24 CFR § 880.505 - Contract administration and conversions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t24/s880.505"
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title: "24 CFR § 880.505 - Contract administration and conversions."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "880.505"
section_name: "Contract administration and conversions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, SECTION 202 DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM, SECTION 202 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY PROGRAM AND SECTION 811 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM)"
part_number: "880"
part_name: "SECTION 8 HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS PROGRAM FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, 3535(d), 12701, and 13611-13619."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 59410, Oct. 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "880"
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# 880.505 Contract administration and conversions.

(a) *Contract administration.* For private-owner/PHA projects, the PHA is primarily responsible for administration of the Contract, subject to review and audit by HUD. For private-owner/HUD and PHA-owner/HUD projects, HUD is responsible for administration of the Contract. The PHA or HUD may contract with another entity for the performance of some or all of its contract administration functions.

(b) *PHA fee for Contract administration.* A PHA will be entitled to a reasonable fee, determined by HUD, for administering a Contract except under certain circumstances (see 24 CFR part 883) where a state housing finance agency is the PHA and finances the project.

(c) *Conversion of Projects from one Ownership/Contractual arrangement to another.* Any project may be converted from one ownership/contractual arrangement to another (for example, from a private-owner/HUD to a private-owner/PHA project) if:

(1) The owner, the PHA and HUD agree,

(2) HUD determines that conversion would be in the best interest of the project, and

(3) In the case of conversion from a private-owner/HUD to a private-owner/PHA project, contract authority is available to cover the PHA fee for administering the Contract.