[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: 24CFR964.205]



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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 964_TENANT PARTICIPATION AND TENANT OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING

--Table of Contents

 

                 Subpart C_Tenant Opportunities Program

 

Sec.  964.205  Eligibility.



    (a) Resident councils/resident management corporations. Any eligible 

resident council/resident management corporation as defined in subpart B 

of this part is eligible to participate in a program administered under 

this subpart.

    (b) Activities. Activities to be funded and carried out by an 

eligible resident council or resident management corporation, as defined 

in subpart B of this part, must improve the living conditions and public 

housing operations and may include any combination of, but are not 

limited to, the following:

    (1) Resident capacity building. (i) Training Board members in 

community organizing, Board development, and leadership training;

    (ii) Determining the feasibility of resident management enablement 

for a specific project or projects; and

    (iii) Assisting in the actual creation of an RMC, such as consulting 

and legal assistance to incorporate, preparing by-laws and drafting a 

corporate charter.

    (2) Resident management. (i) Training residents, as potential 

employees of an RMC, in skills directly related to the operation, 

management, maintenance and financial systems of a project;



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    (ii) Training of residents with respect to fair housing 

requirements; and

    (iii) Gaining assistance in negotiating management contracts, and 

designing a long-range planning system.

    (3) Resident management business development. (i) Training related 

to resident-owned business development and technical assistance for job 

training and placement in RMC developments;

    (ii) Technical assistance and training in resident managed business 

development through:

    (A) Feasibility and market studies;

    (B) Development of business plans;

    (C) Outreach activities; and

    (D) Innovative financing methods including revolving loan funds; and

    (iii) Legal advice in establishing a resident managed business 

entity.

    (4) Social support needs (such as self-sufficiency and youth 

initiatives). (i) Feasibility studies to determine training and social 

services needs;

    (ii) Training in management-related trade skills, computer skills, 

etc;

    (iii) Management-related employment training and counseling;

    (iv) Coordination of support services;

    (v) Training for programs such as child care, early childhood 

development, parent involvement, volunteer services, parenting skills, 

before and after school programs;

    (vi) Training programs on health, nutrition and safety;

    (vii) Workshops for youth services, child abuse and neglect 

prevention, tutorial services, in partnership with community-based 

organizations such as local Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA/YWCA, Boy/Girl 

Scouts, Campfire and Big Brother/Big Sisters, etc. Other HUD programs 

such as the Youth Sports Program and the Public Housing Drug Elimination 

Programs also provide funding in these areas;

    (viii) Training in the development of strategies to successfully 

implement a youth program. For example, assessing the needs and problems 

of the youth, improving youth initiatives that are currently active, and 

training youth, housing authority staff, resident management 

corporations and resident councils on youth initiatives and program 

activities; and

    (5) Homeownership Opportunity. Determining feasibility for 

homeownership by residents, including assessing the feasibility of other 

housing (including HUD owned or held single or multi-family) affordable 

for purchase by residents.

    (6) General. (i) Required training on HUD regulations and policies 

governing the operation of low-income public housing including 

contracting/procurement regulations, financial management, capacity 

building to develop the necessary skills to assume management 

responsibilities at the project and property management;

    (ii) Purchasing hardware, i.e., computers and software, office 

furnishings and supplies, in connection with business development. Every 

effort must be made to acquire donated or discounted hardware;

    (iii) Training in accessing other funding sources; and

    (iv) Hiring trainers or other experts (RCs/RMCs must ensure that 

this training is provided by a qualified housing management specialist, 

a community organizer, the HA, or other sources knowledgeable about the 

program).