---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1437z–8"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1437z–8"
heading: "Collection of information on tenants in tax credit projects"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1437z-8"
units:
  - "Chapter 8 — Low-Income Housing"
  - "Subchapter I — General Program of Assisted Housing"
---

# §1437z–8. Collection of information on tenants in tax credit projects

- (a) **In general—** Each [State agency](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=12) administering tax credits under [section 42 of title 26](/usc/26/42.md) shall furnish to the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Housing and Urban Development, not less than annually, information concerning the race, ethnicity, family composition, age, income, use of rental assistance under [section 1437f(o)](/usc/42/1437f.md?p=o) of this title or other similar assistance, disability status, and monthly rental payments of households residing in each property receiving such credits through such [agency](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1). Such [State agencies](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=12) shall, to the extent feasible, collect such information through existing reporting processes and in a manner that minimizes burdens on property [owners](/usc/42/13641.md?p=4). In the case of any household that continues to reside in the same dwelling unit, information provided by the household in a previous year may be used if the information is of a category that is not subject to change or if information for the current year is not readily available to the [owner](/usc/42/13641.md?p=4) of the property.
- (b) **Standards—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall establish standards and definitions for the information collected under [subsection (a)](#a), provide [States](/usc/42/2021b.md?p=14) with technical assistance in establishing systems to compile and submit such information, and, in coordination with other Federal [agencies](/usc/42/8262.md?p=1) administering housing programs, establish procedures to minimize duplicative reporting requirements for properties assisted under multiple housing programs.
- (c) **Public availability—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) shall, not less than annually, compile and make publicly available the information submitted to the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) pursuant to [subsection (a)](#a).
- (d) **Authorization of appropriations—** There is authorized to be appropriated for the cost of activities required under subsections [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2009 and $900,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2013.

## Source credit

(Sept. 1, 1937, ch. 896, title I, § 36, as added Pub. L. 110–289, div. B, title VIII, § 2835(d), July 30, 2008, 122 Stat. 2874.)