### Question
How is the term housing assistance program defined?


### Answer
The term **housing assistance program** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 12714* as the following:

> any program of assistance for housing—


(1) for which assistance is provided by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the form of a grant, contract, loan, loan guarantee, cooperative agreement, interest subsidy, insurance, or direct appropriation

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 12714*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 130-NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS AND POLICIES**

