[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR880.101]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL 
 
PART 880--SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A--Summary and Applicability
 
Sec. 880.101  General.


    (a) The purpose of the Section 8 program is to provide low-income 
families with decent, safe and sanitary rental housing through the use 
of a system of housing assistance payments. This part contains the 
policies and procedures applicable to the Section 8 new construction 
program. The assistance may be provided to public housing agency owners 
or to private owners either directly from HUD or through public housing 
agencies.
    (b) This part does not apply to projects developed under other 
Section 8 program regulations, including 24 CFR parts 881, 882, 883, 
884, and 885, except to the extent specifically stated in those parts. 
Portions of subparts E and F of this part 880 have been cross-referenced 
in 24 CFR parts 881 and 883.

[61 FR 13587, Mar. 27, 1996]