[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: 24CFR945.205]



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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 B_Application and Approval Procedures

 

Sec.  945.205  Designated housing for disabled families.



    (a) General. (1) In general, HUD will approve designated projects 

for disabled families only if there is a clear demonstration that there 

is both a need and a demand by disabled families for such designation. 

In the absence of such demonstrated need and demand, PHAs should provide 

for the housing needs of disabled families in the most integrated 

setting possible.

    (2) To designate a project for disabled families, a PHA must submit 

the allocation plan required by Sec.  945.203 and the supportive service 

plan described in paragraph (b) of this section.

    (3) In its allocation plan,

    (i) The PHA may not designate a project for persons with a specific 

disability;

    (ii) The designated project does not have to be made up of 

contiguous units. PHAs are encouraged to place the units in the project, 

whether contiguous or not, in the most integrated setting possible.

    (4) The consultation process for the allocation plan provided in 

Sec.  945.203(b) and consultation process for the supportive service 

plan provided in this section may occur concurrently.

    (5) If the PHA conducts surveys to determine the need or demand for 

a designated project for disabled families or for supportive services in 

such project, the PHA must protect the confidentiality of the survey 

responses.

    (b) Supportive Service Plan. The plan shall describe how the PHA 

will provide or arrange for the provision of the appropriate supportive 

services requested by the disabled families who will occupy the 

designated housing and who have expressed a need for these services.



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    (1) Contents of plan. The supportive service plan, at a minimum, 

must:

    (i) Identify the number of disabled families who need the supportive 

services and who have expressed an interest in receiving them;

    (ii) Describe the types of supportive services that will be 

provided, and, if known, the length of time the supportive services will 

be available;

    (iii) Identify each service provider to be utilized, and describe 

the experience of the service provider in delivering supportive 

services;

    (iv) Describe how the supportive services will be provided to the 

disabled families that the designated housing is expected to serve (how 

the services will be provided depends upon the type of service offered; 

e.g., if the package includes transportation assistance, how 

transportation assistance will be provided to disabled families);

    (v) Identify all sources of funding upon which the PHA is relying to 

deliver supportive services to residents of the designated housing for 

disabled families, or the supportive service resources to be provided in 

lieu of funding;

    (vi) Submit evidence of a specific contractual commitment or 

commitments provided to the PHA by the sources identified in paragraph 

(b)(1)(v) of this section to make funds available for supportive 

services, or the delivery of supportive services available to the PHA 

for at least two calendar years;

    (vii) Identify any public and private service providers, advocates 

for the interests of designated housing families, and other interested 

parties with whom the PHA consulted in the development of this 

supportive service plan, and summarize the comments and recommendations 

made by these parties. (These comments must be maintained for a period 

of five years, and be available for review by HUD as provided in 

paragraph (b)(2)(vii) of this section.);

    (viii) If applicable, address the need for residential supervision 

of disabled families (on-site supervision within the designated housing) 

and how this supervision is to be provided;

    (ix) Include any other information that the PHA determines would 

assist HUD in assessing the suitability of the PHA's supportive service 

plan; and

    (x) Include any additional information that HUD may request, and 

which is appropriate to a determination of the suitability of the 

supportive service plan.

    (2) Public review and comment on the supportive service plan. In 

preparing the initial supportive service plan, or any update of the 

supportive service plan, the PHA shall:

    (i) Issue public notices regarding its intention to provide 

supportive services to designated housing for disabled families and the 

availability of the draft supportive service plan;

    (ii) Send notices directly to interested individuals and agencies 

that have contacted the PHA and have expressed an interest in the 

supportive service plan, and to parties specified in paragraph 

(b)(1)(vii) of this section;

    (iii) Allow not less than 30 days for public comment on the 

supportive service plan;

    (iv) Make free copies of the draft plan available upon request, and 

in accessible format, when appropriate;

    (v) Conduct at least one public meeting regarding the supportive 

service plan;

    (vi) Give fair consideration to all comments received; and

    (vii) Retain any records of the public meetings held on the 

supportive service plan, and any written comments received on the 

supportive service plan for a period of five years, from the date of 

submission of the supportive service plan. These records must be 

available for review by HUD.

    (c) Approval. HUD shall approve designated housing for disabled 

families if the allocation plan meets the requirements of Sec.  945.203, 

including demonstrating both a need and a demand for designated housing 

for disabled families, and if HUD determines on the basis of the 

information provided in the supportive service plan that:

    (1) There is a sufficient number of persons with disabilities who 

have expressed an interest in occupying a designated project for 

disabled families, and who have expressed a need and demand for the 

supportive services that will be provided;

    (2) The supportive services are adequately designed to meet the 

needs of



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the disabled families who have indicated a desire for them;

    (3) The service provider has current or past experience 

administering an effective supportive service delivery program for 

persons with disabilities;

    (4) If residential supervision is required, a written commitment to 

provide this supervision in the designated housing.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

2577-0192)