---
kind: "section"
citation: "12 U.S.C. § 1701z–10"
title: "12"
title_heading: "Banks and Banking"
number: "1701z–10"
heading: "Model rehabilitation guidelines in inspection and approval of rehabilitated properties; report to Congress"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/12/1701z-10"
units:
  - "Chapter 13 — National Housing"
---

# §1701z–10. Model rehabilitation guidelines in inspection and approval of rehabilitated properties; report to Congress

- (a)
  - (1) The [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4) shall develop model rehabilitation guidelines for the voluntary adoption by [States](/usc/12/1707.md?p=d) and communities to be used in conjunction with existing building codes by [State](/usc/12/1707.md?p=d) and local officials in the inspection and approval of rehabilitated properties.
  - (2) Such guidelines shall be developed in consultation with the National Institute of Building Sciences, appropriate national organizations of agencies and officials of [State](/usc/12/1707.md?p=d) and local governments, representatives of the building industry, and [consumer](/usc/12/5481.md?p=4) groups, and other interested parties.
  - (3) The [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4) shall publish such guidelines for public comment not later than one year after October 31, 1978, and promulgate them no later than eighteen months after such date.
  - (4) The [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4) may furnish technical assistance to [State](/usc/12/1707.md?p=d) and local governments to facilitate the use and implementation of such guidelines.
- (b) The [Secretary](/usc/12/1715z–22a.md?p=4) shall report to Congress not later than thirty-six months after October 31, 1978, regarding (1) actions taken by [State](/usc/12/1707.md?p=d) and local governments to adopt guidelines or their equivalents, and (2) recommendations for further action.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 91–609, title V, § 511, as added Pub. L. 95–557, title IX, § 903, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2125.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.