24 CFR § 700.100 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s700.100"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 700.100 - Purpose."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "700.100"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS)"
part_number: "700"
part_name: "CONGREGATE HOUSING SERVICES 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. 3535(d) and 8011."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 42943, 42949, Aug. 19, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "700"
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# 700.100 Purpose.

The requirements of this part augment the requirements of section 802 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (approved November 28, 1990, Public Law 101-625) (42 U.S.C. 8011), (hereinafter, section 802), as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-550, approved October 28, 1992), which authorizes the Congregate Housing Services Program (hereinafter, CHSP or Program).