---
kind: "unit"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
key: "ch9"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 9"
heading: "Housing of Persons Engaged in National Defense"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/ch9"
sections_count: 80
---

# Chapter 9 — Housing of Persons Engaged in National Defense

Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Projects Generally](/usc/42/ch9-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Defense Housing](/usc/42/ch9-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Defense Public Works](/usc/42/ch9-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — General Provisions Affecting Subchapters Ii to Vii](/usc/42/ch9-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Defense Housing and Public Works for District of Columbia](/usc/42/ch9-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Housing for Distressed Families of Servicemen and Veterans](/usc/42/ch9-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Disposal of War and Veterans’ Housing](/usc/42/ch9-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Critical Defense Housing Areas](/usc/42/ch9-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services](/usc/42/ch9-schIX.md)
- [Subchapter X — Development Sites for Isolated Defense Installations](/usc/42/ch9-schX.md)
- [Subchapter XI — Housing for Military Personnel](/usc/42/ch9-schXI.md)