24 CFR § 291.500 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s291.500"
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title: "24 CFR § 291.500 - Purpose."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "291.500"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING—FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "HUD-OWNED PROPERTIES"
part_number: "291"
part_name: "DISPOSITION OF HUD-ACQUIRED AND -OWNED SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTY"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1701  42 U.S.C. 1441, 1441a, 1551a, and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 46956, Sept. 16, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "291"
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# 291.500 Purpose.

This subpart describes the policies and procedures governing the Good Neighbor Next Door (GNND) Sales Program. The purpose of the GNND Sales Program is to improve the quality of life in distressed urban communities. This is to be accomplished by encouraging law enforcement officers, teachers, and firefighters/emergency medical technicians to purchase and live in homes that are located in the same communities where they perform their daily responsibilities and duties.

[81 FR 53003, Aug. 11, 2016]