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Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS)
On January 11, 2000, HUD issued the final rule for the Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS) regulation at 24 CFR part 902. PHAS is
designed to serve as an oversight tool that will effectively measure
the performance of public housing agencies. Using this new system
as a basis, PHAs will be measured using HUD standards that are objective
and uniform. To facilitate this objective, HUD has structured PHAS
to evaluate four major areas.
The four PHAS components are:
- Physical Inspection Indicator - designed to ensure that PHAs
meet the minimum standard of being decent, safe, and sanitary
and in good repair (DSS/GR);
- Financial Condition Indicator - assesses the financial condition
of public and assisted housing agencies;
- Management Operations Indicator; and
- Resident Satisfaction and Service Indicator - allowing for
public housing resident assessment of PHA performance.
NAHRO Policy Position
HUD wants to use the public housing assessment system (PHAS) as
an oversight tool to measure the performance of local housing authorities
(LHAs) in four major areas: physical inspections, financial conditions,
management operations, and resident satisfaction and service. The
PHAS is being implemented now.
NAHRO believes HUD should delay implementation until problems
in the PHAS protocol are resolved. Despite NAHRO's and congressional
advocacy for a delay, HUD has moved ahead with implementation.
NAHRO has several areas of concern, including:
- The sample size used to test the revised PHAS,
- The technical capacity of HUD to receive electronic transmissions
and provide assistance via telephone,
- The handling of appeals,
- The training of inspectors and field staff,
- Timing of physical inspections, and
- Assessment of financial conditions.
Legislators have added their voices to NAHRO's in an effort to
delay implementation of the PHAS. Representatived Barney Frank (D-MO),
John LaFalce (D-NY), James Leach (R-IA), and Rick Lazio (R-NY) wrote
to HUD recommending a delay in implementation. The letter urged:
- Broader testing of the system,
- A fair appeals process,
- Ensurance that REAC is capable of dealing with the volume of
communications it will receive, and,
- Adequate training of inspectors and field staff
M e m b e r s L
i n k s:
News Updates:
- December
10, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Small Agencies
GAO Study of QHWRA's Impact
on LHAs' Mission To Serve
- October 24, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing and Small Agencies:
PHAS Scoring
Notices Extended
- August 28, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing and Small Agencies:
PHAS Update
- June 25,
2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Small Agencies:
Applicability of Small Agency Definition To Final
Deregulation Rule
- June
24, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Washington Update:
HUD Releases Long Awaited Small
Agency Deregulation Rule
- June 13, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Washington Update:
PHAS Proposed Rule Rescinded
by HUD
- May 21, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Washington Update:
PHAS Scoring Notices Pending
- May 20, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Washington Update:
PHAS Side by Side Comparison
- April 4, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Washington Update:
HOPE IV Demolition Grant NOFA,
PHAS Extension Published
- April 2, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Washington Update:
PHAS Comment Period to be Extended
- February 6, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing, Small Agencies and Washington Update:
New PHAS Proposed Rule Released
- January 31, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing, Small Agencies and Section 8:
New PHAS Proposed Rule ---
Grading, MASS, FASS & RASS
- January 30, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing, Small Agencies and Section 8:
New PHAS Proposed Rule - Physical
Inspections Component
- January 30, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing, Small Agencies and Section 8:
HUD Releases New PHAS Proposed
Rule; Will Hold 13 Public Comment Meetings
- January 30, 2003:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing and Small Agencies:
PHAS Rule To Be Released
- August 28, 2002:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing and Small Agencies:
NAHRO Seeks Clarification
on PHAS’ Physical Inspection Definitions
- March 27, 2002:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing
and Small Agencies:
GAO Reports Status
of HUD Public Housing Assessment
- November 26, 2001:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing:
PHAS Interim Scoring
Notices Published Today; Sept. 30, 2001 FYE Agencies Affected
- October 3, 2001:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing:
HUD Developing Guidelines
for PHAS Appeals
- September 26, 2001:
NAHRO DirectNews - Public Housing:
PHAS Interim Rule
Due Out in Two Weeks (Revised)
- July 2, 2001: PHAS Update:
Interim PHAS Rule
Hammered Out
- June 11, 2001: PHAS Update:
NAHRO and Industry
Groups Push for Negotiating Process on PHAS
- May 30, 2001: Full Implementation of
PHAS Delayed Again - HUD Issues PHAS Guidance and Notice of Revised
Timetable and Commencement of Informal Meetings more...
- May 11, 2001: PHAS Update:
On Thursday, May 10, 2001, HUD held the second in a series of
scheduled Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) stakeholder
meetings. As reported last Friday, the meeting was facilitated
by the Consensus Building Institute (CBI) and included members
of various resident and industry groups, as well as HUD and REAC
staff. There were two main goals for the meeting: 1) to identify
and form a consensus of key issues surrounding the PHAS and 2)
to establish overarching goals for public housing and the PHAS.
The key to the discussion was identifying HUD’s goals for
a public housing assessment system. In other words, what is the
purpose of the PHAS? more...
- May 3, 2001: PHAS Update:
On Thursday, May 10, 2001, HUD will hold a PHAS stakeholders meeting.
The meeting will convene a group of stakeholders that will be
represented by housing industry advocate groups, residents, members
of HUD's Office of the Secretary, PIH, and REAC. A series of meetings,
scheduled to continue through November 2001, will be facilitated
by the Consensus Building Institute, Inc. This is the group that
facilitated the HUD Section 8 Neg Reg meetings in 1999. This meeting,
in effect, continues discussions started at the March 13, 2001
meeting where HUD's new administration probed stakeholders on
issues of concern relative to PHAS. more...
- March 14, 2001: NAHRO
Meets with REAC Staff over REAC PASS report to Congress
- February 9, 2001:
Washington Update:
Some of you have contacted NAHRO to inquire about delays you have
experienced in scheduling for PHAS physical inspections and uncertainty
about notifying residents relative to resident survey delivery.
As a result, NAHRO contacted HUD to find out if there was an official
statement on these issues that we could pass on to you. more....
- January 29, 2001: Notice
PIH 2001-5:
On January 19, 2001, HUD issued PIH Notice 2001-5 detailing guidance
for the implementation of the direction contained in the Conference
Report 106-988 for HUD’s fiscal year 2001 Appropriations
Act. more...
- January 16, 2001: MS Excel
file of the most recent listing of the PHAS Appeal Review
Boards from the 27 HUD jurisdictions. The list includes names
and contact information for all members, including PIH and REAC
representatives. (also in PDF)
- December 19, 2000: PHAS
Advisory Meeting Update
- September 22, 2000: HUD's
Office of Public and Indian Housing Hires Consultants to Assess
Physical Assessment Subsystem Methodology.
Monitor Issue:
- October 31, 2003: PHAS Scoring Notices Extended
- September 15, 2003: Deregulation for Small Housing Agencies
- June 30, 2003:
- June 15, 2003: Proposed PHAS Rule Flawed
- February 28, 2003: PHAS Public Hearings
Postponed
- February 15, 2003: HUD Publishes Revised PHAS Rule
- October 31, 2002: NAHRO Suggests Costing of Defects
to Improve PHAS
- September 30, 2002: PHAS
Physical Inspection System Under Review
- May 31, 2002: Fixing
PHAS: Let's Take the Lead
- March 31, 2002: NAHRO/S&P
Prototype Introduced
- January 31, 2002: PHAS
Negotiations Continue
- December 15, 2001: PHAS
Update
- October 31, 2001: PHAS
Interim Scoring Notices Due for Publishing
- June 15, 2001: Resolution
Sought for PHAS
- May 31, 2001: PHAS
Continues Advisory Status
- February 15, 2001: HUD
To Delay "Adverse Action"
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