[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: 24CFR901.210]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 901--PUBLIC HOUSING MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 901.210  Interventions.

    (a) Interventions under this part (including an assumption of 
operating responsibilities) may be limited to one or more of a PHA's 
specific operational

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areas (e.g., maintenance, modernization, occupancy, or financial 
management) or to a single development or a group of developments. Under 
this limited intervention procedure, the Department could select, or 
participate in the selection of, an AME to assume management 
responsibility for a specific development, a group of developments in a 
geographical area, or a specific operational area, while permitting the 
PHA to retain responsibility for all programs, operational areas, and 
developments not so designated.
    (b) Upon determining that a substantial default exists under this 
part, the Department may initiate any interventions deemed necessary to 
maintain decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings for residents. Such 
intervention may include:
    (1) Providing technical assistance for existing PHA management 
staff;
    (2) Selecting or participating in the selection of an AME to provide 
technical assistance or other services up to and including contract 
management of all or any part of the public housing developments 
administered by a PHA;
    (3) Assuming possession and operational responsibility for all or 
any part of the public housing administered by a PHA; and
    (4) The provision of intervention and assistance necessary to remedy 
emergency conditions.
    (c) HUD may take the actions described in this part sequentially or 
simultaneously in any combination.