Reading Room Document

Use of funds under Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980 for payments to public housing authorities.

The document is a memorandum from the United States Department of Justice regarding the use of funds under the Home Energy Assistance Act of 1980 for payments to public housing authorities. The conclusion reached in the document is that the Act appears to impose a requirement that public housing projects be funded in state plans. The questions presented for review include whether states can be required to dispense funds received from the federal government under the Act to public housing projects to reduce fuel costs, and whether the exceptions imposed as a matter of administrative discretion by the Secretary should be permitted to defeat one of the clear purposes of the Act.

February 27, 1981