Texas Administrative Code › Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 23 - SINGLE FAMILY HOME PROGRAM › Subchapter E - TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Section 23.51 - Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) General Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Households assisted under the general set-aside must participate in a
				  self-sufficiency program, as described in the Administrator's policies and
				  procedures.
(b) The amount of
				  assistance will be determined using the HUD Housing Choice Voucher
				  method.
(c) A Household certifying
				  to zero income must also complete a questionnaire that includes a series of
				  questions regarding how basic hygiene, dietary, transportation, and other
				  living needs are met.
(d) The
				  minimum Household contribution toward gross monthly rent must be ten percent of
				  the Household's adjusted monthly income. The maximum Household contribution
				  toward gross monthly rent at initial occupancy is limited to 40 percent of the
				  Household's gross monthly income.
(e) Activity funds are limited to:
(1) Rental subsidy: Each rental subsidy term
				  is limited to no more than 24 months. Total lifetime assistance to a Household
				  may not exceed 36 months cumulatively, except that a maximum of 24 additional
				  months of assistance, for a total of 60 months cumulatively may be approved if:
(A) the Household has applied for a Section 8
				  Housing Choice Voucher, HUD Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with
				  Disabilities, HUD Section 811 Project Rental Assistance Demonstration, or HUD
				  Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program, and is placed on a
				  waiting list during their TBRA participation tenure; and
(B) the Household has not been removed from
				  the waiting list for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, HUD Section 811
				  Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities, HUD Section 811 Project
				  Rental Assistance Demonstration, or HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the
				  Elderly Program due to failure to respond to required notices or other
				  ineligibility factors; or
(C) the
				  Administrator submits documentation evidencing that:
(i) no Public Housing Authority within a 50
				  mile radius of the Household's address during their participation in TBRA has
				  opened their waitlist during the term of the Household's participation in TBRA,
				  or has excluded the Household's application for placement on the waiting list
				  for any reason other than eligibility or failure to respond to required
				  notices, such as a randomized drawing of applications that may be placed on the
				  waitlist; and
(ii) no waiting list
				  was opened during the term of the Household's participation in TBRA for any HUD
				  Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities, HUD Section 811
				  Project Rental Assistance Demonstration, or HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing
				  for the Elderly Program located within a 50 mile radius of the Household's
				  address during their participation in TBRA; or
(iii) the Household is not eligible for
				  placement on a waiting list for any HUD Section 811 Supportive Housing for
				  Persons with Disabilities, HUD Section 811 Project Rental Assistance
				  Demonstration, or HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program
				  located within a 50 mile radius of the Household's address during their
				  participation in TBRA; and
(D) the Household has not been denied
				  participation in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, HUD Section 811
				  Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities, HUD Section 811 Project
				  Rental Assistance Demonstration, or HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the
				  Elderly Program while they were being assisted with HOME TBRA; and
(E) the Household did not refuse to
				  participate in the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, HUD Section 811 Supportive
				  Housing for Persons with Disabilities, HUD Section 811 Project Rental
				  Assistance Demonstration, or HUD Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly
				  Program when a voucher was made available.