[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: 24CFR964.120]



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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 964_TENANT PARTICIPATION AND TENANT OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING

--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart B_Tenant Participation

 

Sec.  964.120  Resident management corporation requirements.



    A resident management corporation must consist of residents residing 

in public housing and have each of the following characteristics in 

order to receive official recognition by the HA and HUD:

    (a) It shall be a non-profit organization that is validly 

incorporated under the laws of the State in which it is located;

    (b) It may be established by more than one resident council, so long 

as each such council:

    (1) Approves the establishment of the corporation; and

    (2) Has representation on the Board of Directors of the corporation;

    (c) It shall have an elected Board of Directors, and elections must 

be held at least once every three (3) years;

    (d) Its by-laws shall require the Board of Directors to include 

resident representatives of each resident council involved in 

establishing the corporation; include qualifications to run for office, 

frequency of elections, procedures for recall, and term limits if 

desired.

    (e) Its voting members shall be heads of households (any age) and 

other residents at least 18 years of age and whose name appears on the 

lease of a unit in the public housing represented by the resident 

management corporation;

    (f) Where a resident council already exists for the development, or 

a portion of the development, the resident management corporation shall 

be approved by the resident council board and a majority of the 

residents. If there is no resident council, a majority of the residents 

of the public housing development it will represent must approve the 

establishment of such a corporation for the purposes of managing the 

project; and



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    (g) It may serve as both the resident management corporation and the 

resident council, so long as the corporation meets the requirements of 

this part for a resident council.