Pennsylvania Administrative Code

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS § 141.21. Eligibility. Eligible units of local government may apply for grant assistance under this program. Source The provisions of this § 141.21 adopted May 3, 1985, effective May 4, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 1614; amended March 21, 1986, effective March 22, 1986, …

CLOSEOUT § 141.211. Close-out notification. A contract administered by a grantee shall be officially closed out upon program completion or the contract period, whichever comes first. While there are standard requirements to the close-out process, the Department will deal directly…

§ 141.22. Capacity. An applicant shall demonstrate adequate legal capacity to undertake assisted activities as specified in section 3 of the act (35 P. S. § 1753). Source The provisions of this § 141.22 adopted May 3, 1985, effective May 4, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 1614; amended March 21, …

§ 141.23. Community Development Plan. A program applicant shall submit a 3-year Community Development Plan (CDP) to the Department for review and approval. (1) The CDP shall include an analysis of the following needs: (i) The major communitywide housing needs, especially those pe…

APPLICANT INFORMATION § 141.231. Administration. The program set forth in this part will be administered in conformity with the act, Title I of the Federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.A. § § 5301—5320), and implementing Federal regulations and other re…

§ 141.24. Projected use of funds. An applicant shall provide budget forms to the Department and narratives required by the Department to document the planned use of requested grant funds. Beginning with FFY 1985 entitlement grants, entitlement entities shall comply with paragraph…

§ 141.3. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Act—The Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Program for Nonurban Counties and Certain Other Municipalities (35 P.…

SECTION 108 LOAN PROGRAM § 141.301. Purpose. This section and § § 141.302—141.309 contain conditions under which the Department will guarantee the notes or other obligations issued by public entities in compliance with Federal regulations authorizing a guarantee program under sec…

§ 141.302. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, § § 141.301 and 141.303—141.309, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Consortium—A group of public entities that have entered into an agreement with the Depar…

§ 141.303. Applicability of HUD implementing regulations. (a) An application for loan guarantees by the Department must meet the requirements in 24 CFR Subchapter C, Subpart M (relating to loan guarantees). (b) An application for State guarantees submitted with or without assista…

§ 141.304. Limitations on loan commitments—entitlement public entities. The amount of loan guarantees that an entitlement public entity receives may not exceed the amount of a public entity’s CDBG allocation that can support annual debt service payments based on the average amoun…

§ 141.305. Limitations on loan commitments—nonentitlement public entities. (a) The total amount of a loan guarantee made to a nonentitlement public entity may not exceed $3 million. (b) The maximum aggregate amount of section 108 loan assistance made to a county which applies on …

§ 141.307. Limitations on loan commitments—public entities. (a) The repayment period for a guaranteed loan may not exceed 20 years. (b) The security offered by the Department to HUD will include a pledge of all grants made to the State or for which the State may become eligible u…

§ 141.308. CDBG requirement. Applicable requirements of the CDBG program apply to public entities receiving guaranteed loan funds, except as those requirements may be specifically modified or augmented by this section and § § 141.301—141.307 and 141.309 or applicable HUD regulati…

§ 141.309. Department approval. (a) The Department may disapprove loan guarantees or may approve a guarantee for an amount less than requested, for reasons including one or more of the following: (1) The Department determines that the guarantee in light of the financial condition…

ALLOCATION OF FUNDS § 141.41. Competitive distribution. FFY 1984 funds will be allocated on a Statewide competitive basis. Source The provisions of this § 141.41 adopted May 3, 1985, effective May 4, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 1614; amended March 21, 1986, effective March 22, 1986, 16 Pa.B. …

§ 141.42. Limitations. Grant funds shall be offered for competitive distribution based on the allocation formula prescribed in sections 9—12 of the act (35 P. S. § § 1759—1762). Source The provisions of this § 141.42 adopted May 3, 1985, effective May 4, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 1614.

§ 141.43. Awards. Grant awards shall be distributed directly by the Department only to units of eligible local government. Source The provisions of this § 141.43 adopted May 3, 1985, effective May 4, 1985, 15 Pa.B. 1614; amended March 21, 1986, effective March 22, 1986, 16 Pa.B. …

§ 141.44. FFY 1985 and thereafter. (a) Entitlement grants will be allocated as follows: (1) Eighty-five percent of available FFY funds will be distributed under sections 4—7 of the act (35 P. S. § § 1754—1757). (2) Individual entitlement grants will be adjusted to account for rep…

ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES § 141.61. Coverage. An applicant may apply for eligible activities listed in section 105 of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C.A. § 5305), as contained in 24 CFR Subpart C (relating to eligible activities). Source The provis…

§ 141.62. Planning and administration. Planning and administrative costs may not exceed 18% of each grant award. Planning activities authorized under 24 CFR 570.205 (relating to eligible planning and policy-planning-management-capacity-building activities) be funded within the 18…

INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES § 141.81. Coverage. An activity not specified under section 105 of the CDBG law (42 U.S.C.A. § 4505) and which is specifically prohibited in 24 CFR 570.207 (relating to ineligible activities) is ineligible for program assistance. Source The provisions of thi…

§ 143.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Act—The Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Authorization Act (35 P. S. § § 1656.1—1656.9). Defect—A fai…

§ 143.10. Required manufacturer records. (a) Whenever a manufacturer receives information that may indicate the existence in a home produced by that manufacturer of an imminent safety hazard, serious defect, defect or noncompliance, the manufacturer shall, as soon as possible, bu…

§ 143.11. Manufactured home size calculations. (a) Calculations used to determine the number of square feet in a structure will be based on the structure’s exterior dimensions measured at the largest horizontal projections when erected onsite. These dimensions will include expand…

§ 143.12. Consumer complaints. Individuals alleging wrongful acts by persons involved in the manufacture or sale of manufactured homes within this Commonwealth shall contact the Department of Community and Economic Development, Housing Standards Division, 400 North Street, 4th Fl…

§ 143.13. Investigations. The Department, through the Housing Standards Division, after investigation on its own initiative or upon the receipt of a verified complaint under § 143.12 (relating to consumer complaints) has the power, after notice and hearing, to order the payment o…

§ 143.14. Hearings. Hearings under this chapter will be conducted in accordance with 1 Pa. Code Part II (relating to General Rules of Administrative Practice and Procedure). Source The provisions of this § 143.14 amended September 8, 2006, effective November 8, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 568…

§ 143.15. Fees. To offset the costs of follow-up monitoring or inspections incurred by the Department beyond those provided for in the monitoring inspection fees authorized by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department may charge the manufacture…

§ 143.2. Purpose. This chapter implements the act to facilitate the sale and use of manufactured housing in this Commonwealth in a manner consistent with safeguarding the health, safety and welfare of citizens of this Commonwealth. This chapter is intended primarily for the follo…

§ 143.3. Scope. Except to the extent otherwise stated in other applicable laws of the Commonwealth which are not inconsistent with or superseded by the act or Federal act, this chapter governs the design, manufacture, storage, transportation and installation of manufactured housi…

§ 143.4. Responsibility of the Department. The Housing Standards Division of the Department is responsible for enforcing the manufactured home standards of the Federal act, and may join with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other States or public or private age…

§ 143.5. Applicability of locally-enacted codes and ordinances. (a) This chapter will not be construed as amending, repealing or superseding a municipal zoning ordinance, subdivision and land development ordinance or another municipal ordinance, regulation or code, pertaining to …

§ 143.6. Preemption and reciprocity. (a) A local government agency may not require that a manufactured home which has been certified and found in conformance with Federal manufactured homes standards as provided for in this chapter, shall be subject to additional inspections by t…

§ 143.7. Applicable standards. Manufactured homes manufactured and sold, or offered for sale in this Commonwealth, or manufactured in this Commonwealth and sold, or offered for sale outside of this Commonwealth, shall meet the manufactured home construction and safety standards a…

§ 143.8. Label required. (a) A person may not sell or offer for sale a manufactured home unless it bears a label certifying that it conforms to this chapter, as provided in § 143.9 (relating to certification). (b) A person may not affix a label to a manufactured home which does n…

§ 143.9. Certification. A manufactured home may not be released from the factory to a dealer or purchaser, unless the manufactured home has been certified and conforms to the safety and construction standards required by this chapter. (1) Certification will be provided if the man…

GENERAL PROVISIONS § 145.1. Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: ANSI—The American National Standards Institute. ASHRAE—American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Ai…

INTERSTATE ACCEPTABILITY § 145.101. General authority. The Department is authorized under section 6 of the act (35 P.S. § 1651.6) to issue insignia of certification to approved manufacturers under this program for their industrialized housing, housing components, industrialized b…

§ 145.102. Determinations of acceptability of certifications of a competent state authority. (a) The Department may, on the basis of its review of the applicable statutes, regulations and administrative practices and experience and the other information as it may consider necessa…

§ 145.103. Issuance of insignia of certification. (a) A manufacturer, regardless of whether its building system documentation and related compliance assurance program have been approved under this chapter, may request that the Department issue to it insignia of certification for …

§ 145.104. Reciprocal agreements. (a) The Department is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or with a competent authority within a state of the United States which has established under valid legislative authority…

§ 145.105. Suspension and revocation. (a) The Department, on the basis of its review of the applicable statutes, regulations and administrative practices and experience and other information that it may consider necessary for an informed finding, determine that its finding that t…

APPEALS § 145.111. Informal appeals. (a) A person aggrieved by a decision of the Department or of a third-party agency or of a local enforcement agency taken in connection with the administration of the act or this chapter may initiate an informal appeal to the Department by send…

§ 145.112. Procedures for formal appeal proceedings. (a) A person aggrieved by a decision of the Department or of a third-party agency or of a local enforcement agency taken in connection with the administration of the act or the provisions of this chapter may initiate a formal a…

§ 145.113. Right to appeal decision of the Secretary. The appealing person or any person intervening in the formal appeal proceeding shall have the right to appeal the decision of the Secretary of the Department to the Commonwealth Court in accordance with 2 Pa.C.S. § § 501—508 a…

§ 145.122. Effective date. (a) After January 1, 1976, no industrialized housing or housing components may be sold, leased or installed for use on a site in this Commonwealth unless the industrialized housing or housing components are certified as complying with this chapter. (b) …