HUD

This summer, HUD will be issuing new requirements that will synchronize Physical Needs Assessments and Energy Audit into the Green Physical Needs Assessment (GPNA), and will require measuring the cost effectiveness of energy conservation measures.

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division regularly publishes Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis reports for regions across the country.

HUD’s Sustainable Communities Resource Center has developed a matrix to measure the Savings of Green Building Technologies. The matrix highlights 10 proven and affordable green building technologies organized into four categories: Building Envelope, HVAC, Management and Use, and Water.

HUD recently issued CPD Notice 12-007 which laid out new HOME program requirements which were mandated by the HUD Appropriations Act of 2012.

HUD has released its U.S. Housing Market Conditions report for the first quarter of 2012. The quarterly report is a compilation of statistical data and written reports.

HUD recently released Notice PIH 2012-24 to provide guidance to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) in determining the rent to owner for an HCV tenancy when the participant family chooses to lease a unit under the HCV program.

In an effort to improve its outreach, training, and compliance with HUD’s rules, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) is soliciting information from affordable housing developers and HUD-funding recipients about their understanding of regulations and requirements governing housing program contract awards involving federal funding.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a draft Mortgagee Letter with revised requirements for Project Capital Needs Assessment (PCNA), Estimated Reserves for Replacements and Remedies for Accessibility Deficiencies.

The Center on Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) released a report that commended the Senate Committee on Appropriations for a few of the policy proposals in its recently approved HUD appropriations bill for FY 2013. Most notably, the Senate Committee funded Housing Choice Vouchers at $17.5 billion, which is $250 million above the Obama Administration’s request for FY 2013.

Several agencies have released a notice indicating changes to the Fixed Residential Moving Cost Schedule (FRMCS). The FRMCS was developed as a result of the Uniform Relocation Act to assist with moving payments and related expenses for people who are displaced because of Federal or federally assisted projects.

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division regularly publishes Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis reports for regions across the country.

Congress is considering expanding HUD’s Moving to Work Demonstration program, and has asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the success of the program to date, HUD’s existing monitoring efforts, as well as the potential benefits and concerns of expansion.