HUD Allows Individual and Small Group Meetings, Allows Projects to Use CARES Act Public Housing Operating Funds in 2020
HUD issued joint Notice H-2020-09/PIH-2020-26 announcing two CARES Act-related provisions regarding the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD). One provision allows a public housing agency (PHA) or…
HUD Publishes Proposed Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Rule Changes
HUD published proposed changes to the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) regulations in the Federal Register on September 21. The proposed changes primarily implement statutory changes required by “The…
Tenant Talk Volume 11, Issue 3: Policy Updates
NLIHC COVID-19 Policy Priorities Please note that there might have been additional congressional action between the publication of this article and the date you are reading it. For the latest…
HUD PIH Extends Time to Spend Some CARES Act Public Housing and Voucher Funds
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH-2020-24 extending the deadline for public housing agencies (PHAs) to spend CARES Act supplemental Public Housing Operating Funds…
HUD PIH Posts Guidance on Using Proceeds from Disposition of Public Housing or Voluntary Conversion to Vouchers
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2020-23 providing guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) about the requirements for obtaining approval to use proceeds from…
HUD PIH and Multifamily Offices Inform Stakeholders of CDC Eviction Moratorium
Two HUD offices—Public and Indian Housing (PIH) and Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily)—sent emails to stakeholders informing them of the moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent ordered…
HUD PIH Publishes Moving to Work (MTW) Expansion Operations Notice
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted the final “Operations Notice for the Expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program” in the Federal Register on August 28. This…
HUD Announces Restart of Physical Inspections
HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced on August 7 that HUD will resume Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) physical inspections of public housing and privately owned HUD-assisted multifamily properties…
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Expresses Concern about PHAs’ Slow Use of Supplemental CARES Act Funds
Hunter Kurtz, assistant secretary of HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), sent a letter on August 4 to public housing agency (PHA) executive directors expressing concern about the slow…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing Posts Notice Making $25 Million Available to Cover Funding Shortfalls at Public Housing Agencies
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH-2020-16 implementing the FY20 Appropriations Act $25 million set-aside of Public Housing Operating Funds to assist public housing…
NLIHC, NHLP Send Letter to HUD Detailing its Legal Authority on Eviction Moratorium
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), along with 168 other organizations, sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on July 20 stating that HUD has the legal authority to…