---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 880.101"
title: "24"
number: "880.101"
heading: "General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/880.101"
---

# §880.101. General.

- (a) The purpose of the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) program is to provide low-income families with decent, safe and sanitary rental housing through the use of a system of housing assistance payments. This part contains the policies and procedures applicable to the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) new construction program. The assistance may be provided to public housing agency owners or to private owners either directly from HUD or through public housing agencies.
- (b) This part does not apply to projects developed under other [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) program regulations, including 24 CFR parts [881](/cfr/24/part881.md), [882](/cfr/24/part882.md), 883, 884, and 885, except to the extent specifically stated in those parts. Portions of subparts [E](/cfr/24/subpartE.md) and [F](/cfr/24/subpartF.md) of this part 880 have been cross-referenced in 24 CFR parts [881](/cfr/24/part881.md) and [883](/cfr/24/part883.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 13587, Mar. 27, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, 3535(d), 12701, and 13611-13619.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 59410, Oct. 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 13587, Mar. 27, 1996]