[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR985.2]

[Page 665-666]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 985--SECTION 8 MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SEMAP)--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 985.2  Definitions.

    (a) The terms Department, Fair Market Rent, HUD, Secretary, and 
Section 8, as used in this part, are defined in 24 CFR 5.100.
    (b) The definitions in 24 CFR 982.4 apply to this part. As used in 
this part:
    Confirmatory review means an on site review performed by HUD to 
verify the management performance of an PHA.

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    Corrective action plan means a HUD-required written plan that 
addresses PHA program management deficiencies or findings identified by 
HUD through remote monitoring or on-site review, and that will bring the 
PHA to an acceptable level of performance.
    MTCS means Multifamily Tenant Characteristics System. MTCS is the 
Department's national database on participants and rental units in the 
Section 8 rental certificate, rental voucher, and moderate 
rehabilitation programs and in the Public and Indian Housing programs.
    PHA means a Housing Agency.
    PHA's quality control sample means an annual sample of files or 
records drawn in an unbiased manner and reviewed by an PHA supervisor 
(or by another qualified person other than the person who performed the 
original work) to determine if the work documented in the files or 
records conforms to program requirements. The minimum size of the PHA's 
quality control sample is as follows:

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                                           Minimum number of files or
               Universe                       records to be sampled
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50 or less............................  5.
51-600................................  5 plus 1 for each 50 (or part of
                                         50) over 50.
601-2000..............................  16 plus 1 for each 100 (or part
                                         of 100) over 600.
Over 2000.............................  30 plus 1 for each 200 (or part
                                         of 200) over 2000.
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Where the universe is: the number of admissions in the last year for 
each of the two quality control samples under the SEMAP indicator at 
Sec. 985.3(a) Selection from the Waiting List; the number of families 
assisted for the SEMAP indicators at Sec. 985.3(b) Reasonable Rent, and 
985.3(c) Determination of Adjusted Income; the number of units under HAP 
contract during the last completed PHA fiscal year for the SEMAP 
indicator at Sec. 985.3(e) HQS Quality Control Inspections; and the 
number of failed HQS inspections in the last year for the SEMAP 
indicator at Sec. 985.3(f) HQS Enforcement.
    Performance indicator means a standard set for a key area of Section 
8 program management against which the PHA's performance is measured to 
show whether the PHA administers the program properly and effectively. 
(See Sec. 985.3.)
    SEMAP certification means the PHA's annual certification to HUD, on 
the form prescribed by HUD, concerning its performance in key Section 8 
program areas.
    SEMAP deficiency means any rating of 0 points on a SEMAP performance 
indicator.
    SEMAP profile means a summary prepared by HUD of an PHA's ratings on 
each SEMAP indicator, its overall SEMAP score, and its overall 
performance rating (high performer, standard, troubled).

[63 FR 48555, Sept. 10, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 40497, July 26, 1999]