[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: 24CFR886.123]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL 
 
PART 886--SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM--SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart A--Additional Assistance Program for Projects With HUD-Insured 
                         and HUD-Held Mortgages
 
Sec. 886.123  Maintenance, operation and inspections.

    (a) Maintenance and operation. The Owner shall maintain and operate 
the project so as to provide Decent, Safe, and Sanitary housing and he 
shall provide all the services, maintenance and utilities which he 
agrees to provide under the Contract, subject to abatement of housing 
assistance payments or other applicable remedies if he fails to meet 
these obligations.
    (b) Inspection prior to occupancy. Prior to occupancy of any unit by 
a Family, the Owner and the Family shall inspect the unit and both shall 
certify, on forms prescribed by HUD that they have inspected the unit 
and have determined it to be Decent, Safe, and Sanitary in accordance 
with the criteria provided in the prescribed forms. Copies of these 
reports shall be kept on file by the Owner for at least three years.
    (c) Periodic inspections. HUD will inspect or cause to be inspected 
a reasonable sample of contract units at least annually and at such 
other times as may be necessary to assure that the owner is meeting his 
contractual obligations. HUD will take into account complaints by 
occupants and any other information coming to its attention in 
scheduling inspections and shall notify the owner of its determination.
    (d) Units not Decent, Safe, and Sanitary. If HUD notifies the Owner 
that he has failed to maintain a dwelling unit in Decent, Safe, and 
Sanitary condition and the Owner fails to take corrective action within 
the time prescribed in the notice, HUD may exercise any of its rights or 
remedies under the Contract, including abatement of housing assistance 
payments, even if the Family continues to occupy the unit.

[42 FR 5603, Jan. 28, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 60157, Dec. 26, 1978]