Rent Supplements Rental Housing for Lower Income Families
Active
- Assistance listing
- 14.149
- Agency
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Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner
Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Grant awards
- Not on record
Program facts
- Also known as
- (Rent Supplement Program)
- Eligible applicants
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- Individual/Family
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
- Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)
- Profit organization
- Beneficiaries
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- Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
- Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
- Senior Citizen (60+)
- Low Income
- Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents
- Treasury account
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- 86-0129-0-1-604
- More information
Program details come from SAM.gov Assistance Listings. Updated .
About this program
The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Rent Supplements program (CFDA 14.149) is not accepting applications for new projects. The program makes quality rental housing available to low-income families at affordable cost by supplementing rent through long-term contracts with mortgage holders, but no new funding opportunities are currently open or scheduled.
The program is fundamentally closed to new entrants. The source explicitly states that applications for new projects are no longer being accepted, meaning business development efforts to pursue funding under this Assistance Listing will not succeed. The program appears to be in maintenance mode, managing existing contracts rather than expanding its portfolio.
Historically, the program funded rental housing through rent supplement contracts with eligible sponsors including nonprofit organizations, cooperatives, builder-sellers, investor-sponsors, and limited-distribution mortgagors. Rent supplement contracts run for the term of the mortgage or 40 years from the first payment, whichever is shorter, with individual family assistance ending when 30 percent of a family's income equals or exceeds market rent. Family income must fall within Section 8 housing limits to qualify. Recipients are subject to annual income recertification, and HUD maintains audit authority under the Consolidated Audit Guide for HUD Programs (Handbook 2000.4).
No recent grant awards, funding concentration data, award magnitudes, or active grant opportunities are present in the source. The last substantive program activity documented is the closure of new applications; no award dates, recipient examples, or recent opportunity postings are available. Without access to current portfolio data showing award recency, award volume, or funding agency distribution, the program's activity level and trajectory cannot be assessed from the materials provided.
Organizations with existing rent supplement contracts or those seeking to understand the program's ongoing compliance and audit requirements should consult the program regulations (24 CFR 215) and HUD Handbook 4350.3. For new rental housing assistance initiatives, alternative HUD programs remain open.
Objective and description
- Objective
To make quality rental housing available to low income families at a cost they can afford.
Eligibility
- Applicant eligibility
Eligible sponsors included nonprofit, cooperative, builder-seller, investor-sponsor, and limited-distribution mortgagors.
- Beneficiary eligibility
Families incomes must be within the income limits prescribed for admission to Section 8 housing in order to qualify for benefits under this program. Families may continue in occupancy if 30 percent of monthly income exceeds the market rent.
- Credentials and documentation
Applications for new projects are no longer being accepted.
- Uses of assistance
HUD makes payments to owners of approved HUD-insured and non-insured multifamily rental housing projects to supplement the partial rental payments of eligible tenants. Rental projects were required to be part of an approved workable program for community improvement or be approved by local government officials. Assistance covers the difference between the tenant's payment and the basic market rental, but may not exceed 70 percent of the market rental. The tenant's payment is between 25 and 30 percent of monthly adjusted income or 30 percent of market rental, whichever is greater. This program is inactive. No new projects are being approved; however, tenants may apply for admission to existing projects.
- Length and time phasing of assistance
The rent supplement contract is limited to the term of the mortgage or 40 years from the date of the first payment made under the contract, whichever is less. Individual family's assistance ceases when 30 percent of income is equal to or exceeds the market rent.
How to apply
- Application procedure
No applications for new projects are being accepted.
Quick answers
What is Assistance Listing 14.149?
Assistance Listing 14.149 is Rent Supplements Rental Housing for Lower Income Families, a federal grant program run by Assistant Secretary for Housing Federal Housing Commissioner (Department of Housing and Urban Development).
What is the CFDA number for Rent Supplements Rental Housing for Lower Income Families?
Its CFDA number is 14.149: Assistance Listing numbers were called CFDA numbers before 2018.
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