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title: "42 U.S.C. § 12906"
description: "Grants for AIDS housing information and coordination services"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_name: "HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 12906 - Grants for AIDS housing information and coordination services

## Text

Grants under this section may only be used for the following activities:

(1) Housing information services To provide (or contract to provide) counseling, information, and referral services to assist eligible persons to locate, acquire, finance, and maintain housing and meet their housing needs.

(2) Resource identification To identify, coordinate, and develop housing assistance resources (including conducting preliminary research and making expenditures necessary to determine the feasibility of specific housing-related initiatives) for eligible persons.

(Pub. L. 101–625, title VIII, § 857, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4379; Pub. L. 102–550, title VI, § 606(j)(11)(B), Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3811.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments1992—Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 102–550 substituted “eligible persons” for “individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or related diseases”.