24 CFR § 202.1 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s202.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 202.1 - Purpose."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "202.1"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "MORTGAGE AND LOAN INSURANCE PROGRAMS UNDER NATIONAL HOUSING ACT AND OTHER AUTHORITIES"
part_number: "202"
part_name: "APPROVAL OF LENDING INSTITUTIONS AND MORTGAGEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1703, 1709 and 1715b; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 20082, Apr. 24, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "202"
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# 202.1 Purpose.

This part establishes minimum standards and requirements for approval by the Secretary of lenders and mortgagees to participate in the Title I and Title II programs.