§581.6. Suitability criteria. — Inbound Citations

Applicant means any eligible organization that has submitted an application to the Department of Health and Human Services to obtain use of a certain suitable property to assist the homeless.

(a) Within 30 days after the receipt of a completed property checklist from landholding agencies either in response to a quarterly canvass, or between canvasses, HUD will determine, using the criteria set forth in § 581.6 whether a property is suitable for use to assist the homeless and report its determination to the landholding agency. Properties that are under lease, contract, license, or agreement by which a Federal agency retains a real property interest or which are scheduled to become unutilized or underutilized will be reviewed for suitability no earlier than six months prior to the expected date when the property will become unutilized or underutilized.

(a) Within 30 days after the receipt of a completed property checklist from landholding agencies either in response to a quarterly canvass, or between canvasses, HUD will determine, using the criteria set forth in 24 CFR 581.6 whether a property is suitable for use to assist the homeless and report its determination to the landholding agency. Properties that are under lease, contract, license, or agreement by which a Federal agency retains a real property interest or which are scheduled to become unutilized or underutilized will be reviewed for suitability no earlier than six months prior to the expected date when the property will become unutilized or underutilized.

Applicant means any eligible organization that has submitted an application to the Department of Health and Human Services to obtain use of a certain suitable property to assist the homeless.

(b) In the cases in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this section, properties will be determined unsuitable, unless the landholding agencies provide information to enable HUD to determine the property is suitable:

(1) Property that is inaccessible, meaning that the property is not accessible by road (including property on small offshore islands) or is landlocked (e.g., can be reached only by crossing private property and there is no established right or means of entry).

(2) Property located in an area to which the general public is denied access in the interest of national security (e.g., where a special pass or security clearance is a condition of entry to the property), unless there is an alternative method to gain access without compromising national security.

(3) Property located within a runway clear zone or a military airfield clear zone.

(4) Property located in a floodway, unless only an incidental portion of the property is in the floodway and that incidental portion does not affect the use of the remainder of the property to assist the homeless.

(b) In the cases in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this section, properties will be determined unsuitable, unless the landholding agencies provide information to enable HUD to determine the property is suitable:

(1) Property that is inaccessible, meaning that the property is not accessible by road (including property on small offshore islands) or is landlocked (e.g., can be reached only by crossing private property and there is no established right or means of entry).

(2) Property located in an area to which the general public is denied access in the interest of national security (e.g., where a special pass or security clearance is a condition of entry to the property), unless there is an alternative method to gain access without compromising national security.

(3) Property located within a runway clear zone or a military airfield clear zone.

(4) Property located in a floodway, unless only an incidental portion of the property is in the floodway and that incidental portion does not affect the use of the remainder of the property to assist the homeless.

(b) In the cases in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this section, properties will be determined unsuitable, unless the landholding agencies provide information to enable HUD to determine the property is suitable:

(1) Property that is inaccessible, meaning that the property is not accessible by road (including property on small offshore islands) or is landlocked (e.g., can be reached only by crossing private property and there is no established right or means of entry).

(2) Property located in an area to which the general public is denied access in the interest of national security (e.g., where a special pass or security clearance is a condition of entry to the property), unless there is an alternative method to gain access without compromising national security.

(3) Property located within a runway clear zone or a military airfield clear zone.

(4) Property located in a floodway, unless only an incidental portion of the property is in the floodway and that incidental portion does not affect the use of the remainder of the property to assist the homeless.

(b) In the cases in paragraphs (b)(1) through (4) of this section, properties will be determined unsuitable, unless the landholding agencies provide information to enable HUD to determine the property is suitable:

(1) Property that is inaccessible, meaning that the property is not accessible by road (including property on small offshore islands) or is landlocked (e.g., can be reached only by crossing private property and there is no established right or means of entry).

(2) Property located in an area to which the general public is denied access in the interest of national security (e.g., where a special pass or security clearance is a condition of entry to the property), unless there is an alternative method to gain access without compromising national security.

(3) Property located within a runway clear zone or a military airfield clear zone.

(4) Property located in a floodway, unless only an incidental portion of the property is in the floodway and that incidental portion does not affect the use of the remainder of the property to assist the homeless.