---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12782"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12782"
heading: "Priorities for capacity development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12782"
units:
  - "Chapter 130 — National Affordable Housing"
  - "Subchapter II — Investment in Affordable Housing"
  - "Part C — Other Support for State and Local Housing Strategies"
---

# §12782. Priorities for capacity development


To carry out [section 12781 of this title](/usc/42/12781.md), the [Secretary](/usc/42/12704.md?p=16) shall provide assistance under this part to—

- (1) facilitate the exchange of information that would help [participating jurisdictions](/usc/42/12704.md?p=4) carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including information on program design, [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8) finance, land use controls, and building [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7) techniques;
- (2) improve the ability of [States](/usc/42/12704.md?p=2) and units of general local government to design and implement comprehensive [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8) affordability strategies, particularly those [States](/usc/42/12704.md?p=2) and units of general local government that are relatively inexperienced in the development of affordable [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8);
- (3) encourage private lenders and for-profit developers of low-income [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8) to participate in public-private partnerships to achieve the purposes of this subchapter;
- (4) improve the ability of [States](/usc/42/12704.md?p=2) and units of general local government, [community housing development organizations](/usc/42/12704.md?p=6), private lenders, and for-profit developers of low-income [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8) to incorporate energy efficiency into the planning, design, financing, [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7), and operation of affordable [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8);
- (5) facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of employer-assisted [housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8) programs through research, technical assistance and demonstration [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2); and
- (6) facilitate the establishment and efficient operation of land bank programs, under which title to vacant and abandoned parcels of real estate located in or causing blighted neighborhoods is cleared for use consistent with the purposes of this subchapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 242, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4118; Pub. L. 102–550, title II, § 214(a), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3759.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1992—Par. (6). Pub. L. 102–550 added par. (6).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 102–550 applicable to unexpended funds allocated under subchapter II of this chapter in fiscal year 1992, except as otherwise specifically provided, see section 223 of Pub. L. 102–550, set out as a note under section 12704 of this title.