[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR960.601]

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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 960_ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart F_When Resident Must Perform Community Service Activities or 
                    Self-Sufficiency Work Activities
 
Sec. 960.601  Definitions.

    (a) Definitions found elsewhere.
    (1) General definitions. The following terms are defined in part 5, 
subpart A of this title: public housing, public housing agency (PHA).
    (2) Definitions concerning income and rent. The following terms are 
defined in part 5, subpart F of this title: economic self-sufficiency 
program, work activities.
    (b) Other definitions. In addition to the definitions in paragraph 
(a) of this section, the following definitions apply:
    Community service. The performance of voluntary work or duties that 
are a

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public benefit, and that serve to improve the quality of life, enhance 
resident self-sufficiency, or increase resident self-responsibility in 
the community. Community service is not employment and may not include 
political activities.
    Exempt individual. An adult who:
    (1) Is 62 years or older;
    (2)(i) Is a blind or disabled individual, as defined under 216(i)(1) 
or 1614 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(1); 1382c), and who 
certifies that because of this disability she or he is unable to comply 
with the service provisions of this subpart, or
    (ii) Is a primary caretaker of such individual;
    (3) Is engaged in work activities;
    (4) Meets the requirements for being exempted from having to engage 
in a work activity under the State program funded under part A of title 
IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other 
welfare program of the State in which the PHA is located, including a 
State-administered welfare-to-work program; or
    (5) Is a member of a family receiving assistance, benefits or 
services under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other welfare 
program of the State in which the PHA is located, including a State-
administered welfare-to-work program, and has not been found by the 
State or other administering entity to be in noncompliance with such a 
program.
    Service requirement. The obligation of each adult resident, other 
than an exempt individual, to perform community service or participate 
in an economic-self sufficiency program required in accordance with 
Sec. 960.603.