[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR982.514]

[Page 605]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 982--SECTION 8 TENANT BASED ASSISTANCE: HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart K--Rent and Housing Assistance Payment
 
Sec. 982.514  Distribution of housing assistance payment.

    The monthly housing assistance payment is distributed as follows:
    (a) The PHA pays the owner the lesser of the housing assistance 
payment or the rent to owner.
    (b) If the housing assistance payment exceeds the rent to owner, the 
PHA may pay the balance of the housing assistance payment (``utility 
reimbursement'') either to the family or directly to the utility 
supplier to pay the utility bill on behalf of the family. If the PHA 
elects to pay the utility supplier directly, the PHA must notify the 
family of the amount paid to the utility supplier.

[63 FR 23861, Apr. 30, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 56914, Oct. 21, 1999; 
65 FR 16822, Mar. 30, 2000]