24 CFR § 880.605 - Overcrowded and underoccupied units.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s880.605"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "24 CFR § 880.605 - Overcrowded and underoccupied units."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "880.605"
section_name: "Overcrowded and underoccupied units."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, SECTION 202 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM, SECTION 202 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM AND SECTION 811 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM)"
part_number: "880"
part_name: "SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION"
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. 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, 3535(d), 12701, and 13611-13619."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 59410, Oct. 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "880"
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# 880.605 Overcrowded and underoccupied units.

If the contract administrator determines that because of change in family size an assisted unit is smaller than appropriate for the eligible family to which it is leased, or that the unit is larger than appropriate, housing assistance payments with respect to the unit will not be reduced or terminated until the eligible family has been relocated to an appropriate alternative unit. If possible, the owner will, as promptly as possible, offer the family an appropriate unit. The owner may receive vacancy payments for the vacated unit if he complies with the requirements of § 880.611.