[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 4]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR1003.202]



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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 1003_COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKA 

NATIVE VILLAGES--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart C_Eligible Activities

 

Sec.  1003.202  Eligible rehabilitation and preservation activities.



    (a) Types of buildings and improvements eligible for rehabilitation 

or reconstruction assistance. ICDBG funds may be used to finance the 

rehabilitation of:

    (1) Privately owned buildings and improvements for residential 

purposes;



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improvements to a single-family residential property which is also used 

as a place of business, which are required in order to operate the 

business, need not be considered to be rehabilitation of a commercial or 

industrial building, if the improvements also provide general benefit to 

the residential occupants of the building;

    (2) Low-income public housing and other publicly owned residential 

buildings and improvements;

    (3) Publicly or privately owned commercial or industrial buildings, 

except that the rehabilitation of such buildings owned by a private for-

profit business is limited to improvements to the exterior of the 

building and the correction of code violations (further improvements to 

such buildings may be undertaken pursuant to Sec.  1003.203(b)); and

    (4) Nonprofit-owned nonresidential buildings and improvements not 

eligible under Sec.  1003.201(c);

    (5) Manufactured housing when such housing constitutes part of the 

community's permanent housing stock.

    (b) Types of assistance. ICDBG funds may be used to finance the 

following types of rehabilitation or reconstruction activities, and 

related costs, either singly, or in combination, through the use of 

grants, loans, loan guarantees, interest supplements, or other means for 

buildings and improvements described in paragraph (a) of this section, 

except that rehabilitation of commercial or industrial buildings is 

limited as described in paragraph (a)(3) of this section.

    (1) Assistance to private individuals and entities, including profit 

making and nonprofit organizations, to acquire for the purpose of 

rehabilitation, and to rehabilitate properties, for use or resale for 

residential purposes;

    (2) Labor, materials, and other costs of rehabilitation of 

properties, including repair directed toward an accumulation of deferred 

maintenance, replacement of principal fixtures and components of 

existing structures, installation of security devices, including smoke 

detectors and dead bolt locks, and renovation through alterations, 

additions to, or enhancement of existing structures, which may be 

undertaken singly, or in combination;

    (3) Loans for refinancing existing indebtedness secured by a 

property being rehabilitated with ICDBG funds if such financing is 

determined by the grantee to be necessary or appropriate to achieve the 

grantee's community development objectives;

    (4) Improvements to increase the efficient use of energy in 

structures through such means as installation of storm windows and 

doors, siding, wall and attic insulation, and conversion, modification, 

or replacement of heating and cooling equipment, including the use of 

solar energy equipment;

    (5) Improvements to increase the efficient use of water through such 

means as water saving faucets and shower heads and repair of water 

leaks;

    (6) Connection of residential structures to water distribution lines 

or local sewer collection lines;

    (7) For rehabilitation carried out with ICDBG funds, costs of:

    (i) Initial homeowner warranty premiums;

    (ii) Hazard insurance premiums, except where assistance is provided 

in the form of a grant; and

    (iii) Flood insurance premiums for properties covered by the Flood 

Disaster Protection Act of 1973, pursuant to 24 CFR 58.6(a).

    (iv) Lead-based paint activities in part 35 of this title.

    (8) Costs of acquiring tools to be lent to owners, tenants, and 

others who will use such tools to carry out rehabilitation;

    (9) Rehabilitation services, such as rehabilitation counseling, 

energy auditing, preparation of work specifications, loan processing, 

inspections, and other services related to assisting owners, tenants, 

contractors, and other entities, participating or seeking to participate 

in rehabilitation activities authorized under this section;

    (10) Improvements designed to remove material and architectural 

barriers that restrict the mobility and accessibility of elderly or 

severely disabled persons to buildings and improvements eligible for 

assistance under paragraph (a) of this section.

    (c) Code enforcement. Code enforcement in deteriorating or 

deteriorated areas where such enforcement together with public or 

private improvements,



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rehabilitation, or services to be provided, may be expected to arrest 

the decline of the area.

    (d) Historic preservation. ICDBG funds may be used for the 

rehabilitation, preservation or restoration of historic properties, 

whether publicly or privately owned. Historic properties are those sites 

or structures that are either listed in or eligible to be listed in the 

National Register of Historic Places, listed in a State or local 

inventory of historic places, or designated as a State or local landmark 

or historic district by appropriate law or ordinance. Historic 

preservation, however, is not authorized for buildings for the general 

conduct of government.

    (e) Renovation of closed buildings. ICDBG funds may be used to 

renovate closed buildings, such as closed school buildings, for use as 

an eligible public facility or to rehabilitate such buildings for 

housing.



[61 FR 40090, July 31, 1996, as amended at 64 FR 50230, Sept. 15, 1999]