---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch44"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 44"
heading: "Department of Housing and Urban Development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch44"
sections_count: 28
---

# Chapter 44 — Department of Housing and Urban Development

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Sections

- [§3531. Congressional declaration of purpose](/usc/42/3531.md)
- [§3532. Establishment of Department](/usc/42/3532.md)
- [§3533. Officers of Department](/usc/42/3533.md)
- [§3533a. Transferred](/usc/42/3533a.md)
- [§3534. Transfer of functions](/usc/42/3534.md)
- [§3535. Administrative provisions](/usc/42/3535.md)
- [§3535a. Working capital fund](/usc/42/3535a.md)
- [§3536. Annual reports](/usc/42/3536.md)
- [§3536a. Report on interagency family economic empowerment strategies](/usc/42/3536a.md)
- [§3537. Separability](/usc/42/3537.md)
- [§3537a. Prohibition of advance disclosure of funding decisions](/usc/42/3537a.md)
- [§3537b. Designation of environmental review procedure](/usc/42/3537b.md)
- [§3537c. Prohibition of lump-sum payments](/usc/42/3537c.md)
- [§3538. Rescheduling and refinancing of Federal loans](/usc/42/3538.md)
- [§3539. Housing and Urban Development Disaster Assistance Fund](/usc/42/3539.md)
- [§3539a. Department of Housing and Urban Development Nonrecurring Expenses Fund](/usc/42/3539a.md)
- [§3540. Repealed.](/usc/42/3540.md)
- [§3541. Paperwork reduction](/usc/42/3541.md)
- [§3542. Public notice and comment regarding demonstration programs not expressly authorized in law](/usc/42/3542.md)
- [§3543. Preventing fraud and abuse in Department of Housing and Urban Development programs](/usc/42/3543.md)
- [§3544. Preventing fraud and abuse in housing and urban development programs](/usc/42/3544.md)
- [§3545. HUD accountability](/usc/42/3545.md)
- [§3545a. Notification of issuance of electronic notice of availability of assistance or funding to be competitively awarded for certain programs or discretionary funds](/usc/42/3545a.md)
- [§3546. Use of domestic products](/usc/42/3546.md)
- [§3547. Special projects](/usc/42/3547.md)
- [§3548. Semiannual report on contracts and task orders](/usc/42/3548.md)
- [§3549. Investigation of violations](/usc/42/3549.md)
- [§3550. Audit of Department financial statements](/usc/42/3550.md)