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§574.300 Eligible activities.
(a) General. Subject to applicable requirements described in §§574.310, 574.320, 574.330, and 574.340,
HOPWA funds may be used to assist all forms of housing designed to prevent homelessness including emergency
housing, shared housing arrangements, apartments, single room occupancy (SRO) dwellings, and community
residences. Appropriate supportive services, as required by §574.310(a), must be provided as part of any HOPWA
assisted housing, but HOPWA funds may also be used to provide services independently of any housing activity.
(b) Activities. The following activities may be carried out with HOPWA funds:
(1) Housing information services including, but not limited to, counseling, information, and referral services to
assi_ pst an_.etigiktLeer .p_son to locate, acquire, finance ant'aln housing, T d mainhis may also include fair housing
counseling for eligible persons who may encounter discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age,
national origin, familial status, or handicap;
(2) Resource identification to establish, coordinate and develop housing assistance resources for eligible persons
(including conducting preliminary research and making expenditures necessary to determine the feasibility of specific
housing -related initiatives);
(3) Acquisition, rehabilitation, conversion, lease, and repair of facilities to provide housing and services;
(4) New construction (for single room occupancy (SRO) dwellings and community residences only).
(5) Project- or tenant -based rental assistance, including assistance for shared housing arrangements;
(6) Short-term rent, mortgage, and utility payments to prevent the homelessness of the tenant or mortgagor of a
dwelling;
(7) Supportive services including, but not limited to, health, mental health, assessment, permanent housing
placement, drug and alcohol abuse treatment and counseling, day care, personal assistance, nutritional services,
intensive care when required, and assistance in gaining access to local, State, and Federal government benefits and
services, except that health services may only be provided to individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
or related diseases and not to family members of these individuals;
(8) Operating costs for housing including maintenance, security, operation, insurance, utilities, furnishings,
equipment, supplies, and other incidental costs;
(9) Technical assistance in establishing and operating a community residence, including planning and other pre -
development or pre -construction expenses and including, but not limited to, costs relating to community outreach and
educational activities regarding AIDS or related diseases for persons residing in proximity to the community
residence;
(10) Administrative expenses:
(i) Each grantee may use not more than 3 percent of the grant amount for its own administrative costs relating to
administering grant amounts and allocating such amounts to project sponsors; and
(ii) Each project sponsor receiving amounts from grants made under this program may use not more than 7
percent of the amounts received for administrative costs.
(11) For competitive grants only, any other activity proposed by the applicant and approved by HUD.
(c) Faith -based activities. (1) Organizations that are religious or faith -based are eligible, on the same basis as
any other organization, to participate in the HOPWA program. Neither the Federal government nor a State or local
government receiving funds under HOPWA programs shall discriminate against an organization on the basis of the
organization's religious character or affiliation.
(2) Organizations that are directly funded under the HOPWA program may not engage in inherently religious
activities, such as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization, as part of the programs or services funded under
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this part. If an organization conducts such activities, the activities must be offered separately, in time or location, from
the programs or services funded under this part, and participation must be voluntary for the beneficiaries of the HUD -
funded programs or services.
(3) An organization that participates in the HOPWA program will retain its independence from Federal, State, and
local governments, and may continue to carry out its mission, including the definition, practice, and expression of its
religious beliefs, provided that it does not use direct HOPWA funds to support any inherently religious activities, such
as worship, religious instruction, or proselytization. Among other things, faith -based organizations may use space in
their facilities to provide HOPWA-funded services, without removing religious art, icons, scriptures, or other religious
symbols. In addition, a HOPWA-funded religious organization retains its authority over its internal governance, and it
may retain religious terms in its organization's name, select its board members on a religious basis, and include
religious references in its organization's mission statements and other governing documents.
(4) An organization that participates in the HOPWA program shall not, in providing program assistance,
discriminate against a program beneficiary or prospective program beneficiary on the basis of religion or religious
belief.
(5) HOPWA funds may not be used for the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of structures to the extent
that those structures are used for inherently religious activities. HOPWA funds may be used for the acquisition,
construction, or rehabilitation of structures only to the extent that those structures are used for conducting eligible
activities under this part. Where a structure is used for both eligible and inherently religious activities, HOPWA funds
may not exceed the cost of those portions of the acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation that are attributable to
eligible activities in accordance with the cost accounting requirements applicable to HOPWA funds in this part.
Sanctuaries, chapels, or other rooms that a HOPWA-funded religious congregation uses as its principal place of
worship, however, are ineligible for HOPWA-funded improvements. Disposition of real property after the term of the
grant, or any change in use of the property during the term of the grant, is subject to government -wide regulations
governing real property disposition (see 24 CFR parts 84 and 85).
(6) If a State or local government voluntarily contributes its own funds to supplement federally funded activities,
the State or local government has the option to segregate the Federal funds or commingle them. However, if the funds
are commingled, this section applies to all of the commingled funds.
[57 FR 61740, Dec. 28, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 17200, Apr. 11, 1994; 68 FR 56405, Sept. 30, 2003]
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