---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 982.641"
title: "24"
number: "982.641"
heading: "Homeownership option: Applicability of other requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/982.641"
---

# §982.641. Homeownership option: Applicability of other requirements.

- (a) **General.** The following types of provisions (located in other subparts of this part) do not apply to assistance under the homeownership option:
  - (1) Any provisions concerning the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) owner or the HAP contract between the PHA and owner;
  - (2) Any provisions concerning the assisted tenancy or the lease between the family and the owner;
  - (3) Any provisions concerning PHA approval of the assisted tenancy;
  - (4) Any provisions concerning rent to owner or reasonable rent; and
  - (5) **Any provisions concerning the issuance or term of voucher.**
- (b) **Subpart G requirements.** The following provisions of subpart G of this part do not apply to assistance under the homeownership option:
  - (1) [Section 982.302](/cfr/24/982.302.md) (Issuance of voucher; Requesting PHA approval of assisted tenancy);
  - (2) [Section 982.303](/cfr/24/982.303.md) (Term of voucher);
  - (3) [Section 982.305](/cfr/24/982.305.md) (PHA approval of assisted tenancy);
  - (4) [Section 982.306](/cfr/24/982.306.md) (PHA disapproval of owner) (except that a PHA may disapprove a seller for any reason described in [paragraph (c)](#c), see [§ 982.631(d)](/cfr/24/982.631.md?p=d)).
  - (5) [Section 982.307](/cfr/24/982.307.md) (Tenant screening);
  - (6) [Section 982.308](/cfr/24/982.308.md) (Lease and tenancy);
  - (7) [Section 982.309](/cfr/24/982.309.md) (Term of assisted tenancy);
  - (8) [Section 982.310](/cfr/24/982.310.md) (Owner termination of tenancy);
  - (9) [Section 982.311](/cfr/24/982.311.md) (When assistance is paid) (except that [§ 982.311(c)(3)](/cfr/24/982.311.md?p=c-3) is applicable to assistance under the homeownership option);
  - (10) [Section 982.313](/cfr/24/982.313.md) (Security deposit: Amounts owed by tenant); and
  - (11) [Section 982.354](/cfr/24/982.354.md) (Move with continued tenant-based assistance).
- (c) **Subpart H requirements.** The following provisions of subpart H of this part do not apply to assistance under the homeownership option:
  - (1) [Section 982.352(a)(6)](/cfr/24/982.352.md?p=a-6) (Prohibition of owner-occupied assisted unit);
  - (2) [Section 982.352(b)](/cfr/24/982.352.md?p=b) (PHA-owned housing); and
  - (3) Those provisions of [§ 982.353](/cfr/24/982.353.md) (Where family can lease a unit with tenant-based assistance) and [§ 982.355](/cfr/24/982.355.md) (Portability: Administration by receiving PHA) that are inapplicable per [§ 982.636](/cfr/24/982.636.md);
- (d) **Subpart I requirements.** The following provisions of subpart I of this part do not apply to assistance under the homeownership option:
  - (1) [Section 982.403](/cfr/24/982.403.md) (Terminating HAP contract when unit is too small);
  - (2) [Section 982.404](/cfr/24/982.404.md) (Maintenance: Owner and family responsibility; PHA remedies);
  - (3) [Section 982.405](/cfr/24/982.405.md) (PHA unit inspection); and
  - (4) [Section 982.406](/cfr/24/982.406.md) (Use of alternative inspections).
- (e) **Subpart J requirements.** The requirements of [subpart J](/cfr/24/subpartJ.md) of this part (Housing Assistance Payments Contract and Owner Responsibility) ([§§ 982.451-456](/cfr/24/982.451-456.md)) do not apply to assistance under the homeownership option.
- (f) **Subpart K requirements.** Except for those sections listed below, the requirements of [subpart K](/cfr/24/subpartK.md) of this part (Rent and Housing Assistance Payment) ([§§ 982.501-521](/cfr/24/982.501-521.md)) do not apply to assistance under the homeownership option:
  - (1) [Section 982.503](/cfr/24/982.503.md) (Voucher tenancy: Payment standard amount and schedule);
  - (2) [Section 982.516](/cfr/24/982.516.md) (Family income and composition: Regular and interim reexaminations); and
  - (3) [Section 982.517](/cfr/24/982.517.md) (Utility allowance schedule), except that [§ 982.517(d)](/cfr/24/982.517.md?p=d) does not apply because the utility allowance is always based on the size of the home bought by the family with homeownership assistance.
- (g) **Subpart L requirements.** The following provisions of subpart L of this part do not apply to assistance under the homeownership option:
  - (1) [Section 982.551(c)](/cfr/24/982.551.md?p=c) (HQS breach caused by family);
  - (2) [Section 982.551(d)](/cfr/24/982.551.md?p=d) (Allowing PHA inspection);
  - (3) [Section 982.551(e)](/cfr/24/982.551.md?p=e) (Violation of lease);
  - (4) [Section 982.551(g)](/cfr/24/982.551.md?p=g) (Owner eviction notice); and
  - (5) [Section 982.551(j)](/cfr/24/982.551.md?p=j) (Interest in unit).
- (h) **Subpart M requirements.** The following provisions of subpart M of this part do not apply to assistance under the homeownership option:
  - (1) [Sections 982.602-982.619](/cfr/24/982.602-982.619.md); and
  - (2) [Sections 982.622-982.624](/cfr/24/982.622-982.624.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 55163, Sept. 12, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 64494, Oct. 18, 2002; 80 FR 8247, Feb. 17, 2015; 80 FR 50575, Aug. 20, 2015; 89 FR 38304, May 7, 2024]

### Source

Source: 65 FR 55163, Sept. 12, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 23865, Apr. 30, 1998, 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

[65 FR 55163, Sept. 12, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 64494, Oct. 18, 2002; 80 FR 8247, Feb. 17, 2015; 80 FR 50575, Aug. 20, 2015; 89 FR 38304, May 7, 2024]