HCV Two-Year Tool Updates!
A HUD official emailed me to announce certain updates to the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) two-year tool. The updates include the following:
- The two-year tool is now publicly available and accessible by anyone;
- A series of training videos has been created and is publicly available; and
- The two-year tool now shows draft inflation factors for the next year to help program managers plan for the next year (depending on the housing market the PHA is located in, this may be a large number).
The two year tool and the training videos can be accessed here.
Have a little spare time this holiday season? Check out HUD’s two-year tool training videos! The table listing the links to the videos is reproduced below. Click below to access it.
| Count | Description | URL | Length |
| Two-Year Projection Tool | |||
| Overview | |||
| 1 | How-To IT Guide on External Two-Year Tool Creation | Click here. | ~8 minutes |
| 2 | Two-Year Tool: The Theory | Click here. | ~24 minutes |
| Section/Area Specific | |||
| 3 | Budget Authority – Part 1: Overview | Click here. | ~17 minutes |
| 4 | Budget Authority – Part 2: Reserves/Offsets | Click here. | ~18 minutes |
| 5 | Budget Authority – Part 3: Inflation/Proration/New Units | Click here. | ~23 minutes |
| 6 | Per Unit Cost (PUC)/Rent Burden (RB) Tab | Click here. | ~26 minutes |
| 7 | Key Variables (Success Rate/Time-to-Success/Attrition) | Click here. | ~19 minutes |
| 8 | Administrative Fee Analysis | Click here. | ~15 minutes |
| 9 | Summary Outcomes Box | Click here. | ~15 minutes |
| 10 | Leasing Chart | Click here. | ~24 minutes |
| 11 | Leasing Chart/Graphs/Comments Box Button | Click here. | ~24 minutes |
| 12 | Pop-Ups When Creating TYT | Click here. | ~8 minutes |
| Additional Tools | |||
| 13 | Summary Document | Click here. | ~9 minutes |
| 14 | Additional Disbursements (HHR Detail) | Click here. | ~29 minutes |
| 15 | VASH | ||
| 16 | Success Rate Tracking/Wait List Management | Click here. | ~28 minutes |
| 17 | VMS DCR Uploads | Click here. | ~13 minutes |
| 18 | Accrual Information/Years 3 and 4 | Click here. | ~10 minutes |
| 19 | MTW TYT | Click here. | ~8 minutes |
| Case Studies | |||
| 20 | Case Study 1 | Click here. | ~31 minutes |
| 21 | Case Study 2 | ||
| 22 | Case Study 3 | ||
| Tool of Tools (ToT) | |||
| 23 | Overview | Click here. | ~7 minutes |
| 24 | Loading Data/Required Information | Click here. | ~11 minutes |
| 25 | HCV Analysis Tool (HAT) (4-page PDF) | Click here. | ~18 minutes |
| 26 | PIC Drill-Down | ||
| 27 | Payment Standard Tool (PST): Single PS | ||
| 28 | Payment Standard Tool (PST): Multiple PS | ||
| 29 | Payment Standard Tool (PST): Case Study – Single PS | ||
| 30 | Payment Standard Tool (PST): Case Study – Multiple PS | ||