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Last year, HUD issued guidance that stipulated that PHAs must incur all eligible CARES Act expenses by December 31, 2021. HUD recently issued updated guidance that revises the time available for PHAs to liquidate their CARES Act obligations by April 30, 2023. HUD's latest guidance applies to PHAs...
Recently, HUD issued closeout procedures for PHAs awarded Coronavirus Aid, Relieve, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) supplemental funding to prevent, prepare for and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. In September 2020, HUD advised PHAs of forthcoming...
Today, CLPHA submitted comments to HUD expressing that in recent months our members have reported challenges with protecting their assisted households from evictions while trying to balance HUD’s competing demands to ‘achieve the desired target for tenant rent collection’ as required...
This week, HUD PIH released Notice PIH 2022-09, “Streamlined Regulatory Waivers for the Housing Choice Voucher (including Mainstream and Mod Rehab) Program.” This Notice extends the deadline from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022 for PHAs to apply for certain regulatory waivers announced in...
Beginning April 2020, HUD PIH issued guidance that allowed PHAs to adopt a variety of statutory and regulatory waivers that impacted everyday HUD program operations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including HCV, public housing, Mod Rehab and Mainstream programs. PIH Notice 2021-33 required...
HUD recently released PIH Notice 2021-33 providing guidance to public housing authorities (PHAs) on the CARES Act Waiver Reporting Tool (CAWRT), HUD’s tool used to report COVID-19 waivers adopted as authorized the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. ...
On September 9, 2021, President Biden signed two Executive Orders in support of his COVID-19 Action Plan. The first Executive Order required the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force to issue guidance mandating certain COVID-19 safety protocols for federal contractors and subcontractors....
Recently HUD issued a series of guidance documents to provide public housing agencies (PHAs) instructions on how to prepare for the expiration of certain waivers and administrative flexibilities authorized by HUD through the CARES Act to provide relief to PHAs, Indian tribes, and tribally...
You all have worked through challenging times over the past year and a half. Thank you to those of you who completed our COVID-19 survey issued in winter 2021 to assess COVID-19 needs and priorities within our member PHAs. You can see a summary of those results here. We are now re-issuing...
Late last week, HUD and PIH provided an update on CARES Act reporting requirements and reporting period deadlines. HUD announced that due to the ongoing development of the CARES Act reporting portal, PHAs were no longer required to submit a quarterly...