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[CITE: 42USC1490p-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
       CHAPTER 8A--SLUM CLEARANCE, URBAN RENEWAL, AND FARM HOUSING
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--FARM HOUSING
 
Sec. 1490p-1. Office of Rural Housing Preservation


(a) Establishment

    There is established within the Farmers Home Administration an 
Office of Rental Housing Preservation (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ``Office''). The Office shall be headed by a Director 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(b) Purposes

    The purposes of the Office are:
        (1) to review and process applications under section 1472(c) of 
    this title and section 1485(t) of this title related to the 
    preservation of rural rental housing;
        (2) to provide technical or financial assistance to any other 
    projects needing such assistance;
        (3) to coordinate and direct all other activities related to the 
    preservation of rural housing; and
        (4) to monitor compliance of projects prepaid or receiving 
    incentives under the Housing Act of 1949.

(July 15, 1949, ch. 338, title V, Sec. 537, as added Pub. L. 102-550, 
title VII, Sec. 712(c), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3841.)

                       References in Text

    The Housing Act of 1949, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), is act July 
15, 1949, ch. 338, 63 Stat. 413, as amended, which is classified 
principally to this chapter (Sec. 1441 et seq.). For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 1441 of this title and Tables.
