[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: 24CFR965.805]

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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 965_PHA-OWNED OR LEASED PROJECTS_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart I_Fire Safety
 
Sec. 965.805  Smoke detectors.

    (a) Performance requirement. (1) After October 30, 1992, each unit 
covered by this subpart must be equipped with at least one battery-
operated or hard-wired smoke detector, or such greater number as may be 
required by state or local codes, in working condition, on each level of 
the unit. In units occupied by hearing-impaired residents, smoke 
detectors must be hard-wired.
    (2) After October 30, 1992, the public areas of all housing covered 
by this subpart must be equipped with a sufficient number, but not less 
than one for each area, of battery-operated or hard-wired smoke 
detectors to serve as adequate warning of fire. Public areas include, 
but are not limited to, laundry rooms, community rooms, day care 
centers, hallways, stairwells, and other common areas.
    (b) Acceptability criteria. (1) The smoke detector for each 
individual unit must be located, to the extent practicable, in a hallway 
adjacent to the bedroom or bedrooms. In units occupied by hearing-
impaired residents, hard-wired smoke detectors must be connected to an 
alarm system designed

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for hearing-impaired persons and installed in the bedroom or bedrooms 
occupied by the hearing-impaired residents. Individual units that are 
jointly occupied by both hearing and hearing-impaired residents must be 
equipped with both audible and visual types of alarm devices.
    (2) If needed, battery-operated smoke detectors, except in units 
occupied by hearing-impaired residents, may be installed as a temporary 
measure where no detectors are present in a unit. Temporary battery-
operated smoke detectors must be replaced with hard-wired electric smoke 
detectors in the normal course of a PHA's planned CIAP or CGP program to 
meet the required HUD Modernization Standards or state or local codes, 
whichever standard is stricter. Smoke detectors for units occupied by 
hearing-impaired residents must be installed in accordance with the 
acceptability criteria in paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (c) Funding. PHAs shall use operating funds to provide battery-
operated smoke detectors in units that do not have any smoke detector in 
place. If operating funds or reserves are insufficient to accomplish 
this, PHAs may apply for emergency CIAP funding. The PHAs may apply for 
CIAP or CGP funds to replace battery-operated smoke detectors with hard-
wired smoke detectors in the normal course of a planned modernization 
program.