[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR1003.302]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
 
PART 1003_COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKA 
 
    Subpart D_Single Purpose Grant Application and Selection Process
 
Sec.  1003.302  Project specific threshold requirements.

    (a) Housing rehabilitation projects. All applicants for housing 
rehabilitation projects shall adopt rehabilitation standards and 
rehabilitation policies before submitting an application. The applicant 
shall assure that it will use project funds to rehabilitate units only 
when the homeowner's payments are current or the homeowner is current in 
a repayment agreement that is subject to approval by the Area ONAP. The 
Area ONAP administrator may grant exceptions to this requirement on a 
case-by-case basis.
    (b) New housing construction projects. New housing construction can 
only be implemented through a nonprofit organization that is eligible 
under Sec.  1003.204 or is otherwise eligible under Sec.  
1003.207(b)(3). All applicants for new housing construction projects 
shall adopt, by current tribal resolution, construction standards before 
submitting an application. All applications which include new housing 
construction projects must document that:
    (1) No other housing is available in the immediate reservation area 
that is suitable for the household(s) to be assisted; and
    (2) No other sources can meet the needs of the household(s) to be 
assisted; and
    (3) Rehabilitation of the unit occupied by the household(s) to be 
assisted is not economically feasible; or
    (4) The household(s) to be housed currently is in an overcrowded 
housing unit (sharing with another household); or
    (5) The household(s) to be assisted has no current residence.
    (c) Economic development projects. All applicants for economic 
development projects must provide an analysis which shows public benefit 
commensurate with the ICDBG assistance requested will result from the 
assisted project. This analysis should also establish that to the extent 
practicable: reasonable financial support will be committed from non-
Federal sources prior to disbursement of Federal funds; any grant amount 
provided will not substantially reduce the amount of non-Federal 
financial support for the activity; not more than a reasonable rate of 
return on investment is provided to the owner; and, that grant funds 
used for the project will be disbursed on a pro rata basis with amounts 
from other sources. In addition, it must be established that the project 
is financially feasible and that it has a reasonable chance of success.

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