42 USC § 13614 - General availability of units

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s13614"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 13614 - General availability of units"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "13614"
section_name: "General availability of units"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 654, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3824.)"
---


# § 13614. General availability of units

section 13613 of this title

If an owner of a covered section 8 housing project in which disabled families who are near-elderly families are given a preference for occupancy pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of  determines (in accordance with regulations established by the Secretary) that there are an insufficient number of such families to fill all the units in the project for which the preference is applicable, the owner shall make such units generally available for occupancy by families who have applied, and are eligible, for occupancy in the housing, without regard to the preferences established pursuant to this subchapter.

---

**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 654, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3824.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Covered section 8 housing, referred to in text, is defined in .