24 CFR § 964.410 - Additional definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s964.410"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 964.410 - Additional definitions."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "964.410"
section_name: "Additional definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "964"
part_name: "TENANT PARTICIPATION AND TENANT OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC HOUSING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1437d, 1437g, 1437r, 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 43636, Aug. 24, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "964"
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# 964.410 Additional definitions.

The following additional definitions apply to this subpart only:

*Directly assisted.* Directly assisted means a public housing resident or a recipient of housing assistance in the tenant-based section 8 program. Direct assistance does not include any State financed housing assistance or Section 8 project-based assistance.

*Eligible resident.* An eligible resident is a person:

(1) Who is directly assisted by a public housing agency;

(2) Whose name appears on the lease; and

(3) Is eighteen years of age or older.

*Governing board.* Governing board means the board of directors or similar governing body of a public housing agency.

*Resident board member.* A resident board member is a member of the governing board who is directly assisted by that public housing agency.