[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: 24CFR92.207]



[Page 608-609]

 

                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 92_HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart E_Program Requirements

 

Sec.  92.207  Eligible administrative and planning costs.



    A participating jurisdiction may expend, for payment of reasonable 

administrative and planning costs of the HOME program and ADDI, an 

amount of HOME funds that is not more than ten percent of the sum of the 

Fiscal Year HOME basic formula allocation plus any funds received in 

accordance with Sec.  92.102(b) to meet or exceed participation 

threshold requirements that Fiscal Year. A state that transfers any HOME 

funds in accordance with Sec.  92.102(b) must exclude these funds in 

calculating the amount it may expend for administrative and planning 

costs. A participating jurisdiction may also expend, for payment of 

reasonable administrative and planning costs of the HOME program and the 

ADDI described in subpart M of this part, a sum up to ten percent of the 

program income deposited into its local account or received and reported 

by its state recipients or subrecipients during the program year. A 

participating jurisdiction may expend such funds directly or may 

authorize its state recipients or subrecipients, if any, to expend all 

or a portion of such funds, provided total expenditures for planning and 

administrative costs do not exceed the maximum allowable amount. 

Reasonable administrative and planning costs include:

    (a) General management, oversight and coordination. Reasonable costs 

of overall program management, coordination, monitoring, and evaluation. 

Such costs include, but are not limited to, necessary expenditures for 

the following:

    (1) Salaries, wages, and related costs of the participating 

jurisdiction's staff. In charging costs to this category the 

participating jurisdiction may either include the entire salary, wages, 

and related costs allocable to the program of each person whose primary 

responsibilities with regard to the program involves program 

administration assignments, or the prorated share of the salary, wages, 

and related costs of each person whose job includes any program 

administration assignments. The participating jurisdiction may use only 

one of these methods. Program administration includes the following 

types of assignments:

    (i) Developing systems and schedules for ensuring compliance with 

program requirements;



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    (ii) Developing interagency agreements and agreements with entities 

receiving HOME funds;

    (iii) Monitoring HOME-assisted housing for progress and compliance 

with program requirements;

    (iv) Developing agreements and monitoring housing not assisted with 

HOME funds that the participating jurisdiction designates as a matching 

contribution in accordance with Sec.  92.219(b) for compliance with 

applicable program requirements;

    (v) Preparing reports and other documents related to the program for 

submission to HUD;

    (vi) Coordinating the resolution of audit and monitoring findings;

    (vii) Evaluating program results against stated objectives; and

    (viii) Managing or supervising persons whose primary 

responsibilities with regard to the program include such assignments as 

those described in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section;

    (2) Travel costs incurred for official business in carrying out the 

program;

    (3) Administrative services performed under third party contracts or 

agreements, including such services as general legal services, 

accounting services, and audit services;

    (4) Other costs for goods and services required for administration 

of the program, including such goods and services as rental or purchase 

of equipment, insurance, utilities, office supplies, and rental and 

maintenance (but not purchase) of office space; and

    (5) Costs of administering tenant-based rental assistance programs.

    (b) Staff and overhead. Staff and overhead costs directly related to 

carrying out the project, such as work specifications preparation, loan 

processing, inspections, and other services related to assisting 

potential owners, tenants, and homebuyers (e.g., housing counseling); 

and staff and overhead costs directly related to providing advisory and 

other relocation services to persons displaced by the project, including 

timely written notices to occupants, referrals to comparable and 

suitable replacement property, property inspections, counseling, and 

other assistance necessary to minimize hardship. These costs may be 

charged as administrative costs or as project costs under Sec.  92.206 

(d)(6) and (f)(2), at the discretion of the participating jurisdiction.

    (c) Public information. The provision of information and other 

resources to residents and citizen organizations participating in the 

planning, implementation, or assessment of projects being assisted with 

HOME funds.

    (d) Fair housing. Activities to affirmatively further fair housing 

in accordance with the participating jurisdiction's certification under 

24 CFR part 91.

    (e) Indirect Costs. Indirect costs may be charged to the HOME 

program under a cost allocation plan prepared in accordance with OMB 

Circulars A-87 or A-122 as applicable.

    (f) Preparation of the consolidated plan. Preparation of the 

consolidated plan required under 24 CFR part 91. Preparation includes 

the costs of public hearings, consultations, and publication.

    (g) Other Federal requirements. Costs of complying with the Federal 

requirements in subpart H of this part. Project-specific environmental 

review costs may be charged as administrative costs or as project costs 

in accordance with Sec.  92.206(d)(8), at the discretion of the 

participating jurisdiction.



[61 FR 48750, Sept. 16, 1996, as amended at 67 FR 61756, Oct. 1, 2002; 

69 FR 16766, Mar. 30, 2004]