Mainstream Vouchers

 

The Mainstream Vouchers (previously referred to as the Mainstream 5-Year Program and/or the Section 811 Voucher Program) were originally authorized under the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-625). The Mainstream Vouchers provides tenant-based assistance to persons with disabilities. Until the passage of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-374) (Melville Act), the program operated as a separate program distinct from the regular tenant-based Housing Choice Voucher Program. The Melville Act converted the Mainstream 5-Year Program to the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program under 8(o) of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. Under the Melville Act, except for serving a specific population, Mainstream vouchers are to be treated the same as regular voucher assistance. In other words, the same regulations at 24 CFR Part 982 (Section 8 Tenant-Based Assistance: Housing Choice Voucher Program) apply to Mainstream vouchers. There is no authority to treat families that receive a Mainstream voucher differently from other applicants and participants of the HCV program. After enactment of the Melville Act (i.e., subsequent to conversion of this assistance to section 8(o) voucher assistance), funding for Mainstream voucher renewals and administrative fees was first provided in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. 112-55) under its own paragraph under the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) heading. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 provided funding for incremental Mainstream vouchers for the first time since the enactment of the Melville Act (in addition to renewal and administrative fee funding). These incremental vouchers exclusively assisted non-elderly persons with disabilities. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019 ("2019 Act") also provided funding for incremental Mainstream vouchers for non-elderly persons with disabilities, in addition to renewal and administrative fee funding. In addition, the 2019 Act states that all new and existing Mainstream vouchers must be provided to non-elderly persons with disabilities upon turnover. Consistent with prior appropriations acts, all funding for 2017-2019 Mainstream vouchers was provided under its own paragraph (e.g., paragraph (4) under the TBRA heading in the 2019 Act). While the Melville Act requires Mainstream vouchers to be treated the same as regular voucher assistance, the separate HCV Mainstream appropriations results in an accounting of Mainstream activity separate from the HCV program.

Active 14.879 Office of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Fiscal Year 2016 The program anticipates serving 14,811 families. The program is serving 13,842 families.
Fiscal Year 2017 The program anticipates serving 13,842 families.
Fiscal Year 2018 The program anticipates serving 13,764 families.
Fiscal Year 2019 The program anticipates serving 37,979 families.
Fiscal Year 2020 The program anticipates serving approximately 67,222 families.
Fiscal Year 2023 The 2023 President’s Budget requested $667 million, which will support over 64,000 Mainstream voucher holders. The requested funding also includes administrative fees for the renewed vouchers. This amount does not include funding for new incremental vouchers in calendar year 2023.
Fiscal Year 2024 Fiscal Year 2024: The 2024 President’s Budget requests $686 million for contract renewals and administrative fees in CY 2024. The 2017, 2018, and 2019 Appropriations Acts provided funding for new Mainstream vouchers. Since 2018, HUD has awarded over $500 million in funding to public housing agencies (PHAs) to support approximately 52,000 new Mainstream vouchers. The program anticipates serving approximately 58,000 families by the end of CY 2024. Cranston Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act;, Public Law 101-943
Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010, Public Law 111-374
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020, Public Law 116-94
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, Public Law 115-31
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260, Public Law -
Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 117-103
Appropriations Act, 2023, Public Law 117-328 Public housing agencies (PHA)that is defined as any State, county, municipality or other governmental entity or public body (or agency or instrumentality thereof) which is authorized to engage in or assist in the development or operation of housing for very low-income families. A family that includes a non-elderly person with disabilities that is income-eligible under the Housing Choice Voucher program regulations at 24 CFR 982.201(b) (1) as well as other wise eligible under the regulations at 24CFR 982.201, may be selected from the PHA's housing choice voucher waiting list and receive a voucher. In the Mainstream Voucher Program, the PHA must demonstrate in its application a need for these vouchers by providing information documenting that the demand for housing for non-elderly persons with disabilities would equal or exceed the requested number of vouchers. Currently, most Mainstream Voucher programs are relatively small and do not support a separate division by itself in a PHA's organizational records. Typically, staff that work on the HCV program (i.e., waitlist, recertification, inspection functions) perform the same required functions for the Mainstream Voucher Program. If the PHA does not have a separate accounting for Accounting Brief #25: FDS Reporting Guidance for the Mainstream Voucher Program, then the PHA will need to account for the Mainstream Voucher Program costs using a reasonable cost allocation method as required under 2 CFR 200. PHAs should not use a fee concept in determining the administrative costs of the Mainstream Voucher Program where the PHA's HCV Program would charge a set fee to the Mainstream Voucher Program regardless of the actual costs incurred by the Mainstream Voucher Program. The use of the fee concept incorrectly assumes that all administrative fees earned by the Mainstream Voucher Program is the actual cost of the program. As such, a fee methodology could result in an overstatement of the HCV program administrative expenses and the actual costs of the HCV and Mainstream Voucher Program would be co-mingled in the HCV Program. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Submission of Application for Housing Assistance Payments Program (Form HUD-52515). HUD generally makes the final decision based on the results of the rating and ranking process. Notices and Funding Availability will be announced on through NOFO or Notices. From 60 to 90 days. After the assistance awards are publicly announced, HUD will provide a debriefing, if requested, to unsuccessful applicants. Expiring increments of Mainstream voucher assistance are automatically renewed by HUD if funding is appropriated by Congress. See NOFO and PIH Notice 2020-01. Provides housing assistance payments to participating owners on behalf of eligible tenants to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing at rents they can afford. Housing assistance payments are generally the difference between the local payment standard and 30 percent of the family's adjusted income. Mainstream Vouchers can be provided to families that include a non-elderly person with disabilities. Mainstream Vouchers can be provided to families that include a non-elderly person with disabilities. Not applicable. Periodic fiscal, occupancy, general management and maintenance audits. Those necessary to indicate compliance with the Annual Contributions Contract/Mainstream/Housing Choice Voucher Contract. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Funds are renewed annually. Funds are disbursed monthly. None/Not specified. Steven Durham
451 7th Street, S.W., Room 4210
Washington, DC 20410 US
Steven.R.Durham@hud.gov
Phone: (202) 708-5227 http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/about/fact_sheet.cfm. 86-0302-0-1-604 (Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 22$457,000,000.00; FY 23 est $582,500,000.00; FY 24 est $686,000,000.00; FY 21$427,868,820.00; FY 20$387,949,268.00; FY 19$128,812,000.00; FY 18$214,315,000.00; FY 17$111,155,013.00; FY 16$108,041,000.00; - Mainstream Obligations: Lowest: $1,148 Highest: $10,541,932 Average: $650,735 Total: $419,724,089 Mainstream Actual Disbursements: Lowest: 1,493 Highest: $10,437,641 Average: $710,160 Total: $452,221,331 24 CFR 982; Housing Choice Voucher Program, Forms, Legal Contracts. Consolidated Appropriations Acts of 2017 (P.L. 115-31); 2018 (P.L. 115-141); and 2019 (P.L. 116-6) provided funding for incremental Mainstream vouchers for the first time since the enactment of the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-374) (Melville Act). 2017 Notice of Funding Availability (and subsequent years) - Mainstream Voucher Program provides information on the award of increments of Mainstream vouchers, including eligibility, application, award administration information, and reporting. Not applicable.