42 USC § 1474a - Security for direct or insured rural housing loans to farmer applicants
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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s1474a"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 1474a - Security for direct or insured rural housing loans to farmer applicants"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1474a"
section_name: "Security for direct or insured rural housing loans to farmer applicants"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "FARM HOUSING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–463, title II, § 201, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 651.)"
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# § 1474a. Security for direct or insured rural housing loans to farmer applicants
August 8, 1968
On and after , farmer applicants for direct or insured rural housing loans shall be required to provide only such collateral security as is required of owners of nonfarm tracts.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–463, title II, § 201, Aug. 8, 1968, 82 Stat. 651.)
## Editorial Notes
### Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1969, and not as part of the Housing Act of 1949 which comprises this chapter.