HUD

HUD has issued a proposed rule to revise the energy audit requirements applicable to HUD’s public housing program. The rule clarifies the requirements, as well as identifies energy-efficient measures that need to be addressed in the audit and procedures for improved coordination with physical needs assessments.

NH&RA is pleased to present the PowerPoint presentations from the recent 2011 Fall Developers Forum (November 14-15) in Boston, Mass.

The White House Rental Policy Working Group which includes officials from the White House, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Agricultural Rural Development has unveiled a pilot program, the Physical Inspections Alignment Program, as part of the Obama Administration’s recent goal to streamline Federal rental housing policy.

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity met November 2, 2011 to discuss the Obama Administration’s proposed demonstration program, Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD). The RAD proposal evolved out of the Obama Administration’s Transformation of Rental Assistance proposal and would help preserve public housing and projects subsidized by the HUD “orphan” programs (RAP, Rent Supp and Section 8 Moderate Rehab) by allowing Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and owners to apply to convert to long term project-based rental assistance (either project-based section 8 vouchers or MAHRA type-project-based rental assistance).

A new report entitled “The Effect on Program Participation of Replacing Current Low-Income Housing Programs with an Entitlement Housing Voucher Program” was released last week that estimates the effects of alternative reforms of the current system of low-income housing assistance on the number of people of various types who would receive assistance.

The U.S. Department of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is soliciting comments from the public regarding the FY 2012 Transformation Initiative for Research Grants related to the Choice Neighborhoods Demonstration’s Small Grants Research Program.

HUD recently announced that it is proposing new regulatory requirements under its HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) that would re-write some of HOME’s compliance requirements.

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Office of Affordable Housing (OAH) has released the proposed 2012 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP).

The US Senate Transportation-HUD Appropriations The US Senate Transportation-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and reported its FY 2012 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill on September 21. A summary released by the Committee reports the following funding decisions…

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is soliciting public comments and feedback from potential applicants of a new pilot program seeking innovative proposals for increasing the energy efficiency of multifamily housing developments.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research has released a new Guide for HUD USER Data Sets. The guide is intended to serve as a helpful reference tool for the data sets available from the HUD USER Clearinghouse, and on the HUD USER website.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research has released a new Best Practices case study for a senior apartments project in Salinas, CA.