HUD PIH Extends Comment Period for Proposed HOTMA Rule to January 6

HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published a notice in the Federal Register on November 12 extending to January 6, 2021 the deadline for commenting on the proposed rule implementing the Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act of 2016 (HOTMA) changes to the Housing Choice Voucher and Project-Based Voucher programs (see Memo, 10/13). The original comment deadline was December 7.

The proposed rule also includes regulatory changes that HUD states are intended to reduce burdens on public housing agencies (PHAs). The proposed rule addresses numerous changes that affect either the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) tenant-based program or the Project-Based Voucher (PBV) program or both.

The Federal Register notice of the extension is at: https://bit.ly/2Img7YB

The Federal Register version of the proposed rule is at: https://bit.ly/33CR6k6

An easy-to-read version of the proposed rule is at: https://bit.ly/36E6D5b

More information about Housing Choice Vouchers is on page 4-1 of NLIHC’s 2020 Advocates’ Guide.

More information about Project-Based Vouchers (PBVs) is on page 4-8 of NLIHC’s 2020 Advocates’ Guide