[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: 24CFR6.3]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 6_NONDISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES RECEIVING ASSISTANCE 

UNDER TITLE I OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1974--Table 

of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  6.3  Definitions.



    The terms Department, HUD, and Secretary are defined in 24 CFR part 

5. Other terms used in this part 6 are defined as follows:

    Act means the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 5301-5320).

    Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing 

and Equal Opportunity.

    Award Official means the HUD official who has been delegated the 

Secretary's authority to implement a Title I funded program and to make 

grants under that program.

    Complete complaint means a written statement that contains the 

complainant's name and address, identifies the Recipient against which 

the complaint is made, and describes the Recipient's alleged 

discriminatory action in sufficient detail to inform HUD of the nature 

and date of the alleged violation of section 109. It shall be signed by 

the complainant or by someone authorized to do so on his or her behalf. 

Complaints filed on behalf of classes or third parties shall describe or 

identify (by name, if possible) the alleged victims of discrimination.

    Federal financial assistance means: (1) Any assistance made 

available under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 

1974, as amended, and includes income generated from such assistance, 

and any grant, loan, contract, or any other arrangement, in the form of:

    (i) Funds;

    (ii) Services of Federal personnel; or

    (iii) Real or personal property or any interest in or use of such 

property, including:

    (A) Transfers or leases of the property for less than fair market 

value or for reduced consideration; and

    (B) Proceeds from a subsequent transfer or lease of the property if 

the Federal share of its fair market value is not returned to the 

Federal Government.



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    (2) Any assistance in the form of proceeds from loans guaranteed 

under section 108 of the Act, but does not include assistance made 

available through direct Federal procurement contracts or any other 

contract of insurance or guaranty.

    Program or activity (funded in whole or in part) means all of the 

operations of--

    (1)(i) A department, agency, special purpose district, or other 

instrumentality of a State or local government; or

    (ii) The entity of a State or local government that distributes 

Federal financial assistance, and each department or agency (and each 

State or local government entity) to which the assistance is extended, 

in the case of assistance to a State or local government;

    (2)(i) A college, university, or other post-secondary institution, 

or a public system of higher education; or

    (ii) A local educational agency (as defined in section 198(a)(10) of 

the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965), system of 

vocational education or other school system;

    (3)(i) An entire corporation, partnership, or other private 

organization, or an entire sole proprietorship--

    (A) If assistance is extended to the corporation, partnership, 

private organization, or sole proprietorship as a whole; or

    (B) Which is principally engaged in the business of providing 

education, health care, housing, social services, or parks and 

recreation; or

    (ii) The entire plant or other comparable, geographically separate 

facility to which Federal financial assistance is extended, in the case 

of any other corporation, partnership, private organization, or sole 

proprietorship; or

    (4) Any other entity that is described in paragraphs (1), (2), or 

(3) of this definition, any part of which is extended Federal financial 

assistance.

    Recipient means any State, political subdivision of any State, or 

instrumentality of any State or political subdivision; any public or 

private agency, institution, organization, or other entity; or any 

individual, in any State, to whom Federal financial assistance is 

extended, directly or through another Recipient, for any program or 

activity, or who otherwise participates in carrying out such program or 

activity, including any successor, assign, or transferee thereof. 

Recipient does not include any ultimate beneficiary under any program or 

activity.

    Responsible Official means the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing 

and Equal Opportunity or his or her designee.

    Section 109 means section 109 of the Housing and Community 

Development Act of 1974, as amended.

    Title I means title I of the Housing and Community Development Act 

of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301-5321).