In the News
November 12, 2015
On Oct. 22, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing entitled, “The Future of Housing in America: 50 Years of HUD and its Impact on Federal Housing Policy,” to review the effectiveness of HUD programs since the Department was established half a century ago.
In the News
November 12, 2015
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing recently issued Notice PIH-2015-17, which provides guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) on the use and reporting of administrative fee reserves for the Housing Choice Voucher program. The new notice responds to Office of the Inspector General...
Recent Court Rulings
November 12, 2015
Facts: A Section 8 resident sued the local PHA and its employees for allegedly violating her constitutional rights. From March 2008 until January 2013, she entered into a lease agreement for an apartment. The PHA, through a housing inspector, conducted an annual inspection of the apartment in...
Recent Court Rulings
November 12, 2015
Facts: On March 4, 2013, a local PHA sent a notice of termination of Housing Choice Voucher benefits to a resident. The letter indicated that her benefits were being terminated because she had failed to report in writing within 30 days of an increase in household income or new income for any family...
The Trainer
November 12, 2015
Ensuring Resident Files Are Complete
In this month’s feature, we discussed how to keep resident files in proper order so that they don’t raise any red flags with auditors. We showed you how to prepare the files for the annual audit using a checklist that itemizes what HUD requires. We...
Feature
October 15, 2015
HUD requires many owners of nonprofit and limited-dividend sites with HUD-insured and HUD-held mortgages, including Section 202 program sites, to set up residual receipts accounts. Generally, all sites owned by nonprofit mortgagors and all Section 236 and 221(d)(3) projects owned by limited...
Compliance
October 15, 2015
In August, HUD issued the long-awaited update to the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook. This document applies to project-based Section 8 contracts, referred to as HAPs or PBRA contracts, and is important in establishing rents for the bulk of the existing subsidized housing portfolio. The last full...
Compliance
October 15, 2015
Like most sites, you communicate in writing with the public, applicants, and residents nearly every day. For example, you probably send out applications, leases, 50059 certification forms, letters, notices, brochures, and flyers. But did you know that HUD requires each of these written...
In the News
October 14, 2015
HUD launched a new ethics program that will support whistleblower, ombudsman, and hotline initiatives. Part of HUD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the Integrity & Compliance Program (ICP) aims to create a “principled organizational culture,” Inspector General David...
In the News
October 14, 2015
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) recently released an updated version of its paper, Research Shows Housing Vouchers Reduce Hardship and Provide Platform for Long-Term Gains Among Children. According to the paper, vouchers and other rental assistance lifted 2.8 million people—...
