[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR906.7]

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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 906_PUBLIC HOUSING HOMEOWNERSHIP PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart B_Basic Program Requirements
 
Sec. 906.7  Physical requirements that a property offered for sale 
under this part must meet.

    (a) Property standards. A property offered for sale under a 
homeownership program must meet local code requirements (or, if no local 
code exists, the housing quality standards established by HUD for the 
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, 24 CFR part 982) and the 
relevant requirements of the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act 
(42 U.S.C. 4821-4846), the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction 
Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 4851-4856), and the implementing regulations at 
24 CFR part 35, subparts A, B, L, and R of this title. When a 
prospective purchaser who has known disabilities, or who has a family 
member with known disabilities requires accessible features, the 
features must be added as a reasonable accommodation to the disability, 
in accordance with the requirements of Sec. 8.29 of this title. 
Further, the property must be in good repair, with the major components 
having a remaining useful life that is sufficient to justify a 
reasonable expectation that homeownership will be affordable by the 
purchasers. These standards must be met as a condition for conveyance of 
a dwelling to an individual purchaser.
    (b) A unit in this program for which the purchasing family is 
receiving assistance under Section 8(y) must be an

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eligible unit for purposes of the Homeownership Option under 24 CFR part 
982, subpart M.