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FMRs, SAFMRs, and Volatility
Our friends at the National Housing Conference (NHC) and the Public Housing Authorities Director’s Association (PHADA) have written a blog post with a series of beautiful maps on historical Small Area Fair Market Rent (SAFMR) volatility on NHC’s Open House Blog. Here’s a map from the blog post on the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria HUD Metro Fair Market … Continue reading FMRs, SAFMRs, and Volatility
NAHRO Submits Comment Letter on PHA Executive Compensation Data Collection
On Aug 19, NAHRO submitted comments to HUD regarding their 30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection on Executive Compensation Information and HUD Form 52725. The letter states that although NAHRO understands HUD’s statutory requirement to collect information on executive compensation, we remain concerned about the usefulness and relevance of this data collection and its implications regarding the … Continue reading NAHRO Submits Comment Letter on PHA Executive Compensation Data Collection
President Issues Disaster Declaration for Southeastern Louisiana
President Obama has issued a disaster declaration for 20 parishes affected by the historic flooding in southeastern Louisiana. This qualifies individuals and local governments for assistance that can help clean-up and rebuild. Furthermore, the President’s declaration allows HUD to offer relief and other assistance to families living in affected areas.For more information on this assistance, … Continue reading President Issues Disaster Declaration for Southeastern Louisiana
HUD Publishes Notice on Availability of $5 million for TPVs in Low-Vacancy Areas
Today, HUD published a notice (PIH 2016-12) titled “Funding Availability for Tenant-Protection Vouchers for Certain At-Risk Households in Low-Vacancy Areas — Fiscal Year 2016.” The notice makes available the $5 million set-aside for “certain at-risk households in low-vacancy areas for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016” from the $130 million appropriated for Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPVs) in … Continue reading HUD Publishes Notice on Availability of $5 million for TPVs in Low-Vacancy Areas
Interactive Tool Shows the Challenges in Affordable Housing Development
The Urban Institute and National Housing Conference have published an interactive and educative tool, “The Cost of Affordable Housing: Does It Pencil Out,” that demonstrates the huge gap between what it costs to build and maintain affordable housing and the affordable rent that low-income families can pay, making it difficult to finance affordable housing without … Continue reading Interactive Tool Shows the Challenges in Affordable Housing Development
NAHRO submits Small Area FMR Comments
NAHRO has submitted comments on HUD’s notice titled “Establishing a More Effective Fair Market Rent System; Using Small Area Fair Market Rents in Housing Choice Voucher Program Instead of the Current 50th Percentile FMRs.” HUD’s proposed rule would mandatorily impose the use of Small Area Fair Market Rent (SAFMR) areas in 31 metropolitan areas, if … Continue reading NAHRO submits Small Area FMR Comments
NAHRO meets with HUD PIH Leadership
NAHRO’s Acting CEO, John Bohm, and the NAHRO Policy Team members; Georgi Banna, Eric Oberdorfer and Tushar Gurjal; along with PHADA and CLPHA met with HUD’s Public and Indian Housing Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS), Lourdes Castro-Ramierz, and many of the PIH department leadership. Among the topics discussed were the priorities for implementing the Housing … Continue reading NAHRO meets with HUD PIH Leadership
HUD Publishes Integrity Bulletins for CPD Formula Grantees
The HUD Offices of the Inspector General (OIG) and Community Planning and Development (CPD) have developed Integrity Bulletins that cover topics representing issues that CPD formula grantees often struggle with: procurement and contracting; sub-recipient oversight; conflicts of interest; internal controls; documentation and reporting; and financial management. The four Integrity Bulletins available include: HUD CPD and OIG Message for … Continue reading HUD Publishes Integrity Bulletins for CPD Formula Grantees
HUD Announces In-Person MTW Expansion Advisory Committee Meetings
HUD will host the MTW Expansion Research Advisory Committee for their 2 day, in-person meeting on Thursday and Friday, September 1 and 2. The in-person meeting will be held on Thursday, September 1, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) and Friday, September 2, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (EDT) … Continue reading HUD Announces In-Person MTW Expansion Advisory Committee Meetings
UPCS-V: Updated Decision Trees
HUD has posted updated UPCS-V Decision Trees on the HUD REAC Oversight and Evaluation (OED) website. Feedback on either the UPCS-V Decision Trees or the UPCS-V Protocol (version 1.0) can be sent to OED@hud.gov. The updated Decision Trees can be found here.