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Harris County Community Services Department <br /> Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br /> <br />HarrisCounty <br />CommunityServicesDepartment <br />AffordableHousingDesignStandards <br />References <br />24CFR42DisplacementRelocationAssistanceandRealPropertyAcquisitionfor <br />HUDandHUDAssistedPrograms <br />24CFR58EnvironmentalReviewProceduresforEntitiesAssumingHUD <br />EnvironmentalResponsibilities <br />24CFR85AdministrativeRequirementsforGrantsandCooperativeAgreementsto <br />State,LocalandFederallyRecognizedIndianTribalGovernments <br />24CFR92HOMEInvestmentPartnershipsProgram‘FinalRule <br />24CFR570CommunityDevelopmentBlockGrantProgram <br />24CFR983.6(b)Newconstructionsiteandneighborhoodstandards <br />28CFR36AmericanswithDisabilitiesAct <br />49CFR24UniformRelocationAssistanceandRealPropertyAcquisitionPoliciesAct <br />(URA) <br />Section3EconomicOpportunities <br />Section504TheRehabilitationActof1973 <br />Section221(d)(3)MortgageInsuranceforRentalandCooperativeHousing <br />UniformFederalAccessibilityStandards(UFAS) <br />OMBCircularA110 <br />DavidBaconandRelatedActs <br />2009InternationalBuildingCode <br />Introduction <br />HarrisCounty,asarecipientoffederalfunding,mustadministeritsHOMEInvestment <br />PartnershipsProgram(HOME)andCommunityDevelopmentBlockGrantProgram(CDBG)ina <br />mannerthatprovideshousingthatissuitablefromthestandpointofpromotinggreaterchoice <br />ofhousingopportunitiesandfacilitatingandfurtheringfullcompliancewithregulations <br />establishedbytheU.S.DepartmentofHousingandUrbanDevelopment(HUD)forthe <br />aforementionedprograms. <br />ThepurposeofthisdocumentistodescribetheHarrisCountyCommunityServices <br />5;¦©·’;“·x­(HCCSD),theHarrisCountyadministratorofHUDentitlementfunding,housing <br />policyobjectives,therangeofactivitiesavailabletoadvancetheseobjectives,andthemanner <br />inwhichthoseactivitieswillbedesigned,evaluated,andselectedforfunding.Theoverallgoal <br />totheseguidelinesandstandardsistoensurethedevelopmentofqualityaffordablehousing <br />Harris County Community Services Department 4 <br />Affordable Housing Project Design Standards <br />Revised May 2011 <br /> <br />