§ 1436b. Financial assistance in impacted areas
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall not exclude from consideration for financial assistance under federally assisted housing programs proposals for housing projects solely because the site proposed is located within an impacted area. For the purposes of this section, the term “federally assisted housing programs” means any program authorized by the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.], sections 1715z and 1715z–1 of title
12, section
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 [12 U.S.C. 1701s], or section
1701q of title
12.