---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 5.601"
title: "24"
number: "5.601"
heading: "Purpose and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/5.601"
---

# §5.601. Purpose and applicability.


This subpart states HUD requirements on the following subjects:

- (a) Determining annual and adjusted income of families who apply for or receive assistance in the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) (tenant-based and project-based) and public housing programs;
- (b) Determining payments by and utility reimbursements to families assisted in these programs;
- (c) **Additional occupancy requirements that apply to the Section 8 project-based assistance programs.** These additional requirements concern:
  - (1) Income-eligibility and income-targeting when a [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) owner admits families to a [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) project or unit;
  - (2) Owner selection preferences; and
  - (3) Owner reexamination of family income and composition;
- (d) Determining adjusted income, as provided in § [5.611(a)](/cfr/24/5.611.md?p=a) and [(c) through (e)](/cfr/24/5.611.md?p=c..e), for families who apply for or receive assistance under the following programs: [Section 202](/cfr/24/202.md) Supportive Housing Program for the Elderly ([24 CFR 891](/cfr/24/891.md), [subpart B](/cfr/24/subpartB.md)); [Section 202](/cfr/24/202.md) Direct Loans for Housing for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities ([24 CFR part 891](/cfr/24/part891.md), [subpart E](/cfr/24/subpartE.md)); and the [Section 811](/cfr/24/811.md) Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities ([24 CFR part 891](/cfr/24/part891.md), [subpart C](/cfr/24/subpartC.md)). Unless specified in the regulations for each of the programs listed in this [paragraph (d)](#d) or in another regulatory section of this part 5, [subpart F](/cfr/24/subpartF.md), then the regulations in [part 5](/cfr/24/part5.md), [subpart F](/cfr/24/subpartF.md), generally are not applicable to these programs; and
- (e) Limitations on eligibility for assistance based on assets, as provided in [§ 5.618](/cfr/24/5.618.md), in the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) (tenant-based and project-based) and public housing programs.

## Notes

### Amendments

[66 FR 6222, Jan. 19, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 9655, Feb. 14, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437d, 1437f, 1437n, and 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 61 FR 54498, Oct. 18, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.

### Amendments

[66 FR 6222, Jan. 19, 2001, as amended at 88 FR 9655, Feb. 14, 2023]