[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 24CFR886.311a]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL 
 
PART 886--SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM--SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Section 8 Housing Assistance Program for the Disposition of 
                           HUD-Owned Projects
 
Sec. 886.311a  Notice upon contract expiration.

    (a) The Contract will provide that the owner will notify each 
assisted family, at least 90 days before the end of the Contract term, 
of any increase in the amount the family will be required to pay as rent 
which may occur as a result of its expiration. If the Contract is to be 
renewed but with a reduction in the number of units covered by it, this 
notice shall be given to each family who will no longer be assisted 
under the Contract.
    (b) The notice provided for in paragraph (a) of this section shall 
be accomplished by: (1) Sending a letter by first class mail, properly 
stamped and addressed, to the family at its address at the project, with 
a proper return address, and (2) serving a copy of the notice on any 
adult person answering the door at the leased dwelling unit, or if no 
adult responds, by placing the notice under or through the door, if 
possible, or else by affixing the notice to the door. Service shall not 
be considered to be effective until both required notices have been 
accomplished. The date on which the notice shall be considered to be 
received by the family shall be the date on which the owner mails the 
first class letter provided for in this paragraph, or the date on which 
the notice provided for in this paragraph is properly given, whichever 
is later.
    (c) The notice shall advise each affected family that, after the 
expiration date of the Contract, the family will be required to bear the 
entire cost of the rent and that the owner will be free (to the extent 
the project is not otherwise regulated by HUD) to alter the rent without 
HUD approval, but subject to any applicable requirements or restrictions 
under the lease or under State or local law. The notice shall also 
state:
    (1) The actual (if known) or the estimated rent which will be 
charged following the expiration of the Contract;
    (2) The difference between the rent and the Total Tenant Payment 
toward rent under the Contract; and
    (3) The date the Contract will expire.
    (d) The owner shall give HUD a certification that families have been 
notified in accordance with this section with an example of the text of 
the notice attached.
    (e) This section shall apply to (1) Contracts involving Substantial 
Rehabilitation entered into pursuant to Agreements executed on or after 
October 1, 1981, or Contracts involving Substantial Rehabilitation 
entered into pursuant to Agreements executed before October 1, 1981, but 
renewed or amended on or after October 1, 1984 and (2) all other 
Contracts executed, renewed or amended on or after October 1, 1984.

[49 FR 31285, Aug. 6, 1984]