---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 19501"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "19501"
heading: "Increasing housing in opportunity zones"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/19501"
units:
  - "Chapter 165 — Increasing Housing Supply"
  - "Subchapter I — Building More in America"
---

# §19501. Increasing housing in opportunity zones

- (a) **Covered grant defined—** In this section, the term “covered grant” means any competitive grant relating to the [construction](/usc/42/300s–3.md?p=7), modification, rehabilitation, or preservation of housing, as determined by the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Housing and Urban Development.
- (b) **Priority—** When awarding a covered grant, the [Secretary](/usc/42/242q–4.md?p=2) of Housing and Urban Development may give additional weight to applicants with proposed activities or [projects](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) that are located in or substantially and directly benefit a community designated as a qualified opportunity zone under [section 1400Z–1 of title 26](/usc/26/1400Z–1.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 119–101, title II, § 201, July 11, 2026, 140 Stat. 859.)