24 CFR § 578.91 - Termination of assistance to program participants.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s578.91"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 578.91 - Termination of assistance to program participants."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "578.91"
section_name: "Termination of assistance to program participants."
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: "578"
part_name: "CONTINUUM OF CARE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "12 U.S.C. 1701x, 1701 x-1; 42 U.S.C. 11381 42 U.S.C. 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "77 FR 45442, July 31, 2012, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "578"
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# 578.91 Termination of assistance to program participants.
(a) *Termination of assistance.* The recipient or subrecipient may terminate assistance to a program participant who violates program requirements or conditions of occupancy. Termination under this section does not bar the recipient or subrecipient from providing further assistance at a later date to the same individual or family.
(b) *Due process.* In terminating assistance to a program participant, the recipient or subrecipient must provide a formal process that recognizes the rights of individuals receiving assistance under the due process of law. This process, at a minimum, must consist of:
(1) Providing the program participant with a written copy of the program rules and the termination process before the participant begins to receive assistance;
(2) Written notice to the program participant containing a clear statement of the reasons for termination;
(3) A review of the decision, in which the program participant is given the opportunity to present written or oral objections before a person other than the person (or a subordinate of that person) who made or approved the termination decision; and
(4) Prompt written notice of the final decision to the program participant.
(c) *Hard-to-house populations.* Recipients and subrecipients that are providing permanent supportive housing for hard-to-house populations of homeless persons must exercise judgment and examine all extenuating circumstances in determining when violations are serious enough to warrant termination so that a program participant's assistance is terminated only in the most severe cases.