[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: 24CFR903.13]

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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 903--PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY PLANS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B--PHA Plans
 
Sec. 903.13  What is a Resident Advisory Board and what is its role in development of the Annual Plan?

    (a) A Resident Advisory Board refers to a board or boards, as 
provided in paragraph (b) of this section, whose membership consists of 
individuals who adequately reflect and represent the residents assisted 
by the PHA.
    (1) The role of the Resident Advisory Board (or Resident Advisory 
Boards) is to assist and make recommendations regarding the development 
of the PHA plan, and any significant amendment or modification to the 
PHA plan.
    (2) The PHA shall allocate reasonable resources to assure the 
effective functioning of Resident Advisory Boards. Reasonable resources 
for the Resident Advisory Boards must provide reasonable means for them 
to become informed on programs covered by the PHA Plan, to communicate 
in writing and by telephone with assisted families and hold meetings 
with those families, and to access information regarding covered 
programs on the internet, taking into account the size and resources of 
the PHA.
    (b) Each PHA must establish one or more Resident Advisory Boards, as 
provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (1) If a jurisdiction-wide resident council exists that complies 
with the tenant participation regulations in part 964 of this title, the 
PHA shall appoint the jurisdiction-wide resident council or the 
council's representatives as the Resident Advisory Board. If the PHA 
makes such appointment, the members of the jurisdiction-wide resident 
council or the council's representatives shall be added or another 
Resident Advisory Board formed to provide for reasonable representation 
of families receiving tenant-based assistance where such representation 
is required under paragraph (b)(2) of this section.
    (2) If a jurisdiction-wide resident council does not exist but 
resident councils exist that comply with the tenant participation 
regulations, the PHA shall appoint such resident councils or their 
representatives to serve on one or more Resident Advisory Boards. If the 
PHA makes such appointment, the PHA may require that the resident 
councils choose a limited number of representatives.

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    (3) Where the PHA has a tenant-based assistance program of 
significant size (where tenant-based assistance is 20% or more of 
assisted households), the PHA shall assure that the Resident Advisory 
Board (or Boards) has reasonable representation of families receiving 
tenant-based assistance and that a reasonable process is undertaken to 
choose this representation.
    (4) Where or to the extent that resident councils that comply with 
the tenant participation regulations do not exist, the PHA shall appoint 
Resident Advisory Boards or Board members as needed to adequately 
reflect and represent the interests of residents of such developments; 
provided that the PHA shall provide reasonable notice to such residents 
and urge that they form resident councils with the tenant participation 
regulations.
    (c) The PHA must consider the recommendations of the Resident 
Advisory Board or Boards in preparing the final Annual Plan, and any 
significant amendment or modification to the Annual Plan, as provided in 
Sec. 903.21 of this title.
    (1) In submitting the final plan to HUD for approval, or any 
significant amendment or modification to the plan to HUD for approval, 
the PHA must include a copy of the recommendations made by the Resident 
Advisory Board or Boards and a description of the manner in which the 
PHA addressed these recommendations.
    (2) Notwithstanding the 75-day limitation on HUD review, in response 
to a written request from a Resident Advisory Board claiming that the 
PHA failed to provide adequate notice and opportunity for comment, HUD 
may make a finding of good cause during the required time period and 
require the PHA to remedy the failure before final approval of the plan.