HUD Publishes Final Section 3 Rule
HUD published a final rule implementing the Section 3 obligations of public housing agencies (PHAs) and other recipients of HUD housing and community development funding. The final rule was published…
HUD PIH Extends Time to Spend Some CARES Act Public Housing and Voucher Funds
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH-2020-24 extending the deadline for public housing agencies (PHAs) to spend CARES Act supplemental Public Housing Operating Funds…
HUD PIH Posts Guidance on Using Proceeds from Disposition of Public Housing or Voluntary Conversion to Vouchers
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2020-23 providing guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) about the requirements for obtaining approval to use proceeds from…
HUD Announces Restart of Physical Inspections
HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced on August 7 that HUD will resume Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) physical inspections of public housing and privately owned HUD-assisted multifamily properties…
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing Expresses Concern about PHAs’ Slow Use of Supplemental CARES Act Funds
Hunter Kurtz, assistant secretary of HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), sent a letter on August 4 to public housing agency (PHA) executive directors expressing concern about the slow…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Posts New Update to COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted its fifth update to COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies on July 16. This version of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) is a major…
HUD’s PIH Posts Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted an Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit on July 1. While the toolkit consists of eight attachments, the most important are the first four:…
HUD PIH Posts Updated Waiver Notice
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2020-13, REV1 on July 6. This notice restates the waivers in Notice PIH 2020-05 dated April 10 (see Memo, 4/13) and introduces six…
HUD’s PIH Adds Chapters to Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Guidebooks
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has begun to publish a revised Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook with three of eleven planned chapters, while continuing to add chapters to the…
HUD Study Finds Public Housing Agencies’ Moving-to-Work Status Does Not Affect Cost Per Household
HUD released a new study, The Impact of the Moving to Work Demonstration on the Per Household Costs of Federal Housing Assistance, that assesses the impact of the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration…
House Passes $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Package with Several Key Affordable Housing Provisions
The House passed H.R. 2, the “Moving Forward Act,” by a vote of 233-188 on the afternoon of July 1. The Act was introduced by House Democrats on June 18 and included the “Housing is infrastructure…