---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 982.51"
title: "24"
number: "982.51"
heading: "PHA authority to administer program."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/982.51"
---

# §982.51. PHA authority to administer program.

- (a) The PHA must have authority to administer the program. The PHA must provide evidence, satisfactory to HUD, of its status as a PHA, of its authority to administer the program, and of the PHA jurisdiction.
- (b) The evidence submitted by the PHA to HUD must include enabling legislation and a supporting legal opinion satisfactory to HUD. The PHA must submit additional evidence when there is a change that affects its status as a PHA, its authority to administer the program, or its jurisdiction.

## Notes

### Amendments

[60 FR 34695, July 3, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 26641, May 14, 1999; 80 FR 8245, Feb. 17, 2015]

### Source

Source: 60 FR 34695, July 3, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[60 FR 34695, July 3, 1995, as amended at 64 FR 26641, May 14, 1999; 80 FR 8245, Feb. 17, 2015]