---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch9/schIX"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter IX"
heading: "Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch9-schIX"
sections_count: 16
---

# Subchapter IX — Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare › Chapter 9 — Housing of Persons Engaged in National Defense

## Sections

- [§1592. Authority of Secretary](/usc/42/1592.md)
- [§1592a. Construction of housing](/usc/42/1592a.md)
- [§1592b. Maximum construction costs; determinations by Secretary in certain condemnation proceedings](/usc/42/1592b.md)
- [§1592c. Loans or grants for community facilities or services; conditions; maximum amounts; annual adjustments](/usc/42/1592c.md)
- [§1592d. Secretary’s powers with respect to housing, facilities, and services](/usc/42/1592d.md)
- [§1592e. Interagency transfers of property; application of rules and regulations](/usc/42/1592e.md)
- [§1592f. Preservation of local civil and criminal jurisdiction, and civil rights; jurisdiction of State courts](/usc/42/1592f.md)
- [§1592g. Payment of annual sums to local authorities in lieu of taxes](/usc/42/1592g.md)
- [§1592h. Conditions and requirements as to contracts; utilization of existing facilities; disposition of facilities constructed by United States](/usc/42/1592h.md)
- [§1592i. Laborers and mechanics](/usc/42/1592i.md)
- [§1592j. Disposition of moneys derived from rentals, operation, and disposition of property](/usc/42/1592j.md)
- [§1592k. Determination of fair rentals and classes of occupants by Secretary](/usc/42/1592k.md)
- [§1592l. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/42/1592l.md)
- [§1592m. Transfer of functions and funds in certain cases](/usc/42/1592m.md)
- [§1592n. Definitions](/usc/42/1592n.md)
- [§1592o. Powers of Surgeon General of Public Health Service](/usc/42/1592o.md)