---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 U.S.C. § 4230"
title: "25"
title_heading: "Indians"
number: "4230"
heading: "Program requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/25/4230"
units:
  - "Chapter 43 — Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination"
  - "Subchapter VIII — Housing Assistance for Native Hawaiians"
---

# §4230. Program requirements

- (a) **Rents—**
  - (1) **Establishment—** Subject to [paragraph (2)](#a-2), as a condition to receiving grant amounts under this subchapter, the [Director](/usc/25/4221.md?p=2) shall develop written policies governing rents and homebuyer payments charged for dwelling units assisted under this subchapter, including 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 subchapter, the monthly rent or homebuyer payment (as applicable) for that dwelling unit may not exceed 30 percent of the monthly [adjusted income](/usc/25/4103.md?p=1) of that [family](/usc/25/4103.md?p=6).
- (b) **Maintenance and efficient operation—**
  - (1) **In general—** The [Director](/usc/25/4221.md?p=2) shall, using amounts of any grants received under this subchapter, reserve and use for operating under [section 4229 of this title](/usc/25/4229.md) such amounts as may be necessary to provide for the continued maintenance and efficient operation of such housing.
  - (2) **Disposal of certain housing—** This subsection may not be construed to prevent the [Director](/usc/25/4221.md?p=2), or any entity funded by the [Department](/usc/25/4221.md?p=1), from demolishing or disposing of housing, pursuant to regulations established by the [Secretary](/usc/25/4103.md?p=20).
- (c) **Insurance coverage—** As a condition to receiving grant amounts under this subchapter, the [Director](/usc/25/4221.md?p=2) shall require adequate insurance coverage for housing units that are owned or operated or assisted with grant amounts provided under this subchapter.
- (d) **Eligibility for admission—** As a condition to receiving grant amounts under this subchapter, the [Director](/usc/25/4221.md?p=2) 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 subchapter.
- (e) **Management and maintenance—** As a condition to receiving grant amounts under this subchapter, the [Director](/usc/25/4221.md?p=2) shall develop policies governing the management and maintenance of housing assisted with grant amounts under this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–330, title VIII, § 811, as added Pub. L. 106–568, title II, § 203, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2887, and Pub. L. 106–569, title V, § 513, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2981.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 106–568, § 203, and Pub. L. 106–569, § 513, enacted identical sections 811 of Pub. L. 104–330. This section is based on the text of section 811 of Pub. L. 104–330, as added by Pub. L. 106–569, § 513.