[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: 24CFR960.601]



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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 960_ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart F_When Resident Must Perform Community Service Activities or 

                    Self-Sufficiency Work Activities

 

Sec.  960.601  Definitions.



    (a) Definitions found elsewhere--(1) General definitions. The 

following terms are defined in part 5, subpart A of this title: public 

housing, public housing agency (PHA).

    (2) Definitions concerning income and rent. The following terms are 

defined in part 5, subpart F of this title: economic self-sufficiency 

program, work activities.

    (b) Other definitions. In addition to the definitions in paragraph 

(a) of this section, the following definitions apply:

    Community service. The performance of voluntary work or duties that 

are a public benefit, and that serve to improve the quality of life, 

enhance resident self-sufficiency, or increase resident self-

responsibility in the community. Community service is not employment and 

may not include political activities.

    Exempt individual. An adult who:

    (1) Is 62 years or older;

    (2)(i) Is a blind or disabled individual, as defined under 216(i)(1) 

or 1614 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(1); 1382c), and who 

certifies that because of this disability she or he is unable to comply 

with the service provisions of this subpart, or

    (ii) Is a primary caretaker of such individual;

    (3) Is engaged in work activities;

    (4) Meets the requirements for being exempted from having to engage 

in a work activity under the State program funded under part A of title 

IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other 

welfare program of the State in which the PHA is located, including a 

State-administered welfare-to-work program; or

    (5) Is a member of a family receiving assistance, benefits or 

services under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other welfare 

program of the State in which the PHA is located, including a State-

administered welfare-to-work program, and has not been found by the 

State or other administering entity to be in noncompliance with such a 

program.

    Service requirement. The obligation of each adult resident, other 

than an exempt individual, to perform community service or participate 

in an economic-self sufficiency program required in accordance with 

Sec.  960.603.