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§ 12702. Objective of national housing policy

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Release point 119-83 · current through 04/13/2026

§ 12702.

Objective of national housing policy

The objective of national housing policy shall be to reaffirm the long-established national commitment to decent, safe, and sanitary housing for every American by strengthening a nationwide partnership of public and private institutions able—

(1)

to ensure that every resident of the United States has access to decent shelter or assistance in avoiding homelessness;

(2)

to increase the Nation’s supply of decent housing that is affordable to low-income and moderate-income families and accessible to job opportunities;

(3)

to improve housing opportunities for all residents of the United States, particularly members of disadvantaged minorities, on a nondiscriminatory basis;

(4)

to help make neighborhoods safe and livable;

(5)

to expand opportunities for homeownership;

(6)

to provide every American community with a reliable, readily available supply of mortgage finance at the lowest possible interest rates; and

(7)

to encourage tenant empowerment and reduce generational poverty in federally assisted and public housing by improving the means by which self-sufficiency may be achieved.

Source(Pub. L. 101–625, title I, § 102,
Nov. 28, 1990
, 104 Stat. 4085.)

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