42 USC § 9802 - “Community development corporation” defined

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title: "42 USC § 9802 - “Community development corporation” defined"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "9802"
section_name: "“Community development corporation” defined"
chapter_number: 105
chapter_name: "COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 613, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 489.)"
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# § 9802. “Community development corporation” defined

For purposes of this subchapter, the term “community development corporation” means a nonprofit organization responsible to residents of the area it serves which is receiving financial assistance under part A and any organization more than 50 percent of which is owned by such an organization, or otherwise controlled by such an organization, or designated by such an organization for the purpose of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 97–35, title VI, § 613, Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 489.)