[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 4]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR881.502]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

  CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL 

 

PART 881_SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM FOR SUBSTANTIAL 

REHABILITATION--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart E_Housing Assistance Payments Contract

 

Sec.  881.502  Term of contract.



    (a) Term (except for Manufactured Home Parks). The term of the 

Contract will be as follows:

    (1) Where the estimated cost of the rehabilitation is less than 25 

percent of the estimated value of the project after completion of the 

rehabilitation, the contract will be for a term of 20 years for any 

dwelling unit.

    (2) Where the estimated cost of rehabilitation is 25 percent or more 

of the estimated value of the project after completion of 

rehabilitation, the contract may be for a term which:

    (i) Will cover the longest term, but not less than 20 years, of a 

single credit instrument covering:

    (A) The cost of rehabilitation, or

    (B) The existing indebtedness, or

    (C) The cost of rehabilitation and the refinancing of the existing 

indebtedness, or

    (D) The cost of rehabilitation and the acquisition of the property; 

and

    (ii) For assisted units in a project financed with the aid of a loan 

insured or co-insured by the Federal government or a loan made, 

guaranteed or intended for purchase by the Federal government, will be 

20 years for any dwelling unit; or

    (iii) For units in a project financed other than as described in 

paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section will not exceed 30 years for any 

dwelling unit except



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that this limit will be 40 years if (A) the project is owned or financed 

by a loan or loan guarantee from a state or local agency, (B) the 

project is intended for occupancy by non-elderly families and (C) the 

project is located in an area designated by HUD as one requiring special 

financing assistance.

    (b) Term for manufactured home parks. For manufactured home units or 

spaces in substantially rehabilitated manufactured home parks, the term 

of the Contract will be 20 years.

    (c) Staged projects. If the project is completed in stages, the term 

of the Contract must relate separately to the units in each stage. The 

total Contract term for the units in all stages, beginning with the 

effective date of the Contract for the first stage, may not exceed the 

overall maximum term allowable for any one unit under this section, plus 

two years.



[48 FR 12707, Mar. 28, 1983, and 49 FR 17449, Apr. 24, 1984]