[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: 24CFR983.8]

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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 983--SECTION 8 PROJECT-BASED CERTIFICATE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--General Information
 
Sec. 983.8  Rehabilitation: Minimum expenditure requirement.

    (a) To qualify as rehabilitation under this part 983, existing 
structures must require a minimum expenditure of $1000 per assisted 
unit, including the unit's prorated share of work to be accomplished on 
common areas or systems, in order to:
    (1) Upgrade the property to decent, safe, and sanitary condition to 
comply with the housing quality standards or other standards approved by 
HUD, from a condition below those standards;
    (2) Repair or replace major building systems or components in danger 
of failure within two years from the date of the initial HA inspection;
    (3) Convert or merge units to provide housing for large families; or
    (4) For up to seven percent of the units to be assisted, make 
accessibility improvements to the property necessary to meet the 
requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the 
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.
    (b) In determining the minimum expenditure of $1000 per assisted 
unit, the HA must include the prorated cost of common improvements in 
the costs of the individual units.