42 U.S.C. § 1586 (THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE)
§ 1586. Sale of specific housing projects
(a) Conditions precedent
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is specifically authorized to convey the following housing projects to the following local public housing agencies respectively, if—
(1) on or before January 30, 1953, (i) the conveyance is requested by the governing body of the municipality or county and (ii) the public housing agency has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development that there is a need for low-rent housing (as such term is defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.]) within the area of operation of such public housing agency which is not being met by private enterprise;
(2) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development determines that the project requested will meet such need in whole or in part, and is suitable for low-rent housing use; and
(3) on or before June 30, 1953, the governing body of the municipality or county enters into an agreement with the public housing agency (satisfactory to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) providing for local cooperation and payments in lieu of taxes not in excess of the amount permitted by subsection (c)(5) of this section, and the public housing agency enters into an agreement with the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in accordance with subsection (c) of this section) or for the administration of the project:
State
Project number
Local public housing agency
Alabama
1041
Housing Authority of District of Birmingham.
1061
Housing Authority of Greater Gadsden.
1062
Housing Authority of Greater Gadsden.
1031
Housing Board of Mobile.
1033
Housing Board of Mobile.
1034
Housing Board of Mobile.
1035
Housing Board of Mobile.
1036
Housing Board of Mobile.
1101
Housing Board of Mobile.
1102
Housing Board of Mobile.
1072
Housing Authority of Sylacauga.
1076
Housing Authority of Sylacauga.
1073
Housing Authority of City of Talladega.
Arkansas
3023
Housing Authority of City of Conway.
California
4031
Housing Authority of City of Fresno.
4161
Housing Authority of County of Kern.
4141
Housing Authority of County of Kern.
4103
Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
4104
Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
4108
Housing Authority of City of Los Angeles.
4121
Housing Authority of City of Paso Robles.
4171
Housing Authority of City of Richmond.
4174
Housing Authority of City of Richmond.
Connecticut
6091
Housing Authority of City of Bristol.
6024
Housing Authority of Town of East Hartford.
6031
Housing Authority of City of New Britain.
6032
Housing Authority of City of New Britain.
6101
Housing Authority of City of New Haven.
6041
Housing Authority of City of Waterbury.
6213
Housing Authority of City of Waterbury.
District of Columbia
49012
National Capital Housing Authority.
49017
National Capital Housing Authority.
49044
National Capital Housing Authority.
Florida
8052
Housing Authority of City of Jacksonville.
8121
Housing Authority of City of Lakeland.
8062
Housing Authority of City of Miami.
8011
Housing Authority of City of Orlando.
8082
Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
8084
Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
8085
Housing Authority of City of Pensacola.
8131
Housing Authority of City of Sebring.
8041
Housing Authority of City of West Palm Beach.
Georgia
9071
Housing Authority of City of Albany.
9061
Housing Authority of Macon.
9063
Housing Authority of Macon.
9041
Housing Authority of Savannah.
9042
Housing Authority of Savannah.
9043
Housing Authority of Savannah.
Illinois
11081
Madison County Housing Authority.
11082
Madison County Housing Authority.
11111
Winnebago County Housing Authority.
11112
Winnebago County Housing Authority.
Indiana
12071
Housing Authority of City of Fort Wayne.
12021
Housing Authority of City of South Bend.
Louisiana
16051
Housing Authority of Parish of East Baton Rouge.
Maryland
18095
Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
18096
Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
18097
Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
18098
Housing Authority of Baltimore City.
Massachusetts
19051
Boston Housing Authority.
19021
Chicopee Housing Authority.
19022
Chicopee Housing Authority.
19061
Pittsfield Housing Authority.
19023
Springfield Housing Authority.
Michigan
20042
Housing Commission of Detroit.
Nevada
26021
Housing Authority of City of Las Vegas.
New Hampshire
27021
Housing Authority of City of Manchester.
New Jersey
28044
Housing Authority of City of Camden.
28021
Housing Authority of City of Long Branch.
28072
Housing Authority of City of Newark.
28111
Housing Authority of Town of Phillipsburg.
New York
30031
Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
30032
Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority.
30042
Elmira Housing Authority.
30033
Lackawanna Municipal Housing Authority.
30039
Lackawanna Municipal Housing Authority.
30034
Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
30071
Niagara Falls Housing Authority.
30082
Massena Housing Authority.
North Carolina
31023
Housing Authority of City of Wilmington.
31024
Housing Authority of City of Wilmington.
Ohio
33031
Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33033
Canton Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33021
Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33071
Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33074
Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33075
Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33112
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33261
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33262
Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33041
Warren Metropolitan Housing Authority.
33043
Warren Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Oregon
35021
Housing Authority of Portland.
Pennsylvania
36051
Housing Authority of County of Beaver.
36058
Housing Authority of County of Beaver.
36041
Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
36042
Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
36044
Housing Authority of Bethlehem.
36151
Allegheny County Housing Authority.
36152
Allegheny County Housing Authority.
36061
Housing Authority of County of Lawrence.
36021
Housing Authority of City of Erie.
36031
Housing Authority of County of Lycoming.
36011
Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
36012
Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
36014
Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
36015
Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
36016
Housing Authority of Philadelphia.
36101
Housing Authority of City of Pittsburgh.
36212
Allegheny County Housing Authority.
36295
Housing Authority of City of York.
Rhode Island
37013
Housing Authority of City of Newport.
South Carolina
38023
Housing Authority of City of Charleston.
38061
Housing Authority of City of Charleston.
38041
Housing Authority of City of Spartanburg.
38042
Housing Authority of City of Spartanburg.
Tennessee
40022
Jackson Housing Authority.
40023
Milan Housing Authority.
40011
Nashville Housing Authority.
40025
Trenton Housing Authority.
Texas
41064
Housing Authority of City of Corpus Christi.
41065
Housing Authority of City of Corpus Christi.
41133
Housing Authority of City of Freeport.
41031
Housing Authority of City of Houston.
41131
Housing Authority of City of Lake Jackson.
41101
Housing Authority of City of Mineral Wells.
41103
Housing Authority of City of Mineral Wells.
41072
Housing Authority of City of Orange.
41032
Housing Authority of City of Pasadena.
41141
Housing Authority of City of Texarkana.
41121
Housing Authority of City of Wichita Falls.
Virginia
44131
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
44132
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
44133
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
44135
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
44136
Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
44065
Newport News Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
44074
Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
44086
Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
Washington
45043
Housing Authority of City of Bremerton.
45277N
Housing Authority of County of Clallam.
45315N
Housing Authority of County of Clallam.
45133
Housing Authority of County of King.
45052
Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
45053
Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
45054
Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
45055
Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
45056
Housing Authority of City of Seattle.
45122
Housing Authority of City of Vancouver.
In addition to the authority of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the first sentence of this subsection, the Secretary is specifically authorized to convey any permanent war housing project to a local public housing agency if requested in writing, within sixty days after April 20, 1950, by such agency or the executive head of the municipality (or of the county or parish if such project is not in a municipality) within which the project is located, or by the Governor of the State where an agency of the State has authority to operate the project: Provided, That any conveyance by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to this sentence shall be subject to the same conditions and requirements as provided in this section with respect to a project specifically designated herein.
(b) Projects as “low-rent housing”
Upon the conveyance by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of any such project pursuant to the provisions of this section, such project shall constitute and be deemed to be “low-rent housing” as that term is used and defined in the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] (and to be a low-rent housing project assisted pursuant to that Act, within the meaning of section 1404a(b) of this title). Any instrument of conveyance by the Administrator stating that it is executed under subchapters II to VII of this chapter shall be conclusive evidence of compliance therewith insofar as any title or other interest in the property is concerned.
(c) Conditions and requirements of agreements
The agreement between the public housing agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development required by subsection (a) of this section shall contain the following conditions and requirements, and may contain such further conditions, requirements, and provisions as the Secretary determines—
(1) during a period of forty years following the conveyance the project shall be administered as low-rent housing in accordance with subsections 2(1) and 2(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1402(1) and (2)]: Provided, That if at any time during such period the public housing agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development agree that the project, or any part thereof, is no longer suitable for use as low-rent housing, the project, or part thereof, shall with the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be sold by the public housing agency after which the agreement shall be deemed to have terminated with respect to such project or part thereof except that the proceeds from such sale, after payment of the reasonable expense thereof, shall be paid to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, or, with the Secretary’s approval, used to finance the repair or rehabilitation of a project or part thereof conveyed to the public housing agency under this section;
(2) the public housing agency shall, within six months following the conveyance, initiate a program for the removal of all families residing in the project on the date of conveyance who are ineligible under the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.] for continued occupancy therein, and shall have required such ineligible tenants to vacate their dwellings within eighteen months after the initiation of such program: Provided, That military personnel as designated by the Secretary of Defense or his designee shall not be subject to such removal until eighteen months after the date of conveyance;
(3) annually during the term of such agreement, the public housing agency shall pay to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development all income from the project remaining after deducting the amounts necessary (as determined pursuant to regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) for (i) the payment of reasonable and proper costs of operating, maintaining, and approving such project, (ii) the payments in lieu of taxes authorized hereunder, (iii) the establishment and maintenance of reasonable and proper reserves as approved by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and (iv) the payment of currently maturing installments of principal of and interest on any indebtedness incurred by such public housing agency with the approval of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph shall not be applicable to any project which is consolidated under a single contract with one or more low-rent projects being assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], and all income from any such project conveyed under this section may be commingled with funds of the project or projects with which it is consolidated and applied in accordance with the requirements of the consolidated contract and the provisions of section 10(c) of the said Act [42 U.S.C. 1410(c)];
(4) during the term of such agreement, the project shall be exempt from all real and personal property taxes levied or imposed by the State, city, county, or other political subdivisions;
(5) for the tax year in which the conveyance is made and the next succeeding tax year annual payments in lieu of taxes may be made to the State, city, county, or other political subdivisions in amounts not in excess of the real property taxes which would be paid to such State, city, county, or other political subdivisions if the project were not exempt from taxation; and thereafter, during the term of such agreement, payments in lieu of taxes with respect to the project may be made in annual amounts which do not exceed 10 per centum of the annual shelter rents charged in such project;
(6) in selecting tenants for such project, the public housing agency shall give such preferences as are prescribed by subsection 10(g) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1410g], except that for one year after the date of conveyance of a project, the public housing agency shall, to the extent permitted by law, give such preferences, by allocation or otherwise, to military personnel as the Secretary of Defense or his designee prescribes to the public housing agency; and
(7) upon the occurrence of a substantial default in respect to the requirements and conditions to which the public housing agency is subject (as such substantial default shall be defined in such agreement), the public housing agency shall be obligated at the option of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, either to convey title in any case where, in the determination of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, (which determination shall be final and conclusive), such conveyance of title is necessary to achieve the purposes of this subchapter and the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], or to deliver possession to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the project, as then constituted, to which such agreement relates: Provided, That in the event of such conveyance of title or delivery of possession, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may improve and administer such project as low-rent housing, and otherwise deal with such housing or parts thereof, subject, however, to the limitations contained in the applicable provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall be obligated to reconvey or to redeliver possession of the project, as constituted at the time of reconveyance or redelivery, to such public housing agency or to its successor (if such public housing agency or a successor exists) upon such terms as shall be prescribed in such agreement and as soon as practicable after the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall be satisfied that all defaults with respect to the project have been cured, and that the project will, in order to fulfill the purposes of this subchapter and the United States Housing Act of 1937, thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of such agreement. Any prior conveyances and reconveyances, deliveries and redeliveries of possession shall not exhaust the right to require a conveyance or delivery of possession of the project to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to this paragraph upon the subsequent occurrence of a substantial default.
(d) Disposition of payments
At the end of each fiscal year, the total amount of payments during such year to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in accordance with subsection (c) of this section shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 862, title VI, § 606, as added June 28, 1948, ch. 688, § 7, as added Apr. 20, 1950, ch. 94, title II, § 201, 64 Stat. 59; amended by Ex. Ord. No. 10284, §§ 6, 7, eff. Sept. 4, 1951, 16 F.R. 8971; Ex. Ord. No. 10339, eff. Apr. 7, 1952, 17 F.R. 3012; Ex. Ord. No. 10425, eff. Jan. 16, 1953, 18 F.R. 405; Pub. L. 86–372, title VIII, § 807, Sept. 23, 1959, 73 Stat. 687; Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669; Pub. L. 93–383, title II, § 207, Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 669.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (b), and (c)(2), (3), (7), is act Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, as revised generally by Pub. L. 93–383, title II, § 201(a), Aug. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 653, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (§ 1437 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note under section 1437 of this title and Tables.
Subchapters III and VI of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), were comprised of sections 1531 to 1536 and 1571 to 1576, respectively, of this title and have been omitted from the Code. For further details, see note set out under section 1522 of this title.
Subsections 2(1) and 2(2) and section 10 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), (3), (6), are references to sections 2 and 10 of the Act prior to the general revision of the Act by Pub. L. 93–383. The Act as so revised is classified to section 1437 et seq. of this title. Provisions of former sections 2 and 10 are covered by sections 3 and 5 of the Act which are classified to sections 1437a and 1437d of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1974—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–383, § 207(a), struck out provisions relating to payment of capital grants or annual contributions to low-rent housing projects.
Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 93–383, § 207(b), inserted provision relating to financing repair or rehabilitation of a project or part of project conveyed to public housing agency under this section.
1959—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–372, § 807(1), provided that if any such project is consolidated under a single annual contributions contract with any low-rent project being assisted with annual contributions under United States Housing Act of 1937, payment of any annual contribution on account of any project so assisted shall not be deemed to be a capital grant or annual contribution with respect to any project conveyed hereunder.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 86–372, § 807(2), inserted proviso making provisions of subsec. (c)(3) inapplicable to any project which is consolidated under a single contract with one or more low-rent projects being assisted under United States Housing Act of 1937, and permitting commingling of income from such project with funds of project or projects with which it is consolidated.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see note set out under section 1581 of this title.
heading: Executive Documents
heading: Executive Order No. 10284
text: Ex. Ord. No. 10284, Sept. 4, 1951, extended time for request for conveyance of housing projects from Dec. 31, 1950, to Dec. 31, 1951, and extended time for entering agreements with Public Housing Administration from June 30, 1951, to June 30, 1952. See note set out under section 1589a of this title.
heading: Executive Order No. 10339
text: Ex. Ord. No. 10339, Apr. 7, 1952, set out as a note under section 1589a of this title, extended time for request for conveyance of housing projects from Dec. 31, 1951, to Dec. 31, 1952, and extended time for entering agreements with Public Housing Administration from June 30, 1952, to June 30, 1953.
heading: Executive Order No. 10425
text: Ex. Ord. No. 10425, Jan. 16, 1953, set out as a note under section 1589a of this title, extended time for request for conveyance of housing projects from Dec. 31, 1952, to June 30, 1953.