---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12785"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "12785"
heading: "REACH: asset recycling information dissemination"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/12785"
units:
  - "Chapter 130 — National Affordable Housing"
  - "Subchapter II — Investment in Affordable Housing"
  - "Part C — Other Support for State and Local Housing Strategies"
---

# §12785. REACH: asset recycling information dissemination

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/12704.md?p=16) shall make available upon request by any [participating jurisdiction](/usc/42/12704.md?p=4) a list of [eligible properties](/usc/42/12876.md?p=3) that are located within the [jurisdiction](/usc/42/12704.md?p=3) and that are owned or controlled by the Department of [Housing](/usc/42/12704.md?p=8) and Urban Development to facilitate the purchase, development, or rehabilitation of such properties with assistance made available under this subchapter.
- (b) **Eligible properties—** An [eligible property](/usc/42/12876.md?p=3) under this section shall—
  - (1) be an unoccupied single-family or multifamily dwelling, such that acquisition and rehabilitation of the dwelling would not result in the displacement of any residents of the dwelling; and
  - (2) have an appraised value that does not exceed (A) in the case of a 1- to 4-family dwelling, 110 percent of the median purchase price for the area for such dwellings, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/42/12704.md?p=16), or (B) in the case of a dwelling with more than 4 units, the applicable maximum dollar amount limitation under [section 1715l(d)(3)(ii)](/usc/12/1715l.md) of title 12 for elevator-type structures.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 245, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4119; Pub. L. 119–101, title V, § 501(k), July 11, 2026, 140 Stat. 911.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2026—Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 119–101 substituted “110 percent” for “95 percent”.