---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch130/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions and Policies"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch130-schI"
sections_count: 18
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions and Policies

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 130 — National Affordable Housing

## Sections

- [§12701. National housing goal](/usc/42/12701.md)
- [§12702. Objective of national housing policy](/usc/42/12702.md)
- [§12703. Purposes of Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act](/usc/42/12703.md)
- [§12704. Definitions](/usc/42/12704.md)
- [§12705. State and local housing strategies](/usc/42/12705.md)
- [§12705a. Purposes of Removal of Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing Act](/usc/42/12705a.md)
- [§12705b. Definition of regulatory barriers to affordable housing](/usc/42/12705b.md)
- [§12705c. Grants for regulatory barrier removal strategies and implementation](/usc/42/12705c.md)
- [§12705d. Repealed.](/usc/42/12705d.md)
- [§12706. Certification](/usc/42/12706.md)
- [§12707. Citizen participation](/usc/42/12707.md)
- [§12708. Compliance](/usc/42/12708.md)
- [§12709. Energy efficiency standards](/usc/42/12709.md)
- [§12710. Capacity study](/usc/42/12710.md)
- [§12711. Protection of State and local authority](/usc/42/12711.md)
- [§12712. 5-year energy efficiency plan](/usc/42/12712.md)
- [§12713. Eligibility under first-time homebuyer programs](/usc/42/12713.md)
- [§12714. Repealed.](/usc/42/12714.md)