The national objectives of this subchapter are-
Except as provided under subparagraph (B), assistance for eligible housing activities under this subchapter shall be limited to low-income Native Hawaiian families.
The Director may provide assistance for homeownership activities under-
The Secretary shall establish limitations on the amount of assistance that may be provided under this subchapter for activities for families that are not low-income families.
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Director may provide housing or housing assistance provided through affordable housing activities assisted with grant amounts under this subchapter to a family that is not composed of Native Hawaiians if-
A housing plan submitted under section 4223 of this title may authorize a preference, for housing or housing assistance provided through affordable housing activities assisted with grant amounts provided under this subchapter to be provided, to the extent practicable, to families that are eligible to reside on the Hawaiian Home Lands.
In any case in which a housing plan provides for preference described in clause (i), the Director shall ensure that housing activities that are assisted with grant amounts under this subchapter are subject to that preference.
As a condition of receiving grant amounts under this subchapter, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, shall to the extent practicable, provide for private nonprofit organizations experienced in the planning and development of affordable housing for Native Hawaiians to carry out affordable housing activities with those grant amounts.
1 So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.
25 U.S.C. § 4228
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION Pub. L. 106-568, §203, and Pub. L. 106-569, §513, enacted identical sections 809 of Pub. L. 104-330. This section is based on the text of section 809 of Pub. L. 104-330 as added by Pub. L. 106-569, §513.
- State
- The term "State" means the States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and any other territory or possession of the United States and Indian tribes.
- affordable housing
- The term "affordable housing" means housing that complies with the requirements for affordable housing under subchapter II. The term includes permanent housing for homeless persons who are persons with disabilities, transitional housing, and single room occupancy housing.
- family
- The term "family" includes a family with or without children, an elderly family, a near-elderly family, a disabled family, and a single person.
- nonprofit
- The term "nonprofit" means, with respect to an organization, association, corporation, or other entity, that no part of the net earnings of the entity inures to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual.