Section 202 Conversion

Mandatory Conversion is the conversion of public housing residents to Section-8. If it costs less to give the residents a Section 8 voucher, rather than maintain the low rent public housing building under ACC, the building is shut down and the residents are provided Section 8. Mandatory conversion was implemented under Section 202 of Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and Appropriations Act of 1996.

Section 202 was rescinded under the Quality housing Work Results Act and substituted with new legislation which covered similar actions:

	Required Conversion, implementing Section 33 of the housing Act of 1937
	Voluntary Conversion, implementing Section 22 of the housing Act of 1937

Section 202 is now only applicable to those HA's with approved conversion plans that are still in the process of implementation. SAC is currently reviewing the implementation and development of previously approved programs, and will be contacting HA's before October 1, 2006, to discuss their progress. If you have any questions please contact SAC Management: