HUD will offer “URA the HUD Way,” a series of eight web-based modular trainings providing basic information and resources to HUD grantees and funding recipients on the Uniform Relocation Act (URA) requirements for HUD-funded projects. Module 1, “URA Overview,” is currently available. These training modules are distinct from the animated videos discussed in last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (see Memo, 10/9).
Module 2 will provide an overview of another federal law known as Section 104(d). Section 104(d) was introduced by former Representative Barney Frank in response to displacement caused by jurisdictions’ use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The enacted law provides better compensation for renters displaced by CDBG or HOME projects.
The other modules planned are:
- Module 3: URA Planning and Budgeting
- Module 4: URA Real Property Acquisition
- Module 5: URA Residential Relocation
- Module 6: URA Nonresidential Relocation
- Module 7: URA Temporary Relocation
- Module 8: Recordkeeping, Monitoring, and Corrective Action
The URA the HUD Way website has additional URA resources at: https://bit.ly/2PmKXim