---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 5.856"
title: "24"
number: "5.856"
heading: "When must I prohibit admission of sex offenders?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/5.856"
---

# §5.856. When must I prohibit admission of sex offenders?


You must establish standards that prohibit admission to federally assisted housing if any member of the household is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program. In the screening of applicants, you must perform necessary criminal history background checks in the State where the housing is located and in other States where the household members are known to have resided. (See [§ 5.905](/cfr/24/5.905.md).)


## Notes

### Source

Source: 66 FR 28792, May 24, 2001, 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.