---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 5.500"
title: "24"
number: "5.500"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/5.500"
---

# §5.500. Applicability.

- (a) **Covered programs/assistance.** This subpart E implements [Section 214](/cfr/24/214.md) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980, as amended ([42 U.S.C. 1436a](/usc/42/1436a.md)). [Section 214](/cfr/24/214.md) prohibits HUD from making financial assistance available to persons who are not in eligible status with respect to citizenship or noncitizen immigration status. This subpart E is applicable to financial assistance provided under:
  - (1) Section 235 of the National Housing Act ([12 U.S.C. 1715z](/usc/12/1715z.md)) (the [Section 235](/cfr/24/235.md) Program);
  - (2) Section 236 of the National Housing Act ([12 U.S.C. 1715z-1](/usc/12/1715z-1.md)) (tenants paying below market rent only) (the [Section 236](/cfr/24/236.md) Program);
  - (3) [Section 101](/cfr/24/101.md) of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 ([12 U.S.C. 1701s](/usc/12/1701s.md)) (the Rent Supplement Program); and
  - (4) The United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S. C. 1437 et seq.) which covers:
    - (i) HUD's Public Housing Programs;
    - (ii) The [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) Housing Assistance Programs; and
    - (iii) **The Housing Development Grant Programs (with respect to low income units only).**
- (b) **Covered individuals and entities—**
  - (1) **Covered individuals/persons and families.** The provisions of this subpart E apply to both applicants for assistance and persons already receiving assistance covered under this subpart E.
  - (2) **Covered entities.** The provisions of this subpart E apply to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs), project (or housing) owners, and mortgagees under the [Section 235](/cfr/24/235.md) Program. The term “responsible entity” is used in this subpart E to refer collectively to these entities, and is further defined in [§ 5.504](/cfr/24/5.504.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1436a and 3535(d).

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701x; 42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, 1437n, 3535(d); 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.; 34 U.S.C. 12471 et seq.; Sec. 327, Pub. L. 109-115, 119 Stat. 2396; E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 258; E.O. 13559, 75 FR 71319, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 273; E.O. 14015, 86 FR 10007, 3 CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 517.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 5202, Feb. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted.