24 CFR § 945.201 - Approval to designate housing.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s945.201"
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title: "24 CFR § 945.201 - Approval to designate housing."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "945.201"
section_name: "Approval to designate housing."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "945"
part_name: "DESIGNATED HOUSING—PUBLIC HOUSING DESIGNATED FOR OCCUPANCY BY DISABLED, ELDERLY, OR DISABLED AND ELDERLY FAMILIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1473e and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 17662, Apr. 13, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "945"
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# 945.201 Approval to designate housing.

(a) *Designated housing for elderly families.* To designate a project for occupancy by elderly families, a PHA must have a HUD-approved allocation plan that meets the requirements of § 945.203.

(b) *Designated housing for disabled families.* To designate a project for occupancy by disabled families, a PHA must have a HUD-approved allocation plan that meets the requirements of § 945.203, and a HUD-approved supportive service plan that meets the requirements of § 945.205.

(c) *Designated housing for elderly families and disabled families.* (1) A PHA that provides or intends to provide a mixed population project (a project for both elderly families *and* disabled families) is not required to meet the requirements of this part. The PHA is required to meet the requirements of 24 CFR part 960, subpart D.

(2) A PHA that intends to provide designated housing for elderly families or for disabled families must identify any existing or planned mixed population projects, reserved under 24 CFR part 960, subpart B, as additional housing resources, in its allocation plan, in accordance with § 945.203(c)(6).