The Department of Housing and Urban Development is making $224 million in supplemental payments available to owners of properties receiving project-based rental assistance to cover COVID-19-related expenses. Applications are due Aug. 5.
The supplemental operating funds are for Section 8, Section 202, and Section 811 properties.
Notice H 20-08 says the funding “will help address operating cost increases incurred by owners to prevent, prepare for, or respond to COVID-19 at their properties, including to maintain normal operations and to take other necessary actions while project-based Section 8, Section 2020, and Section 811 programs are impacted by coronavirus.”
Eligible activities include increased frequency of cleaning and disinfecting common areas and preoprty management offices as a preventative measure, intensive deep cleaning and sanitization services in response to a presence of COVID-19 cases at the property, and office technology and other equipment needs to facilitate social distancing.
Members of the affordable housing team at the Nixon Peabody law firm have outlined the latest eligible costs and application process.
