider's) experience in providing such supportive services;". Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(4)(A)(iii), substituted "tenants" for "such persons, including evidence of such residential supervision as the Secretary determines is necessary to facilitate the adequate provision of such services". Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(4)(A)(iv), inserted "other Federal, and" before "State". Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(4)(B), substituted "housing and community-based services" for "special". Law text · (f)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(c), substituted "Selection criteria and processing" for "Selection criteria" in subsec. heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, redesignated former pars. (1) to (5), (6), and (7) as subpars. (A) to (E), (G), and (H), respectively,… Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(5)(A), substituted "appropriate supportive services will be made available" for "the necessary supportive services will be provided". Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(5)(B), added subpar. (E) and struck out former subpar. (E) which read as follows: "the extent to which the proposed design of the housing will accommodate the provision of such services;". Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(d), added subpar. (F). Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(f)(1), substituted "Group homes" for "In general" in heading and "group homes" for "various types and sizes" in introductory provisions, redesignated subpars. (F) and (G) as (E) and (F), respectively, and struck out former subpar. (E) which read as follows: "the … Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(f)(2), inserted "established pursuant to paragraph (1)" after "cost limitation". Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(f)(3), added par. (6). Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(e), added subsec. (i) and struck out former subsec. (i) which related to tenant selection. Law text · (i)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(6), redesignated pars. (5) to (7) as (4) to (6), respectively, and struck out former par. (4). Prior to amendment, text of par. (4) read as follows: "The Secretary may require an owner to deposit an amount not to exceed $10,000 in a special escrow account … Law text · (j)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(7)(A), inserted ", which provides a separate bedroom for each tenant of the residence" before period at end of first sentence. Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(g)(1), inserted after second sentence "Not later than the date of the exercise of any waiver permitted under the previous sentence, the Secretary shall notify the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House … Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(7)(B), substituted "The term 'person with disabilities' means a household composed of one or more persons who is 18 years of age or older and less than 62 years of age, and who has a disability." for "The term 'person with disabilities' means a household composed… Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(7)(C), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: "The term 'supportive housing for persons with disabilities' means housing that— Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(g)(2), substituted "prescribe)" for "prescribe, subject to the limitation under subsection (h)(6))" and inserted at end "Not later than the date that the Secretary prescribes a limit exceeding the 24 person limit in the previous sentence, the Secretary shall noti… Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(7)(D), struck out "a project for" before "supportive housing". Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(7)(E)(ii), which directed striking out "wholly owned and" in the matter inserted by the amendment made by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, was executed by striking out "wholly owned and" after "corporation" in concluding provisions as inserted by section 5(7)(… Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(7)(E)(i), inserted as concluding provisions the matter directed to be inserted as concluding provisions after section 811(k)(6)(D) of the Housing Act of 1959 by section 841 of Pub. L. 106–569. See 2000 Amendment note below. Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(h), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Of any amount made available for assistance under this section in any fiscal year, an amount shall be used for assistance under subsection (b)(2) that is not less than the amount made avai… Law text · (l)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(8)(A), substituted "subsection (d)(1)" for "subsection (c)(1)". Law text · (l)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §5(8)(B), substituted "subsection (d)(2)" for "subsection (c)(2)". Law text · (l)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §3(b)(2), struck out par. (4). Text read as follows: "Of any amounts made available for any fiscal year and used for capital advances or project rental assistance under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d), not more than 25 percent may be used for supportive hou… Law text · (l)
    • Pub. L. 111–374, §6, amended subsec. (m) generally, substituting authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 2011 through 2015 for authorization of appropriations for fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003. Law text · (m)

    2000

    • Pub. L. 106–569, §843(1), added par. (4) and struck out heading and text of former par. (4). Text read as follows: "Tenant-based rental assistance provided under subsection (b)(1) may be provided only through a public housing agency that has submitted, and had approved, an allocatio… (American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 106–569, §845, inserted at end of concluding provisions "Neither this section nor any other provision of law may be construed as prohibiting or preventing the location and operation, in a project assisted under this section, of commercial facilities for the benefit of reside… (American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000) Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 106–569, §842, substituted "sources other than this section" for "non-Federal sources" and inserted at end "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assistance amounts provided under this section may be treated as amounts not derived from a Federal grant." (American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000) Law text · (h)
    • Pub. L. 106–569, §844, added par. (7). (American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000) Law text · (j)
    • Pub. L. 106–402 substituted "as defined in section 15002 of this title" for "as defined in section 6001(7) of this title" in third sentence. (Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 106–569, §841, which directed insertion of concluding provisions after section 811(k)(6)(D) of the Housing Act of 1959, could not be executed because there is no section 811 of the Housing Act of 1959. (American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 106–569, §843(2), substituted "subsection (b)(2)" for "subsection (b)" and struck out before period at end ", and the remainder shall be available for tenant-based assistance under subsection (n)". (American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000) Law text · (l)
    • Pub. L. 106–569, §822, added subsec. (m) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (m). Text read as follows: "There is authorized to be appropriated for providing assistance under this section $201,000,000 for fiscal year 2000." (American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000) Law text · (m)

    1999

    • Pub. L. 106–74, §524(a)(1), inserted ", subject to the limitation under subsection (h)(6)" after "prescribe". (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) Law text · (k)
    • Pub. L. 106–74, §524(a)(2), added par. (4). (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) Law text · (l)
    • Pub. L. 106–74, §512, added subsec. (m) and redesignated former subsec. (m) as (n). (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) Law text · (m), (n)

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–550, §623(a)(1), reenacted section catchline without change.
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §623(a)(2), added heading, introductory provisions, and pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former heading "General authority", introductory provisions, and pars. (1) and (2) which authorized assistance to private, nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of supportiv… · (b)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §623(a)(3)(A), which directed the substitution of "subsection (b)(2)" for "this section", was executed by making the substitution the first place appearing in first sentence, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. · (d)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §623(a)(3)(A), substituted "subsection (b)(2)" for "this section". · (d)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §623(a)(3)(B), added par. (4). · (d)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §623(a)(4), substituted "subsection (b)(2)" for "this section". · (e)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §623(a)(5), substituted "subsection (b)(2)" for "this section" in first and second sentences. · (f)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §623(a)(6), which directed the substitution of "subsection (b)(2)" for "this section", was executed by making the substitution in the introductory provisions and in par. (7), to reflect the probable intent of Congress. · (g)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §913(b), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted subpar. heading, substituted "with 12 or more units assisted under this section" for "assisted under this section and designed for dwelling use by 12 or more persons with disabilities", inserted "commo… · (j)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §603, struck out "incorporated private" before "institution" in introductory provisions, added subpar. (A), and redesignated former subpars. (A) to (C) as (B) to (D), respectively. · (k)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §601(d)(1), substituted "Allocation of funds" for "Authorizations" in heading. · (l)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §601(d)(5), added par. (1). Former par. (1) redesignated (2). · (l)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §601(d)(2), inserted first sentence, struck out former first sentence which authorized an appropriation of $271,000,000 for fiscal year 1992 for the purpose of funding capital advances in accordance with subsection (d)(1) of this section, and in second sentence, substituted "Such a… · (l)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §601(d)(4), redesignated par. (1) as (2). Former par. (2) redesignated (3). · (l)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §601(d)(3), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "For the purpose of funding contracts for project rental assistance in accordance with subsection (d)(2) of this section, the Secretary may, to the extent approved in an appropriations Act, reserve aut… · (l)
    • Pub. L. 102–550, §601(d)(4), redesignated par. (2) as (3). · (l)

    1991

    • Pub. L. 102–27 substituted "24 persons with disabilities (or such higher number of persons as permitted under criteria that the Secretary shall prescribe)" for "20 persons with disabilities". · (k)

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