§ 950.3001 - Purpose, scope, and applicability.

(a) Purpose. The purpose of the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program is to develop local strategies to coordinate the use of public and Indian housing assistance and housing assistance under the section 8 rental certificate and rental voucher programs with public and private resources, to enable families eligible to receive assistance under these programs to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency.

(b) Applicability. This subpart applies to Indian housing authorities (IHA) that elect to operate a local FSS program, and when such an election is made, to Indian housing assisted under the United States Housing Act of 1937, and developed or operated by an IHA in an Indian area, as defined in § 950.102. This subpart does not apply to the Mutual Help Homeownership Program or the Turnkey III Program. IHAs that elect to participate in the FSS program are not subject to minimum program size requirements. Additionally, IHAs that received Indian housing units under the FSS incentive award competitions are not subject to the minimum program size requirements.