24 C.F.R. § 8.55
§ 8.55 Compliance information. (24 CFR Part 8)
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(a) Cooperation and assistance. The responsible civil rights official and the award official shall, to the fullest extent practicable, seek the cooperation of recipients in obtaining compliance with this part and shall provide assistance and guidance to recipients to help them comply voluntarily with this part. (b) Compliance reports. Each recipient shall keep such records and submit to the responsible civil rights official or his or her designee timely, complete, and accurate compliance reports at such times, and in such form and containing such information, as the responsible civil rights official or his or her designee may determine to be necessary to enable him or her to ascertain whether the recipient has complied or is complying with this part. In general, recipients should have available for the Department data showing the extent to which individuals with handicaps are beneficiaries of federally assisted programs. (c) Access to sources of information. Each recipient shall permit access by the responsible civil rights official during normal business hours to such of its books, records, accounts, and other sources of information, and its facilities, as may be pertinent to ascertain compliance with this part. Where any information required of a recipient is in the exclusive possession of any other agency, institution, or person and this agency, institution, or person shall fail or refuse to furnish this information, the recipient shall so certify in its report and shall set forth what efforts it has made to obtain the information. (d) Information to beneficiaries and participants. Each recipient shall make available to participants, beneficiaries, and other interested persons such information regarding the provisions of this part and its applicability to the program or activity under which the recipient receives Federal financial assistance, and make such information available to them in such manner as the responsible civil rights official finds necessary to apprise such persons of the protections against discrimination assured them by this part.
Under 24 CFR Part 8 § 8.55, entities that receive federal housing assistance are required to cooperate with HUD civil rights officials, maintain records, and submit compliance reports demonstrating how they serve individuals with disabilities. These recipients must also open their books and facilities to federal reviewers during normal business hours and, when third-party information is unavailable, document the efforts made to obtain it. Additionally, recipients are obligated to make information about disability nondiscrimination protections available to the people their programs serve.
Plain English — not legal advice.
Property owners and housing managers who receive federal financial assistance should be aware that § 8.55 requires them to maintain organized records showing how individuals with disabilities participate in or benefit from their programs. Compliant operators generally keep this data readily accessible, respond to compliance report requests from HUD's civil rights office in a timely and accurate manner, and post or distribute information about disability protections to residents and applicants. When relevant records are held by a third party who refuses to provide them, operators document those outreach efforts in their compliance submissions.
General guidance for property managers — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult an attorney for advice on your case.
Section 8.55 of 24 CFR Part 8 establishes that tenants and program beneficiaries have a right to receive clear information about the disability nondiscrimination protections that apply to the federally assisted housing program they participate in. If a recipient organization has not made this information available, that gap may be relevant to a complaint filed with HUD's Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Tenant-rights organizations and HUD's regional offices can help individuals understand what disclosures and records recipients are required to maintain under this provision.
General guidance for tenants — not legal advice for your specific situation. Consult a tenant-rights organization or attorney for advice on your case.
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