---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12741"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12741"
heading: "Authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12741"
units:
  - "Chapter 130 — National Affordable Housing"
  - "Subchapter II — Investment in Affordable Housing"
  - "Part A — HOME Investment Partnerships"
---

# §12741. Authority


The [Secretary](/usc/42/12704.md?p=16) is authorized to make funds available to [participating jurisdictions](/usc/42/12704.md?p=4) for investment to increase the number of [families](/usc/42/12704.md?p=11) served with decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8) and expand the long-term supply of affordable [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8) in accordance with provisions of this part.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 211, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4096.)