[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: 24CFR971.1] [Page 553-554] TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PART 971_ASSESSMENT OF THE REASONABLE REVITALIZATION POTENTIAL OF CERTAIN PUBLIC HOUSING REQUIRED BY LAW--Table of Contents Sec. 971.1 Purpose. Sec. 971.1 Purpose. 971.3 Standards for identifying developments. 971.5 Long-term viability. 971.7 Plan for removal of units from public housing inventories. 971.9 Tenant and local government consultation. 971.11 Hope VI developments. 971.13 HUD enforcement authority. Appendix to Part 971--Methodology of Comparing Cost of Public Housing With Cost of Tenant-Based Assistance Authority: Pub. L. 104-134; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d). Source: 62 FR 49576, Sept. 22, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Section 202 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996 (Pub.L. 104-134, approved April 26, 1996) (``OCRA'') requires PHAs to identify certain distressed public housing developments that cost more than Section 8 rental assistance and cannot be reasonably revitalized. Households in occupancy that will be affected by the activities will be offered tenant-based or project-based assistance (that can include other public housing units) and will be relocated, to [[Page 554]] other decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing which is, to the maximum extent practicable, housing of their choice. After residents are relocated, the distressed developments (or affected buildings) for which no reasonable means of revitalization exists will be removed from the public housing inventory.