[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: 24CFR968.105]



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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 968_PUBLIC HOUSING MODERNIZATION--Table of Contents

 

                            Subpart A_General

 

Sec.  968.105  Definitions.



    The terms HUD and Public Housing Agency (PHA) are defined in 24 CFR 

part 5.

    Act. The United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 

1437 et seq.).

    Annual contributions contract (ACC). A contract under the Act 

between HUD and the PHA containing the terms and conditions under which 

the Department assists the PHA in providing decent, safe, and sanitary 

housing for low-income families. The ACC must be in a form prescribed by 

HUD under which HUD agrees to provide assistance in the development, 

modernization, and/or operation of a low-income housing project under 

the Act, and the PHA agrees to develop, modernize, and operate the 

project in compliance with all provisions of the ACC and the Act, and 

all HUD regulations and implementing requirements and procedures.

    CGP. The Comprehensive Grant Program, which provides modernization 

funds on a formula basis to PHAs with 250 or more public housing units.

    CIAP. The Comprehensive Improvement Assistance Program, which 

provides modernization funds on a competitive basis to PHAs with fewer 

than 250 public housing units.

    Development. The term development has the same meaning as that 

provided for low-income housing project, as that term is defined in 

section 3(b)(1) of the Act.

    FFY. Federal fiscal year.



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    Force account labor. Labor employed directly by the PHA on either a 

permanent or a temporary basis. See Sec.  968.120.

    Hard costs. The physical improvement costs in development accounts 

1450 through 1475 of the Low-Rent Housing Accounting Handbook 7510.1, as 

revised, which include: Account 1450 Site Improvements; Account 1460 

Dwelling Structures; Account 1465.1 Dwelling Equipment--Nonexpendable; 

Account 1470 Nondwelling Structures; and Account 1475 Nondwelling 

Equipment.

    Homebuyer agreement. A Turnkey III Homebuyer Ownership Opportunity 

Agreement.

    Modernization funds. Funds derived from an allocation of budget 

authority for the purpose of funding physical and management 

improvements.

    Modernization program. A PHA's program for carrying out 

modernization, as set forth in the approved CIAP budget or CGP Annual 

Statement.

    Modernization project. The improvement of one or more existing 

public housing developments under a unique number designated for that 

modernization program. For each modernization project, HUD and the PHA 

shall enter into an ACC amendment, requiring low-income use of the 

housing for not less than 20 years from the date of the ACC amendment 

(subject to sale of homeownership units in accordance with the terms of 

the ACC). The terms ``modernization project number'' and ``comprehensive 

grant number'' are used interchangeably.

    Non-routine maintenance. Work items that ordinarily would be 

performed on a regular basis in the course of upkeep of property, but 

have become substantial in scope because they have been put off, and 

involve expenditures that would otherwise materially distort the level 

trend of maintenance expenses. Replacement of equipment and materials 

rendered unsatisfactory because of normal wear and tear by items of 

substantially the same kind does qualify, but reconstruction, 

substantial improvement in the quality or kind of original equipment and 

materials, or remodeling that alters the nature or type of housing units 

does not qualify.

    Partnership process. A specific and ongoing process that is designed 

to ensure that residents, resident groups, and the PHA work in a 

cooperative and collaborative manner to develop, implement and monitor 

the CIAP or CGP. At a minimum, a PHA shall ensure that the partnership 

process incorporates full resident participation in each of the required 

program components.

    PHMAP. The Public Housing Management Assessment Program (PHMAP) is a 

process designed to allow HUD and the PHA to identify PHA management 

capabilities and deficiencies, and to lead to overall better management 

of the public housing program, in accordance with 24 CFR part 901.

    Reasonable cost. Total unfunded hard cost needs for a development 

that do not exceed 90 percent of the computed Total Development Cost 

(TDC) for a new development with the same structure type and number and 

size of units in the market area.

    Soft costs. The non-physical improvement costs which exclude any 

costs in development accounts 1450 through 1475.



[54 FR 52689, Dec. 21, 1989, as amended at 56 FR 922, Jan. 9, 1991; 57 

FR 5573, Feb. 14, 1992; 58 FR 13931, Mar. 15, 1993; 61 FR 5216, Feb. 9, 

1996; 61 FR 8738, Mar. 5, 1996]