# 2025-11004: HUD revises guidance for converting public housing to Section 8 2025-11004, Rental Assistance Demonstration: Supplemental Guidance on Revised RAD Notice, is a Federal Register notice from Housing and Urban Development Department published 2025-06-16, effective 2025-06-16; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-02). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11004 - As of: 2026-11-02 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-11004 - Title: Rental Assistance Demonstration: Supplemental Guidance on Revised RAD Notice - Type: Notice - Agencies: Housing and Urban Development Department - Citation: 90 FR 25356 - Published: 2025-06-16 - Effective: 2025-06-16 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: yes - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-11-02 ## In one line HUD revises guidance for converting public housing to Section 8 ## Summary The Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program is updating its rules to help public housing and HUD-assisted properties switch to long-term Section 8 rental assistance. These changes, effective June 16 and June 26, 2025, include new waivers and requirements to speed up the process and improve housing options. Property owners and housing agencies should get ready to follow the new guidelines and deadlines to keep things moving smoothly. ## Abstract The Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) provides the opportunity to test the conversion of assistance of public housing properties and other HUD-assisted properties to long-term, project- based Section 8 rental assistance. This Federal Register notice announces the posting of a supplement to the most current notice (Revised RAD Notice Revision 4, H-2019-09/PIH-2019-23 (HA)). As provided by the RAD Statute, this notice addresses the requirement that RAD may proceed after publication of notice of its terms in the Federal Register. This notice summarizes the key changes made to H-2019-09/PIH- 2019-23 (HA) through the RAD Supplemental Notice 4C, H-2025-01/PIH- 2025-03 (HA). This notice also meets the RAD statutory requirement to publish waivers and alternative requirements at least 10 days before effective, while this does not prevent the demonstration, as modified, from proceeding immediately. ## Effects PRIA read - More Time to Apply for RAD Conversions: benefit, low. Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) may apply to convert public housing under RAD through September 30, 2029. This extension applies to stand-alone applications and Portfolio Awards that reserve conversion authority and lock in contract rent in the year of application. - Tenant Protection Vouchers Can Convert to RAD: benefit, medium. When a property partially converts under RAD and an event under Section 18 triggers tenant protection vouchers, HUD may convert that tenant protection voucher assistance to a RAD HAP Contract under either Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) or Project-Based Voucher (PBV). - ROSS-SC Grants Can Continue After Conversion: benefit, medium. HUD waives limits so Resident Opportunity and Self-Sufficiency Service Coordinator (ROSS-SC) grants can serve units or residents beyond only public housing after a RAD conversion. PHAs or new project owners may apply to renew their ROSS-SC grant subject to the ROSS-SC Notice of Funding Opportunity… - Jobs Plus Enrollment Allowed After Conversion: benefit, medium. HUD waived limits that had restricted Jobs Plus grants to only public housing residents and now permits Jobs Plus programs at target projects to enroll residents in Jobs Plus services and the Jobs Plus financial/rent incentive after RAD conversion. - More Time Before Termination for Nonpayment: benefit, medium. HUD extends the termination notification timeline for tenant nonpayment of rent from 14 days to 30 days, adding 16 more days before termination proceedings begin. - Owners Must Submit Stronger Annual Financials: cost, low. Project owners (owners of converted properties) will face strengthened program requirements to submit annual financial statements to HUD or the Contract Administrator as part of RAD program rules. - Lease Rules: Deposits, Pets, Plain Language: benefit, low. The Notice provides guidance on security deposits, pet occupancy, and requires the use of plain language in tenant leases for new residents and residents in-place at conversion. - HAP Contracts Must Be Renewed After Initial Term: benefit, medium. Each Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Contract entered under RAD must be renewed or extended after its initial term, which is either 15 years or 20 years depending on the contract. - Waiver Lets Rehab Happen While Subsidy Flows: benefit, medium. HUD waives PBV regulatory housing-type definitions so HUD-required rehabilitation work that occurs after the HAP Contract is executed can proceed under the RAD Notice rules instead of PBV housing-type classifications for converted public housing units where rehab work is performed. - Mod Rehab Conversions Treated as Existing Housing: benefit, medium. For Mod Rehab projects converting to PBV through RAD, HUD waives certain rules and will treat those projects as 'existing housing' under 24 CFR part 983 so long as they meet paragraph (i) of the existing-housing definition; other substantial improvement rules in 24 CFR 983.212 still apply unless wa… ## Related documents - [2026-16228](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16228): HUD's Implementation of the Fair Housing Act's Disparate Impact Standard; Amendments to HUD's Title VI Regulations, 2026-08-10 - [2026-13939](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-13939): Rescission of Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Feder…, 2026-07-10 - [2026-08406](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08406): HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, 2026-04-30 - [2026-08339](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08339): HOME Investment Partnerships Program: Further Program Updates and Streamlining, 2026-04-29 - [2026-08244](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08244): Equal Access to Housing in HUD Programs Revisions, 2026-04-28 - [2026-06926](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-06926): HOME Investment Partnerships Program-Maximum Per-Unit Subsidy Limit Methodology and Amount; Notice for Comment, 2026-04-10 ## Sources - [2025-11004 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/16/2025-11004/rental-assistance-demonstration-supplemental-guidance-on-revised-rad-notice) - [2025-11004 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-16/pdf/2025-11004.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2025-11003, Agency Information Collection Activities: SAFECOM Membership Questionnaire](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11003) - [Next: 2025-11005, Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Nalcor Ener…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11005) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-11004 (as of 2026-11-02).