[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: 24CFR964.7]



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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 A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  964.7  Definitions.



    Annual Contributions Contract (ACC). A contract (in the form 

prescribed by HUD) under which HUD agrees to provide financial 

assistance, and the HA agrees to comply with HUD requirements for the 

development and operation of the public housing project.

    Eligible residents for FIC. A participating resident of a 

participating HA. If the HA is combining FIC with the Family Self-

Sufficiency (FSS) program, the term also means Public Housing FSS and 

Section 8 families participating in the FSS program. Although Section 8 

FSS families are eligible residents for FIC, they do not qualify for 

income exclusions that are provided for public housing residents 

participating in employment and supportive service programs.

    Family Investment Centers (FIC). A facility on or near public 

housing which provides families living in public housing with better 

access to educational and employment opportunities to achieve self-

sufficiency and independence.

    FIC service coordinator. Any person who is responsible for:

    (1) Determining the eligibility and assessing needs of families to 

be served by the FIC;

    (2) Assessing training and service needs of eligible residents;

    (3) Working with service providers to coordinate the provision of 

services on a HA-wide or less than HA-wide basis, and to tailor the 

services to the needs and characteristics of eligible residents;

    (4) Mobilizing public and private resources to ensure that the 

supportive services identified can be funded over the five-year period, 

at least, following the initial receipt of funding.

    (5) Monitoring and evaluating the delivery, impact, and 

effectiveness of any supportive service funded with capital or operating 

assistance under the FIC program;

    (6) Coordinating the development and implementation of the FIC 

program with other self-sufficiency programs, and other education and 

employment programs; and

    (7) Performing other duties and functions that are appropriate for 

providing eligible residents with better access to educational and 

employment opportunities.

    HA means the same as Public Housing Agency (PHA).

    Management. All activities for which the HA is responsible to HUD 

under the ACC, within the definition of ``operation'' under the Act and 

the ACC, including the development of resident programs and services.

    Management contract. A written agreement between a resident 

management corporation and a HA, as provided by subpart C.

    Public Housing Agency (PHA) is defined in 24 CFR part 5.

    Public housing development (Development). The term ``development'' 

has the same meaning as that provided for ``low-income housing project'' 

as that term is defined Section 3(b)(1) of the Act.

    Resident management. The performance of one or more management 

activities for one or more projects by a resident management corporation



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under a management contract with the HA.

    Resident management corporation. An entity that proposes to enter 

into, or enters into, a contract to manage one or more management 

activities of a HA.

    Resident-owned business. Any business concern which is owned and 

controlled by public housing residents. (The term ``resident-owned 

business'' includes sole proprietorships.) For purposes of this part, 

``owned and controlled'' means a business:

    (1) Which is at least 51 percent owned by one or more public housing 

residents; and

    (2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by 

one or more such individuals.

    Supportive services for FIC. New or significantly expanded services 

that are essential to providing families living with children in public 

housing with better access to educational and employment opportunities 

to achieve self-sufficiency and independence.

    Tenant Opportunities Program (TOP). The TOP program is designed to 

prepare residents to experience the dignity of meaningful work, to own 

and operate resident businesses, to move toward financial independence, 

and to enable them to choose where they want to live and engage in 

meaningful participation in the management of housing developments in 

which they live. Financial assistance in the form of technical 

assistance grants is available to RCs/RMCs to prepare to manage 

activities in their public housing developments.

    Vacant unit under FIC. A dwelling unit that is not under an 

effective lease to an eligible family. An effective lease is a lease 

under which an eligible family has a right to possession of the unit and 

is being charged rent, even if the amount of any utility allowance 

equals or exceeds the amount of a total resident payment that is based 

on income and, as a result, the amount paid by the family to the HA is 

zero.



[59 FR 43636, Aug. 24, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 5215, Feb. 9, 1996]