Q: Your resident selection plan must describe the circumstances under which you may reject an applicant for occupancy or assistance. But HUD allows the owner to establish a policy to consider extenuating circumstances. True or false?
President Obama has formally announced his intention to nominate Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan to lead the Office of Management and Budget, and selected San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro to replace Donovan at HUD.
On May 21, the House Appropriations Committee approved by a vote of 28 to 21 the FY 2015 Transportation-HUD (T-HUD) appropriations bill. The House bill has a funding level of $52.03 billion, $1.2 billion more than the FY 2014 enacted funding level and $7.8 billion less than the president’s...
On May 21, HUD issued guidance making $5 million in tenant protection voucher assistance available for certain at-risk households in low-vacancy areas. Notice HUD 2014-13 provides instructions, eligibility, and selection criteria for $5 million of the $130 million appropriated for tenant...
After the 2011 notice of funding availability (NOFA) to solicit bids for performance-based contract administrator (PBCA) contracts was completed, several PBCAs sued HUD, claiming that the NOFA wasn’t an appropriate method for awarding PBCA contracts. PBCAs administer Section 8 HAP...
HUD recently announced an agreement with the city of Dubuque, Iowa, settling allegations that the city discriminated against African Americans in the administration of its Housing Choice Voucher program.
Congress recently approved three initiatives in HUD's Multifamily Transformation Plan. Secretary Donovan announced that HUD will proceed with its existing plan for the transformation, with one key modification. For now, Asset Management employees will not relocate to other offices. They will...
Several HUD forms are expiring at the end of March 2014. Although using expired forms can result in a Management and Occupancy Review finding, you won't be penalized for using these forms until the new ones are issued. These forms include model leases, 50059s, Race/Ethnicity Form, EIV...
HUD recently awarded nearly $1.8 billion to public housing authorities in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to make major large-scale improvements to the nation’s 1.1 million public housing units. The grants are provided...
On Feb. 19, the National Housing Conference’s Center for Housing Policy released its annual Housing Landscape report entitled, "The Housing Affordability Challenges of America’s Working Households."
Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) is the centerpiece of HUD’s strategy to preserve at-risk public and assisted housing. The first component allows public housing and moderate rehabilitation properties to convert, under a competition limited to 60,000 units, to long-term Section 8...
