[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: 24CFR902.20]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 902_PUBLIC HOUSING ASSESSMENT SYSTEM--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart B_PHAS Indicator #1: Physical Condition

 

Sec.  902.20  Physical condition assessment.





    (a) Objective. The objective of the Physical Condition Indicator is 

to determine whether a PHA is meeting the standard of decent, safe, 

sanitary, and in good repair (DSS/GR), as this standard is defined in 

Sec.  902.23 (a standard that provides acceptable basic housing 

conditions) and the level to which the PHA is maintaining its public 

housing in accordance with this standard.

    (b) Physical inspection under PHAS Indicator 1. (1) To 

achieve the objective of paragraph (a) of this section, REAC will 

provide for an independent physical inspection of a PHA's property or 

properties that includes, at minimum, a statistically valid sample of 

the units in the PHA's public housing portfolio to determine the extent 

of compliance with the DSS/GR standard.

    (2) Only occupied units will be inspected as dwelling units (except 

units approved by HUD for non-dwelling purposes, e.g., daycare or 

meetings, which are inspected as common areas). Vacant units that are 

not under lease at the time of the physical inspection will not be 

inspected, but vacant units are assessed under the Financial Condition 

Indicator 2 (Sec.  902.35(b)(4)). The categories of vacant 

units not under lease that are exempted from physical inspection are as 

follows:

    (i) Units undergoing vacant unit turnaround--vacant units that are 

in the routine process of turn over; i.e., the period between which one 

resident has vacated a unit and a new lease takes effect;

    (ii) Units undergoing rehabilitation--vacant units that have 

substantial rehabilitation needs already identified, and there is an 

approved implementation plan to address the identified rehabilitation 

needs and the plan is fully funded;

    (iii) Off-line units--vacant units that have repair requirements 

such that the units cannot be occupied in a normal period of time 

(considered to be between 5 and 7 days) and which are not included under 

an approved rehabilitation plan;

    (c) PHA physical inspection requirement. The HUD-conducted physical 

inspections required by this part do not relieve the PHA of the 

responsibility to inspect public housing units as provided in section 

6(f)(3) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 1437d(f)(3)), and Sec.  902.43(a).

    (d) Compliance with State and local codes. The physical condition 

standards in this subpart do not supersede or preempt State and local 

building and maintenance codes with which the PHA's public housing must 

comply. PHAs must continue to adhere to these codes.



[65 FR 1738, Jan. 11, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 36044, June 6, 2000]