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§11386c Renewal Funding and Terms of Assistance for Permanent Housing

Title 42 › CHAPTER 119 — HOMELESS ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER IV — HOUSING ASSISTANCE › Part C — Continuum of Care Program › § 11386c

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows expiring contracts for leasing, rental help, or operating costs for permanent housing to be renewed using either the program’s appropriation or the Section 8 project-based rental assistance account (42 U.S.C. 1437f). Tenant-based help can be renewed one year at a time. Project-based help can be renewed for terms of up to 15 years if the applicant or project sponsor chooses and annual funds are available. The Secretary will renew a project only if the local collaborative applicant certifies there is a need and the project follows program rules and basic housing quality standards. The Secretary may also use renewal rules found elsewhere in the program.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §11386c

The Public Health and Welfare, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
Renewal of expiring contracts for leasing, rental assistance, or operating costs for permanent housing contracts may be funded either—
(1)under the appropriations account for this subchapter; or
(2)the section 8 [42 U.S.C. 1437f] project-based rental assistance account.
(b)Renewals
The sums made available under subsection (a) shall be available for the renewal of contracts in the case of tenant-based assistance, successive 1-year terms, and in the case of project-based assistance, successive terms of up to 15 years at the discretion of the applicant or project sponsor and subject to the availability of annual appropriations, for rental assistance and housing operation costs associated with permanent housing projects funded under this part, or under part C or F (as in effect on the day before the effective date of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009). The Secretary shall determine whether to renew a contract for such a permanent housing project on the basis of certification by the collaborative applicant for the geographic area that—
(1)there is a demonstrated need for the project; and
(2)the project complies with program requirements and appropriate standards of housing quality and habitability, as determined by the Secretary.
(c)Construction
Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the Secretary from renewing contracts under this part in accordance with criteria set forth in a provision of this part other than this section.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The

Effective Date

of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means the general

Effective Date

under section 1503 of Pub. L. 111–22, which is set out as an

Effective Date

of 2009 Amendment note under section 11302 of this title.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 429 of Pub. L. 100–77 was classified to section 11389 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 111–22, div. B, title III, § 1305(1), May 20, 2009, 123 Stat. 1690.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the earlier of 18 months after May 20, 2009, or 3 months after publication of certain final

Regulations

by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, see section 1503 of Pub. L. 111–22, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2009 Amendment note under section 11302 of this title.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 11386c

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110