HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2022-06 explaining how it will reallocate Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) voluntarily returned by public housing agencies (PHAs). Reallocated EHVs will only be available to “high-capacity” PHAs – those that have used at least 95% of their initial EHV allocation. A high-capacity PHA will receive additional EHVs (with a minimum of 10 EHVs) based on the ratio of its initial leased EHVs to all high-capacity PHAs’ initial leased EHVs.
PIH will reallocate returned EHVs on an ongoing basis. PIH will also issue a notice later in the year describing how it will revoke and reallocate EHVs of PHAs that fail to use them promptly.
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” (ARP), which included $5 billion for 70,000 new incremental EHVs, the renewal of those EHVs, and fees for the cost of administering EHVs. EHVs can only be used to assist households that are: homeless; at risk of homelessness; fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or human trafficking; or recently homeless and for whom rental assistance will prevent homelessness or a high risk of housing instability. ARP required PIH to allocate EHVs using a formula that relies on a PHA’s capacity to use EHVs and that ensures geographic diversity. After September 30, 2023, a PHA may not reissue an EHV when a household leaves the program for any reason (see Memo, 5/10/21 and 5/17/21).
Read Notice PIH 2022-06 at: https://bit.ly/3teA3Si
Visit PIH’s EHV website at: https://www.hud.gov/ehv