HUD released the FY16 median family income (MFI) estimates and income limits on March 28. The estimated FY16 MFI for the U.S. is $65,700, which represents a decrease of less than 1% from the…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs issued Notice H 2016-05 on March 31, revising Notice H 2014-12 (see Memo 9/15/14) pertaining to owner compliance with tenant participation requirements at…
HUD has posted a six-part webcast explaining the required content of the new Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) established in the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. The webcast defines…
Two notices concerning the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule were published in the Federal Register on March 23.
One notice announced the availability of an assessment tool that…
On March 14, HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing revised the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the transfer of all or a portion of any remaining budget authority of a project-based Section…
HUD issued a final rule on December 4 on the definition of “chronically homeless” used in the Continuum of Care Program and in the Consolidated Plan. There are three key changes to the interim rule…
HUD has amended the definition of “tuition” to be used when determining income eligibility for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Project-based Section 8, and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation…
On November 20, HUD released a proposed rule that would allow transgender people or those who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth to access HUD-supported programs, benefits,…
On November 24, HUD published in the Federal Register its annual list of Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) and Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs), which are used in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (…
On November 16, HUD announced that the Federal Housing Administration’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) achieved a capital reserve ratio of 2.07% in FY15, surpassing the required 2%. In…
HUD has posted four short fact sheets on the HUD Exchange homepage related to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) final rule. Two of the AFFH fact sheets address the requirement of…
Under a proposed rule issued on November 12, HUD would require all public housing agencies (PHAs) and public housing properties to be smoke-free within 18 months of a final smoke-free rule. The…
