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.
In early April, HUD sent out over TRACS a message to all multifamily housing providers stating that “If your property employs or contracts a social service staff person to support the needs of elderly or disabled residents, you MUST report.”
HUD’s Standards for Success is the new performance reporting framework for ALL properties that receive funding for either grant funded or budget-based Service Coordinators. Noncompliance may jeopardize your funding.
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.
April is Fair Housing Month, a time when we celebrate the Fair Housing Act and recommit ourselves to ensuring every American has access to housing that is free from discrimination.
HUD’s stated goal in doing this reevalution is to identify instances of waste, fraud, and mismanagement that could prevent HUD from meeting its program objectives, and to make changes as needed to related handbook guidance and forms used.
This DRAFT solely addresses the proposed implementation of the new Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) provisions for PRAC conversion and HUD is seeking feedback within 10 days, in order to make final adjustments if necessary prior to formal release. So the turnaround time is tight.
On February 20, HUD announced the standardization of shortened timeframes between inspection notification and actual inspection dates. The new policy to provide owners with no more than 14 days with which to notify residents and have contracted inspectors onsite to do the inspection is detailed in Notice H 2019-04.
[* NOTE: UPDATES as of 4/10/19 TO THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE DATED 2/25/19 are indicated below with an asterisk]
HUD Reexamines the Way It Conducts Physical Inspections
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