source:
  type: regulation
  id: va-38usc-3727
  authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3727 — Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural
    defects in mortgaged homes
  description: 'VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37), §3727 Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural
    defects in mortgaged homes. Captured section-complete from Cornell LII (verbatim).

    '
obligations:
- id: va-38usc-3727-a
  canonical_id: va-38usc-3727-a
  section: 38 U.S.C. §3727(a)
  description: 'Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes — (a): (a) The Secretary
    is authorized, with respect to any property improved by a one- to four-family dwelling inspected during construction
    by the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Federal Housing Administration which the Secretary finds to have
    structural defects seriously affecting the livability o…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3727
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3727
    snapshot_id: fda99cd1ae6c4a22
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:a58699b1988e86268498bb6cebdcc4a3c0a84d1f0106f837a2233fd60888349e
    paragraph_quote: (a) The Secretary is authorized, with respect to any property improved by a one- to four-family
      dwelling inspected during construction by the Department of Veterans Affairs or the Federal Housing Administration
      which the Secretary finds to have structural defects seriously affecting the livability of the property, to
      make expenditures for (1) correcting such defects, (2) paying the claims of the owner of the property arising
      from such defects, or (3) acquiring title to the property; except that such authority of the Secretary shall
      exist only (A) if the owner requests assistance under this section not later than four years (or such shorter
      time as the Secretary may prescribe) after the mortgage loan was made, guaranteed, or insured, and (B) if
      the property is encumbered by a mortgage which is made, guaranteed, or insured under this chapter after May
      7, 1968 .
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 38 U.S.C. §3727 subsection (a) from Cornell LII snapshot fda99cd1ae6c4a22;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: va-38usc-3727-b
  canonical_id: va-38usc-3727-b
  section: 38 U.S.C. §3727(b)
  description: 'Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes — (b): (b) The Secretary
    shall by regulation prescribe the terms and conditions under which expenditures and payments may be made under
    the provisions of this section, and the Secretary’s decisions regarding such expenditures or payments, and the
    terms and conditions under which the same are approved or di…'
  type: dont
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3727
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3727
    snapshot_id: fda99cd1ae6c4a22
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:a58699b1988e86268498bb6cebdcc4a3c0a84d1f0106f837a2233fd60888349e
    paragraph_quote: (b) The Secretary shall by regulation prescribe the terms and conditions under which expenditures
      and payments may be made under the provisions of this section, and the Secretary’s decisions regarding such
      expenditures or payments, and the terms and conditions under which the same are approved or disapproved, shall
      be final and conclusive, and shall not be subject to judicial review.
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 38 U.S.C. §3727 subsection (b) from Cornell LII snapshot fda99cd1ae6c4a22;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
- id: va-38usc-3727-c
  canonical_id: va-38usc-3727-c
  section: 38 U.S.C. §3727(c)
  description: 'Expenditures to correct or compensate for structural defects in mortgaged homes — (c): (c) The Secretary
    is authorized to make expenditures for the purposes of this section from the fund established pursuant to section
    3722 of this title . (Added Pub. L. 90–301, § 5(a) , May 7, 1968 , 82 Stat. 116 , § 1827; amended Pub. L. 94–324,
    § 7(31) , June 30, 1976 , 90 Stat. 722 ; Pub. L. 101–2…'
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - gap-fill
  - section-complete
  - usc-statute
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Home Loan Guaranty (38 U.S.C. ch. 37) § 3727
    source_class: usc-statute-lii
    source_url: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3727
    snapshot_id: fda99cd1ae6c4a22
    fetched_at: '2026-06-18T00:00:00+00:00'
    content_hash: sha256:a58699b1988e86268498bb6cebdcc4a3c0a84d1f0106f837a2233fd60888349e
    paragraph_quote: (c) The Secretary is authorized to make expenditures for the purposes of this section from
      the fund established pursuant to section 3722 of this title . (Added Pub. L. 90–301, § 5(a) , May 7, 1968
      , 82 Stat. 116 , § 1827; amended Pub. L. 94–324, § 7(31) , June 30, 1976 , 90 Stat. 722 ; Pub. L. 101–237,
      title III, § 313(b)(1) , (2), Dec. 18, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2077 ; renumbered § 3727 and amended Pub. L. 102–83,
      § 5(a) , (c)(1), Aug. 6, 1991 , 105 Stat. 406 ; Pub. L. 105–368, title VI, § 602(e)(1)(C) , title X, § 1005(b)(11),
      Nov. 11, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3346 , 3365.)
    drafter_attestation: Verbatim slice of 38 U.S.C. §3727 subsection (c) from Cornell LII snapshot fda99cd1ae6c4a22;
      body isolated between nav and Editorial/Statutory Notes; substring-verified.
  judgment: false
