What is HUD 811 PRA?
811 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PRA) is currently 1 of 2 federal housing programs that assist the lowest-income adults with significant and long-term disabilities live independently in the community.
The program provides funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop and subsidize rental housing for low-income adults with disabilities. The program operates in two ways: (1) by providing interest-free capital advances and operating subsidies to nonprofit developers of affordable housing for persons with disabilities; and (2) providing project rental assistance to state housing agencies.
Who runs it?
HUD manages the program. However, the appropriate state or local agency reviews the applications and awards the funding to developers.
Who does the program serve?
Tenants must be at or below 30 percent of Area Median Income and at least one adult member of the household must have a disability and be eligible for community-based, long-term services, state funded services, or other appropriate services.
How is it funded?
Congress allocates new funding for the program each year and HUD releases a NOFO (Notice of Funding Opportunity). Since May 2012, HUD has published three NOFAs which resulted in Cooperative Agreements for $364 million with 30 states. HUD has approximately $254 million to allocate.
States with 811 PRA
Grantees are working to create over 5,000 integrated housing units. Units created by state:
- Alaska: 160
- Arizona: 54
- California: 433
- Colorado: 157
- Connecticut: 67
- Delaware: 148
- Georgia: 471
- Illinois: 569
- Louisiana: 199
- Massachusetts: 191
- Maryland: 300
- Maine: 59
- Michigan: 156
- Minnesota: 159
- Montana: 81
- New Hampshire: 191
- New Jersey: 206
- New Mexico: 50
- Nevada: 44
- Ohio: 485
- Oregon: 65
- Pennsylvania: 405
- Rhode Island: 150
- South Dakota; 135
- Texas: 655
- Washington: 133
- Wisconsin: 102
Steps for States to Receive 811 PRA
- Groundswell of people with & without disabilities advocating for the need
- State housing agencies enter into partnerships with state health and human services (interagency partnership)
- Interagency partnership, with state housing finance agency as lead, applies for 811 PRA from HUD
- The state health care agency develops a policy for referrals, tenant selection, and service delivery to ensure that this housing is targeted to a population most in need of deeply affordable supportive housing
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- State finance agency makes PRA funds available to developers to build integrated, affordable, accessible housing. PRA funds are used with other funding sources, including tax credits.
Impact of 811 PRA
- Creating successful partnerships between state housing and state health and human service / Medicaid agencies to provide permanent supportive housing
- Substantially increasing integrated affordable rental housing units for persons with disabilities within existing, new, or rehabilitated multifamily properties with a mix of incomes and disability status
- Creating more efficient and effective uses of housing and health care resources
