HUD provides capital advances and contracts for project rental assistance in accordance with 24 CFR part 89 1. Capital advances may be used for the construction or rehabilitation of a structure or acquisition of a structure with or without rehabilitation, to be developed into a variety of housing
credit:
options described in Section III.C.
Capital advance funds bear no interest and are based on development cost limits in Section IV.E.
3. Repayment of the capital advance is not required as long as the housing remains available for occupancy by very low-income persons with disabilities for at least 40 years.
PRAC funds are used to cover the difference between the tenants' contributions toward rent (30 percent of adjusted income) and the HUD-approved cost to operate the project.
B.
Authority.
42 U.S.C.
8013 (Section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Pub.L.
101-625, approved November 28, 1990)(NAHA), as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992) (Pub.L.
102-550, approved October 28, 1992)(HCD Act of 1992); the Rescissions Act (Pub.L.
104-19, approved July 27, 1995); the American Homeownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 (Pub.
L.
106-569, approved December 27, 2000) and authorized a new supportive housing program for persons with disabilities, and replaced assistance for persons with disabilities previously covered by section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (section 202 continues, as amended by section 801 of the NAHA, and the HCD Act of 1992, to authorize supportive housing for the elderly).