[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: 24CFR945.103]



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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 945_DESIGNATED HOUSING_PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGNATED FOR OCCUPANCY BY 

DISABLED, ELDERLY, OR DISABLED AND ELDERLY FAMILIES--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  945.103  General policies.



    (a) Agency participation. Participation in this program is limited 

to public housing agencies (PHAs) (as this term is defined in 24 CFR 

913.102) that elect to designate public housing projects for occupancy 

by disabled families, elderly families, or disabled families and elderly 

families, as provided by this part.

    (b) Eligible housing--(1) Designation of public housing. Projects 

eligible for designation under this part are public housing projects as 

described in the definition of ``project'' in Sec.  945.105.

    (2) Additional housing resources. To meet the housing and supportive 

service needs of elderly families, and disabled families, including non-

elderly disabled families, who will not be housed in a designated 

project, PHAs shall utilize housing resources that they own, control, or 

have received preliminary notification that they will obtain (e.g., 

section 8 certificates and vouchers). They also may utilize housing 

resources for which they plan to apply during the period covered by the 

allocation plan, and that they have a reasonable expectation of 

obtaining. PHAs also may utilize, to the extent practicable, any housing 

facilities that they own or control in which supportive services are 

already provided, facilitated or coordinated, such as mixed housing, 

shared housing, family housing, group homes, and congregate housing.

    (3) Exemption of mixed population projects. A PHA with a public 

housing project with a mixed population of elderly families and disabled 

families that plans to house them in such project in accordance with the 

requirements of 24 CFR part 960, subpart D, is not required to meet the 

designation requirements of this part.

    (c) Family Participation in designated housing--(1) Voluntary 

participation. The election to reside in designated housing is voluntary 

on the part of a family. No disabled family or elderly family may be 

required to reside in designated housing, nor shall a decision not to 

reside in designated housing adversely affect the family with respect to 

occupancy of another appropriate project.

    (2) Meeting stated eligibility requirements. Nothing in this part 

shall be construed to require or permit a PHA to accept for admission to 

a designated project a disabled family or elderly family who does not 

meet the stated eligibility requirements for occupancy in the project 

(for example, income), as set forth in HUD's regulations in 24 CFR parts 

912 and 913, and in the PHA's admission policies.