[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: 24CFR8.28]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 8_NONDISCRIMINATION BASED ON HANDICAP IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS 

AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--Table 

of Contents

 

                     Subpart C_Program Accessibility

 

Sec.  8.28  Housing certificate and housing voucher programs.



    (a) In carrying out the requirements of this subpart, a recipient 

administering a Section 8 Existing Housing Certificate program or a 

housing voucher program shall:

    (1) In providing notice of the availability and nature of housing 

assistance for low-income families under program requirements, adopt 

suitable means to assure that the notice reaches eligible individuals 

with handicaps;

    (2) In its activities to encourage participation by owners, include 

encouragement of participation by owners having accessible units;

    (3) When issuing a Housing Certificate or Housing Voucher to a 

family which includes an individual with handicaps include a current 

listing of available accessible units known to the PHA and, if 

necessary, otherwise assist the family in locating an available 

accessible dwelling unit;

    (4) Take into account the special problem of ability to locate an 

accessible unit when considering requests by eligible individuals with 

handicaps for extensions of Housing Certificates or Housing Vouchers; 

and

    (5) If necessary as a reasonable accommodation for a person with 

disabilities, approve a family request for an exception rent under Sec.  

982.504(b)(2) for a regular tenancy under the Section 8 certificate 

program so that the program is readily accessible to and usable by 

persons with disabilities.

    (b) In order to ensure that participating owners do not discriminate 

in the recipient's federally assisted program, a recipient shall enter 

into a HUD-approved contract with participating owners, which contract 

shall include necessary assurances of nondiscrimination.



[53 FR 20233, June 2, 1988, as amended at 63 FR 23853, Apr. 30, 1998]