[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: 24CFR983.152]

[Page 663-664]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
 
PART 983_PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER (PBV) PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart D_Requirements for Rehabilitated and Newly Constructed Units
 
Sec.  983.152  Purpose and content of the Agreement to enter into HAP 

contract.

    (a) Requirement. The PHA must enter into an Agreement with the 
owner. The

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Agreement must be in the form required by HUD headquarters (see Sec.  
982.162 of this chapter).
    (b) Purpose of Agreement. In the Agreement the owner agrees to 
develop the contract units to comply with the HQS, and the PHA agrees 
that, upon timely completion of such development in accordance with the 
terms of the Agreement, the PHA will enter into a HAP contract with the 
owner for the contract units.
    (c) Description of housing. (1) At a minimum, the Agreement must 
describe the following features of the housing to be developed (newly 
constructed or rehabilitated) and assisted under the PBV program:
    (i) Site;
    (ii) Location of contract units on site;
    (iii) Number of contract units by area (size) and number of bedrooms 
and bathrooms;
    (iv) Services, maintenance, or equipment to be supplied by the owner 
without charges in addition to the rent to owner;
    (v) Utilities available to the contract units, including a 
specification of utility services to be paid by owner (without charges 
in addition to rent) and utility services to be paid by the tenant;
    (vi) Indication of whether or not the design and construction 
requirements of the Fair Housing Act and implementing regulations at 24 
CFR 100.205 and the accessibility requirements of section 504 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) and implementing regulations 
at 24 CFR 8.22 and 8.23 apply to units under the Agreement. If these 
requirements are applicable, any required work item resulting from these 
requirements must be included in the description of work to be performed 
under the Agreement, as specified in paragraph (c)(i)(viii) of this 
section.
    (vii) Estimated initial rents to owner for the contract units;
    (viii) Description of the work to be performed under the Agreement. 
If the Agreement is for rehabilitation of units, the work description 
must include the rehabilitation work write up and, where determined 
necessary by the PHA, specifications, and plans. If the Agreement is for 
new construction, the work description must include the working drawings 
and specifications.
    (2) At a minimum, the housing must comply with the HQS. The PHA may 
elect to establish additional requirements for quality, architecture, or 
design of PBV housing, over and above the HQS, and any such additional 
requirement must be specified in the Agreement.