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+title: "42 U.S.C. § 12713"
+description: "Eligibility under first-time homebuyer programs"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "130"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING"
+section: "12713"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 12713"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 12713 - Eligibility under first-time homebuyer programs
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Eligibility of displaced homemakers and single parents for Federal assistance for first-time homebuyers (1) Displaced homemakers No individual who is a displaced homemaker may be denied eligibility under any Federal program to assist first-time homebuyers on the basis that the individual, while a homemaker, owned a home with his or her spouse or resided in a home owned by the spouse.
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+(2) Single parents No individual who is a single parent may be denied eligibility under any Federal program to assist first-time homebuyers on the basis that the individual, while married, owned a home with his or her spouse or resided in a home owned by the spouse.
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+(b) Definitions For purposes of this section:
+
+(1) Displaced homemaker The term “displaced homemaker” means an individual who—
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+(A) is an adult;
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+(B) has not worked full-time, full-year in the labor force for a number of years but has, during such years, worked primarily without remuneration to care for the home and family; and
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+(C) is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrading employment.
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+(2) First-time homebuyer The term “first-time homebuyer” means an individual who has never, or has not during a specified period of time, had any present ownership interest in a principal residence.
+
+(3) Single parent The term “single parent” means an individual who—
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+(A) is unmarried or legally separated from a spouse; and
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+(B) (i) has 1 or more minor children for whom the individual has custody or joint custody; or
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+(ii) is pregnant.
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+(c) Applicability This section shall apply to any Federal program to assist first-time homebuyers, unless the program is exempted from this section by a statute that amends this subsection or explicitly refers to this subsection.
+
+(Pub. L. 101–625, title IX, § 956, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4421.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Codification Section was enacted as part of title IX of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and not as part of title I of such Act which comprises this subchapter.