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- federalUnited StatesCDBGRelated — matches some termsA CDBG housing activity file must document the assisted units, each LMI household's size and income, and the rent chargedRequirement excerpt: For each activity carried out for the purpose of providing or improving housing that is determined to benefit low- and moderate-income persons, the recipient must keep a copy of the written agreement with each landlord or developer…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesCDBGRelated — matches some termsReview limitationsA CDBG rental project may go below 51 percent LMI occupancy only for new construction of non-elderly multifamily housing, at 20 percent minimum, with CDBG's cost share capped at the LMI unit shareRequirement excerpt: The LMH national objective normally requires that at least 51 percent of the units in a structure of more than two units be occupied by low- and moderate-income households at affordable rents. 24 CFR 570.208(a)(3)(i) is the only route below…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesRD 538Related — matches some termsReview limitationsThe project's average rent, taken annually across all unit rents, must not exceed 30 percent of 100 percent of AMIRequirement excerpt: In addition to the per-unit ceiling, on an ANNUAL basis the AVERAGE rent for a Section 538 project, taking into account all individual unit rents, must not exceed 30 percent of 100 percent of area median income, adjusted for family size.…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesLIHTCRelated — matches some termsReview limitationsA submetering administrative fee is outside gross rent only if it is computed uniformly and does not exceed $5 per month for all the unit's submetered utilitiesRequirement excerpt: A fee charged to a unit's tenants for administering an actual-consumption submetering arrangement is not gross rent for section 42(g)(2) purposes -- but only on two conditions. First, the fee must be computed in the same manner for every…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesCDBGRelated — matches some termsCDBG prevailing-wage requirements reach all construction work financed in whole or part with CDBG, but reach the REHABILITATION of residential property only if it contains not less than 8 unitsRequirement excerpt: Section 110 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 requires that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance of CONSTRUCTION WORK FINANCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART with CDBG assistance be…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesCoCRelated — matches some termsReview limitationsWhere CoC funds pay rent under the leasing activity, rent on a whole structure is capped by comparability alone, while rent on an individual unit is also capped at the FMRRequirement excerpt: The leasing activity and the rental assistance activity are limited differently, and the difference is the FMR. WHERE GRANT FUNDS PAY RENT FOR ALL OR PART OF A STRUCTURE, the rent paid must be reasonable in relation to rents being charged…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesHOMERelated — matches some termsHOME units must be identified as fixed or floating and the mix maintainedRequirement excerpt: The participating jurisdiction and owner must designate HOME units as fixed or floating in the written agreement. Where units float, the owner must maintain the required number and configuration of HOME units over time, substituting…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBVRelated — matches some termsAlternative-only payments require all contract units to meet HQSRequirement excerpt: The PHA may not commence housing assistance payments under the alternative-only option until it has inspected all units under the HAP contract and determined that they meet HQS. If any contract unit has deficiencies, payments may not begin…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited States811 PRARelated — matches some termsOn a credit unit, the section 42 gross rent test is applied to the tenant portion, because the PRA payment is comparable rental assistanceRequirement excerpt: Where an 811 PRA assisted unit is also a low-income unit in a project claiming the low-income housing credit, gross rent for the section 42 rent restriction does not include the Project Rental Assistance Payment: it is comparable rental…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited States202/8Related — matches some termsReview limitations202/8 owners are Section 504 recipients: programs must be readily accessible when viewed in their entirety, accessible units offered first to those who need them, and policies modifiedRequirement excerpt: A recipient of Federal financial assistance from HUD must operate each existing housing program or activity so that the program or activity, when viewed in its entirety, is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with handicaps, and…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRARelated — matches some termsReview limitationsA change in an applicant's household composition may move them to a different unit-size list, and the owner's written policy decides whether the original application date survivesRequirement excerpt: The owner should update waiting lists annually or semi-annually so applicant information stays current and names that should no longer be on the list are removed. Where household composition changes, the owner must update the waiting list…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBVRelated — matches some termsA contract unit must be inspected before assistance is provided to a new familyRequirement excerpt: Before providing assistance to a new family in a contract unit the PHA must inspect the unit, and must not provide assistance on behalf of a family for a unit that fails to comply fully with HQS. A turnover inspection does not count toward…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesMod RehabRelated — matches some termsContract units must be inspected at least annually and payments may be abated for uncured hazardsRequirement excerpt: In addition to the inspections required before contract execution, the PHA must inspect or cause to be inspected the contract units in accordance with the physical inspection requirements under 24 CFR part 5 subpart G at least annually, and…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesLIHTCRelated — matches some termsReview limitationsLow-income units must be rented on a non-transient basis with a minimum six-month initial leaseRequirement excerpt: A residential unit is not a low-income unit if it is used on a transient basis. The initial lease term must be at least six months, except for units in qualifying transitional housing for the homeless or single-room occupancy housing.Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesPBRARelated — matches some termsReview limitationsThe owner must have written occupancy standards, assign each family a unit of appropriate size, and count anticipated children and live-in aides but not nonfamily membersRequirement excerpt: Owners must develop and follow occupancy standards taking into account the size and number of bedrooms needed for the number of people in the family, and occupancy standards must be part of the owner's tenant selection procedures. Owners of…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesLIHTCRelated — matches some termsWhere no branch of the hierarchy applies the default is the PHA schedule, and any estimate obtained displaces it for every similar unit in the buildingRequirement excerpt: For a rent-restricted unit that falls through 1.42-10(b)(1), (2), (3) and (4)(i), the appropriate utility allowance is the applicable PHA utility allowance. That default is displaced the moment an estimate is obtained under any of the four…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesMod RehabRelated — matches some termsWhere the owner breaches the contract and the unit is terminated, a blameless family must be offered tenant-based assistanceRequirement excerpt: Where an owner evicts an assisted family in violation of the contract or otherwise breaches the contract, the contract for the unit is terminated, and the family was not at fault and remains eligible for continued assistance, the family may…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesCDBGRelated — matches some termsReview limitationsCDBG-assisted rental units counting toward the national objective must be at affordable rents under a standard the recipient adopts and makes publicRequirement excerpt: For rental housing, occupancy by low- and moderate-income households must be at affordable rents in order to qualify under the low- and moderate-income housing national objective. CDBG sets no rent table of its own: the recipient must adopt…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesHOMERelated — matches some termsHOME units must be occupied by income-eligible households at initial occupancyRequirement excerpt: Every HOME-assisted rental unit must be occupied by a household whose annual income at initial occupancy is at or below 80 percent of area median. In projects of five or more HOME units, at least 20 percent must be occupied by households at…Read conditions and sources →
- federalUnited StatesMod RehabRelated — matches some termsVacant contract units must be filled from the PHA waiting list, with in-place families admitted without being listedRequirement excerpt: All vacant units under contract must be rented to eligible families referred by the PHA from its waiting list. The PHA must select families in accordance with the program and its approved application, including any PHA preferences, and must…Read conditions and sources →