|
Subpart M--Tenant-Based Rental Assistance
24 CFR 35.1200 Purpose and applicability.
(a) Purpose. The purpose of this subpart M is to establish procedures to eliminate as far as practicable lead-based paint hazards in housing occupied by families receiving tenant-based rental assistance. Such assistance includes tenant-based rental assistance under the Section 8 certificate program, the Section 8 voucher program, the HOME program, the Shelter Plus Care program, the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) program, and the Indian Housing Block Grant program. Tenant-based rental assistance means rental assistance that is not attached to the structure.
(b) Applicability. (1) This subpart applies only to dwelling units occupied or to be occupied by families or households that have one or more children of less than 6 years of age, common areas servicing such dwelling units, and exterior painted surfaces associated with such dwelling units or common areas. Common areas servicing a dwelling unit include those areas through which residents pass to gain access to the unit and other areas frequented by resident children of less than 6 years of age, including on-site play areas and child care facilities.
(2) For the purposes of the Section 8 tenant-based certificate program and the Section 8 voucher program:
(i) The requirements of this subpart are applicable where an initial or periodic inspection occurs on or after September 15, 2000; and
(ii) The PHA shall be the designated party.
(3) For the purposes of formula grants awarded under the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA) (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.):
(i) The requirements of this subpart shall apply to activities for which program funds are first obligated on or after September 15, 2000; and
(ii) The grantee shall be the designated party.
(4) For the purposes of competitively awarded grants under the HOPWA Program and the Shelter Plus Care program (42 U.S.C. 11402-11407) tenant-based rental assistance component:
(i) The requirements of this subpart shall apply to grants awarded pursuant to Notices of Funding Availability published on or after September 15, 2000; and
(ii) The grantee shall be the designated party.
(5) For the purposes of the HOME program:
(i) The requirements of this subpart shall not apply to funds which are committed in accordance with 24 CFR 92.2 of this title before September 15, 2000; and
(ii) The participating jurisdiction shall be the designated party.
(6) For the purposes of the Indian Housing Block Grant program:
(i) The requirements of this subpart shall apply to activities for which funds are first obligated on or after September 15, 2000; and
(ii) The IHBG recipient shall be the designated party.
(7) The housing agency, grantee, participating jurisdiction, or IHBG recipient may assign to a subrecipient or other entity the responsibilities of the designated party in this subpart.
24 CFR 35.1205 Definitions and other general requirements.
Definitions and other general requirements that apply to this subpart are found in subpart B of this part.
24 CFR 35.1210 Notices and pamphlet.
(a) Notice. In cases where evaluation or paint stabilization is undertaken, the owner shall provide a notice to residents in accordance with 24 CFR 35.125. A visual assessment is not an evaluation.
(b) Lead hazard information pamphlet. The owner shall provide the lead hazard information pamphlet in accordance with 24 CFR 35.130.
24 CFR 35.1215 Activities at initial and periodic inspection.
(a) (1) During the initial and periodic inspections, an inspector acting on behalf of the designated party and trained in visual assessment for deteriorated paint surfaces in accordance with procedures established by HUD shall conduct a visual assessment of all painted surfaces in order to identify any deteriorated paint.
(2) For tenant-based rental assistance provided under the HOME program, visual assessment shall be conducted as part of the initial and periodic inspections required under 24 CFR 92.209(i) of this title.
(b) The owner shall stabilize each deteriorated paint surface in accordance with 24 CFR 35.1330(a) and (b) before commencement of assisted occupancy. If assisted occupancy has commenced prior to a periodic inspection, such paint stabilization must be completed within 30 days of notification of the owner of the results of the visual assessment. Paint stabilization is considered complete when clearance is achieved in accordance with 24 CFR 35.1340.
(c) The owner shall provide a notice to occupants in accordance with 24 CFR 35.125(b)(1) and (c) describing the results of the clearance examination.
24 CFR 35.1220 Ongoing lead-based paint maintenance activities.
The owner shall incorporate ongoing lead-based paint maintenance activities into regular building operations in accordance with 24 CFR 35.1355(a).
24 CFR 35.1225 Child with an environmental intervention blood lead level.
(a) Within 15 days after being notified by a public health department or other medical health care provider that a child of less than 6 years of age living in an assisted dwelling unit has been identified as having an environmental intervention blood lead level, the designated party shall complete a risk assessment of the dwelling unit in which the child lived at the time the blood was last sampled and of the common areas servicing the dwelling unit. The risk assessment shall be conducted in accordance with 24 CFR 35.1320(b). When the risk assessment is complete, the designated party shall immediately provide the report of the risk assessment to the owner of the dwelling unit. If the child identified as having an environmental intervention blood lead level is no longer living in the unit when the designated party receives notification from the public health department or other medical health care provider, but another household receiving tenant-based rental assistance is living in the unit or is planning to live there, the requirements of this section apply just as they do if the child still lives in the unit. If a public health department has already conducted an evaluation of the dwelling unit, or the designated party conducted a risk assessment of the unit and common areas servicing the unit between the date the child's blood was last sampled and the date when the designated party received the notification of the environmental intervention blood lead level, the requirements of this paragraph shall not apply.
(b) Verification. After receiving information from a source other than a public health department or other medical health care provider that a child of less than 6 years of age living in an assisted dwelling unit may have an environmental intervention blood lead level, the designated party shall immediately verify the information with a public health department or other medical health care provider. If that department or provider verifies that the child has an environmental intervention blood lead level, such verification shall constitute notification to the designated party as provided in paragraph (a) of this section, and the designated party shall take the action required in paragraphs (a) and (c) of this section.
(c) Hazard reduction. Within 30 days after receiving the risk assessment report from the designated party or the evaluation from the public health department, the owner shall complete the reduction of identified lead-based paint hazards in accordance with 24 CFR 35.1325 or 24 CFR 35.1330. Hazard reduction is considered complete when clearance is achieved in accordance with 24 CFR 35.1340 and the clearance report states that all lead-based paint hazards identified in the risk assessment have been treated with interim controls or abatement or when the public health department certifies that the lead-based paint hazard reduction is complete. If the owner does not complete the hazard reduction required by this section, the dwelling unit is in violation of Housing Quality Standards (HQS).
(d) Notice of evaluation and hazard reduction. The owner shall notify building residents of any evaluation or hazard reduction activities in accordance with 24 CFR 35.125.
(e) Reporting requirement. The designated party shall report the name and address of a child identified as having an environmental intervention blood lead level to the public health department within 5 working days of being so notified by any other medical health care professional.
(f) Data collection and record keeping responsibilities. At least quarterly, the designated party shall attempt to obtain from the public health department(s) with area(s) of jurisdiction similar to that of the designated party the names and/or addresses of children of less than 6 years of age with an identified environmental intervention blood lead level. At least quarterly, the designated party shall also report an updated list of the addresses of units receiving assistance under a tenant-based rental assistance program to the same public health department(s), except that the report(s) to the public health department(s) is not required if the health department states that it does not wish to receive such report. If it obtains names and addresses of environmental intervention blood lead level children from the public health department(s), the designated party shall match information on cases of environmental intervention blood lead levels with the names and addresses of families receiving tenant-based rental assistance, unless the public health department performs such a matching procedure. If a match occurs, the designated party shall carry out the requirements of this section.
|
