---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1592b"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "1592b"
heading: "Maximum construction costs; determinations by Secretary in certain condemnation proceedings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/1592b"
units:
  - "Chapter 9 — Housing of Persons Engaged in National Defense"
  - "Subchapter IX — Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services"
---

# §1592b. Maximum construction costs; determinations by Secretary in certain condemnation proceedings


The cost per family dwelling unit for any housing [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) constructed under the authority of this subchapter shall not exceed an average of $9,000 for two-bedroom units in such [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2), $10,000 for three-bedroom units in such [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2), and $11,000 for four-bedroom units in such [project](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2): Provided, That the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Housing and Urban Development may increase any such dollar limitation by not exceeding $1,000 in any geographical area where he finds that cost levels so require: Provided further, That in the Territories and possessions of the United States the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Housing and Urban Development may increase any such dollar limitation by 50 per centum: And provided further, That for the purposes of this section the cost of any land acquired by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Housing and Urban Development upon the filing of a declaration of taking in proceedings for the condemnation of fee title shall be considered to be the amount determined by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Housing and Urban Development upon the basis of competent appraisal, to be the value thereof.


## Source credit

(Sept. 1, 1951, ch. 378, title III, § 303, 65 Stat. 305; Pub. L. 89–174, § 5(a), Sept. 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 669.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see note set out under section 1581 of this title.