---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 881.207"
title: "24"
number: "881.207"
heading: "Property standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/881.207"
---

# §881.207. Property standards.


Projects must comply with:

- (a) [Reserved]
- (b) In the case of congregate or single room occupant housing, the appropriate HUD guidelines and standards;
- (c) 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;
- (d) HUD requirements pertaining to noise abatement and control;
- (e) The Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act ([42 U.S.C. 4821-4846](/usc/42/4821-4846.md)), the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 ([42 U.S.C. 4851-4856](/usc/42/4851-4856.md)), and implementing regulations at [part 35](/cfr/24/part35.md), subparts [A](/cfr/24/subpartA.md), [B](/cfr/24/subpartB.md), H, and R of this title; 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

[45 FR 7085, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended at 52 FR 1893, Jan. 15, 1987; 57 FR 33851, July 30, 1992; 63 FR 46578, Sept. 1, 1998; 64 FR 50227, Sept. 15, 1999]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 45 FR 7085, Jan. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 7085, Jan. 31, 1980, as amended at 52 FR 1893, Jan. 15, 1987; 57 FR 33851, July 30, 1992; 63 FR 46578, Sept. 1, 1998; 64 FR 50227, Sept. 15, 1999]