[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: 24CFR91.205]

[Page 561-562]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 91_CONSOLIDATED SUBMISSIONS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart C_Local Governments; Contents of Consolidated Plan
 
Sec. 91.205  Housing and homeless needs assessment.

    (a) General. The consolidated plan must describe the jurisdiction's 
estimated housing needs projected for the ensuing five-year period. 
Housing data included in this portion of the plan shall be based on U.S. 
Census data, as provided by HUD, as updated by any properly conducted 
local study, or any other reliable source that the jurisdiction clearly 
identifies and should reflect the consultation with social service 
agencies and other entities conducted in accordance with Sec. 91.100 
and the citizen participation process conducted in accordance with Sec. 
91.105. For a jurisdiction seeking funding on behalf of an eligible 
metropolitan statistical area under the HOPWA program, the needs 
described for housing and supportive services must address the needs of 
persons with HIV/AIDS and their families throughout the eligible 
metropolitan statistical area.
    (b) Categories of persons affected. (1) The plan shall estimate the 
number and type of families in need of housing assistance for extremely 
low-income, low-income, moderate-income, and middle-income families, for 
renters and owners, for elderly persons, for single persons, for large 
families, for persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, and for persons 
with disabilities. The description of housing needs shall include a 
discussion of the cost burden and severe cost burden, overcrowding 
(especially for large families), and substandard housing conditions 
being experienced by extremely low-income, low-income, moderate-income, 
and middle-income renters and owners compared to the jurisdiction as a 
whole. (The jurisdiction must define in its consolidated plan the terms 
``standard condition'' and ``substandard condition but suitable for 
rehabilitation.'')
    (2) For any of the income categories enumerated in paragraph (b)(1) 
of this section, to the extent that any racial or ethnic group has 
disproportionately greater need in comparison to the needs of that 
category as a whole, assessment of that specific need shall be included. 
For this purpose, disproportionately greater need exists when the 
percentage of persons in a category of need who are members of a 
particular racial or ethnic group is at least 10 percentage points 
higher than the percentage of persons in the category as a whole.
    (c) Homeless needs. The plan must describe the nature and extent of 
homelessness (including rural homelessness), addressing separately the 
need for facilities and services for homeless individuals and homeless 
families with children, both sheltered and unsheltered, and homeless 
subpopulations, in accordance with a table prescribed by HUD. This 
description must include the characteristics and needs of low-income 
individuals and families with children (especially extremely low-income) 
who are currently housed but threatened with homelessness. The plan also 
must contain a narrative description of the nature and extent of 
homelessness by racial and ethnic group, to the extent information is 
available.
    (d) Other special needs. (1) The jurisdiction shall estimate, to the 
extent practicable, the number of persons who are not homeless but 
require supportive housing, including the elderly, frail elderly, 
persons with disabilities (mental, physical, developmental), persons 
with alcohol or other drug addiction, persons with HIV/AIDS and their 
families, public housing residents, and any other categories the 
jurisdiction may specify, and describe their supportive housing needs.
    (2) With respect to a jurisdiction seeking funding on behalf of an 
eligible metropolitan statistical area under the HOPWA program, the plan 
must identify the size and characteristics of the population with HIV/
AIDS and their families within the eligible metropolitan statistical 
area it will serve.
    (e) Lead-based paint hazards. The plan must estimate the number of 
housing units within the jurisdiction that are occupied by low-income 
families or moderate-income families that contain

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lead-based paint hazards, as defined in this part.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
2506-0117)

[60 FR 1896, Jan. 5, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 51760, Oct. 3, 1996]