---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 903.3"
title: "24"
number: "903.3"
heading: "What is the purpose of this subpart?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/903.3"
---

# §903.3. What is the purpose of this subpart?

- (a) This subpart specifies the requirements for PHA plans, required by section 5A of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ([42 U.S.C. 1437c-1](/usc/42/1437c-1.md)) (the Act), as amended.
- (b) The purpose of the plans is to provide a strategic planning framework for PHA management operations and capital planning:
  - (1) Local accountability; and
  - (2) An easily identifiable source by which public housing residents, participants in the tenant-based and project-based assistance program, and other members of the public may locate basic PHA policies, rules and requirements concerning the PHA's operations, programs and services.
- (c) Title VII of the Housing and Economic Reform Act, Public Law 110-289, [section 2702](/cfr/24/2702.md), amends [42 U.S.C. 1437c-1(b)](/usc/42/1437c-1.md?p=b) to provide qualified PHAs an exemption from the requirement of section 5A of the Act to submit an annual PHA Plan. The term “qualified PHA” means a public housing agency that meets the following requirements:
  - (1) The sum of the number of public housing dwelling units administered by the agency, and the number of vouchers under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 ([42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)](/usc/42/1437f.md?p=o)) administered by the agency, is 550 or fewer; and
  - (2) The agency is not designated under section [42 U.S.C. 1437d(j)(2)](/usc/42/1437d.md?p=j-2) as a troubled public housing agency, and does not have a failing score under SEMAP during the prior 12 months.

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 63770, Oct. 24, 2013, as amended at 89 FR 38292, May 7, 22024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437c; 42 U.S.C. 1437c-1; Pub. L. 110-289; 42 U.S.C. 3535d.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 81222, Dec. 22, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[78 FR 63770, Oct. 24, 2013, as amended at 89 FR 38292, May 7, 22024]