[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: 24CFR964.7]

[Page 451-452]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
 
PART 964_TENANT PARTICIPATION AND TENANT OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING--
 
                      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]