The 2024 Federal Fiscal Year (FFY2024) begins on October 1, 2023, and as of the writing of this Alert, Congress has not passed and the President has not signed a bill to provide funding for FFY2024. As a result, federal...more
9/29/2023
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has extended the submission deadline for expedited regulatory waivers until April 1, 2022, for Public Housing and Housing Choice Vouchers....more
During this time of uncertainty, Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) are now operating under stressed conditions with limited resources. HUD posted a revised “COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies” on April 22, 2020,...more
HUD issued “COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies” on March 30, 2020, with an updated version 2 circulated on March 31, 2020 (the FAQ). The FAQ covers frequently asked questions...more
As public housing authorities (PHAs) and multifamily housing owners grapple with protecting their residents, employees and stakeholders amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, HUD has issued several pieces of guidance in recent days...more
3/23/2020
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Eviction ,
Foreclosure ,
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Low-Income Issues ,
Moratorium ,
Public Housing ,
Public Housing Authorities ,
Rental Assistance Demonstration ,
Rental Property ,
Trump Administration
Last week, HUD issued a new notice requesting letters of interest under its Moving to Work (MTW) program from PHAs with 1,001 or more total public housing and housing choice voucher (HCV) units. MTW participants are able to...more
HUD’s Moving to Work (MTW) Office has been busy! Earlier this month, HUD published for public comment a revised Operations Notice that will govern an expanded MTW program. ...more
10/17/2018
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Low-Income Issues ,
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Regulatory Requirements ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Section 8
In a new audit report, HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) questioned certain costs paid by a public housing authority (PHA) for travel by the PHA’s commissioners. The OIG alleges violations of uniform cost principals at...more
Effective September 21, amendments to HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program – the government’s largest program for assisting low-income, elderly, and disabled populations in the private housing market – will change the...more
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released an audit report of HUD examining the extent to which over-income families have been residing in public housing units. “Over-income” means the families were eligible low-...more
HUD has announced that it will end the regulatory relief granted under Notice PIH 2013-03 as of the end of March 2015. That relief, which HUD described in Notice PIH 2013-03 as “temporary,” allowed public housing agencies...more
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case which questioned whether the Fair Housing Act (FHA) allows for a disparate impact theory of liability. The disparate impact theory of liability is one in which a...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.—the case presenting the issue of whether disparate impact claims are...more
On October 16th, HUD issued a new proposed rule that would make significant changes to the approval process for the demolition and disposition of public housing properties. In addition to codifying a number of existing,...more
This week, HUD published a Jobs Plus Pilot NOFA for distribution of approximately $24 million to public housing agencies (PHAs) for a new Jobs Plus Pilot program. The pilot, a successor to a program by the same name that was...more
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued an audit of HUD last week pertaining to awards of asset repositioning fees (ARF), the funds that public housing authorities (PHAs) may receive in connection with demolishing or...more
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) recently issued PIH 2014-20 (PIH Notice) providing guidance to public housing authorities (PHAs), PHA affiliates and instrumentalities, mixed-finance owners and owners of...more
With HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration program in full swing and transactions moving through the RAD pipeline, it may be helpful to step back now and again to consider some points about RAD. Here are a few that have...more
HUD has granted temporary flexibilities for the public housing and housing choice voucher (HCV) programs administered by public housing authorities (PHAs). Intended to lessen administrative burdens in light of reduced federal...more