[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: 24CFR964.205]

[Page 459-460]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 964--TENANT PARTICIPATION AND TENANT OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--Tenant Opportunities Program
 
Sec. 964.205  Eligibility.

    (a) Resident councils/resident management corporations. Any eligible 
resident council/resident management corporation as defined in subpart B 
of this part is eligible to participate in a program administered under 
this subpart.
    (b) Activities. Activities to be funded and carried out by an 
eligible resident council or resident management corporation, as defined 
in subpart B of this part, must improve the living conditions and public 
housing operations and may include any combination of, but are not 
limited to, the following:
    (1) Resident capacity building. (i) Training Board members in 
community organizing, Board development, and leadership training;
    (ii) Determining the feasibility of resident management enablement 
for a specific project or projects; and
    (iii) Assisting in the actual creation of an RMC, such as consulting 
and legal assistance to incorporate, preparing by-laws and drafting a 
corporate charter.
    (2) Resident management. (i) Training residents, as potential 
employees of an RMC, in skills directly related to the operation, 
management, maintenance and financial systems of a project;
    (ii) Training of residents with respect to fair housing 
requirements; and
    (iii) Gaining assistance in negotiating management contracts, and 
designing a long-range planning system.
    (3) Resident management business development. (i) Training related 
to resident-owned business development and technical assistance for job 
training and placement in RMC developments;
    (ii) Technical assistance and training in resident managed business 
development through:
    (A) Feasibility and market studies;
    (B) Development of business plans;
    (C) Outreach activities; and
    (D) Innovative financing methods including revolving loan funds; and
    (iii) Legal advice in establishing a resident managed business 
entity.
    (4) Social support needs (such as self-sufficiency and youth 
initiatives). (i) Feasibility studies to determine training and social 
services needs;
    (ii) Training in management-related trade skills, computer skills, 
etc;
    (iii) Management-related employment training and counseling;
    (iv) Coordination of support services;
    (v) Training for programs such as child care, early childhood 
development, parent involvement, volunteer services, parenting skills, 
before and after school programs;
    (vi) Training programs on health, nutrition and safety;
    (vii) Workshops for youth services, child abuse and neglect 
prevention, tutorial services, in partnership with community-based 
organizations such as local Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA/YWCA, Boy/Girl 
Scouts, Campfire and Big Brother/Big Sisters, etc. Other HUD programs 
such as the Youth Sports Program and the Public Housing Drug Elimination 
Programs also provide funding in these areas;
    (viii) Training in the development of strategies to successfully 
implement a youth program. For example, assessing the needs and problems 
of the youth, improving youth initiatives that are currently active, and 
training youth, housing authority staff, resident management 
corporations and resident councils on youth initiatives and program 
activities; and
    (5) Homeownership Opportunity. Determining feasibility for 
homeownership

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by residents, including assessing the feasibility of other housing 
(including HUD owned or held single or multi-family) affordable for 
purchase by residents.
    (6) General. (i) Required training on HUD regulations and policies 
governing the operation of low-income public housing including 
contracting/procurement regulations, financial management, capacity 
building to develop the necessary skills to assume management 
responsibilities at the project and property management;
    (ii) Purchasing hardware, i.e., computers and software, office 
furnishings and supplies, in connection with business development. Every 
effort must be made to acquire donated or discounted hardware;
    (iii) Training in accessing other funding sources; and
    (iv) Hiring trainers or other experts (RCs/RMCs must ensure that 
this training is provided by a qualified housing management specialist, 
a community organizer, the HA, or other sources knowledgeable about the 
program).