[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: 24CFR1003.302]



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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 D_Single Purpose Grant Application and Selection Process

 

Sec.  1003.302  Project specific threshold requirements.



    (a) Housing rehabilitation projects. All applicants for housing 

rehabilitation projects shall adopt rehabilitation standards and 

rehabilitation policies before submitting an application. The applicant 

shall assure that it will use project funds to rehabilitate units only 

when the homeowner's payments are current or the homeowner is current in 

a repayment agreement that is subject to approval by the Area ONAP. The 

Area ONAP administrator may grant exceptions to this requirement on a 

case-by-case basis.

    (b) New housing construction projects. New housing construction can 

only be implemented through a nonprofit organization that is eligible 

under Sec.  1003.204 or is otherwise eligible under Sec.  

1003.207(b)(3). All applicants for new housing construction projects 

shall adopt, by current tribal resolution, construction standards before 

submitting an application. All applications which include new housing 

construction projects must document that:

    (1) No other housing is available in the immediate reservation area 

that is suitable for the household(s) to be assisted; and



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    (2) No other sources can meet the needs of the household(s) to be 

assisted; and

    (3) Rehabilitation of the unit occupied by the household(s) to be 

assisted is not economically feasible; or

    (4) The household(s) to be housed currently is in an overcrowded 

housing unit (sharing with another household); or

    (5) The household(s) to be assisted has no current residence.

    (c) Economic development projects. All applicants for economic 

development projects must provide an analysis which shows public benefit 

commensurate with the ICDBG assistance requested will result from the 

assisted project. This analysis should also establish that to the extent 

practicable: reasonable financial support will be committed from non-

Federal sources prior to disbursement of Federal funds; any grant amount 

provided will not substantially reduce the amount of non-Federal 

financial support for the activity; not more than a reasonable rate of 

return on investment is provided to the owner; and, that grant funds 

used for the project will be disbursed on a pro rata basis with amounts 

from other sources. In addition, it must be established that the project 

is financially feasible and that it has a reasonable chance of success.