Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)

 

To provide rental assistance to very low income individuals and families enabling them to live in affordable decent, safe and sanitary housing.

Active 14.195 Office of Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Not applicable. United States Housing Act of 1937, Section 8(c)(9). No funding is available to new applicants. Funding is currently available only for the owners of record of projects with an existing expiring project-based Section 8 contract. The project must meet minimum decent, safe, and sanitary standards. Families currently receiving assistance as long as their income does not exceed 80 percent of area median income adjusted for smaller or larger families. Applications for new projects are no longer being accepted. Project must meet minimum decent, safe, and sanitary standards for HUD to renew the Section 8 contract. Preapplication coordination is required. N/A 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Project owner must notify HUD within 120 days of contract expiration that it wishes to renew the Section 8 contract. Contract is renewed upon expiration. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. Subject to appropriations and owner's interest in renewing contract. Not applicable. This program is inactive. No new projects are being approved; however, tenants may apply for admission to projects with existing Section 8 assistance contracts. The assistance is paid by HUD to the owner of an assisted unit on behalf of an eligible family. The payment is the difference between the contract rent and the tenant rent. Assistance is currently available only on a renewal basis, i.e., projects currently assisted may receive a 1-year renewal, or multiple years, up to twenty years, upon expiration of the Section 8 contract. Performance Reports: Annual management and occupancy review. The owner must permit HUD to review and audit the management and maintenance of the project at any time to assure the owner is meeting its obligation to maintain the units and related facilities in decent, safe, and sanitary condition. The owner must reexamine the income and composition of all families at least once each year and prepare and furnish other information required under the Section 8 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. 1 year. Funds are disbursed monthly based on owner submission. Persons may contact local field offices listed in Appendix IV of the Catalog. Belinda Koros
451 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20410 US
Belinda.p.koros@hud.gov
Phone: 202-402-3615 http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/housing/mfh/mfhsec8 86-0303-0-1-604 (Direct Payments for Specified Use) FY 22$13,220,925,212.00; FY 23 est $14,679,000,000.00; FY 24 est $14,679,000,000.00; FY 21$13,224,246,621.00; FY 20$12,923,591,000.00; FY 19$11,962,000.00; FY 17 est $10,707,000,000.00; FY 15$9,537,000,000.00; FY 16 est $10,393,000,000.00; - Eligible tenants pay no more than 30 percent of their monthly adjusted income for rent. 24 CFR 886 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program - Special Allocations. 24 CFR 880 - Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for New Construction; 24 CFR 881 - Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for Substantial Rehabilitation; 24 CFR 883 - Section Housing Assistance State Housing Agencies; 24 CFR 884 - Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for New Construction Set Aside for Section 515 Rural Rental Housing Projects; 24 CFR 891 Subpart E - Loans for Housing for the Elderly or Persons with Disabilities; HUD Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide (1/15/08). Not applicable.