[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR511.16]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 511_RENTAL REHABILITATON GRANT PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Program Requirements
 
Sec. 511.16  Other Federal requirements.

    In addition to the Federal requirements set forth in 24 CFR part 5, 
Grantees and, where applicable, State recipients shall comply with the 
following requirements:
    (a) Labor standards. All laborers and mechanics (except laborers and 
mechanics employed by a State or local government acting as the 
principal contractor on the project) employed in the rehabilitation of a 
project assisted under the Rental Rehabilitation Program that contains 
12 or more dwelling units after rehabilitation shall be paid wages at 
rates not less than those prevailing on similar rehabilitation in the 
locality, if such a rate category exists, or other appropriate rate as 
determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon 
Act (40 U.S.C. 276a--276a-5), and contracts involving their employment 
shall be subject to the provisions, as applicable, of the Contract Work 
Hours and Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.C. 327-333). (If CDBG funds are 
used to finance certain costs for projects of 8 or more units, these 
labor standards may apply (see 24 CFR 570.603).) If a project is subject 
to Federal labor standards requirements,

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individuals are not permitted to perform work thereon which is covered 
by such requirements without compensation in accordance with such 
requirements, except that persons who own a project in their own name 
may personally perform uncompensated work on their own projects. 
Grantees, State recipients, owners, contractors and subcontractors shall 
comply with applicable implementing regulations in 29 CFR parts 1, 3, 
and 5.
    (b) Environment and historic preservation. Section 104(g) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and 24 CFR part 58, which 
prescribe procedures for compliance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4361), and the additional laws and 
authorities listed at 24 CFR 58.5.
    (c) Pet ownership in housing for the elderly or handicapped. The 
provisions of 24 CFR part 243 apply to any project assisted under this 
part for which preference in tenant selection is given for all units in 
the project to elderly or handicapped persons or elderly or handicapped 
families, as defined in 24 CFR 812.2.
    (d) Flood insurance. (1) Under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
1973 (42 U.S.C. 4001-4128), a grantee may not approve the commitment of 
rental rehabilitation grant amounts to a project located in an area 
identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as having 
special flood hazards, unless:
    (i) The community in which the area is situated is participating in 
the National Flood Insurance Program (see 44 CFR parts 59 through 79), 
or less than a year has passed since FEMA notification regarding such 
hazards; and
    (ii) Flood insurance is obtained as a condition of approval of the 
commitment.
    (2) Grantees with projects located in an area identified by FEMA as 
having special flood hazards are responsible for assuring that flood 
insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program is obtained and 
maintained.
    (3) This paragraph Sec. 511.16(g) does not apply in the case of 
allocations administered by a State under Sec. 511.51(a).

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2506-0080)

[55 FR 20050, May 14, 1990, as amended at 61 FR 5208, Feb. 9, 1996]

Subpart C [Reserved]