[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR582.100]

[Page 236-237]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 582_SHELTER PLUS CARE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B_Assistance Provided
 
Sec. 582.100  Program component descriptions.


    (a) Tenant-based rental assistance (TRA). Tenant-based rental 
assistance provides grants for rental assistance which permit 
participants to choose housing of an appropriate size in which to 
reside. Participants retain the rental assistance if they move. Where 
necessary to facilitate the coordination of supportive services, grant 
recipients may require participants to live in a specific area for their 
entire period of participation or in a specific structure for the first 
year and in a specific area for the remainder of their period of 
participation. Recipients may not define the area in a way that violates 
the Fair Housing Act or the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The term of the 
grant between HUD and the grant recipient for TRA is five years.
    (b) Project-based rental assistance (PRA). Project-based rental 
assistance provides grants for rental assistance to the owner of an 
existing structure, where the owner agrees to lease the subsidized units 
to participants. Participants do not retain rental assistance if they 
move. Rental subsidies are provided to the owner for a period of either 
five or ten years. To qualify for ten years of rental subsidies, the 
owner must complete at least $3,000 of eligible rehabilitation for each 
unit (including the unit's prorated share of work to be accomplished on 
common areas or systems), to make the structure decent, safe and 
sanitary. This rehabilitation must be completed with in 12 months of the 
grant award.
    (c) Sponsor-based rental assistance (SRA). Sponsor-based rental 
assistance provides grants for rental assistance through contracts 
between the grant recipient and sponsor organizations. A sponsor may be 
a private, nonprofit organization or a community mental health agency 
established as a public nonprofit organization. Participants reside in 
housing owned or leased by the sponsor. The term of the grant between 
HUD and the grant recipient for SRA is five years.
    (d) Moderate rehabilitation for single room occupancy dwellings 
(SRO). (1) The SRO component provides grants for rental assistance in 
connection with the moderate rehabilitation of single room occupancy 
housing units. Resources to initially fund the cost of rehabilitating 
the dwellings must be obtained from other sources. However, the rental 
assistance covers operating expenses of the rehabilitated SRO units 
occupied by homeless persons, including debt service to retire the cost 
of the moderate rehabilitation over a ten-year period.
    (2) SRO housing must be in need of moderate rehabilitation and must 
meet the requirements of 24 CFR 882.803(a). Costs associated with 
rehabilitation of common areas may be included in the calculation of the 
cost for assisted units based on the proportion of the number of units 
to be assisted under this part to the total number of units.
    (3) SRO assistance may also be used for efficiency units selected 
for rehabilitation under this program, but the gross rent (contract rent 
plus any utility allowance) for those units will be

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no higher than for SRO units (i.e., 75 percent of the 0-bedroom Moderate 
Rehabilitation Fair Market Rent).
    (4) The requirements regarding maintenance, operation, and 
inspections described in 24 CFR 882.806(b)(4) and 882.808(n) must be 
met.
    (5) Governing regulations. Except where there is a conflict with any 
requirement under this part or where specifically provided, the SRO 
component will be governed by the regulations set forth in 24 CFR part 
882, subpart H.