HUD Handbook 7465.1 § 1-1

a.    Policy.

            (1)   PHAs must adopt admission policies which meet the
                  requirements of:

                  (a)   HUD regulations at 24 CFR 912, 913, 942, and
                        960;

                  (b)   Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
                        24 CFR 1;

                  (c)   All other civil rights requirements
                        (paragraph 1-3(c));

                  (d)   the Annual Contributions Contract (ACC); and

                  (e)   State and local laws.

            (2)   Admission policies must be reasonable and must be
                  consistent with the PHA's responsibilities as a
                  public body.

            (3)   Admission policies must include a tenant selection
                  and assignment plan which covers:

                  (a)   the organization of the waiting list
                        (paragraph 5-6);

                  (b)   the method by which applicants will be chosen
                        from the waiting list and offered available
                        dwelling units (paragraph 5-7); and

                  (c)   the circumstances under which a transfer would
                        take precedence over an admission.

                  The tenant selection and assignment plan,
                  including any changes to an existing plan, must be
                  reviewed and approved by HUD (paragraph 1-1(c)).

                  (4)   Admission policies must also include:

                  (a)   the PHA's standards for determining:

                        o   eligibility (Chapter 3);

o   suitability for tenancy (Chapter 4); and

                        o   the size and type of unit and type Of
                            Project needed (paragraphs 5-1 and 5-2);

                  (b)   the PHA's procedures for verifying the
                        information the applicant has provided;

                  (c)   the PHA's method for achieving a broad range
                        of income in each of its projects (paragraph
                        5-3); and

                  (d)   the PHA's selection preferences and their
                        relative weights (paragraphs 5-4 and 5-5).

                  The PHA may submit these policies to the local HUD
                  office for review, but formal HUD approval is not
                  required.

            (5)   The PHA must formally adopt the admission policies.

            (6)   The PHA must post copies of the admission policies
                  in each office where applications are received.

            (7)   The PHA must provide the pertinent portion of its
                  admission policies to any applicant or tenant who
                  requests it.

       b.   PHA PROCEDURES - Submission of    Tenant   Selection and
            Assignment Plan

            PHAs must submit an initial or revised tenant selection
            and assignment plan to the local HUD office for review.

       c.   HUD RESPONSIBILITIES - Approval of Tenant Selection and
            Assignment Plan

            (1)   The Regional Administrator takes final action on
                  the tenant selection and assignment plan if the PHA
                  is submitting:

                  (a)   its initial plan and it is a standard plan
                        providing for a single community-wide waiting
                        list and one offer or up to three offers as
                        described in paragraph 5-7; or

                  (b)   a change to its existing plan to comply with
                        any, administrative or management purpose
                        unrelated to complying with Title VI of the
                        Civil Rights Act of 1964 and which is a
                        standard plan providing for a single

community-wide waiting list and one offer or
                        up to three offers as described in paragraph
                        5-7.

               The Regional Administrator may delegate this
         responsibility.

            (2)   The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
                  Opportunity (FHEO) or a designee must be consulted
                  if the tenant selection and assignment plan does
                  not meet the minimum requirements in:

                  (a)   paragraph 1-3a., Nondiscrimination Policy; or

                  (b)   paragraph 5-7a.(3) and (4), 1 offer or 2-3
                        offer tenant selection plans.

            (3)   The Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal
                  Opportunity (FHEO) or a designee takes final
                  action on the tenant selection and assignment plan
                  if:

                        o   the plan has been submitted for the
                            purpose of complying with Title VI of
                            the Civil Rights Act of 1964;

                        o   the PHA is operating under a finding of
                            apparent non-compliance with Title VI;
                            or

                        o   the PHA has submitted the plan as a
                            component of any public housing
                            desegregation initiative.

            (4)   See paragraph 5-6(d) for HUD processing of a PHA
                  request to establish separate waiting lists for
                  separate communities within the PHA's
                  jurisdiction.

    d.      REFERENCES

            24 CFR 1.4

            24 CFR 960.203 and 960.204