[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: 24CFR985.2] [Page 697] TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PART 985_SECTION 8 MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SEMAP)--Table of Contents Subpart A_General Sec. 985.2 Definitions. (a) The terms Department, Fair Market Rent, HUD, Secretary, and Section 8, as used in this part, are defined in 24 CFR 5.100. (b) The definitions in 24 CFR 982.4 apply to this part. As used in this part: Confirmatory review means an on site review performed by HUD to verify the management performance of an PHA. Corrective action plan means a HUD-required written plan that addresses PHA program management deficiencies or findings identified by HUD through remote monitoring or on-site review, and that will bring the PHA to an acceptable level of performance. MTCS means Multifamily Tenant Characteristics System. MTCS is the Department's national database on participants and rental units in the Section 8 rental certificate, rental voucher, and moderate rehabilitation programs and in the Public and Indian Housing programs. PHA means a Housing Agency. PHA's quality control sample means an annual sample of files or records drawn in an unbiased manner and reviewed by an PHA supervisor (or by another qualified person other than the person who performed the original work) to determine if the work documented in the files or records conforms to program requirements. The minimum size of the PHA's quality control sample is as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimum number of files or Universe records to be sampled ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 50 or less............................... 5. 51-600................................... 5 plus 1 for each 50 (or part of 50) over 50. 601-2000................................. 16 plus 1 for each 100 (or part of 100) over 600. Over 2000................................ 30 plus 1 for each 200 (or part of 200) over 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Where the universe is: the number of admissions in the last year for each of the two quality control samples under the SEMAP indicator at Sec. 985.3(a) Selection from the Waiting List; the number of families assisted for the SEMAP indicators at Sec. 985.3(b) Reasonable Rent, and 985.3(c) Determination of Adjusted Income; the number of units under HAP contract during the last completed PHA fiscal year for the SEMAP indicator at Sec. 985.3(e) HQS Quality Control Inspections; and the number of failed HQS inspections in the last year for the SEMAP indicator at Sec. 985.3(f) HQS Enforcement. Performance indicator means a standard set for a key area of Section 8 program management against which the PHA's performance is measured to show whether the PHA administers the program properly and effectively. (See Sec. 985.3.) SEMAP certification means the PHA's annual certification to HUD, on the form prescribed by HUD, concerning its performance in key Section 8 program areas. SEMAP deficiency means any rating of 0 points on a SEMAP performance indicator. SEMAP profile means a summary prepared by HUD of an PHA's ratings on each SEMAP indicator, its overall SEMAP score, and its overall performance rating (high performer, standard, troubled). [63 FR 48555, Sept. 10, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 40497, July 26, 1999]