---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 8141"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "8141"
heading: "Congressional findings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/8141"
units:
  - "Chapter 90 — Neighborhood and City Reinvestment, Self-Help and Revitalization"
  - "Subchapter III — Livable Cities"
---

# §8141. Congressional findings


The Congress finds and declares—

- (1) that artistic, cultural, and historic resources, including urban design, constitute an integral part of a suitable living environment for the residents of the Nation’s urban areas, and should be available to all residents of such areas, regardless of income;
- (2) that the development or preservation of such resources is a significant and necessary factor in restoring and maintaining the vitality of the urban environment, and can serve as a catalyst for improving decaying or deteriorated urban communities and expanding economic opportunities, and for creating a sense of community identity, spirit, and pride; and
- (3) that the encouragement and support of local initiatives to develop or preserve such resources, particularly in connection with [federally assisted housing](/usc/42/13641.md?p=2) or community development activities or in communities with a high proportion of low-income residents, is an appropriate function of the Federal Government.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 95–557, title VIII, § 802, Oct. 31, 1978, 92 Stat. 2122.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

For short title of this subchapter as the “Livable Cities Act of 1978”, see section 801 of Pub. L. 95–557, set out as a note under section 8101 of this title.