Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)

ICAST’s IRA & BIL Instant Benefit Estimate Calculator is now available on NH&RA’s website under the Resources section.

GAO makes five recommendations in the report, all of which HUD agreed with. The recommendations all relate to either improving leveraging metrics, monitoring enforcement of resident safeguards, and RAD compliance monitoring.

Owners will be able to sign up for individual 30-minute sessions with HUD staff during designated times each week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 – 4:00 PM EST.

The January 2018 edition of RADTalk, HUD’s RAD Newsletter, is celebrating $5 billion of construction activity for 2017. Furthermore, the recent issues also takes a deep dive into RAD Mod Rehab transactions.

As previously announced, beginning February 1, 2018, Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and their development partners will be able to enter Part 50 Environmental Reviews directly into HUD’s on-line environmental system, known as HEROS. HUD will be hosting a HEROS training on February 1, 2018, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm EST to help PHAs and their […]

This webinar will introduce owners, Continuums of Care, and Public Housing Agencies who are interested in converting their Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy (SRO) contracts under the RAD to the basic eligibility requirements, application process, and benefits of RAD conversion.

There is still time to press the case for extending RAD’s authority in the final form of the FY 2018 appropriations act.

HUD has published PBV contract documents incorporating the changes made by the RAD rider directly into the standard PBV HAP contract.

HUD will host a live Q&A webinar on Thursday, November 9 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. EST to provide a brief overview and discussion of the Completion Certification and the RAD Minority Concentration Analysis Tool.

In an op-ed in The Hill, Mark Dellontem, president and CEO of Love Funding, highlights the success of the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program in utilizing targeted taxpayer dollars to stimulate private capital for renovations and produce wide-ranging benefits. The RAD program, which is a federal program that converts public housing authorities’ (PHAs) existing […]

HUD has issued a notice that permits Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) that are in Presidentially declared disaster areas to request an extension to the due date for making submissions if they meet either of the following qualifications: a) have submitted Letters of Interest (LOI) to reserve their position on the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) waiting […]

For mixed-finance projects, it can be difficult to refinance a property prior to the expiration of the tax credit compliance period. With this in mind, HUD’s Office of Recapitalization has adopted alternative underwriting criteria for these properties.

The loans provided funding for these and other public housing properties as part of a larger portfolio Rental Assistance Demonstration program (RAD) transaction.