[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 3]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

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

[CITE: 24CFR583.1]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 

        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 583_SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  583.1  Purpose and scope.





    (a) General. The Supportive Housing Program is authorized by title 

IV of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the McKinney Act) 

(42 U.S.C. 11381-11389). The Supportive Housing program is designed to 

promote the development of supportive housing and supportive services, 

including innovative approaches to assist homeless persons in the 

transition from homelessness, and to promote the provision of supportive 

housing to homeless persons to enable them to live as independently as 

possible.

    (b) Components. Funds under this part may be used for:

    (1) Transitional housing to facilitate the movement of homeless 

individuals and families to permanent housing;

    (2) Permanent housing that provides long-term housing for homeless 

persons with disabilities;

    (3) Housing that is, or is part of, a particularly innovative 

project for, or alternative methods of, meeting the immediate and long-

term needs of homeless persons; or

    (4) Supportive services for homeless persons not provided in 

conjunction with supportive housing.



[58 FR 13871, Mar. 15, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 51175, Sept. 30, 1996]