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42 U.S.C. ch. 130 (§§ 12701–12841) — Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (incl. HOME Investment Partnerships Act, §§ 12741–12756)

§12831. Equal opportunity

42 U.S.C. ch. 130 (§§ 12701–12841) — Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (incl. HOME Investment Partnerships Act, §§ 12741–12756) · 2026 edition · updated 2026-07-29 · United States

(a) Solicitation of contracts

Each participating jurisdiction shall prescribe procedures acceptable to the Secretary to establish and oversee a minority outreach program within each such jurisdiction to ensure the inclusion, to the maximum extent possible, of minorities and women, and entities owned by minorities and women, including, without limitation, real estate firms, construction firms, appraisal firms, management firms, financial institutions, investment banking firms, underwriters, accountants, and providers of legal services, in all contracts, entered into by the participating jurisdiction with such persons or entities, public and private, in order to facilitate the activities of the participating jurisdiction to provide affordable housing authorized under this Act or any other Federal housing law applicable to such jurisdiction.

(b) Report to Congress

Before the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date the first allocation of funds is made under section 12747 of this title, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report containing a description of the actions taken by each participating jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (a) and such recommendations for administrative and legislative action as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate to carry out the purposes of such subsection.

(Pub. L. 101–625, title II, §281, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4125.)

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▸ Contents — 42 U.S.C. ch. 130 (§§ 12701–12841) — Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (incl. HOME Investment Partnerships Act, §§ 12741–12756)
42 U.S.C. ch. 130 (§§ 12701–12841) — Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (incl. HOME Investment Partnerships Act, §§ 12741–12756)
  1. ▸ 42 U.S.C. ch. 130 (§§ 12701–12841) — Cranston-Gonzalez Nationa…
    Overview
    1. §12721. Findings
    2. §12722. Purposes
    3. §12723. Coordinated Federal support for housing strategies
    4. §12724. Authorization of program
    5. §12725. Notice
    6. §12741. Authority
    7. §12742. Eligible uses of investment
    8. §12743. Development of model programs
    9. §12744. Income targeting
    10. §12745. Qualification as affordable housing
    11. §12746. Participation by States and local governments
    12. §12747. Allocation of resources
    13. §12748. HOME Investment Trust Funds
    14. §12749. Repayment of investment
    15. §12750. Matching requirements
    16. §12751. Private-public partnership
    17. §12752. Distribution of assistance
    18. §12753. Program enforcement and penalties for noncompliance
    19. §12754. Limitation on jurisdictions under court order
    20. §12755. Tenant and participant protections
    21. §12756. Monitoring of compliance
    22. §12757. Revitalizing empty structures into desirable environme…
    23. §12771. Set-aside for community housing development organizati…
    24. §12772. Project-specific assistance to community housing devel…
    25. §12773. Housing education and organizational support
    26. §12774. Other requirements
    27. §12781. Authority
    28. §12782. Priorities for capacity development
    29. §12783. Conditions of contracts
    30. §12784. Research in housing affordability
    31. §12785. REACH: asset recycling information dissemination
    32. §12801. General authority
    33. §12802. Rental housing production
    34. §12803. Rental rehabilitation
    35. §12804. Rehabilitation loans
    36. §12805. Sweat equity model program
    37. §12806. Home repair services grants for older and disabled hom…
    38. §12807. Low-income housing conservation and efficiency grant p…
    39. §12808. Second mortgage assistance for first-time homebuyers
    40. §12809. Rehabilitation of State and local government in rem pr…
    41. §12810. Cost-saving building technologies and construction tec…
    42. §12821. Omitted
    43. §12831. Equal opportunity
    44. §12832. Nondiscrimination
    45. §12833. Audits by Comptroller General
    46. §12834. Uniform recordkeeping and reports to Congress
    47. §12835. Citizen participation
    48. §12836. Labor
    49. §12837. Interstate agreements
    50. §12838. Environmental review
    51. §12839. Termination of existing housing programs
    52. §12840. Suspension of requirements for disaster areas
    53. §12841. Nonapplicability of certain requirements for small pro…

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