Section 12702 - Objective of national housing policyThe 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. Pub. L. 101-625, §102, 104 Stat. 4085.