Assisted Tenant

A state, county or city whose public assistance program specifies an amount for shelter and utilities the family will receive, and adjusts the amount based upon the family’s actual payment for shelter and utilities.*

For more information on what is considered an asset and what is not an asset, see Exhibit 5-2.

The amount HUD pays the owner for a unit occupied by a Section 8, RAP, Rent Supplement, or PAC tenant. It includes HUD’s share of the contract rent and any utility reimbursement due the tenant. It is the gross rent for the unit minus the Total Tenant Payment (TTP). The assistance payment for an occupied PRAC unit is the operating rent minus the TTP.

Any rent less than the market rent. Includes Section 236 rents that are greater than the basic rent.

A tenant who pays less than the market rate. Includes tenants:

1. Receiving Rent Supplement, RAP, PAC, or Section 8 assistance;

2. Living in a Section 202 PRAC or Section 811 PRAC development paying equal to or less than the operating rent;

3. Living in a Section 202 PRAC or Section 811 PRAC development paying more than the operating rent, which generates excess income;

4. Paying the BMIR contract rent;

5. Paying the Section 236 basic rent; or

6. Paying above basic rent, which generates excess income, but less than market rent, in a Section 236 project.