HUD

HUD is soliciting feedback on its National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) inspection standards, with the following specific questions…

HUD released the median family incomes and income limits for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021. Median incomes are used as the basis for income limits in several HUD programs, including the Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice and Project-Based Voucher, Section 202 housing for the elderly and Section 811 housing for persons with disabilities programs, as well as in programs run by agencies, such as the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Housing Finance Agency.

HUD’s Office of Housing and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) posted an updated Multifamily Q&A for COVID-19 as of April 2. To find new or revised answers in the PDF, you can search the date 4/2/21.

President Joseph Biden (D) nominated Adrianne Todman as the deputy secretary of HUD. Todman is currently the CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). Todman will need to be approved by the Senate.

HUD will host a webinar at 3:30 pm ET on April 20 to provide an overview of the new Section 3 rule and its implementation in Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversions. In the fall, HUD updated the Section Three rule in order to focus on economic opportunity outcomes while simultaneously reducing regulatory burden, improving Section Three’s effectiveness, streamlining some processes that have not yielded significant benefits and encouraging HUD grantees to focus on sustained employment for low- and very low-income individuals.

In a new brief, Federal Reforms to Strengthen Housing Stability, Affordability and Choice, the authors highlight the following eight frequently proposed federal reforms to existing housing programs and policies, identify their support among relevant housing stakeholders, and discuss evidence of their impact on housing stability, affordability and choice.

Tia Boatman Patterson will serve as the associate director for Housing, Treasury and Commerce in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Boatman Patterson previously served at the California HFA Director.

NH&RA joined an industry letter calling on HUD to implement the $25 million for the Family Self-Sufficiency program that was appropriated in the Fiscal Year 2021 budget. The letter also reiterates key points from shared comments on the new FSS regulations that were submitted with broad support in November 2020.

On April 14 from 1 – 3 p.m. ET HUD will host a webinar on environmental review procedures as a part of its public housing repositioning Wednesday webinar series. This webinar will discuss environmental review procedures as Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) plan and implement public housing repositioning.

HUD updated the fair market rents (FMRs) for the Housing Choice Voucher Program, Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program and other programs for Fiscal Year 2021 for four areas based on new survey data: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area (HMFA), Knox County, ME, Lincoln County, ME and Waldo County, ME. Further, HUD responds to comments received on the FY 2021 FMRs.

This morning the Senate voted 66-34 to confirm Representative Marcia Fudge (D-OH) as secretary of HUD. NH&RA supported Secretary Fudge’s nomination and looks forward to working with her!

HUD announced two additional webinars in its Multifamily Accelerated Processing Guide (MAP) guide series.