[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: 24CFR903.23]

[Page 295-296]
 
                 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. 903.23  What is the process by which HUD reviews, approves, or disapproves an Annual Plan?

    (a) Review of the plan. When the PHA submits its Annual Plan to HUD, 
including any significant amendment or modification to the plan, HUD 
reviews the plan to determine whether:
    (1) The plan provides all the information that is required to be 
included in the plan;
    (2) The plan is consistent with the information and data available 
to HUD;
    (3) The plan is consistent with any applicable Consolidated Plan for 
the jurisdiction in which the PHA is located; and
    (4) The plan is not prohibited or inconsistent with the 1937 Act or 
any other applicable Federal law.
    (b) Disapproval of the plan. (1) HUD may disapprove a PHA plan, in 
its entirety or with respect to any part, or disapprove any significant 
amendment or modification to the plan, only if HUD determines that the 
plan, or one of its components or elements, or any significant amendment 
or modification to the plan:
    (i) Does not provide all the information that is required to be 
included in the plan;
    (ii) Is not consistent with the information and data available to 
HUD;
    (iii) Is not consistent with any applicable Consolidated Plan for 
the jurisdiction in which the PHA is located; or
    (iv) Is not consistent with applicable Federal laws and regulations.
    (2) Not later than 75 days after the date on which the PHA submits 
its plan or significant amendment or modification to the plan, HUD will 
issue written notice to the PHA if the plan or a significant amendment 
or modification has been disapproved. The notice that HUD issues to the 
PHA must state with specificity the reasons for the disapproval. HUD may 
not state as a reason for disapproval the lack of time to review the 
plan.
    (3) If HUD fails to issue the notice of disapproval on or before the 
75th day after the date on which the PHA submits its plan or significant 
amendment or modification to the plan, HUD shall be considered to have 
determined that all elements or components of the plan required to be 
submitted and that were submitted, and to be reviewed by HUD were in 
compliance with applicable requirements and the plan has been approved.
    (4) The provisions of paragraph (b)(3) of this section do not apply 
to troubled PHAs. The plan of a troubled PHA must be approved or 
disapproved by HUD through written notice.
    (c) Designation of due date as submission date for first plan 
submissions. For purposes of the 75-day period described in paragraph 
(b) of this section, the first 5-year and Annual Plans submitted by a 
PHA will be considered to have been submitted no earlier than the due 
date as provided in Sec. 903.5.
    (d) Public availability of the approved plan. Once a PHA's plan has 
been approved, a PHA must make the approved plan and the required 
attachments and documents related to the plan, available for review and 
inspection, at the

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principal office of the PHA during normal business hours.