{"data":{"id":"us/24-cfr-985.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"24 CFR 985.2","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) The terms Department, Fair Market Rent, HUD, Secretary, and Section 8, as used in this part, are defined in 24 CFR 5.100.\n(b) The definitions in 24 CFR 982.4 apply to this part. As used in this part:\nConfirmatory review means an on site review performed by HUD to verify the management performance of an PHA.\nCorrective action plan means a HUD-required written plan that addresses PHA program management deficiencies or findings identified by HUD through remote monitoring or on-site review, and that will bring the PHA to an acceptable level of performance.\nMTCS means Multifamily Tenant Characteristics System. MTCS is the Department's national database on participants and rental units in the Section 8 rental certificate, rental voucher, and moderate rehabilitation programs and in the Public and Indian Housing programs.\nPHA means a Housing Agency.\nPHA's quality control sample means an annual sample of files or records drawn in an unbiased manner and reviewed by an PHA supervisor (or by another qualified person other than the person who performed the original work) to determine if the work documented in the files or records conforms to program requirements. The minimum size of the PHA's quality control sample is as follows:\nUniverse Minimum number of files or records to be sampled\n50 or less 5.\n51-600 5 plus 1 for each 50 (or part of 50) over 50.\n601-2000 16 plus 1 for each 100 (or part of 100) over 600.\nOver 2000 30 plus 1 for each 200 (or part of 200) over 2000.\nWhere the universe is: the number of admissions in the last year for each of the two quality control samples under the SEMAP indicator at § 985.3(a) Selection from the Waiting List; the number of families assisted for the SEMAP indicators at § 985.3(b) Reasonable Rent, and 985.3(c) Determination of Adjusted Income; the number of units under HAP contract during the last completed PHA fiscal year for the SEMAP indicator at § 985.3(e) HQS Quality Control Inspections; and the number of failed HQS inspections in the last year for the SEMAP indicator at § 985.3(f) HQS Enforcement.\nPerformance indicator means a standard set for a key area of Section 8 program management against which the PHA's performance is measured to show whether the PHA administers the program properly and effectively. (See § 985.3.)\nSEMAP certification means the PHA's annual certification to HUD, on the form prescribed by HUD, concerning its performance in key Section 8 program areas.\nSEMAP deficiency means any rating of 0 points on a SEMAP performance indicator.\nSEMAP profile means a summary prepared by HUD of an PHA's ratings on each SEMAP indicator, its overall SEMAP score, and its overall performance rating (high performer, standard, troubled).","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 985—SECTION 8 MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SEMAP) AND SMALL RURAL PHA ASSESSMENTS","Subpart A—General"],"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":"744fd9a9b572fc975331682dad64a47a272ab84a69ab3bf63ae7a33787fae709","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/24-cfr-985.1","next":"us/24-cfr-985.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}