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title: "42 U.S.C. § 3537c"
description: "Prohibition of lump-sum payments"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
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citation: "42 U.S.C. § 3537c"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 3537c - Prohibition of lump-sum payments

## Text

In providing relocation assistance in connection with any program administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Secretary may not make lump-sum payments to any displaced residential tenant, except where necessary to cover—

(1) moving expenses;

(2) a downpayment on the purchase of a replacement residence, including a condominium unit or membership in a cooperative housing association; or

(3) any incidental expenses related to paragraph (1) or (2).

(Pub. L. 89–174, § 14, as added Pub. L. 102–550, title IX, § 922, Oct. 28, 1992, 106 Stat. 3884.)