{"data":{"id":"us/24-cfr-960.601","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"24 CFR 960.601","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) Definitions found elsewhere—(1) General definitions. The following terms are defined in part 5, subpart A of this title: public housing, public housing agency (PHA).\n(2) Definitions concerning income and rent. The following terms are defined in part 5, subpart F of this title: economic self-sufficiency program, work activities.\n(b) Other definitions. In addition to the definitions in paragraph (a) of this section, the following definitions apply:\nCommunity service. The performance of voluntary work or duties that are a public benefit, and that serve to improve the quality of life, enhance resident self-sufficiency, or increase resident self-responsibility in the community. Community service is not employment and may not include political activities.\nExempt individual. An adult who:\n(1) Is 62 years or older;\n(2)(i) Is a blind or disabled individual, as defined under Section 216(i)(1) or Section 1614 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(i)(1); 1382c), and who certifies that because of this disability she or he is unable to comply with the service provisions of this subpart, or\n(ii) Is a primary caretaker of such individual;\n(3) Is engaged in work activities;\n(4) Meets the requirements for being exempted from having to engage in a work activity under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other welfare program of the State in which the PHA is located, including a State-administered welfare-to-work program;\n(5) Is a member of a family receiving assistance, benefits or services under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or under any other welfare program of the State in which the PHA is located, including a State-administered welfare-to-work program, and has not been found by the State or other administering entity to be in noncompliance with such a program; or\n(6) is a member of a non-public housing over-income family.\nService requirement. The obligation of each adult resident, other than an exempt individual, to perform community service or participate in an economic-self sufficiency program required in accordance with § 960.603.","path":["Title 24—Housing and Urban Development","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development","CHAPTER IX—OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","PART 960—ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING","Subpart F—When Resident Must Perform Community Service Activities or Self-Sufficiency Work Activities"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-24.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:55Z","sha256":"0d0ebe771231e2003e06b5655b48416945f9dd51d56dd91b2e8bd6b9fd5062f9","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/24-cfr-960.600","next":"us/24-cfr-960.603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}