{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s12703","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f12703.","heading":"Purposes of Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act","text":"\u00a7\u202f12703.\nPurposes of Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act\nThe purposes of this Act are\u2014\n(1) to help families not owning a home to save for a down payment for the purchase of a home;\n(2) to retain wherever feasible as housing affordable to low-income families those dwelling units produced for such purpose with Federal assistance;\n(3) to extend and strengthen partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, in the production and operation of housing affordable to low-income and moderate-income families;\n(4) to expand and improve Federal rental assistance for very low-income families; and\n(5) to increase the supply of supportive housing, which combines structural features and services needed to enable persons with special needs to live with dignity and independence.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s12703.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12703","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f12703."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes of Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of this Act are\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12703/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to help families not owning a home to save for a down payment for the purchase of a home;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12703/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to retain wherever feasible as housing affordable to low-income families those dwelling units produced for such purpose with Federal assistance;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12703/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" to extend and strengthen partnerships among all levels of government and the private sector, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, in the production and operation of housing affordable to low-income and moderate-income families;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12703/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to expand and improve Federal rental assistance for very low-income families; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t42/s12703/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" to increase the supply of supportive housing, which combines structural features and services needed to enable persons with special needs to live with dignity and independence.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}