### Question
What does severely distressed public housing mean?


### Answer
**Severely distressed public housing** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 1437v*:

> a public housing project—


(A) that—


(i) requires major redesign, reconstruction or redevelopment, or partial or total demolition, to correct serious deficiencies in the original design (including appropriately high population density), deferred maintenance, physical deterioration or obsolescence of major systems and other deficiencies in the physical plant of the project

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1437v*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 8-LOW-INCOME HOUSING > SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROGRAM OF ASSISTED HOUSING**

