[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR91.1]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 91_CONSOLIDATED SUBMISSIONS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 91.1  Purpose.




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
91.1 Purpose.
91.2 Applicability.
91.5 Definitions.
91.10 Consolidated program year.
91.15 Submission date.
91.20 Exceptions.

            Subpart B_Citizen Participation and Consultation

91.100 Consultation; local governments.
91.105 Citizen participation plan; local governments.
91.110 Consultation; States.
91.115 Citizen participation plan; States.

       Subpart C_Local Governments; Contents of Consolidated Plan

91.200 General.
91.205 Housing and homeless needs assessment.
91.210 Housing market analysis.
91.215 Strategic plan.
91.220 Action plan.
91.225 Certifications.
91.230 Monitoring.
91.235 Special case; abbreviated consolidated plan.
91.236 Special case; District of Columbia.

       Subpart D_State Governments; Contents of Consolidated Plan

91.300 General.
91.305 Housing and homeless needs assessment.
91.310 Housing market analysis.
91.315 Strategic plan.
91.320 Action plan.
91.325 Certifications.
91.330 Monitoring.

           Subpart E_Consortia; Contents of Consolidated Plan

91.400 Applicability.
91.401 Citizen participation plan.
91.402 Consolidated program year.
91.405 Housing and homeless needs assessment.
91.410 Housing market analysis.
91.415 Strategic plan.
91.420 Action plan.
91.425 Certifications.
91.430 Monitoring.

                  Subpart F_Other General Requirements

91.500 HUD approval action.
91.505 Amendments to the consolidated plan.
91.510 Consistency determinations.
91.515 Funding determinations by HUD.
91.520 Performance reports.
91.525 Performance review by HUD.
91.600 Waiver authority.

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 3601-3619, 5301-5315, 11331-11388, 
12701-12711, 12741-12756, and 12901-12912.

    Source: 60 FR 1896, Jan. 5, 1995, unless otherwise noted.



    (a) Overall goals. (1) The overall goal of the community planning 
and development programs covered by this part is to develop viable urban 
communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living 
environment and expanding economic opportunities principally for low- 
and moderate-income persons. The primary means towards this end is to 
extend and strengthen partnerships among all levels of government and 
the private sector, including for-profit and non-profit organizations, 
in the production and operation of affordable housing.
    (i) Decent housing includes assisting homeless persons to obtain 
appropriate housing and assisting persons at risk of becoming homeless; 
retention of the affordable housing stock; and increasing the 
availability of permanent housing in standard condition and affordable 
cost to low-income and moderate-income families, particularly to members 
of disadvantaged minorities, without discrimination on the basis of 
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, familial status, or 
disability. Decent housing also includes increasing the supply of 
supportive housing, which combines structural features and services 
needed to enable persons with special needs, including persons with HIV/
AIDS and their families, to live with dignity and independence; and 
providing housing affordable to low-income persons accessible to job 
opportunities.

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    (ii) A suitable living environment includes improving the safety and 
livability of neighborhoods; increasing access to quality public and 
private facilities and services; reducing the isolation of income groups 
within a community or geographical area through the spatial 
deconcentration of housing opportunities for persons of lower income and 
the revitalization of deteriorating or deteriorated neighborhoods; 
restoring and preserving properties of special historic, architectural, 
or aesthetic value; and conservation of energy resources.
    (iii) Expanded economic opportunities includes job creation and 
retention; establishment, stabilization and expansion of small 
businesses (including microbusinesses); the provision of public services 
concerned with employment; the provision of jobs involved in carrying 
out activities under programs covered by this plan to low-income persons 
living in areas affected by those programs and activities; availability 
of mortgage financing for low-income persons at reasonable rates using 
nondiscriminatory lending practices; access to capital and credit for 
development activities that promote the long-term economic and social 
viability of the community; and empowerment and self-sufficiency 
opportunities for low-income persons to reduce generational poverty in 
federally assisted and public housing.
    (2) The consolidated submission described in this part 91 requires 
the jurisdiction to state in one document its plan to pursue these goals 
for all the community planning and development programs, as well as for 
housing programs. It is these goals against which the plan and the 
jurisdiction's performance under the plan will be evaluated by HUD.
    (b) Functions of plan. The consolidated plan serves the following 
functions:
    (1) A planning document for the jurisdiction, which builds on a 
participatory process at the lowest levels;
    (2) An application for federal funds under HUD's formula grant 
programs;
    (3) A strategy to be followed in carrying out HUD programs; and
    (4) An action plan that provides a basis for assessing performance.