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• federalUnited StatesSection 236Review limitations
  Contracts for additional assistance payments may be entered into only for tenants whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of area median, subject to HUD-established variationsRequirement excerpt: Contracts for assistance payments under section 236 may be entered into only with respect to tenants whose incomes do not exceed 80 percent of the median family income for the area as determined by HUD, with adjustments for smaller and…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  Covered multifamily dwellings first occupied after 13 March 1991 must meet the seven design and construction requirementsRequirement excerpt: Covered multifamily dwellings designed and constructed for first occupancy after 13 March 1991 must have at least one building entrance on an accessible route unless terrain or unusual site characteristics make that impractical, and where…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesBond / 142(d)Review limitations
  Credit without a volume cap allocation requires 50 percent of aggregate basis financed by volume-cap bonds, or 25 percent for issues after 2025Requirement excerpt: A building financed with tax-exempt bonds subject to the section 146 volume cap can claim the low-income housing credit without a housing credit dollar amount allocation only if a minimum share of the aggregate basis of the building AND THE…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRAD PBRA
  Current households may not be rescreened out of a project converting to PBRARequirement excerpt: At conversion, current households cannot be excluded from occupancy at the Covered Project based on any rescreening, income eligibility or income targeting. Current households are grandfathered for the application of eligibility criteria to…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesRAD PBV
  Current households may not be rescreened out of a project converting to PBVRequirement excerpt: At conversion, current households cannot be excluded from occupancy at the Covered Project based on any rescreening, income eligibility or income targeting. Current households are grandfathered for the application of eligibility criteria to…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited States811 PRACReview limitations
  Davis-Bacon prevailing wages apply to the construction or rehabilitation of part 891 housing with 12 or more units, and a group home for persons with disabilities is not coveredRequirement excerpt: All laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors in the construction, including rehabilitation, of housing WITH 12 OR MORE UNITS assisted under 24 CFR part 891 must be paid not less than the wages prevailing in the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  Deep rent skewed projects apply a 170% available unit threshold and additional rent conditionsRequirement excerpt: A project electing deep rent skewing under the 15-40 test must satisfy the additional conditions of Section 142(d)(4)(B), and the available unit rule applies at 170 percent rather than 140 percent.Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesBond / 142(d)
  Deep rent skewing is an owner election carrying three conditions that must hold throughout the qualified project periodRequirement excerpt: The owner - not the issuer - may elect deep rent skewing under 142(d)(4)(B). The election is only effective while the project meets all three of the following at all times during the qualified project period: 15 percent or more of the…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesBond / 142(d)
  Deep rent skewing raises the continuing-resident threshold to 170 percent and changes the triggering leaseRequirement excerpt: Where the deep rent skewing election is in force, the second sentence of 142(d)(3)(B) is read with two substitutions: 170 percent replaces 140 percent, and the triggering event becomes the occupancy of ANY low-income unit in the same…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  Disability may be verified only as to whether the person meets the programme definition; the nature and extent of the disability may not be asked, and the EIV disability status may not be usedRequirement excerpt: An owner may verify disability to determine whether a family or person meets the definition of disability used for project eligibility, a preference or an allowance, or to identify a need for accessible features or a reasonable…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesHCV
  During the lease term the owner may terminate only on stated grounds, by written notice, and only through court actionRequirement excerpt: During the term of the lease the owner may not terminate the tenancy except for serious or repeated lease violation, violation of federal, state or local law imposing obligations on the tenant in connection with occupancy, or other good…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPublic HousingReview limitations
  Each non-exempt adult resident must perform 8 hours a month of community service or self-sufficiency activityRequirement excerpt: Except for a family member who is an exempt individual, each adult resident of public housing must contribute 8 hours per month of community service not including political activities, or participate in an economic self-sufficiency program…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesSection 236Review limitations
  Each unit must carry a HUD-approved basic rental charge computed at 1 percent interest and a fair market rental charge computed at the note rate plus mortgage insurance premiumRequirement excerpt: For each dwelling unit in a Section 236 project there must be established, with HUD's approval, both a basic rental charge and a fair market rental charge. The basic rental charge is the amount needed to operate the project with payments of…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  Effective communication must be ensured and appropriate auxiliary aids furnished where necessaryRequirement excerpt: A recipient must take appropriate steps to ensure effective communication with applicants, beneficiaries and members of the public, and must furnish appropriate auxiliary aids where necessary to give a person with a disability an equal…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesLIHTCReview limitations
  Eight FHEO guidance documents were withdrawn effective 17 September 2025 and may not be relied on as authoritative, while the statutes and regulations they interpreted remain in forceRequirement excerpt: FHEO withdrew eight guidance documents effective 17 September 2025, publishing notice on 6 April 2026. The withdrawn documents are: guidance on applying the Fair Housing Act to advertising through digital platforms (2024); FHEO 2020-01 on…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRA
  Eight provisions must never appear in a lease modification, and a pet-liability waiver is prohibited in elderly and disabled propertiesRequirement excerpt: A lease modification must not include a confession of judgment; distraint for rent or other charges; an exculpatory clause; a waiver of legal notice by the tenant before an eviction or money-judgment action; a waiver of legal proceedings; a…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  EIV data is Privacy Act data: it may be used only at recertification or as the owner's own policies provide, and may not be shared with LIHTC, RHS or any entity outside the HUD recertification processRequirement excerpt: The data in EIV contains personal information covered by the Privacy Act and may be used only for limited official purposes. Owners, in connection with the administration of their project, may only use the employment and income information…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRA
  EIV must be used and discrepancies resolvedRequirement excerpt: The owner must obtain and review the EIV Income Report for each household at the required points in the certification cycle, resolve identified discrepancies, retain the required documentation, and comply with EIV security, access and…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesPBRAReview limitations
  EIV must be used as third-party verification of employment and income at annual and interim recertification, but the quarterly wage and unemployment figures in it must not be used to calculate incomeRequirement excerpt: It is mandatory that owners use the EIV system as the third-party source to verify employment and income information of tenants during annual and interim recertification of family composition and income; EIV is not available for applicants.…Read conditions and sources →
• federalUnited StatesHCV
  EIV must be used in its entirety as a third-party source at reexaminationRequirement excerpt: The PHA must use HUD's Enterprise Income Verification system in its entirety, as a third-party source to verify tenant employment and income during annual and streamlined reexaminations of family composition and income, and to reduce…Read conditions and sources →