### Question
What does troubled public housing agency mean?


### Answer
**Troubled public housing agency** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 12705*:

> a public housing agency that, upon the effective date of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998, is designated under section 6(j)(2) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 [42 U.S.C. 1437d(j)(2)] as a troubled public housing agency

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 12705*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 130-NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES**

