---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 983.202"
title: "24"
number: "983.202"
heading: "Purpose of HAP contract."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/983.202"
---

# §983.202. Purpose of HAP contract.

- (a) **Requirement.** The PHA must enter into a HAP contract with the owner. Except as provided in this paragraph, a HAP contract shall cover a single project. If multiple projects exist, each project shall be covered by a separate HAP contract. However, a PHA and owner may agree to place multiple projects, each consisting of a single-family building, under one HAP contract. The HAP contract must be in such form as may be prescribed by HUD.
- (b) **Purpose of HAP contract.**
  - (1) **The purpose of the HAP contract is to provide housing assistance payments for eligible families.**
  - (2) **The PHA makes housing assistance payments to the owner in accordance with the HAP contract.** Housing assistance is paid for contract units leased and occupied by eligible families during the HAP contract term.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 59913, Oct. 13, 2005, as amended at 79 FR 36167, June 25, 2014; 89 FR 38324, May 7, 2024]

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 70 FR 59913, Oct. 13, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 59913, Oct. 13, 2005, as amended at 79 FR 36167, June 25, 2014; 89 FR 38324, May 7, 2024]