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[CITE: 42USC12782]
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. 242. Priorities for capacity development
To carry out section 12781 of this title, the Secretary shall
provide assistance under this part to--
- 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;
- 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;
- encourage private lenders and for-profit developers of low-income
housing to participate in public-private partnerships to achieve
the purposes of this subchapter;
- 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;
- facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of employer-assisted
housing programs through research, technical assistance and
demonstration projects; and
- 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.
(Pub.
L. 101-625, title II, Sec. 242, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4118; Pub.
L. 102-550, title II, Sec. 214(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3759.)
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.
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