---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 13602"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "13602"
heading: "Compliance with criteria for occupancy as requirement for tenancy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/13602"
units:
  - "Chapter 135 — Residency and Service Requirements in Federally Assisted Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — Standards and Obligations of Residency in Federally Assisted Housing"
---

# §13602. Compliance with criteria for occupancy as requirement for tenancy


In selecting tenants for occupancy of units in [federally assisted housing](/usc/42/13664.md?p=a-2), an [owner](/usc/42/13664.md?p=a-3) of such housing shall utilize the criteria for occupancy in [federally assisted housing](/usc/42/13664.md?p=a-2) established by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2), by regulation, under [section 13603 of this title](/usc/42/13603.md). If an [owner](/usc/42/13664.md?p=a-3) determines that an applicant for occupancy in the housing does not meet such criteria, the [owner](/usc/42/13664.md?p=a-3) may deny such applicant occupancy.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 642, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3821.)