24 CFR § 574.340 - Additional standards for community residences.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s574.340"
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title: "24 CFR § 574.340 - Additional standards for community residences."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "574.340"
section_name: "Additional standards for community residences."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "COMMUNITY FACILITIES"
part_number: "574"
part_name: "HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "12 U.S.C. 1701x, 1701 x-1; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 5301-5320."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 61740, Dec. 28, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "574"
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# 574.340 Additional standards for community residences.

(a) A community residence is a multiunit residence designed for eligible persons to provide a lower cost residential alternative to institutional care; to prevent or delay the need for such care; to provide a permanent or transitional residential setting with appropriate services to enhance the quality of life for those who are unable to live independently; and to enable such persons to participate as fully as possible in community life.

(b) If grant funds are used to provide a community residence, except for planning and other expenses preliminary to construction or other physical improvement for a community residence, the grantee must, prior to the expenditure of such funds, obtain and keep on file the following certifications:

(1) *A services agreement.* (i) A certification that the grantee will itself provide services as required by § 574.310(a) to eligible persons assisted by the community residence; or

(ii) A certification that the grantee has entered into a written agreement with a project sponsor or contracted service provider to provide services as required by § 574.310(a) to eligible persons assisted by the community residence;

(2) *The adequacy of funding.* (i) A certification that the grantee has acquired sufficient funding for these services; or

(ii) A certification that the grantee has on file an analysis of the service level needed for each community residence, a statement of which grantee agency, project sponsor, or service provider will provide the needed services, and a statement of how the services will be funded; and

(3) *Capability.* (i) A certification that the grantee is qualified to provide the services; or

(ii) A certification that the project sponsor or the service provider is qualified to provide the services.

[57 FR 61740, Dec. 28, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 17200, Apr. 11, 1994]