42 U.S.C. § 12702. Objective of national housing policy

The objective of national housing policy shall be to reaffirm the long-established national commitment to decent, safe, and sanitary housing for every American by strengthening a nationwide partnership of public and private institutions able—

1. (1)
   (1)to ensure that every resident of the United States has access to decent shelter or assistance in avoiding homelessness;
2. (2)
   (2)to increase the Nation’s supply of decent housing that is affordable to low-income and moderate-income families and accessible to job opportunities;
3. (3)
   (3)to improve housing opportunities for all residents of the United States, particularly members of disadvantaged minorities, on a nondiscriminatory basis;
4. (4)
   (4)to help make neighborhoods safe and livable;
5. (5)
   (5)to expand opportunities for homeownership;
6. (6)
   (6)to provide every American community with a reliable, readily available supply of mortgage finance at the lowest possible interest rates; and
7. (7)
   (7)to encourage tenant empowerment and reduce generational poverty in federally assisted and public housing by improving the means by which self-sufficiency may be achieved.