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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 165 — Increasing Housing Supply

§ 19501. Increasing housing in opportunity zones

Statutory text

(a)

Covered grant defined

In this section, the term “covered grant” means any competitive grant relating to the construction, modification, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing, as determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

(b)

Priority

When awarding a covered grant, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may give additional weight to applicants with proposed activities or projects that are located in or substantially and directly benefit a community designated as a qualified opportunity zone under section 1400Z–1 of title 26.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 119–101 title II § 201 · 140 Stat. 859

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 19501

    (Pub. L. 119–101, title II, § 201, July 11, 2026, 140 Stat. 859.)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–101 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 119–101, title II, § 201, July 11, 2026, 140 Stat. 859.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Credits

(Pub. L. 119–101, title II, § 201, , 140 Stat. 859.)

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