---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 115.311"
title: "24"
number: "115.311"
heading: "Testing."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/115.311"
---

# §115.311. Testing.


The following requirements apply to testing activities funded under the FHAP:

- (a) The testing must be done in accordance with a HUD-approved testing methodology;
- (b) Testers must receive training or be experienced in testing procedures and techniques.
- (c) Testers and the organizations conducting tests, and the employees and agents of these organizations may not:
  - (1) Have an economic interest in the outcome of the test, without prejudice to the right of any person or entity to recover damages for any cognizable injury;
  - (2) Be a relative or acquaintance of any party in a case;
  - (3) Have had any employment or other affiliation, within five years, with the person or organization to be tested; or
  - (4) Be a competitor of the person or organization to be tested in the listing, rental, sale, or financing of real estate.

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 19074, Apr. 16, 2007, as amended at 89 FR 22942, Apr. 3, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3601-19; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 72 FR 19074, Apr. 16, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 19074, Apr. 16, 2007, as amended at 89 FR 22942, Apr. 3, 2024]