24 CFR § 791.406 - Competition.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s791.406"
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title: "24 CFR § 791.406 - Competition."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "791.406"
section_name: "Competition."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS)"
part_number: "791"
part_name: "ALLOCATIONS OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUNDS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1439 and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 10849, Mar. 15, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 791.406 Competition.

(a) All budget authority allocated pursuant to § 791.403(b)(2) shall be reserved and obligated pursuant to a competition. Any such competition shall be conducted pursuant to specific criteria for the selection of recipients of assistance. These criteria shall be contained in a regulation promulgated after notice and public comment or, to the extent authorized by law, a notice published in the *Federal Register.*

(b) This section shall not apply to assistance referred to in §§ 791.403(b)(1) and 791.407.