HOPWA subsidy is capped by a grantee-set rent standard no higher than FMR or the approved exception rent, with a 10 percent uplift on a fifth of units, and the rent must be reasonable

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Where HOPWA grant funds are used to provide rental assistance the monthly assistance for an eligible person may not exceed the difference between the LOWER of the rent standard or the reasonable rent for the unit, and the resident's rent payment calculated under 24 CFR 574.310(d). The rent standard is established by the grantee and must be no more than the published Section 8 fair market rent or the HUD-approved community-wide exception rent for the unit size; however, on a UNIT BY UNIT basis the grantee may increase that amount by up to 10 percent for up to 20 percent of the units assisted. Independently of the standard, the rent charged for a unit must be reasonable in relation to rents currently being charged for comparable units in the private unassisted market and must not exceed rents currently being charged by the same owner for comparable unassisted units. In a shared housing arrangement the rent charged an assisted family or individual is set in relation to the size of that household's private space compared with other private space in the unit, excluding common space, and participation in shared housing must be voluntary.

Confidence

high

Effective from

1996-02-29

Consequence model

agency finding with cure

Last reviewed

2026-08-29