---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 8.28"
title: "24"
number: "8.28"
heading: "Housing voucher programs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/8.28"
---

# §8.28. Housing voucher programs.

- (a) In carrying out the requirements of this subpart, a recipient administering a [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) housing voucher program shall:
  - (1) In providing notice of the availability and nature of housing assistance for low-income families under program requirements, adopt suitable means to assure that the notice reaches eligible individuals with handicaps;
  - (2) In its activities to encourage participation by owners, include encouragement of participation by owners having accessible units;
  - (3) When issuing a Housing Voucher to a family which includes an individual with handicaps include a current listing of available accessible units known to the PHA and, if necessary, otherwise assist the family in locating an available accessible dwelling unit;
  - (4) Take into account the special problem of ability to locate an accessible unit when considering requests by eligible individuals with handicaps for extensions of Housing Vouchers; and
  - (5) If necessary as a reasonable accommodation for a person with disabilities, approve a family request for an exception payment standard under [§ 982.503(d)(5)](/cfr/24/982.503.md?p=d-5) for a regular tenancy under the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) voucher program so that the program is readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities.
- (b) In order to ensure that participating owners do not discriminate in the recipient's federally assisted program, a recipient shall enter into a HUD-approved contract with participating owners, which contract shall include necessary assurances of nondiscrimination.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 20233, June 2, 1988, as amended at 63 FR 23853, Apr. 30, 1998; 89 FR 38290, May 7, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 794; 42 U.S.C. 3535(d) and 5309.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 20233, June 2, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[53 FR 20233, June 2, 1988, as amended at 63 FR 23853, Apr. 30, 1998; 89 FR 38290, May 7, 2024]