---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 982.205"
title: "24"
number: "982.205"
heading: "Waiting list: Different programs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/982.205"
---

# §982.205. Waiting list: Different programs.

- (a) **Merger and cross-listing—**
  - (1) **Merged waiting list.** A PHA may merge the waiting list for tenant-based assistance with the PHA waiting list for admission to another assisted housing program, including a federal or local program. In admission from the merged waiting list, admission for each federal program is subject to federal regulations and requirements for the particular program.
  - (2) **Non-merged waiting list: Cross-listing.** If the PHA decides not to merge the waiting list for tenant-based assistance with the waiting list for the PHA's public housing program, project-based voucher program or moderate rehabilitation program:
    - (i) If the PHA's waiting list for tenant-based assistance is open when an applicant is placed on the waiting list for the PHA's public housing program, project-based voucher program (including any owner-maintained waiting list), or moderate rehabilitation program, the PHA must offer to place the applicant on its waiting list for tenant-based assistance.
    - (ii) If the PHA's waiting list for its public housing program, project-based voucher program (including any owner-maintained waiting list), or moderate rehabilitationis open when an applicant is placed on the waiting list for its tenant-based program, and if the other program includes units suitable for the applicant, the PHA must offer to place the applicant on its waiting list for the other program.
- (b) **Other housing assistance: Effect of application for, receipt or refusal.**
  - (1) For purposes of this section, “other housing subsidy” means a housing subsidy other than assistance under the voucher program. Housing subsidy includes subsidy assistance under a federal housing program (including public housing), a State housing program, or a local housing program.
  - (2) The PHA may not take any of the following actions because an applicant has applied for, received, or refused other housing assistance:
    - (i) Refuse to list the applicant on the PHA waiting list for tenant-based assistance;
    - (ii) Deny any admission preference for which the applicant is currently qualified;
    - (iii) Change the applicant's place on the waiting list based on preference, date and time of application, or other factors affecting selection under the PHA selection policy; or
    - (iv) **Remove the applicant from the waiting list.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 36682, July 18, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 27163, May 30, 1996; 63 FR 23860, Apr. 30, 1998; 64 FR 26643, May 14, 1999; 65 FR 16821, Mar. 30, 2000; 80 FR 8246, Feb. 17, 2015; 90 FR 56687, Dec. 8, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 36682, July 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 36682, July 18, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 27163, May 30, 1996; 63 FR 23860, Apr. 30, 1998; 64 FR 26643, May 14, 1999; 65 FR 16821, Mar. 30, 2000; 80 FR 8246, Feb. 17, 2015; 90 FR 56687, Dec. 8, 2025]