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12 U.S.C. § 1701z–12

U.S. CodeFederal
Housing access
About This Law
/us/usc/t12/s1701z–12
Title
12 — Banks and Banking
Chapter
CH13
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

Section Text

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The Secretary shall require any purchaser of a multifamily housing project owned by the Secretary which is sold on or after October 1, 1978, to agree not to refuse unreasonably to lease a vacant dwelling unit in the project which rents for an amount not greater than the fair market rent for a comparable unit in the area as determined by the Secretary under section 1437f of title 42 to a holder of a certificate of eligibility under that section solely because of such prospective tenant’s status as a certificate holder. (Pub. L. 95–557, title II, § 204, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2090.) Editorial Notes Codification Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1978, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.

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