[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: 24CFR945.205]

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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 945--DESIGNATED HOUSING--PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGNATED FOR OCCUPANCY BY DISABLED, ELDERLY, OR DISABLED AND ELDERLY FAMILIES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--Application and Approval Procedures
 
Sec. 945.205  Designated housing for disabled families.

    (a) General. (1) In general, HUD will approve designated projects 
for disabled families only if there is a clear demonstration that there 
is both a need and a demand by disabled families for such designation. 
In the absence of such demonstrated need and demand, PHAs should provide 
for the housing needs of disabled families in the most integrated 
setting possible.
    (2) To designate a project for disabled families, a PHA must submit 
the allocation plan required by Sec. 945.203 and the supportive service 
plan described in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (3) In its allocation plan,
    (i) The PHA may not designate a project for persons with a specific 
disability;
    (ii) The designated project does not have to be made up of 
contiguous units. PHAs are encouraged to place the units in the project, 
whether contiguous or not, in the most integrated setting possible.
    (4) The consultation process for the allocation plan provided in 
Sec. 945.203(b) and consultation process for the supportive service plan 
provided in this section may occur concurrently.
    (5) If the PHA conducts surveys to determine the need or demand for 
a designated project for disabled families or for supportive services in 
such project, the PHA must protect the confidentiality of the survey 
responses.

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    (b) Supportive Service Plan. The plan shall describe how the PHA 
will provide or arrange for the provision of the appropriate supportive 
services requested by the disabled families who will occupy the 
designated housing and who have expressed a need for these services.
    (1) Contents of plan. The supportive service plan, at a minimum, 
must:
    (i) Identify the number of disabled families who need the supportive 
services and who have expressed an interest in receiving them;
    (ii) Describe the types of supportive services that will be 
provided, and, if known, the length of time the supportive services will 
be available;
    (iii) Identify each service provider to be utilized, and describe 
the experience of the service provider in delivering supportive 
services;
    (iv) Describe how the supportive services will be provided to the 
disabled families that the designated housing is expected to serve (how 
the services will be provided depends upon the type of service offered; 
e.g., if the package includes transportation assistance, how 
transportation assistance will be provided to disabled families);
    (v) Identify all sources of funding upon which the PHA is relying to 
deliver supportive services to residents of the designated housing for 
disabled families, or the supportive service resources to be provided in 
lieu of funding;
    (vi) Submit evidence of a specific contractual commitment or 
commitments provided to the PHA by the sources identified in paragraph 
(b)(1)(v) of this section to make funds available for supportive 
services, or the delivery of supportive services available to the PHA 
for at least two calendar years;
    (vii) Identify any public and private service providers, advocates 
for the interests of designated housing families, and other interested 
parties with whom the PHA consulted in the development of this 
supportive service plan, and summarize the comments and recommendations 
made by these parties. (These comments must be maintained for a period 
of five years, and be available for review by HUD as provided in 
paragraph (b)(2)(vii) of this section.);
    (viii) If applicable, address the need for residential supervision 
of disabled families (on-site supervision within the designated housing) 
and how this supervision is to be provided;
    (ix) Include any other information that the PHA determines would 
assist HUD in assessing the suitability of the PHA's supportive service 
plan; and
    (x) Include any additional information that HUD may request, and 
which is appropriate to a determination of the suitability of the 
supportive service plan.
    (2) Public review and comment on the supportive service plan. In 
preparing the initial supportive service plan, or any update of the 
supportive service plan, the PHA shall:
    (i) Issue public notices regarding its intention to provide 
supportive services to designated housing for disabled families and the 
availability of the draft supportive service plan;
    (ii) Send notices directly to interested individuals and agencies 
that have contacted the PHA and have expressed an interest in the 
supportive service plan, and to parties specified in paragraph 
(b)(1)(vii) of this section;
    (iii) Allow not less than 30 days for public comment on the 
supportive service plan;
    (iv) Make free copies of the draft plan available upon request, and 
in accessible format, when appropriate;
    (v) Conduct at least one public meeting regarding the supportive 
service plan;
    (vi) Give fair consideration to all comments received; and
    (vii) Retain any records of the public meetings held on the 
supportive service plan, and any written comments received on the 
supportive service plan for a period of five years, from the date of 
submission of the supportive service plan. These records must be 
available for review by HUD.
    (c) Approval. HUD shall approve designated housing for disabled 
families if the allocation plan meets the requirements of Sec. 945.203, 
including demonstrating both a need and a demand for designated housing 
for disabled families, and if HUD determines on the basis of the 
information provided in the supportive service plan that:

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    (1) There is a sufficient number of persons with disabilities who 
have expressed an interest in occupying a designated project for 
disabled families, and who have expressed a need and demand for the 
supportive services that will be provided;
    (2) The supportive services are adequately designed to meet the 
needs of the disabled families who have indicated a desire for them;
    (3) The service provider has current or past experience 
administering an effective supportive service delivery program for 
persons with disabilities;
    (4) If residential supervision is required, a written commitment to 
provide this supervision in the designated housing.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2577-0192)