24 CFR § 792.203 - Application of amounts recovered.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s792.203"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 792.203 - Application of amounts recovered."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "792.203"
section_name: "Application of amounts recovered."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS)"
part_number: "792"
part_name: "PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY SECTION 8 FRAUD RECOVERIES"
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 note and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 9409, Feb. 28, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "792"
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# 792.203 Application of amounts recovered.

(a) The PHA may only use the amount of the recovery it is authorized to retain in support of the section 8 program in which the fraud occurred.

(b) The remaining balance of the recovery proceeds (i.e., the portion of recovery the PHA is not authorized to retain) must be applied as directed by HUD.