{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s12703","title_num":"42","num":"§ 12703.","heading":"Purposes of Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act","status":null,"guid":"id7b534280-4aa7-11eb-94f5-9ff2c44f6f3c","source_credit":"(Pub. L. 101–625, title I, § 103, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4085.)","seq_in_title":6633,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch130/schI","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42","level":"title","num":"Title 42—","heading":"THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch130","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 130—","heading":"NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/ch130/schI","level":"subchapter","num":"SUBCHAPTER I—","heading":"GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id8f845b8d-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s12703\"><num value=\"12703\">§ 12703.</num><heading> Purposes of Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">The purposes of this Act are—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f845b8e-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s12703/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> to help families not owning a home to save for a down payment for the purchase of a home;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f845b8f-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s12703/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> to retain wherever feasible as housing affordable to low-income families those dwelling units produced for such purpose with Federal assistance;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f845b90-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s12703/3\"><num value=\"3\">(3)</num><content> to extend and strengthen partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, in the production and operation of housing affordable to low-income and moderate-income families;</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f845b91-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s12703/4\"><num value=\"4\">(4)</num><content> to expand and improve Federal rental assistance for very low-income families; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id8f845b92-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t42/s12703/5\"><num value=\"5\">(5)</num><content> to increase the supply of supportive housing, which combines structural features and services needed to enable persons with special needs to live with dignity and independence.</content>\n</paragraph>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id8f845b93-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">(<ref href=\"/us/pl/101/625/tI/s103\">Pub. L. 101–625, title I, § 103</ref>, <date date=\"1990-11-28\">Nov. 28, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/4085\">104 Stat. 4085</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id8f845b94-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I75\" topic=\"referencesInText\" id=\"id8f845b95-86fb-11e9-b915-8b3e54686b9f\">\n<heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">References in Text</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">This Act, referred to in text, is <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/625\">Pub. L. 101–625</ref>, <date date=\"1990-11-28\">Nov. 28, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/4079\">104 Stat. 4079</ref>, known as the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under <ref href=\"/us/usc/t42/s12701\">section 12701 of this title</ref> and Tables.</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-19","currency_date":"2019-05-31","congress":116,"law_num":19,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":174,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["25","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}