HUD Handbook 7465.1 REV-2 CHG-2 — Public Housing Occupancy Handbook
HUD agency guidance (not codified law) on occupancy requirements for the public housing program: admission policies, applications, eligibility, suitability for tenancy, tenant selection and waiting-list management, and special situations (shared housing, disaster victims). Verified 2026-09-25: 6 chapters (74651c1pihh.pdf through 74651c6pihh.pdf; chapter 7 confirmed absent), individually revised — chapter 5 alone is at REV-2 CHG-1 while the rest are REV-2, against the handbook's overall REV-2 CHG-2 title-page designation.
Provisions (27)
§ 1-1
ADMISSION POLICIES
§ 1-2
OCCUPANCY RECORDS
§ 1-3
NONDISCRIMINATION
§ 2-1
TAKING APPLICATIONS
§ 2-2
APPLICANT AND PHA CERTIFICATION
§ 2-3
MAINTAINING A WELL-BALANCED APPLICATION POOL
§ 3-1
INCOME LIMITS
§ 3-2
INCOME LIMIT RESTRICTIONS
§ 3-3
QUALIFYING AS A FAMILY
§ 3-4
ELDERLY FAMILY
§ 3-5
SINGLE NON-ELDERLY
§ 3-6
ALIENS
§ 4-1
APPLICANT EVALUATION
§ 4-2
APPLICANTS WITH HANDICAPS
§ 4-3
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
§ 4-4
NOTIFYING APPLICANTS OF THEIR STATUS
§ 5-1
SIZE OF UNIT NEEDED
§ 5-2
TYPE OF UNIT, TYPE OF PROJECT NEEDED
§ 5-3
BROAD RANGE OF INCOME
§ 5-4
SELECTION PREFERENCES
§ 5-5
RANKING PREFERENCES
§ 5-6
ORGANIZING THE WAITING LIST
§ 5-7
SELECTING APPLICANTS FROM THE WAITING LIST
§ 6-1
AGREEMENT WITH SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY
§ 6-2
SHARED HOUSING
§ 6-3
RESIDENT EMPLOYEES
§ 6-4