[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: 24CFR965.508]



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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 965_PHA-OWNED OR LEASED PROJECTS_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of 

Contents

 

               Subpart E_Resident Allowances for Utilities

 

Sec.  965.508  Individual relief.



    Requests for relief from surcharges for excess consumption of PHA-

purchased utilities, or from payment of utility supplier billings in 

excess of the allowances for resident-purchased utilities, may be 

granted by the PHA on reasonable grounds, such as special needs of 

elderly, ill or disabled residents, or special factors affecting utility 

usage not within the control of the resident, as the PHA shall deem 

appropriate. The PHA's criteria for granting such relief, and procedures 

for requesting such relief, shall be adopted at the time the PHA adopts 

the methods and procedures for determining utility allowances. Notice of 

the availability of such procedures (including identification of the PHA 

representative with whom initial contact may be made by residents), and 

the PHA's criteria for granting such relief, shall be included in each 

notice to residents given in accordance with Sec.  965.502(c) and in the 

information given to new residents upon admission.