---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 4133"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "4133"
heading: "Program requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/4133"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination"
  - "Subchapter II — Affordable Housing Activities"
  - "Part A — General Block Grant Program"
---

# §4133. Program requirements

- (a) **Rents—**
  - (1) **Establishment—** Subject to [paragraph (2)](#a-2), each [recipient](/usc/25/4103.md?p=19) shall develop written policies governing rents and homebuyer payments charged for dwelling units assisted under this chapter, including the methods by which such rents and homebuyer payments are determined.
  - (2) **Maximum rent—** In the case of any [low-income family](/usc/25/4103.md?p=14) residing in a dwelling unit assisted with grant amounts under this chapter, the monthly rent or homebuyer payment (as applicable) for such dwelling unit may not exceed 30 percent of the monthly [adjusted income](/usc/25/4103.md?p=1) of such [family](/usc/25/4103.md?p=6).
- (b) **Maintenance and efficient operation—** Each [recipient](/usc/25/4103.md?p=19) who owns or operates (or is responsible for funding any entity that owns or operates) housing developed or operated pursuant to a contract between the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) and an [Indian](/usc/25/4103.md?p=10) housing authority pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937 [[42 U.S.C. 1437](/usc/42/1437.md) et seq.] shall, using amounts of any grants received under this chapter, reserve and use for operating assistance under [section 4132(1) of this title](/usc/25/4132.md?p=1) such amounts as may be necessary to provide for the continued maintenance and efficient operation of such housing. This subsection may not be construed to prevent any [recipient](/usc/25/4103.md?p=19) (or entity funded by a [recipient](/usc/25/4103.md?p=19)) from demolishing or disposing of [Indian](/usc/25/4103.md?p=10) housing referred to in this subsection, pursuant to regulations established by the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20).
- (c) **Insurance coverage—** Each [recipient](/usc/25/4103.md?p=19) shall maintain adequate insurance coverage for housing units that are owned or operated or assisted with grant amounts provided under this chapter.
- (d) **Eligibility for admission—** Each [recipient](/usc/25/4103.md?p=19) shall develop written policies governing the eligibility, admission, and occupancy of [families](/usc/25/4103.md?p=6) for housing assisted with grant amounts provided under this chapter.
- (e) **Management and maintenance—** Each [recipient](/usc/25/4103.md?p=19) shall develop policies governing the management and maintenance of housing assisted with grant amounts under this chapter.
- (f) **Use of grant amounts over extended periods—**
  - (1) **In general—** To the extent that the [Indian housing plan](/usc/25/4103.md?p=12) for an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/4103.md?p=13-A) provides for the use of amounts of a grant under [section 4111 of this title](/usc/25/4111.md) for a period of more than 1 fiscal year, or for [affordable housing](/usc/25/4103.md?p=2) activities for which the amounts will be committed for use or expended during a subsequent fiscal year, the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) shall not require those amounts to be used or committed for use at any time earlier than otherwise provided for in the [Indian housing plan](/usc/25/4103.md?p=12).
  - (2) **Carryover—** Any amount of a grant provided to an [Indian tribe](/usc/25/4103.md?p=13-A) under [section 4111 of this title](/usc/25/4111.md) for a fiscal year that is not used by the [Indian tribe](/usc/25/4103.md?p=13-A) during that fiscal year may be used by the [Indian tribe](/usc/25/4103.md?p=13-A) during any subsequent fiscal year.
- (g) **De minimis exemption for procurement of goods and services—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a [recipient](/usc/25/4103.md?p=19) shall not be required to act in accordance with any otherwise applicable competitive procurement rule or procedure with respect to the procurement, using a grant provided under this chapter, of goods and services the value of which is less than $5,000.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–330, title II, § 203, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4032; Pub. L. 110–411, title II, § 203, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4325.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 104–330, Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4016, known as the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4101 of this title and Tables.

The United States Housing Act of 1937, referred to in subsec. (b), 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 Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1437 of Title 42 and Tables.

### Amendments

2008—Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 110–411 added subsecs. (f) and (g).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1997, except as otherwise expressly provided, see section 107 of Pub. L. 104–330, set out as a note under section 4101 of this title.