The Section 811 Supportive Housing Program for Persons with Disabilities provides funding to developers of housing for disabled, low-income households. Section 811 also provides project rental assistance to cover the difference between the HUD-approved operating cost per unit and 30 percent of a resident's adjusted income.
Nonprofit corporations are eligible to apply.
Families whose incomes are less than 50 percent of the median family income for the area in which the project is located may benefit from Project Rental Assistance Payments. Projects financed with Section 811 funds must remain accessible to very low-income persons with disabilities for 40 years or any Section 811 funds used to capitalize the project must be repaid. They may be renewed. The payment amount is based on 75 percent of the project's estimated operating costs, the remaining 25 percent to be paid by tenant rents. Projects are expected to start construction within 18 months of the date of fund reservation, with limited provision for extensions.