§ 960.201 Eligibility.

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Title 24 CFR: Housing and Urban Development › Chapter IX: OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT › Part 960: ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING › Subpart B: Admission › § 960.201: § 960.201 Eligibility.

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(a)

Who is eligible?

(1)

Basic eligibility.

An applicant must meet all eligibility requirements in order to receive housing assistance. At a minimum, the applicant must be a family, as defined in § 5.403 of this title, must be income-eligible, as described in this section, and must meet the net asset and property ownership restriction requirements in § 5.618 of this title. Such eligible applicants include single persons.

(2)

Low income limit.

No family other than a low income family is eligible for admission to a PHA's public housing program.

(b)

Income used for eligibility and targeting.

Family annual income (see § 5.609) is used both for determination of income eligibility under paragraph (a) and for PHA income targeting under § 960.202

(c)

Reporting.

The PHA must comply with HUD-prescribed reporting requirements that will permit HUD to maintain the data, as determined by HUD, necessary to monitor compliance with income eligibility and targeting requirement.

[66 FR 28799, May 24, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 9670, Feb. 14, 2023]

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