[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: 24CFR964.205]

[Page 465-466]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 964_TENANT PARTICIPATION AND TENANT OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC 
HOUSING--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C_Tenant Opportunities Program
 
Sec. 964.205  Eligibility.

    (a) Resident councils/resident management corporations. Any eligible 
resident council/resident management corporation as defined in subpart B 
of this part is eligible to participate in a program administered under 
this subpart.
    (b) Activities. Activities to be funded and carried out by an 
eligible resident council or resident management corporation, as defined 
in subpart B of this part, must improve the living conditions and public 
housing operations and may include any combination of, but are not 
limited to, the following:
    (1) Resident capacity building. (i) Training Board members in 
community organizing, Board development, and leadership training;
    (ii) Determining the feasibility of resident management enablement 
for a specific project or projects; and
    (iii) Assisting in the actual creation of an RMC, such as consulting 
and legal assistance to incorporate, preparing by-laws and drafting a 
corporate charter.
    (2) Resident management. (i) Training residents, as potential 
employees of an RMC, in skills directly related to the operation, 
management, maintenance and financial systems of a project;
    (ii) Training of residents with respect to fair housing 
requirements; and
    (iii) Gaining assistance in negotiating management contracts, and 
designing a long-range planning system.
    (3) Resident management business development. (i) Training related 
to resident-owned business development and technical assistance for job 
training and placement in RMC developments;
    (ii) Technical assistance and training in resident managed business 
development through:
    (A) Feasibility and market studies;
    (B) Development of business plans;
    (C) Outreach activities; and
    (D) Innovative financing methods including revolving loan funds; and
    (iii) Legal advice in establishing a resident managed business 
entity.
    (4) Social support needs (such as self-sufficiency and youth 
initiatives). (i) Feasibility studies to determine training and social 
services needs;
    (ii) Training in management-related trade skills, computer skills, 
etc;
    (iii) Management-related employment training and counseling;
    (iv) Coordination of support services;
    (v) Training for programs such as child care, early childhood 
development, parent involvement, volunteer services, parenting skills, 
before and after school programs;
    (vi) Training programs on health, nutrition and safety;
    (vii) Workshops for youth services, child abuse and neglect 
prevention, tutorial services, in partnership with community-based 
organizations such as local Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA/YWCA, Boy/Girl 
Scouts, Campfire and Big Brother/Big Sisters, etc. Other HUD programs 
such as the Youth Sports Program and the Public Housing Drug Elimination 
Programs also provide funding in these areas;
    (viii) Training in the development of strategies to successfully 
implement a youth program. For example, assessing the needs and problems 
of the youth, improving youth initiatives that are currently active, and 
training youth, housing authority staff, resident management 
corporations and resident

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councils on youth initiatives and program activities; and
    (5) Homeownership Opportunity. Determining feasibility for 
homeownership by residents, including assessing the feasibility of other 
housing (including HUD owned or held single or multi-family) affordable 
for purchase by residents.
    (6) General. (i) Required training on HUD regulations and policies 
governing the operation of low-income public housing including 
contracting/procurement regulations, financial management, capacity 
building to develop the necessary skills to assume management 
responsibilities at the project and property management;
    (ii) Purchasing hardware, i.e., computers and software, office 
furnishings and supplies, in connection with business development. Every 
effort must be made to acquire donated or discounted hardware;
    (iii) Training in accessing other funding sources; and
    (iv) Hiring trainers or other experts (RCs/RMCs must ensure that 
this training is provided by a qualified housing management specialist, 
a community organizer, the HA, or other sources knowledgeable about the 
program).