24 CFR § 982.51 - PHA authority to administer program.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s982.51"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 982.51 - PHA authority to administer program."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "982.51"
section_name: "PHA authority to administer program."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "982"
part_name: "SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE: HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM"
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. 1437f and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 36682, July 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "982"
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# 982.51 PHA authority to administer program.
(a) The PHA must have authority to administer the program. The PHA must provide evidence, satisfactory to HUD, of its status as a PHA, of its authority to administer the program, and of the PHA jurisdiction.
(b) The evidence submitted by the PHA to HUD must include enabling legislation and a supporting legal opinion satisfactory to HUD. The PHA must submit additional evidence when there is a change that affects its status as a PHA, its authority to administer the program, or its jurisdiction.
[60 FR 34695, July 3, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 26641, May 14, 1999; 80 FR 8245, Feb. 17, 2015]