In 2004, the US Department of HUD announced its award for Contract Administration for the project based, Section 8 program within the State of Florida.

The award is part of a landmark management reform plan called HUD 2020, under which HUD outsourced its contract administration responsibilities to qualified public housing agencies that can achieve the programmatic objectives of:

• Calculating and paying Section 8 rental subsidies correctly.
• Administering project-based Section 8 HAP Contracts consistently.
• Enforcing owner obligations to provide decent housing for eligible families.

Under the terms of the award, the North Tampa Housing Development Corporation entered into a partnership agreement with CGI-Federal Inc. to establish and manage the performance-based contract administration initiative.

NTHDC assumed contract administration duties on December 4, 2004.