[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: 24CFR886.123]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

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

 

PART 886_SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM_SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS

--Table of Contents

 

 Subpart A_Additional Assistance Program for Projects With HUD-Insured 

                         and HUD-Held Mortgages

 

Sec.  886.123  Maintenance, operation and inspections.



    (a) Maintenance and operation. The Owner shall maintain and operate 

the project so as to provide Decent, Safe, and Sanitary housing and he 

shall provide all the services, maintenance and utilities which he 

agrees to provide under the Contract, subject to abatement of housing 

assistance payments or other applicable remedies if he fails to meet 

these obligations.

    (b) Inspection prior to occupancy. Prior to occupancy of any unit by 

a Family, the Owner and the Family shall inspect the unit and both shall 

certify, on forms prescribed by HUD that they have inspected the unit 

and have determined it to be Decent, Safe, and Sanitary in accordance 

with the criteria provided in the prescribed forms. Copies of these 

reports shall be kept on file by the Owner for at least three years.

    (c) Periodic inspections. HUD will inspect or cause to be inspected 

a reasonable sample of contract units at least annually and at such 

other times as may be necessary to assure that the owner is meeting his 

contractual obligations. HUD will take into account complaints by 

occupants and any other information coming to its attention in 

scheduling inspections and shall notify the owner of its determination.

    (d) Units not Decent, Safe, and Sanitary. If HUD notifies the Owner 

that he has failed to maintain a dwelling unit in Decent, Safe, and 

Sanitary condition and the Owner fails to take corrective action within 

the time prescribed in the notice, HUD may exercise any of its rights or 

remedies under the Contract, including abatement of housing assistance 

payments, even if the Family continues to occupy the unit.



[42 FR 5603, Jan. 28, 1977, as amended at 43 FR 60157, Dec. 26, 1978]