[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: 24CFR982.54]

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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 982_SECTION 8 TENANT BASED ASSISTANCE: HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER 
PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_HUD Requirements and PHA Plan for Administration of Program
 
Sec. 982.54  Administrative plan.

    (a) The PHA must adopt a written administrative plan that 
establishes local policies for administration of the program in 
accordance with HUD requirements. The administrative plan and any 
revisions of the plan must be formally adopted by the PHA Board of

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Commissioners or other authorized PHA officials. The administrative plan 
states PHA policy on matters for which the PHA has discretion to 
establish local policies.
    (b) The administrative plan must be in accordance with HUD 
regulations and requirements. The administrative plan is a supporting 
document to the PHA plan (part 903 of this title) and must be available 
for public review. The PHA must revise the administrative plan if needed 
to comply with HUD requirements.
    (c) The PHA must administer the program in accordance with the PHA 
administrative plan.
    (d) The PHA administrative plan must cover PHA policies on these 
subjects:
    (1) Selection and admission of applicants from the PHA waiting list, 
including any PHA admission preferences, procedures for removing 
applicant names from the waiting list, and procedures for closing and 
reopening the PHA waiting list;
    (2) Issuing or denying vouchers, including PHA policy governing the 
voucher term and any extensions or suspensions of the voucher term. 
``Suspension'' means stopping the clock on the term of a family's 
voucher after the family submits a request for approval of the tenancy. 
If the PHA decides to allow extensions or suspensions of the voucher 
term, the PHA administrative plan must describe how the PHA determines 
whether to grant extensions or suspensions, and how the PHA determines 
the length of any extension or suspension;
    (3) Any special rules for use of available funds when HUD provides 
funding to the PHA for a special purpose (e.g., desegregation), 
including funding for specified families or a specified category of 
families;
    (4) Occupancy policies, including:
    (i) Definition of what group of persons may qualify as a ``family'';
    (ii) Definition of when a family is considered to be ``continuously 
assisted'';
    (iii) Standards for denying admission or terminating assistance 
based on criminal activity or alcohol abuse in accordance with Sec. 
982.553;
    (5) Encouraging participation by owners of suitable units located 
outside areas of low income or minority concentration;
    (6) Assisting a family that claims that illegal discrimination has 
prevented the family from leasing a suitable unit;
    (7) Providing information about a family to prospective owners;
    (8) Disapproval of owners;
    (9) Subsidy standards;
    (10) Family absence from the dwelling unit;
    (11) How to determine who remains in the program if a family breaks 
up;
    (12) Informal review procedures for applicants;
    (13) Informal hearing procedures for participants;
    (14) The process for establishing and revising voucher payment 
standards;
    (15) The method of determining that rent to owner is a reasonable 
rent (initially and during the term of a HAP contract);
    (16) Special policies concerning special housing types in the 
program (e.g., use of shared housing);
    (17) Policies concerning payment by a family to the PHA of amounts 
the family owes the PHA;
    (18) Interim redeterminations of family income and composition;
    (19) Restrictions, if any, on the number of moves by a participant 
family (see Sec. 982.314(c)); and
    (20) Restrictions, if any, on the number of moves by a participant 
family (see Sec. 982.314(c));
    (21) Approval by the Board of Commissioners or other authorized 
officials to charge the administrative fee reserve;
    (22) Procedural guidelines and performance standards for conducting 
required HQS inspections; and
    (23) PHA screening of applicants for family behavior or suitability 
for tenancy.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2577-0169)

[60 FR 34695, July 3, 1995, as amended at 60 FR 45661, Sept. 1, 1995; 61 
FR 27163, May 30, 1996; 63 FR 23859, Apr. 30, 1998; 64 FR 26641, May 14, 
1999; 64 FR 49658, 64 FR Sept. 14, 1999; 56911, Oct. 21, 1999; 66 FR 
28804, May 24, 2001]

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