42 USC § 13611 - Authority

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13611"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 13611 - Authority"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13611"
section_name: "Authority"
chapter_number: 135
chapter_name: "RESIDENCY AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PREFERENCES FOR ELDERLY RESIDENTS AND UNITS FOR DISABLED RESIDENTS IN CERTAIN SECTION 8 ASSISTED HOUSING"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 651, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3823.)"
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# § 13611. Authority

section 13619 of this title

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an owner of a covered section 8 housing project (as such term is defined in ) designed primarily for occupancy by elderly families may, in selecting tenants for units in the project that become available for occupancy, give preference to elderly families who have applied for occupancy in the housing, subject to the requirements of this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 651, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3823.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle D of title VI of , , , which enacted this subchapter and amended .