24 CFR § 960.601 - Definitions.

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title: "24 CFR § 960.601 - Definitions."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "960.601"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "960"
part_name: "ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437d, 1437n, 1437z-3, and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "40 FR 33446, Aug. 8, 1975, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 49 FR 6714, Feb. 23, 1984."
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# 960.601 Definitions.

(a) *Definitions found elsewhere*—(1) *General definitions.* The following terms are defined in part 5, subpart A of this title: *public housing, public housing agency* (PHA).

(2) *Definitions concerning income and rent.* The following terms are defined in part 5, subpart F of this title: *economic self-sufficiency program, work activities.*

(b) *Other definitions.* In addition to the definitions in paragraph (a) of this section, the following definitions apply:

*Community service.* The performance of voluntary work or duties that are a public benefit, and that serve to improve the quality of life, enhance resident self-sufficiency, or increase resident self-responsibility in the community. Community service is not employment and may not include political activities.

*Exempt individual.* An adult who:

(1) Is 62 years or older;

(2)(i) Is a blind or disabled individual, as defined under Section 216(i)(1) or Section 1614 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(1); 1382c), and who certifies that because of this disability she or he is unable to comply with the service provisions of this subpart, or

(ii) Is a primary caretaker of such individual;

(3) Is engaged in work activities;

(4) Meets the requirements for being exempted from having to engage in a work activity under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.*) or under any other welfare program of the State in which the PHA is located, including a State-administered welfare-to-work program;

(5) Is a member of a family receiving assistance, benefits or services under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.*) or under any other welfare program of the State in which the PHA is located, including a State-administered welfare-to-work program, and has not been found by the State or other administering entity to be in noncompliance with such a program; or

(6) is a member of a non-public housing over-income family.

*Service requirement.* The obligation of each adult resident, other than an exempt individual, to perform community service or participate in an economic-self sufficiency program required in accordance with § 960.603.

[65 FR 16729, Mar. 29, 2000, as amended at 88 FR 9675, Feb. 14, 2023]