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Section 8 Contract Renewal Options


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1. HUD Partners. 2. Multifamily Housing - Section 8 Contract Renewal Options

Section 8 Contract Renewal Options

Welcome to the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment Contract Renewal Options website. This resource contains descriptions of choices offered to owners of Section 8 HAP-assisted residential or commercial properties who want to restore their HAP agreements. The information offered here is not extensive and instead is intended to assist owners browse the alternatives offered to them. For complete guidelines and requirements for renewal of a HAP agreement, please refer to the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide.

For particular question about a project's eligibility to renew a HAP contract, please contact your local HUD Multifamily Account Executive.

Option 1: Increase to Market

Eligibility: This alternative is available to owners whose agreement leas are below equivalent market rents as figured out by a lease comparability study. An owner might ask for that their qualified current HAP contract be terminated and renewed under this option.

Term: Between 5 and twenty years.

Renewal Rent Increase: At HAP renewal, rents are set at market comparable levels, as determined by an owner's RCS. Rents are capped at 150% of Fair Market Rents unless the owner satisfies specific requirements to certify under the discretionary criteria explained at Section 9-3.

Forms and files for Option 1:

Worksheets for Mark-up-to-Market. Blank worksheets as PDF files


Sample worksheets as PDF files


Worksheets as Microsoft Excel files

Option 2: Mark up to Budget

Eligibility: This choice is available to owners whose contract rents are below or equal to comparable market rents. An owner may minimize their leas to market levels to get involved under Option 2.

Renewal Rent Increase: At HAP renewal, leas are set at a level needed to support a HUD-approved project budget. These rents might not surpass market equivalent levels, as shown by a rent comparability research study.

Comparability Adjustment: At each fifth year anniversary of the HAP contract renewal, the contract leas are changed to existing market levels. The owner must send a rent comparability research study which is utilized to set the rents on the 5th, 10th, and 15th anniversaries of the HAP agreement.

Forms and files for Option 2:


Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook: Chapter 4, Chapter 9


Option 3: Mark-to-Market

Eligibility: This choice is offered to specific tasks whose rents go beyond market comparable levels as figured out by a rent comparability research study. Typically, this uses to tasks whose mortgages are insured by the Federal Housing Administration. Congress approved HUD the authority to reorganize an owner's mortgage so that financial obligation service is lowered to a level that can be supported by market similar levels. If projects can

Term: twenty years.

Annual Rent Increase: At HAP renewal, leas are decreased to a market similar level as shown by a rent comparability research study.

Mortgage Restructuring: The owner may ask for that their eligible mortgage be reorganized into a main mortgage and secondary financial obligation. The new primary mortgage will be sized so that market similar leas suffice to support the debt service on that mortgage. Use constraints will remain in location at the residential or commercial property so long as the subordinate financial obligation balance stays. If the job can remain economically practical in spite of a lease reduction to market levels, then no mortgage restructuring may be required.

More Information for Option 3: Information about Option 3 can be found on the About Mark-to-Market site. All inquiries regarding a HAP renewal under Option 3 ought to be directed to m2minfo@hud.gov.

Option 4: Exception Projects

Eligibility: This alternative is offered to projects which are exempt from reorganizing under MAHRA. This normally suggests that the task is exempt to an FHA-insured mortgage, but instead has a conventional mortgage or is tax-credit funded.

Term: Between 1 and 20 years.

Rent Increase: At HAP renewal, leas are either adjusted by the Operating expense Adjustment Factor or by a HUD-approved spending plan (capped by market rents as determined by a Rent Comparability Study), whichever is lesser.

Annual Rent Adjustment: The contract leas will be adjusted up each year by the Operating Cost Adjustment Factor published for the locality. This multiplicative rent adjustment is released by HUD in October of each year and works in February of the list below year. The OCAF is based upon a range of market indicators and is intended to capture the impacts of inflation and other market factors on the cost of operating rental housing.

Forms and files for Option 4:


Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook, Chapter 6


Option 5: Preservation Projects

Eligibility: Certain projects based on a long-term HUD use agreement are required to restore under this Option. This generally consists of tasks with a Portfolio Reengineering Demonstration Use Agreement, an ELIHPA Use Agreement, or a LIHPRHA Use Agreement.

Term: Varies depending upon HAP agreement requirements.

Rent Increase at HAP Renewal: The rents upon HAP renewal depend upon each project's particular HAP contract, Use Agreement and, if appropriate, Strategy. Please review those files and contact your HUD Account Executive with questions relating to options for your residential or commercial property.

Annual Rent Adjustment: Which lease change mechanisms are readily available to your job differ depending on the HAP agreement, Use Agreement, and Plan of Action. Please examine those documents and contact your HUD Account Executive with concerns concerning alternatives for your residential or commercial property. Many Preservation tasks might ask for a budget-based lease increase to assist with unexpected situations at a residential or commercial property or to resolve physical conditions needs.

Forms and documents for Option 5:

- The task's Use Agreement ought to be evaluated to figure out HAP renewal choices.
HAP Renewal Request Form (HUD-9624)


HUD Handbook 4350.1 Chapter 7: Processing Budgeted Rent Increases


OCAF Adjustment Worksheet (HUD-9625)


Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook, Chapter 7


Option 6: Opt-out

Eligibility: An owner may elect to not renew their HAP agreement upon expiration. This does not apply to owners subject to a contractual obligation to restore the HAP contract arising from an Usage Agreement that is attached to the residential or commercial property.

An owner needs to provide HUD and renters notification of the opt-out one year prior to expiration of the HAP contract. Upon expiration, eligible occupants will be issued enhanced coupons pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1437f( t).

Full HUD requirements for an owner who wants to pull out of restoring their HAP contract can be found at Chapter 8 of the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide. Please note that state and local laws may affect an owner's capability to opt-out of renewing their HAP contract. These requirements would not appear in the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide and HUD can not recommend an owner of their commitments under these laws.

If you are preparing to pull out of HAP agreement renewal, please review the 8( bb) Preservation Tool. This program permits HUD to ensure that inexpensive housing stays available in your neighborhood even if you do not wish to restore your HAP contract.

Forms and documents for Option 6:

HAP Renewal Request Form (HUD-9624)


Enhanced Voucher Fact Sheet


Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook, Chapter 8


Section 8 Preservation Efforts

Eligibility: An owner who is qualified to restore their HAP agreement under Option 1 or 2 might also get involved in the Section 8 Preservation Efforts programs described in Chapter 15 of the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide. The Transfer program offers incentives for the assignment of a HAP contract to a not-for-profit, mission-oriented owner. The Capital Repairs program makes sure that the HAP renewal These programs offer a range of benefits to owners who want to ensure long-term preservation of the housing help at their residential or commercial property.

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