Today, HUD issued a notice extending until after October 31, 2020, the deadline for cities and other participating jurisdictions to submit assessments of fair housing (AFH), the new reporting and assessment tool required by HUD’s 2015 affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) rule. Some participating jurisdictions have already submitted AFHs, and the New York Times
HUD Webinar on RAD Construction Completion Certification & Minority Concentration Analysis Mapping Tool
On Thursday, November 9, 2017 HUD hosted a live webinar to provide an overview and discussion of the recently developed Completion Certification and the RAD Minority Concentration Analysis Tool. A video of the webinar can be found here along with slides from the presentation.
Construction Completion Certification. Once construction or rehabilitiation is complete, Section
The OIG issues dozens of new audit reports
Just in time for the end of the federal fiscal year (September 30), the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a flurry of internal and external audit reports over the last few weeks on a wide variety of topics. They include:
- CDBG disaster grant administration issues, including criticism of HUD’s guidance and oversight on
New RAD Notice of Increase in Cap and Rent Setting
Our friends at NAHRO have alerted us that a new RAD notice will be issued tomorrow, August 23, 2017. The notice requires PHAs who already submitted a RAD letter of interest to preserve their spot on the wait list to submit a RAD application within 60 days if they want to continue in the RAD
OIG asks: Are CPD programs available to undocumented immigrants?
Today, the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a bulletin indicating that it is unclear if undocumented immigrants have access to certain HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) programs – namely the Housing for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) and homeless assistance programs.
The bulletin explains that undocumented immigrants do not typically have access to
HUD issues report on worst case housing needs
On August 9, HUD issued to Congress its 16th report on worst case housing needs in the United States, based on 2015 data. Households with “worst case needs” are those that are very low income, do not receive government housing assistance and either pay more than 1/2 of their income for rent or live in
Senate Committee on Appropriations Passes FY2018 THUD – A Step in the Right Direction for RAD and HUD Programs
The Senate Committee on Appropriations unanimously voted on July 27, 2017 to approve its FY2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill. The bill eliminates the cap in the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, which has been supported by Secretary Carson, and also removes RAD’s sunset date. In addition to the advancements in
Implementation of the Housing Choice Voucher Program under the 2017 Appropriations Act
On June 28, 2017, HUD issued Notice PIH 2017-10 (HA) (the “Notice”) providing guidance on the implementation of the Housing Choice Voucher (“HCV”) program funding provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (the “2017 Act”).
Under the 2017 Act, HUD received a total of $20,292,000,000 in funding for the Housing Choice Voucher program for the
HUD Secretary States: RAD – “We need to lift the cap”
At the National Housing Conference 2017 Annual Policy Symposium on June 9, 2017, HUD Secretary Ben Carson delivered the keynote address and participated in a Q&A session with Chris Estes, President and CEO of NHC. While much of the keynote address focused on homeownership issues, remarks made during the Q&A included such topics as the
HUD Regulatory Reform
The new HUD administration has been pretty quiet on the regulatory front, with only a handful of regulations and notices issued since January. That may change soon. HUD is hard at work identifying regulatory changes that might be made to comply with Executive Order (EO) 13771, “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs.” The EO