42 USC § 1490j - Conditions on rent increases in projects receiving assistance under other provisions of law

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title: "42 USC § 1490j - Conditions on rent increases in projects receiving assistance under other provisions of law"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "1490j"
section_name: "Conditions on rent increases in projects receiving assistance under other provisions of law"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "FARM HOUSING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 530, as added Pub. L. 96–399, title V, § 509, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1670; amended Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title V, § 517(d)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1248; Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 599C(e)(2)(G), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2663.)"
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# § 1490j. Conditions on rent increases in projects receiving assistance under other provisions of law

section 1490a(a)(1)(B) of this titlesection 1437f of this title

The Secretary may not approve any increase in rental payments, with respect to units in which the tenants are paying rentals in excess of 30 per centum of their incomes, in any project which is assisted under section 1484, 1485, or 1487 of this title and under  unless the project owner is receiving, or has applied for (within the most recent period of 180 days prior to the effective date of such increase), assistance payments with respect to such project under section 1490a(a)(2)(A) or 1490a(a)(5) of this title or .

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**Source Credit**: (July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, § 530, as added Pub. L. 96–399, title V, § 509, Oct. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 1670; amended Pub. L. 98–181, title I [title V, § 517(d)], Nov. 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 1248; Pub. L. 105–276, title V, § 599C(e)(2)(G), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2663.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1998— substituted “assistance payments with respect to such project under section 1490a(a)(2)(A) or 1490a(a)(5) of this title” for “rental assistance payments with respect to such project under ”.

1983— substituted “30 per centum” for “25 per centum”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1983 Amendment

Amendment by  effective six months after , or upon the earlier promulgation of implementing regulations, see , set out as a note under .