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Lower Income Housing Assistance Program Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation

Program Information

Popular name

(Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program for Very Low Income Families-Moderate Rehabilitation)

Program Number

14.856

Program objective

The Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) program was designed in 1978 to be an expansion of the rental certificate program. The rental certificate program was initially amended to permit moderate levels of rehabilitation to upgrade and preserve the nation's housing stock.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    The program projects to serve 20,500 families. The program served 19,300 families

  2. 2017

    The program projects to serve 16600 families.

  3. 2018

    The program projects to serve 18082 families.

  4. 2019

    The program served 17686 families.

  5. 2021

    The program plans to serve approximately 14,000 families.

  6. 2023

    The program plans to serve approximately 12,721 families.

  7. 2024

    The program plans to serve approximately 11,354 families.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

24 CFR Part 882; Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program, Existing Housing and Moderate Rehabilitation Processing Handbook, 7420.3; PHA Administrative Practices Handbook for the Section 8 Existing Housing Program, 7420.7; Accounting Handbook 7420.6; Section 8 Rental Certificate, Rental Voucher, and Moderate Rehabilitation Programs Forms, Legal Contracts and Publications, Handbook 7420.7; PIH Notice 2001-13.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Housing

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Homeowner
  • Individual/Family
  • Low Income
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Moderate Income
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Refugee/Alien
  • Senior Citizen (60+)
  • U.S. Citizen
  • Unemployed
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents
  • Welfare Recipient
  • Women

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