Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 135 — Residency and Service Requirements in Federally Assisted Housing
§ 13615. Preference within groups
Statutory text
Among disabled families qualifying for occupancy in units reserved under section 13612 of this title, and among elderly families and near-elderly families qualifying for preference for occupancy pursuant to section 13611 or 13613 of this title, preference for occupancy in units that are assisted under section 1437f of this title shall be given to disabled families according to any preferences established under any system established under section 1437f(d)(1)(A) of this title by the public housing agency.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
Pub. L. 102–550 title VI § 655 · 106 Stat. 3672
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 13615
Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 655, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3824
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 655, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3824Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 655. PREFERENCE WITHIN GROUPS. Among disabled families qualifying for occupancy in units reserved under section 652, and among elderly families and near- elderly families qualifying for preference for occupancy pursuant to section 651 or 653, preference for occupancy in units that are assisted under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 shall be given to disabled families according to the preferences for occupancy referred to in section 8(d)(1)(A)(i) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 and the first sentence of section 8(o)(3)(B) of such Act, to elderly families according to such preferences, and to near-elderly families according to such preferences, respectively.The Balanced Budget Downpayment Act, I
Pub. L. 104–99 § 402(d)(6)(C) · 110 Stat. 26
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 13615
Pub. L. 104–99, § 402(d)(6)(C), (f), temporarily substituted “any preferences” for “the preferences for occupancy referred to in section 1437f(d)(1)(A)(i) of this title and the first sentence of section 1437f(o)(3)(B) of this title, to elderly families according to such preferences, and to near-elderly families according to such preferences, respectively”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendment note below
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–99, § 402(d)(6)(C), (f), temporarily substituted “any preferences” for “the preferences for occupancy referred to in section 1437f(d)(1)(A)(i) of this title and the first sentence of section 1437f(o)(3)(B) of this title, to elderly families according to such preferences, and to near-elderly families according to such preferences, respectively”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendment note below.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(C) Housing and community development act of 1992.— Section 655 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13615) is amended by striking “the preferences” and all that follows up to the period at the end and inserting “any preferences”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–99 effective Jan. 26, 1996, only for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, and to cease to be effective Oct. 21, 1998, see section 402(f) of Pub. L. 104–99, as amended, and section 514(f) of Pub. L. 105–276, set out as notes under section 1437a of this title.Pub. L. 105–276 title V § 514(b)(2)(B) · 112 Stat. 2461
Substituted · 42 U.S.C. § 13615
Pub. L. 105–276 substituted “shall be given to disabled families according to any preferences established under any system established under section 1437f(d)(1)(A) of this title by the public housing agency.” for “shall be given to disabled families according to the preferences for occupancy referred to in section 1437f(d)(1)(A)(i) of this title and the first sentence of section 1437f(o)(3)(B) of this title, to elderly families according to such preferences, and to near-elderly families according to such preferences, respectively.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 105–276 substituted “shall be given to disabled families according to any preferences established under any system established under section 1437f(d)(1)(A) of this title by the public housing agency.” for “shall be given to disabled families according to the preferences for occupancy referred to in section 1437f(d)(1)(A)(i) of this title and the first sentence of section 1437f(o)(3)(B) of this title, to elderly families according to such preferences, and to near-elderly families according to such preferences, respectively.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(B) Housing and community development act of 1992.— Section 655 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13615) is amended by striking “shall be given” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “shall be given to disabled families according to any preferences established under any system established under section 8(d)(1)(A) by the public housing agency.”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–99 effective Jan. 26, 1996, only for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, and to cease to be effective Oct. 21, 1998, see section 402(f) of Pub. L. 104–99, as amended, and section 514(f) of Pub. L. 105–276, set out as notes under section 1437a of this title.
3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments1996–1998 · 2 rounds
1998
Pub. L. 105–276 substituted “shall be given to disabled families according to any preferences established under any system established under section 1437f(d)(1)(A) of this title by the public housing agency.” for “shall be given to disabled families according to the preferences for occupancy referred to in section 1437f(d)(1)(A)(i) of this title and the first sentence of section 1437f(o)(3)(B) of this title, to elderly families according to such preferences, and to near-elderly families according to such preferences, respectively.”
1996
Pub. L. 104–99, § 402(d)(6)(C), (f), temporarily substituted “any preferences” for “the preferences for occupancy referred to in section 1437f(d)(1)(A)(i) of this title and the first sentence of section 1437f(o)(3)(B) of this title, to elderly families according to such preferences, and to near-elderly families according to such preferences, respectively”. See Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendment note below.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective and Termination Dates of 1996 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–99 effective , only for fiscal years 1996, 1997, and 1998, and to cease to be effective , see section 402(f) of Pub. L. 104–99, as amended, and section 514(f) of Pub. L. 105–276, set out as notes under section 1437a of this title.