This Friday, July 10th, HUD will hold live Q/A sessions on the revised RAD Notice that was published on June 15, 2015. Access to the sessions is provided below:

  1. July 10 Live Q/A Session on Public Housing 2:00 PM EDT
  1. July 10 Live Q/A Session on Mod Rehab/SROs, Rent Supp and RAP 3:00 PM EDT

NH&RA Convenes RAD User Group

The NH&RA RAD User Group convened Monday, June 22 by conference call to discuss the revised notice, its impact on our membership, and potential feedback for HUD officials. For more information, please contact Lauren Anderson.

HUD Publishes, Seeks Feedback on Revised RAD Notice

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development published June 15 a revised Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Notice (PIH 2012-32, REV-2). HUD is seeking public comment on the notice and will host a series of webinars to explain the changes.

The revised notice incorporates the lifted RAD cap and other changes authorized by the FY-2015 appropriations bill, as well as lessons learned and frequently asked questions from the previous two years.

Key revisions include:

  • Extending the time period for submission of multi-phase public housing applications to July 1, 2018.
  • Eliminating all pre-Financing Plan milestones and better aligning the RAD submission requirements for tax credit transactions with those of the tax credit issuing bodies.
  • Identifying the specific HUD nondiscrimination and equal opportunity requirements that are applicable under different conversion plans.
  • Clarifying when non-dwelling property and land can be removed/released from the public housing program in conjunction with the conversion.
  • Allowing a portion of the savings in public housing utility allowances to be captured in contract rents for project-based rental assistance (PBRA) conversions.
  • Allowing Mod Rehab Single Room Occupancy (SRO) projects that were funded under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to convert under RAD.
  • Providing an option for owners of Rent Supp and RAP projects to convert to a 20-year PBRA contract.
  • Establishing residents’ right to remain or return to the property in all Mod Rehab, Rent Supp and RAP conversions.
  • Ensuring that Davis-Bacon wages apply to all rehabilitation/construction work.

HUD seeks public comments on:

  • Prioritization of high-investment public housing transactions.
  • Processing of all Mod Rehab conversions under the second component.

Click the following links below for the RAD Notice as well as several summaries from RAD User Group Members: