42 USC 1490b - Housing for rural trainees

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 18, 2025

§ 1490b.

Housing for rural trainees

(a)

Authorization; financial and technical assistance; selection of training sites and location of housing

(b)

Quality of housing and related facilities; design and location

(c)

Contribution of land by applicant

(d)

Conditions precedent to grant of financial assistance

No financial assistance shall be made available under this section unless, to the extent and for the periods required by the Secretary, the applicant agrees that—

(1)

such housing will be maintained at all times in a safe and sanitary condition in accordance with standards prescribed by State or local law, or, in the absence of such standards, with requirements prescribed by the Secretary;

(2)

priority shall be given at all times, in granting occupancy of such housing and facilities, to the trainees and their families described in subsection (a); and

(3)

rentals charged them shall not exceed amounts approved by the Secretary after considering the portion of the actual total family income which the family can afford to pay for rent while meeting its other immediate needs during occupancy.

(e)

Advances; repayment; limitation on amount

(f)

Sale of housing and related facilities to ineligible transferee or diversion to use other than primary purpose; repayment of advances; return of property to original condition

(g)

Interest on advances

(h)

Regulations

(i)

“Related facilities” and “trainee” defined

(j)

Authorization of appropriations

(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 522, as added Pub. L. 90–448, title X, § 1002, Aug. 1, 1968, 82 Stat. 551; amended Pub. L. 98–479, title II, § 201(c), Oct. 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 2228; Pub. L. 100–242, title III, § 316(e), Feb. 5, 1988, 101 Stat. 1898.)

cite as: 42 USC 1490b