---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 880.207"
title: "24"
number: "880.207"
heading: "Property standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/880.207"
---

# §880.207. Property standards.


Projects must comply with:

- (a) [Reserved]
- (b) In the case of manufactured homes, the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, pursuant to Title VI of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, and [24 CFR part 3280](/cfr/24/part3280.md);
- (c) In the case of congregate or single room occupant housing, the appropriate HUD guidelines and standards;
- (d) HUD requirements pursuant to [section 209](/cfr/24/209.md) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for projects for the elderly or handicapped;
- (e) HUD requirements pertaining to noise abatement and control; and
- (f) **Applicable State and local laws, codes, ordinances and regulations.**
- (g) **Smoke detectors—**
  - (1) **Performance requirement.** After October 30, 1992, each dwelling unit must include at least one battery-operated or hard-wired smoke detector, in proper working condition, on each level of the unit. If the unit is occupied by hearing-impaired persons, smoke detectors must have an alarm system, designed for hearing-impaired persons, in each bedroom occupied by a hearing-impaired person.
  - (2) **Acceptability criteria.** The smoke detector must be located, to the extent practicable, in a hallway adjacent to a bedroom, unless the unit is occupied by a hearing-impaired person, in which case each bedroom occupied by a hearing-impaired person must have an alarm system connected to the smoke detector installed in the hallway.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 59410, Oct. 15, 1979, as amended at 50 FR 9269, Mar. 7, 1985; 57 FR 33851, July 30, 1992; 63 FR 46578, Sept. 1, 1998]

### 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

[44 FR 59410, Oct. 15, 1979, as amended at 50 FR 9269, Mar. 7, 1985; 57 FR 33851, July 30, 1992; 63 FR 46578, Sept. 1, 1998]