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federalUnited StatesSection 811 Project Rental Assistance Programrent_limit
Rent adjustments must not leave assisted units renting for more than the unassisted units in the same property
s811pra.rent_limit.assisted_rents_no_higher_than_unassisted_units · v1.0.0
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Rental Assistance Contract or the Use Agreement, adjustments made after contract execution must not result in higher rents charged for assisted units than for the unassisted units at the property, as determined by the grantee. Contract rents may be adjusted upward or downward as appropriate, but no annual adjustment may reduce them below the contract rents in effect on the effective date of the contract.
This is where 811 PRA bites on a tax credit deal. A credit property typically sets every unit at the same restricted rent, so the assisted units and the unassisted ones start level; an OCAF adjustment applied to the assisted units alone can lift them above the LIHTC-restricted unassisted units and breach this clause without breaching any LIHTC limit. The grantee, not the allocating agency, makes the determination.
- Confidence
- high
- Effective from
- 2025-02-01
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-31
Citations
All sources verified within 1 day- Part II of the Rental Assistance Contract, Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA)form HUD-92237-PRA (02/2025), section 2.7(d) Overall Limitation
- Use Agreement for Projects Assisted Under the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Programform HUD-92238-PRA (02/2025), rent covenant
- Part II of the Rental Assistance Contract, Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA)form HUD-92237-PRA (02/2025), section 2.7(b)(3)