# 24 CFR § 960.201: Eligibility

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.201

## Section

- **Citation:** 24 CFR § 960.201
- **Heading:** Eligibility
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 24—Housing and Urban Development > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to 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

## Text

(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]

## Nearby sections

- [24 CFR § 960.101 § 960.101 Applicability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.101.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.102 § 960.102 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.102.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.103 § 960.103 Equal opportunity requirements and protection for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.103.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.200 § 960.200 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.200.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.201 § 960.201 Eligibility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.201.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.202 § 960.202 Tenant selection policies.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.202.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.203 § 960.203 Standards for PHA tenant selection criteria.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.203.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.204 § 960.204 Denial of admission for criminal activity or drug abuse by household members.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.204.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.205 § 960.205 Drug use by applicants: Obtaining information from drug treatment facility.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.205.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.206 § 960.206 Waiting list: Local preferences in admission to public housing program.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.206.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.208 § 960.208 Notification to applicants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.208.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.253 § 960.253 Choice of rent.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.253.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.255 § 960.255 Self-sufficiency incentives—Disallowance of increase in annual income.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.255.md)
- [24 CFR § 960.257 § 960.257 Family income and composition: Annual and interim reexaminations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-24-960.257.md)

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