42 U.S.C. § 12645d — Matching funds for severely economically distressed communities

(a) In general Regardless of any other law, a "severely economically distressed community" that gets Corporation assistance for a national-service-law program doesn't have to provide matching funds for that program, and the federal government's share of that assistance can be 100 percent. (b) Severely economically distressed community For this section, that term means either: an area where the mortgage foreclosure rate, home price decline, and unemployment rate are all above the national average, based on the most recent 12 months of good data; or a residential area lacking basic living necessities, such as water and sewer systems, electricity, paved roads, or safe, sanitary housing.