# Transfer to Project-Based Rental Assistance

**Agency:** Housing & Urban Dev  
**Account:** DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS TOTAL, NET  
**Source document:** HUD Programs · p. 1  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/budget/hud/transfer-to-project-based-rental-assistance  

> **Trust:** parsed from the agency Congressional Justification. Approximate, **not summable**, verify at the cited page.


## Housing & Urban Dev discretionary budget authority (OMB PBDB — authoritative)

FY2027 $62.00B, FY2026 $74.30B. This is the agency total, not a sum of the parsed lines.


## What this funds

 PBCA Modifications: This provision allows HUD to make the Performance-Based Contract Administrator (PBCA) solicitation process a Notice of Funding Opportunity (awarded cooperative agreements) rather than a procurement under the FAR, as currently required by court rulings. The language makes agreements on a state-by-state basis rather than regional and would make only public housing agencies (PHAs) (including State Housing Finance Agencies) eligible. If a PHA is not selected for any given state through the notice, then HUD would use a procurement contract to select an administrator. (Sec. 224)  Mod Rehab and SRO Sunset: The PBRA account supports approximately 18,000 affordable units through the legacy Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) and Single Room Occupancy (SRO) programs on year-to-year contracts. These units have a path to enter long-term Section 8 contracts through RAD (PBRA or PBV). Alternatively, owners can opt out of the Mod Rehab and SRO programs at contract expiration, in which case eligible families receive tenant protection vouchers (TPVs). HUD has already been conducting outreach to owners on these potential paths. This provision sunsets these two legacy programs within three years, giving owners time to develop plans for transition to one of these two alternative platforms.  Mark-to-Market Extension: This provision extends the authority to run the Mark to Ma


**Where it sits:** Civilian / Non-Defense › Housing & Urban Dev › HUD Programs › DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS TOTAL, NET › PUBLIC and INDIAN HOUSING PROGRAMS TOTAL


*HitchAI is an independent intelligence service, not affiliated with the U.S. government. Civilian line dollars are parsed from agency Congressional Justifications and are approximate.*