PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 533 -JUNE 19, 1948 [CHAPTER 533] June 1, 1948 ACT [H. R. 4244] To authorize assistance to certain veterans in acquiring specially adapted housing [Public Law 702] which they require by reason of the nature of their service-connected disabilities. Disabled veterans. Specially adapted housing. 48 Stat. 8. 38 U. S. a.§ 701; Snpp. I, § 701 note. 38U. S.C. notefoil. 739; Supp I, note foil. §733. 38U.S. C. note foll. § 739; Supp. I, note foll. § 733. Eligibility for hous- ing with special fix- tures. Limitations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 1, title I, Public Law Numbered 2, Seventy-third Congress, approved March 20, 1933, as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection known as subsection (g) and to read as follows: "(g) Any person who served in the active military or naval service of the United States who is entitled to compensation under the provi- sions of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, for per- manent and total service-connected disability due to spinal-cord dis- ease or injury with paralysis of the legs and lower part of the body shall be entitled to assistance in acquiring a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or movable facilities made necessary by the nature of the person's disability, and necessary land therefor, subject to the provisions and limitations of Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, part IX." SEC. 2. Veterans Regulation Numbered 1 (a), as amended, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new part to be known as part IX and to read as follows: "PART IX "1. The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs is authorized, under such regulations as he may prescribe, to assist any person (herein- after referred to as 'veteran') who served in the active military or naval service of the United States, who is entitled to compensation under the provisions of this regulation for permanent and total service- connected disability due to spinal-cord disease or injury with paralysis of the legs and lower part of the body in acquiring a suitable housing unit with special fixtures or movable facilities made necessary by the nature of the veteran's disability, and necessary land therefor: Provided,That the regulations of the Administrator shall include, but not be limited to, provisions requiring findings that (a) it is medically feasible for such veteran to reside in the proposed housing unit and in the proposed locality; (b) the proposed housing unit bears a proper relation to the veteran's present and anticipated income and expenses; and (c) that the nature and condition of the proposed housing unit are such as to be suitable to the veteran's needs for dwelling purposes. "2. The assistance authorized by paragraph 1 shall be limited in the case of any veteran to one housing unit, and necessary land there- for, and shall be afforded under one of the following plans, at the option of the veteran, but shall not exceed $10,000 in any one case- "(a) where the veteran elects to construct a housing unit on land to be acquired by him, the Administrator shall pay not to exceed 50 per centum of the total cost to the veteran of (1) the housing unit and (2) the necessary land upon which it is to be situated; "(b) where the veteran elects to construct a housing unit on land acquired by him prior to application for assistance under this part, the Administrator shall pay not to exceed the smaller of the following sums: (1) 50 per centum of the total cost to the veteran of the housing unit and the land necessary for such hous- ing unit, or (2) 50 per centum of the cost to the veteran of the housing unit plus the full amount of the unpaid balance, if any, of the cost to the veteran of the land necessary for such housing unit; 500 [62 STAT.
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