---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 11921"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "11921"
heading: "Statement of purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/11921"
units:
  - "Chapter 124 — Public Housing Drug Elimination"
  - "Subchapter II — Drug-Free Public Housing"
---

# §11921. Statement of purpose


The purpose of this subchapter is to reaffirm the principle that decent affordable shelter is a basic necessity, and the general welfare of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people require better coordination and training in [drug](/usc/42/11851.md?p=4) prevention programs among the public officials and [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) responsible for administering the public housing programs of the Nation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–690, title V, § 5142, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4303.)