[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 24, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 24CFR40.1] [Page 361] TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PART 40_ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND ALTERATION OF PUBLICLY OWNED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES--Table of Contents Sec. 40.1 Purpose. Sec. 40.1 Purpose. 40.2 Definition of ``residential structure''. 40.3 Applicability. 40.4 Standards. 40.5 [Reserved] 40.6 Records. 40.7 Availability of Accessibility Standards. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 4153. Source: 36 FR 24437, Dec. 22, 1971, unless otherwise noted. This part prescribes standards for the design, construction, and alteration of publicly owned residential structures to insure that physically handicapped persons will have ready access to, and use of, such structures.