[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: 24CFR881.207]



[Page 70-71]

 

                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

  CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL 

 

PART 881_SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM FOR SUBSTANTIAL 

REHABILITATION--Table of Contents

 

              Subpart B_Definitions and Other Requirements

 

Sec.  881.207  Property standards.



    Projects must comply with:

    (a) [Reserved]

    (b) In the case of congregate or single room occupant housing, the 

appropriate HUD guidelines and standards;

    (c) HUD requirements pursuant to section 209 of the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1974 for projects for the elderly or 

handicapped;

    (d) HUD requirements pertaining to noise abatement and control;

    (e) The Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act (42 U.S.C. 4821-

4846), the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (42 

U.S.C. 4851-4856), and implementing regulations at part 35, subparts A, 

B, H, and R of this title; and

    (f) Applicable State and local laws, codes, ordinances and 

regulations.

    (g) Smoke detectors--(1) Performance requirement. After October 30, 

1992, each dwelling unit must include at least one battery-operated or 

hard-wired smoke detector, in proper working condition, on each level of 

the unit. If the unit is occupied by hearing-impaired persons, smoke 

detectors must have an alarm system, designed for hearing-impaired 

persons, in each bedroom occupied by a hearing-impaired person.

    (2) Acceptability criteria. The smoke detector must be located, to 

the extent practicable, in a hallway adjacent to a bedroom, unless the 

unit is occupied by a hearing-impaired person, in which case each 

bedroom occupied by a hearing-impaired person must have an



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alarm system connected to the smoke detector installed in the hallway.



[45 FR 7085, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended at 52 FR 1893, Jan. 15, 1987; 57 

FR 33851, July 30, 1992; 63 FR 46578, Sept. 1, 1998; 64 FR 50227, Sept. 

15, 1999]