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Emergency Safety and Security Grants Funding Guidance Published
Applications due June 28, 2023 HUD has released Notice PIH 2023-10, outlining the application process for Emergency Safety and Security Grants (ESSG) as part of the Public Housing Capital Fund program. This funding may be used to address natural disaster emergencies, carbon monoxide detectors, heat and smoke detectors, and crime or drug-related activities in public … Continue reading Emergency Safety and Security Grants Funding Guidance Published
NAHRO, Industry Groups Ask HUD to Delay NSPIRE Scoring Implementation
Earlier today, the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), along with our industry partners—the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities (CLPHA), the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA), […]
HUD Publishes NSPIRE Score Calculator
HUD has published a National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) score calculator for properties that have had an NSPIRE Demonstration inspection. This calculator does not apply to pass/fail inspections. The tool is a Microsoft Excel file into which PHAs or POAs can enter the number of deficiencies from an NSPIRE Demonstration … Continue reading HUD Publishes NSPIRE Score Calculator
New Study on Choice Mobility Option in RAD Properties Published
HUD recently published a study titled “Evaluation of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD): Early Findings on Choice Mobility Implementation.” In projects that have converted from public housing to either project-based rental assistance (PBRA) or project-based vouchers (PBVs), the housing agency is required to allow residents to request a housing choice voucher (HCV) (i.e., a tenant-based … Continue reading New Study on Choice Mobility Option in RAD Properties Published
HUD Releases Notice on MTW Regionalization Requirements
On April 7, HUD released Notice PIH 2023-08, which clarifies policies, statutes and regulations that apply to agency regionalization implemented under the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration program. Regionalization is an optional approach that agencies may take to more efficiently provide housing assistance and services for low-income families. As authorized in the 2016 Appropriations Act, … Continue reading HUD Releases Notice on MTW Regionalization Requirements
HUD Announces New Grants and Vouchers to Address Homelessness
On April 17, HUD announced $171.2 million in funding for 115 new projects within 29 Continuum of Care (CoC) communities. Additionally, HUD will provide 3,362 Stability Vouchers to 139 PHAs who have partnered with CoC grantees totaling $43 million. Allocated funds for CoCs will be used to address unsheltered and rural homelessness in 62 communities. … Continue reading HUD Announces New Grants and Vouchers to Address Homelessness
HUD Removes Three-Year Expenditure Requirement for CDBG-CV Funds
On April 18, HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development published a notice of change that removes the Three-Year Requirement, which specified that 80 percent of a Community Development Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG–CV) grant must be expended within three years of the grant agreement execution date. The notice maintains the Period of Performance requirement, … Continue reading HUD Removes Three-Year Expenditure Requirement for CDBG-CV Funds
HUD-VASH Registration Notice Out ($94 million)
HUD has published a notice titled “2023 Mid-Year Registration of Interest for HUD-VASH Vouchers” (PIH 2023-09), which announces $94.4 million in potential HUD-VASH funding for 11,000 new HUD-VASH vouchers. The vouchers will be awarded following a two-step process: PHAs must be registered by midnight of their time zone on Wed., May 10, 2023. Housing agencies … Continue reading HUD-VASH Registration Notice Out ($94 million)
2023 Renewal Funding Inflation Factors (RFIFs) Published
Earlier today, HUD published a notice titled “Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program-Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Inflation Factors for Public Housing Agency (PHA) Renewal Funding.” These inflation factors are used by HUD to determine how much renewal Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) funding an agency will receive relative to the prior year. Each PHA receives its … Continue reading 2023 Renewal Funding Inflation Factors (RFIFs) Published
HUD Publishes Notice on HCV Landlord Penalties
On March 31, HUD published a notice titled “Notice on Remedies PHAs have for Poor Performing Owners in the Housing Choice Voucher and Project-Based Voucher Programs” (PIH Notice 2023-06). The notice informs PHAs of the available punitive measures or remedies they have against landlords that do not comply with their Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contracts. … Continue reading HUD Publishes Notice on HCV Landlord Penalties