[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: 24CFR945.103]

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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 945_DESIGNATED HOUSING_PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGNATED FOR OCCUPANCY BY 
DISABLED, ELDERLY, OR DISABLED AND ELDERLY FAMILIES--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 945.103  General policies.

    (a) Agency participation. Participation in this program is limited 
to public housing agencies (PHAs) (as this term is defined in 24 CFR 
913.102) that elect to designate public housing projects for occupancy 
by disabled families, elderly families, or disabled families and elderly 
families, as provided by this part.
    (b) Eligible housing--(1) Designation of public housing. Projects 
eligible for designation under this part are public housing projects as 
described in the definition of ``project'' in Sec. 945.105.

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    (2) Additional housing resources. To meet the housing and supportive 
service needs of elderly families, and disabled families, including non-
elderly disabled families, who will not be housed in a designated 
project, PHAs shall utilize housing resources that they own, control, or 
have received preliminary notification that they will obtain (e.g., 
section 8 certificates and vouchers). They also may utilize housing 
resources for which they plan to apply during the period covered by the 
allocation plan, and that they have a reasonable expectation of 
obtaining. PHAs also may utilize, to the extent practicable, any housing 
facilities that they own or control in which supportive services are 
already provided, facilitated or coordinated, such as mixed housing, 
shared housing, family housing, group homes, and congregate housing.
    (3) Exemption of mixed population projects. A PHA with a public 
housing project with a mixed population of elderly families and disabled 
families that plans to house them in such project in accordance with the 
requirements of 24 CFR part 960, subpart D, is not required to meet the 
designation requirements of this part.
    (c) Family Participation in designated housing--(1) Voluntary 
participation. The election to reside in designated housing is voluntary 
on the part of a family. No disabled family or elderly family may be 
required to reside in designated housing, nor shall a decision not to 
reside in designated housing adversely affect the family with respect to 
occupancy of another appropriate project.
    (2) Meeting stated eligibility requirements. Nothing in this part 
shall be construed to require or permit a PHA to accept for admission to 
a designated project a disabled family or elderly family who does not 
meet the stated eligibility requirements for occupancy in the project 
(for example, income), as set forth in HUD's regulations in 24 CFR parts 
912 and 913, and in the PHA's admission policies.