---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch8A/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Farm Housing"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch8A-schIII"
sections_count: 46
---

# Subchapter III — Farm Housing

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 8A — Slum Clearance, Urban Renewal, and Farm Housing

## Sections

- [§1471. Financial assistance by Secretary of Agriculture](/usc/42/1471.md)
- [§1471a. Exemption on construction or modification of residential housing located on an infill site](/usc/42/1471a.md)
- [§1472. Loans for housing and buildings on adequate farms](/usc/42/1472.md)
- [§1473. Loans for housing and buildings on potentially adequate farms; conditions and terms](/usc/42/1473.md)
- [§1474. Loans and grants for repairs or improvements of rural dwellings](/usc/42/1474.md)
- [§1474a. Security for direct or insured rural housing loans to farmer applicants](/usc/42/1474a.md)
- [§1475. Loan payment moratorium and foreclosure procedures](/usc/42/1475.md)
- [§1476. Buildings and repairs](/usc/42/1476.md)
- [§1477. Preferences for veterans and families of deceased servicemen](/usc/42/1477.md)
- [§1478. Local committees to assist Secretary](/usc/42/1478.md)
- [§1479. General powers of Secretary](/usc/42/1479.md)
- [§1480. Administrative powers of Secretary](/usc/42/1480.md)
- [§1481. Issuance of notes and obligations for loan funds; amount; limitation; security; form and denomination; interest; purchase and sale by Treasury; public debt transaction](/usc/42/1481.md)
- [§1482. Repealed.](/usc/42/1482.md)
- [§1483. Program levels and authorizations](/usc/42/1483.md)
- [§1484. Insurance of loans for housing and related facilities for domestic farm labor](/usc/42/1484.md)
- [§1485. Housing and related facilities for elderly persons and families or other persons and families of low income](/usc/42/1485.md)
- [§1486. Financial assistance to provide low-rent housing for domestic farm labor](/usc/42/1486.md)
- [§1487. Rural Housing Insurance Fund](/usc/42/1487.md)
- [§1488. Repealed.](/usc/42/1488.md)
- [§1489. Transfer of excess funds out of Rural Housing Insurance Fund](/usc/42/1489.md)
- [§1490. “Rural” and “rural area” defined](/usc/42/1490.md)
- [§1490a. Loans to provide occupant owned, rental, and cooperative housing for low and moderate income, elderly or handicapped persons or families](/usc/42/1490a.md)
- [§1490b. Housing for rural trainees](/usc/42/1490b.md)
- [§1490c. Mutual and self-help housing](/usc/42/1490c.md)
- [§1490d. Loans to nonprofit organizations to provide building sites for eligible families, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and cooperatives; interest rates; factors determinative in making loan](/usc/42/1490d.md)
- [§1490e. Programs of technical and supervisory assistance for low-income individuals and families in rural areas](/usc/42/1490e.md)
- [§1490f. Loans and insurance of loans for condominium housing in rural areas](/usc/42/1490f.md)
- [§1490g. Repealed.](/usc/42/1490g.md)
- [§1490h. Taxation of property held by Secretary](/usc/42/1490h.md)
- [§1490i. Repealed.](/usc/42/1490i.md)
- [§1490j. Conditions on rent increases in projects receiving assistance under other provisions of law](/usc/42/1490j.md)
- [§1490k. FHA insurance](/usc/42/1490k.md)
- [§1490l. Processing of applications](/usc/42/1490l.md)
- [§1490m. Housing preservation grants](/usc/42/1490m.md)
- [§1490n. Review of rules and regulations](/usc/42/1490n.md)
- [§1490o. Reciprocity in approval of housing subdivisions among Federal agencies](/usc/42/1490o.md)
- [§1490p. Accountability](/usc/42/1490p.md)
- [§1490p–1. Office of Rural Housing Preservation](/usc/42/1490p-1.md)
- [§1490p–2. Loan guarantees for multifamily rental housing in rural areas](/usc/42/1490p-2.md)
- [§1490q. Disaster assistance](/usc/42/1490q.md)
- [§1490r. Rural housing voucher program](/usc/42/1490r.md)
- [§1490s. Enforcement provisions](/usc/42/1490s.md)
- [§1490t. Indian tribes](/usc/42/1490t.md)
- [§1490u. Housing preservation and revitalization program](/usc/42/1490u.md)
- [§1490v. Annual report](/usc/42/1490v.md)