38 U.S.C. § 3727 — Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes
submitted 58 years ago by Pub. L. 90-301 to r/title-38-VETERANS-BENEFITS · 227 words · no verdicts yet
This section defines assignments of claims and sets rules for making them. It also provides exceptions and protections for certain contract payments.
(a) The Secretary* is authorized, with respect to any property improved by a one- to four-family dwelling inspected during construction by the Department* of Veterans Affairs or the Federal Housing Administration which the Secretary finds to have structural defects seriously affecting the livability of the property, to make expenditures for (1) correcting such defects, (2) paying the claims of the owner of the property arising from such defects, or (3) acquiring title to the property; except that such authority of the Secretary must exist only (A) if the owner requests assistance under this section by four years (or such shorter time as the Secretary may prescribe) after the mortgage loan was made, guaranteed, or insured, and (B) if the property is encumbered by a mortgage which is made, guaranteed, or insured under this chapter after May 7, 1968 . (b) The Secretary must by regulation prescribe the terms and conditions under which expenditures and payments may be made under the provisions of this section, and the Secretary’s decisions regarding such expenditures or payments, and the terms and conditions under which the same are approved or disapproved, must be final and conclusive, and must not be subject to judicial review. (c) The Secretary may make expenditures for the purposes of this section from the fund established under section 3722 of this title .
The Secretary* is authorized, with respect to any property improved by a one- to four-family dwelling inspected during construction by the Department* of Veterans Affairs or the Federal Housing Administration which the Secretary finds to have structural defects seriously affecting the livability of the property, to make expenditures for (1) correcting such defects, (2) paying the claims of the owner of the property arising from such defects, or (3) acquiring title to the property; except that such authority of the Secretary shall exist only (A) if the owner requests assistance under this section not later than four years (or such shorter time as the Secretary may prescribe) after the mortgage loan was made, guaranteed, or insured, and (B) if the property is encumbered by a mortgage which is made, guaranteed, or insured under this chapter after May 7, 1968.
The Secretary shall by regulation prescribe the terms and conditions under which expenditures and payments may be made under the provisions of this section, and the Secretary’s decisions regarding such expenditures or payments, and the terms and conditions under which the same are approved or disapproved, shall be final and conclusive, and shall not be subject to judicial review.
The Secretary is authorized to make expenditures for the purposes of this section from the fund established pursuant to section 3722 of this title.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 90–301, § 5(a), May 7, 1968, 82 Stat. 116, § 1827; amended Pub. L. 94–324, § 7(31), June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 722; Pub. L. 101–237, title III, § 313(b)(1), (2), Dec. 18, 1989, 103 Stat. 2077; renumbered § 3727 and amended Pub. L. 102–83, § 5(a), (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 406; Pub. L. 105–368, title VI, § 602(e)(1)(C), title X, § 1005(b)(11), Nov. 11, 1998, 112 Stat. 3346, 3365.)
- 1968Enacted · Pub. L. 90-301 · 82 Stat. 116
- 1976Amended · Pub. L. 94-324 · 90 Stat. 722
- 1989Amended · Pub. L. 101-237 · 103 Stat. 2077
- 1991Amended · Pub. L. 102-83 · 105 Stat. 406
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-368 · 112 Stat. 3346, 3365
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 90-301 on 1968-05-07.
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