LeadingAge articulated member feedback welcoming the draft notice’s plans to permit, but not require, industry partners to use electronic signatures for project-based Section 8 and other multifamily subsidized housing program, including PAC, PRAC, SPRAC and RAD/PBRA, as well as the permission to electronically transmit and electronically store files, and articulating support for the new opportunities for owners/agents to utilize technological tools to automate processes, help manage data and documents, and potentially free up resources.
HUD is moving forward in its efforts to create a new physical housing inspection model - recently christened National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) - and is seeking 4,500 properties to be selected from a nationwide voluntary pool of Public Housing Authorities and Property Owners and Agents will help test the standards, protocols, and processes prior to nationwide implementation.
The House bill includes a total of $140 million for new homes under HUD’s Section 202 Housing for the Elderly program, a far cry from LeadingAge's continued ask for $600 million for new Section 202 homes.
Housing programs for older adults benefited from a $5.9 billion increase, over the fiscal year 2019 enacted level, in the fiscal year 2020 bill the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies approved on May 23.
The overall Section 202 account, under the Subcommittee bill, would receive $803 million.
On May 9, HUD issued a memo entitled “Clarification to Guidelines on Pest Management in HUD-Insured and Assisted Multifamily Housing.” The memo indicates that the Department is in the process of drafting an update to Notice H 2012-5: Guidelines on Addressing Infestations in HUD-Insured and Assisted Multifamily Housing to reflect advances in the treatment of pests and an increased understanding of the importance of a property-wide integrated pest manage
On May 6, 2019, the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs issued a joint Notice, Notice H-2019-06, with the Office of Public and Indian Housing that provides guidance regarding the federally mandated exclusion of ABLE accounts from the calculation of income and assets under the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014 (ABLE Act). Amounts held in ABLE Act accounts are excluded from asset calculations, and any distributions from ABLE accounts are excluded from income calculations.
The weather was perfect as LeadingAge staff welcomed more than 1,100 to the rally to ask Congress to preserve and expand affordable housing for older adults with very low incomes. The rally brought together affordable housing supporters from the District and neighboring states MD and VA, as well as from PA, NJ, FL, OH, CT, MA and CA. The rally’s co-hosts helped promote the event and were instrumental in its success.
NOFA: The Section 202 funds now available are the first new construction money for Section 202 housing since 2010, something for which LeadingAge strongly advocated. From the funds made available through this NOFA, HUD expects to make approximately 30 awards. The deadline to apply for the funds under FR-6200-N-52 is August 28, 2019. For the 2020 fiscal year, we are urging Congress to appropriate $600 million for new Section 202 construction, in line with demographic trends and past funding levels.
On April 4, 2019, HUD released the Notice of Funding Availability for the new Section 202 funds appropriated by Congress in FY17 and a portion of those appropriated in fiscal year 2018. In total, the NOFA announces the competition for $50 million in Section 202 funds for the construction and ongoing rental subsidy of Section 202 homes. From the funds made available through this NOFA, HUD expects to make approximately 30 awards. The deadline to apply for the funds under FR-6200-N-52 is August 28, 2019.
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