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Resident participation and HUD regulations

Our services help residents and housing authorities comply with 24 CFR Part 964, Tenant Participation and Tenant Opportunities in Public Housing. These are some of the most important sections.

• 24 CFR 964.11

  Right to organize

  Residents have the right to organize and to elect a resident council to represent their interests.

• Working together

  Constructive relationships

  HUD encourages public housing authorities and residents to work together to determine the most appropriate way to foster constructive relationships, particularly through duly elected resident councils.

• 24 CFR 964.150

  Tenant participation funds

  HUD pays $25 per occupied unit per year for properties where residents are represented by a duly elected resident council. $15 funds resident participatory activities through the resident council. $10 goes to the PHA to cover costs of resident participatory activities such as elections, recalls, entity formation, and training.

• 24 CFR 964.18(i)

  Recognizing resident councils

  A PHA shall officially recognize a duly elected resident council as the sole representative of the residents it purports to represent, and support its tenant participation activities.

• 24 CFR 964.130

  Election procedures and standards

  The resident council shall use an independent third party to oversee elections and recall procedures, including notice, nomination committee activities, planning meetings, voting, and counting ballots. The local PHA or a member of the resident council cannot serve as the independent third party.

• 24 CFR 964.130(a)(1)

  Minimum standards

  All procedures must assure fair and frequent elections of resident council members, at least once every three years for each member.

• 24 CFR 964.130(b)

  Consequences for failing to comply

  If a resident council fails to satisfy HUD minimum standards for fair and frequent elections, or fails to follow its own election procedures as adopted, HUD shall require the PHA to withdraw recognition of the resident council and to withhold resident services funds as well as funds provided in conjunction with services rendered for resident participation in public housing.

Read the full regulation at eCFR, 24 CFR Part 964.

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