2-HUD Final RULE Revised Church and State.docx

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HUD FINAL RULE: REVISED CHURCH AND STATE REGULATIONS

Pursuant to Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and the implementing CDBG regulations at 24 CFR 570.200(j) dated September 30, 2003, the Sponsoring Organization agrees that, if awarded CDBG funds for eligible activities: a) It will not discriminate against any person applying for, or seeking to participate in, CDBG funded activities on the basis of religion and will not limit such services or give preference to persons on the basis of religion or religious belief; b) It will provide no religious instruction or counseling, conduct no religious worship or services, and engage in no religious proselytizing, in the provision of funded CDBG activities; c) If the organization conducts any religious activities, such activities must be offered separately in time or location from the funded CDBG activities and participation of beneficiaries of CDBG funded activities in any such religious activities must be wholly voluntary; d) If CDBG funds are received for public service activities, minor maintenance repairs may be made to the facility space in which public services are to be provided only in proportion to the CDBG funding allocation for the entire facility and to the extent to which the facility is used for secular, public service eligible purposes. Such space must not be a sanctuary, chapel or other room(s) used as a principal place of worship or for inherently religious activities; e) No CDBG funds may be used to improve, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, repair, or maintain a sanctuary, chapel, or other rooms that a CDBG-funded religious congregation uses as its principal place of worship or for inherently religious activities. However, if CDBG funds are awarded for public facility rehabilitation, and space other than provided above is used, the CDBG funds may be used for rehabilitation of structures only to the extent and proportion that those structures are used for conducting eligible CDBG activities. CDBG funds may not exceed the cost of those portions of the rehabilitation that are attributable to eligible activities in accordance with cost accounting requirements of 2 CFR 200.

HUD FINAL RULE: REVISED CHURCH AND STATE REGULATIONS

Pursuant to Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and the implementing CDBG regulations at 24 CFR 570.200(j) dated September 30, 2003, the Sponsoring Organization agrees that, if awarded CDBG funds for eligible activities: a) It will not discriminate against any person applying for, or seeking to participate in, CDBG funded activities on the basis of religion and will not limit such services or give preference to persons on the basis of religion or religious belief; b) It will provide no religious instruction or counseling, conduct no religious worship or services, and engage in no religious proselytizing, in the provision of funded CDBG activities; c) If the organization conducts any religious activities, such activities must be offered separately in time or location from the funded CDBG activities and participation of beneficiaries of CDBG funded activities in any such religious activities must be wholly voluntary; d) If CDBG funds are received for public service activities, minor maintenance repairs may be made to the facility space in which public services are to be provided only in proportion to the CDBG funding allocation for the entire facility and to the extent to which the facility is used for secular, public service eligible purposes. Such space must not be a sanctuary, chapel or other room(s) used as a principal place of worship or for inherently religious activities; e) No CDBG funds may be used to improve, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, repair, or maintain a sanctuary, chapel, or other rooms that a CDBG-funded religious congregation uses as its principal place of worship or for inherently religious activities. However, if CDBG funds are awarded for public facility rehabilitation, and space other than provided above is used, the CDBG funds may be used for rehabilitation of structures only to the extent and proportion that those structures are used for conducting eligible CDBG activities. CDBG funds may not exceed the cost of those portions of the rehabilitation that are attributable to eligible activities in accordance with cost accounting requirements of 2 CFR 200.

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