Feature

How Crime-Free Rental and Nuisance Ordinances Can Violate Federal Law

September 13, 2024    
DOJ warns against discriminatory housing ordinances.    
Compliance

How to Appeal Your NSPIRE Score

September 13, 2024    
New guidance explains the process for technical reviews.   HUD recently issued guidance for making appeals or technical reviews of the NSPIRE housing inspection protocol. According to HUD, public housing authorities (PHAs) and owners have experienced issues when submitting appeals in the...
Compliance

New Multifamily Section 8 Forms, HAP Contract Forms Available

September 13, 2024    
But forms needed to implement HOTMA are still forthcoming.     HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs recently updated a series forms required for Multifamily Section 8 programs. According to the Office of Housing, the documents in this package are ready for use and can be...
In the News

HUD Publishes Fair Market Rents for Fiscal Year 2025

September 13, 2024    
The FMRs go into effect on Oct. 1   HUD is required by law to set Fair Market Rents (FMRs) every year. In general, the FMR for an area is the amount that a tenant would need to pay the gross rent (rent plus utilities) of privately owned, decent, and safe rental housing of a modest (non-luxury...
In the News

HUD Modifies VASH Program to Improve Veteran Assistance

September 13, 2024    
Veterans’ service-connected disability benefits will be excluded when determining eligibility.  
Feature

HUD Announces 2025 Inflationary Adjustments and Passbook Rate

August 21, 2024    
You’ll use the new figures when calculating household income in 2025.     HUD recently released its annual inflationary adjustments for 2025, impacting tasks such as income certifications and asset level determinations under the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA...
Certification

How to Treat Household’s Nonrecurring Income Under HOTMA

August 21, 2024    
There’s a narrower definition of excluded income now.    
HUD Audits

PHA Didn’t Have Adequate Oversight of Lead-Based Paint in Its Housing

August 21, 2024    
HUD takes enforcement of the Lead Safe Housing Rule seriously.     HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) audited the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s management of lead‐based paint in its public housing program. It was picked for audit based on the office’s...
In the News

Senate Appropriations Committee Passes FY 2025 Transportation-HUD Bill

August 21, 2024    
Funding for tenant-based vouchers would increase $2.9 billion above FY 2024.   On July 25, in a 28 to 1 vote, the full Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. The bill includes higher funding levels...
In the News

HUD Seeks Feedback for Direct Rental Assistance Pilot Project

August 21, 2024    
Subsidies would be given directly to the renter, rather than to the site.   HUD is seeking to test whether rental assistance is more effective if it’s provided directly to families, with no requirement that a site owner enter a contract with a housing agency or meet other administrative...