[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: 24CFR985.1]

[Page 692-693]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 985_SECTION 8 MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SEMAP)--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 985.1  Purpose and applicability.




                            Subpart A_General

Sec.
985.1 Purpose and applicability.
985.2 Definitions.
985.3 Indicators, HUD verification methods and ratings.

                       Subpart B_Program Operation

985.101 SEMAP certification.
985.102 SEMAP profile.
985.103 SEMAP score and overall performance rating.
985.104 PHA right of appeal of overall rating.
985.105 HUD SEMAP responsibilities.
985.106 Required actions for SEMAP deficiencies.
985.107 Required actions for PHA with troubled performance rating.
985.108 SEMAP records.
985.109 Default under the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC).

Subpart C--Physical Assessment Component [Reserved]

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, and 3535(d).

    Source: 63 FR 48555, Sept. 10, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

    Editorial Note: Nomenclature changes to part 985 appear 64 FR 67983, 
Dec. 3, 1999.



    (a) Purpose. The Section 8 Management Assessment Program (SEMAP) is 
designed to assess whether the Section 8 tenant-based assistance 
programs operate to help eligible families afford decent rental units at 
the correct subsidy cost. SEMAP also establishes a system for HUD to 
measure PHA performance in key Section 8 program areas and to assign 
performance ratings. SEMAP provides procedures for HUD to identify PHA 
management capabilities and deficiencies in order to target monitoring 
and program assistance more effectively. PHAs can use the SEMAP 
performance analysis to assess and improve their own program operations.
    (b) Applicability. This rule applies to PHA administration of the 
tenant-based Section 8 rental voucher and rental certificate programs 
(24 CFR part 982), the project-based component (PBC) of the certificate 
program (24 CFR part 983) to the extent that PBC family and unit data 
are reported and measured under the stated HUD verification method, and 
enrollment levels and contributions to escrow accounts for Section 8 
participants under

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the family self-sufficiency program (FSS) (24 CFR part 984).

[63 FR 48555, Sept. 10, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 40497, July 26, 1999]