---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 4222"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "4222"
heading: "Block grants for affordable housing activities"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/4222"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Housing Assistance for Native Hawaiians"
---

# §4222. Block grants for affordable housing activities

- (a) **Grant authority—** For each fiscal year, the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) shall (to the extent amounts are made available to carry out this subchapter) make a grant under this subchapter to the [Department of Hawaiian Home Lands](/usc/25/4221.md?p=1) to carry out [affordable housing](/usc/25/4103.md?p=2) activities for [Native Hawaiian](/usc/25/4221.md?p=9) [families](/usc/25/4103.md?p=6) who are eligible to reside on the [Hawaiian Home Lands](/usc/25/4221.md?p=4).
- (b) **Plan requirement—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) may make a grant under this subchapter to the [Department of Hawaiian Home Lands](/usc/25/4221.md?p=1) for a fiscal year only if—
    - (A) the [Director](/usc/25/4221.md?p=2) has submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) a [housing plan](/usc/25/4221.md?p=7) for that fiscal year; and
    - (B) the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) has determined under [section 4224 of this title](/usc/25/4224.md) that the [housing plan](/usc/25/4221.md?p=7) complies with the requirements of [section 4223 of this title](/usc/25/4223.md).
  - (2) **Waiver—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) may waive the applicability of the requirements under [paragraph (1)](#b-1), in part, if the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) finds that the [Department of Hawaiian Home Lands](/usc/25/4221.md?p=1) has not complied or cannot comply with those requirements due to circumstances beyond the control of the [Department of Hawaiian Home Lands](/usc/25/4221.md?p=1).
- (c) **Use of funds for affordable housing activities under plan—** Except as provided in [subsection (e)](#e), amounts provided under a grant under this section may be used only for [affordable housing](/usc/25/4103.md?p=2) activities under this subchapter that are consistent with a [housing plan](/usc/25/4221.md?p=7) approved under [section 4224 of this title](/usc/25/4224.md).
- (d) **Administrative expenses—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) shall, by regulation, authorize the [Department of Hawaiian Home Lands](/usc/25/4221.md?p=1) to use a percentage of any grant amounts received under this subchapter for any reasonable administrative and planning expenses of the [Department](/usc/25/4221.md?p=1) relating to carrying out this subchapter and activities assisted with those amounts.
  - (2) **Administrative and planning expenses—** The administrative and planning expenses referred to in [paragraph (1)](#d-1) include—
    - (A) costs for salaries of individuals engaged in administering and managing [affordable housing](/usc/25/4103.md?p=2) activities assisted with grant amounts provided under this subchapter; and
    - (B) expenses incurred in preparing a [housing plan](/usc/25/4221.md?p=7) under [section 4223 of this title](/usc/25/4223.md).
- (e) **Public-private partnerships—** The [Director](/usc/25/4221.md?p=2) shall make all reasonable efforts, consistent with the purposes of this subchapter, to maximize participation by the private sector, including [nonprofit](/usc/25/4103.md?p=17) organizations and for-profit entities, in implementing a [housing plan](/usc/25/4221.md?p=7) that has been approved by the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20) under [section 4223 of this title](/usc/25/4223.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–330, title VIII, § 802, as added Pub. L. 106–568, title II, § 203, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2877, and Pub. L. 106–569, title V, § 513, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2971.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 106–568, § 203, and Pub. L. 106–569, § 513, enacted identical sections 802 of Pub. L. 104–330. This section is based on the text of section 802 of Pub. L. 104–330, as added by Pub. L. 106–569, § 513.