[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR8.28]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 8--NONDISCRIMINATION BASED ON HANDICAP IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Program Accessibility
 
Sec. 8.28  Housing certificate and housing voucher programs.

    (a) In carrying out the requirements of this subpart, a recipient 
administering a Section 8 Existing Housing Certificate program or a 
housing voucher program shall:
    (1) In providing notice of the availability and nature of housing 
assistance for low-income families under program requirements, adopt 
suitable means to assure that the notice reaches eligible individuals 
with handicaps;
    (2) In its activities to encourage participation by owners, include 
encouragement of participation by owners having accessible units;
    (3) When issuing a Housing Certificate or Housing Voucher to a 
family which includes an individual with handicaps include a current 
listing of available accessible units known to the PHA and, if 
necessary, otherwise assist the family in locating an available 
accessible dwelling unit;
    (4) Take into account the special problem of ability to locate an 
accessible unit when considering requests by

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eligible individuals with handicaps for extensions of Housing 
Certificates or Housing Vouchers; and
    (5) If necessary as a reasonable accommodation for a person with 
disabilities, approve a family request for an exception rent under 
Sec. 982.504(b)(2) for a regular tenancy under the Section 8 certificate 
program so that the program is readily accessible to and usable by 
persons with disabilities.
    (b) In order to ensure that participating owners do not discriminate 
in the recipient's federally assisted program, a recipient shall enter 
into a HUD-approved contract with participating owners, which contract 
shall include necessary assurances of nondiscrimination.

[53 FR 20233, June 2, 1988, as amended at 63 FR 23853, Apr. 30, 1998]