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Language Addressing Current Voucher Shortfall Included
With Members of Congress looking to return home to campaign for Congressional elections in less than six weeks, the House and Senate have agreed to pass the Continuing...
On September 16, HUD published a Request for Information (RFI) on the development of program components for a formula grant program to allocate funding for HUD's Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes grant programs. Currently, these grant programs are statutorily required to make funding awards...
PHAs Not Required to Comply with Sections 102 and 104 Income and Asset Provisions by January 1, 2025; Must Still Comply with Earned Income Disregard Provision by January 1
Yesterday, HUD PIH General Deputy Assistant Secretary...
PIH Notice 2024-27 provides PHAs with new guidance on Energy Performance Contracts (EPCs), updating and superseding prior guidance from PIH Notice 2011-36. The notice discusses the process and requirements for EPCs in public housing and provides a comprehensive definition and explanation of Energy...
BABA Now Applies to Newly Obligated Funds Following the End of HUD’s Phased Implementation Waiver
As of August 23, 2024, HUD’s phased implementation waiver for Build America, Buy America (BABA) has ended. This means that moving forward, BABA will apply to purchases of iron and steel, construction...
Yesterday, HUD announced an extensive update to the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, including 90 new and updated standards to increase innovation and production of homes. These updates include expediting the home production process by reducing the...
Today, HUD released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) and outlined the procedures for PHAs to request reevaluations. The notice specifies the implementation date for the revised FMRs and sets the deadline for reevaluation requests as October 1, 2024. PHAs...
On August 1, HUD posted new FAQs on the EHV website which provide guidance on the termination of vouchers and shortfalls, covered in PIH Notice 2023-14. These FAQs also provide guidance on the expanded uses of service fees detailed in PIH Notice 2023-23.
These guidelines...
Today, HUD announced policy changes to the VASH program aimed at improving access to housing opportunities for veterans with service-connected disability benefits. HUD is expanding access to HUD-VASH by requiring PHAs to set initial income eligibility for veterans at 80% of AMI, rather...
Ensuring that middle-income housing programs complement, rather than detract from, efforts to assist low-income renters is the key recommendation from The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University’s recently published study entitled Subsidizing the Middle: Policies, Tradeoffs, and...