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[CITE: 42USC12807]
TITLE
42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 130--NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING
SUBCHAPTER II--INVESTMENT IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Part D--Specified Model Programs
Sec. 257. Low-income housing conservation and efficiency grant programs
- In general
The
Secretary shall make available a model program to provide safe,
energy-efficient affordable housing for low-income persons.
- Activities
The
model program shall provide for--
- identification of housing that is--
- owned and occupied by low-income families who have
received, are currently receiving, or are scheduled
to receive assistance under the weatherization assistance
for low-income persons program under part A of title
IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act [42
U.S.C. 6861 et seq.] (or a comparable Federal or State
program);
- in danger of becoming uninhabitable within a 5-year
period because of structural weaknesses or problems;
and
- not sufficiently sound to permit energy conservation
improvements without other repair or rehabilitation
measures to protect such energy investments;
- repairs
that will significantly prolong the habitability of units
identified under paragraph (1), including roofing, electrical,
plumbing, furnace, and foundation repairs or replacement
that will prolong the use of the unit as a safe and energy-efficient
residence for low-income persons; and
- reasonable
steps to ensure that any units so repaired will remain occupied
by persons or families eligible for assistance under this
subchapter.
(Pub.
L. 101-625, title II, Sec. 257, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4122.)
References in Text
The Energy Conservation and Production Act, referred to in subsec.
(b)(1)(A), is Pub. L. 94-385, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1142, as amended.
Part A of title IV of the Act is classified generally to part A
(Sec. 6861 et seq.) of subchapter III of chapter 81 of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 6801 of this title and Tables.
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