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On Nov. 2, HUD released Notice PIH 2015-19, “Guidance for Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and Owners of Federally-Assisted Housing on Excluding the Use of Arrest Records in Housing Decisions.” The gui...
HUD recently announced Common Sense Media Inc. has become a national participant in HUD’s ConnectHome initiative, a public-private collaboration to connect families living in HUD-assisted housing to afford...
HUD recently announced a proposed rule entitled “Equal Access in Accordance with an Individual’s Gender Identity in Community Planning and Development Programs (CPD) Rule (Gender Identity Rule).” The 60-day comment...
The Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) Program seeks to identify, stimulate, and support successful and innovative state approaches to providing integrated supportive housing for people with disabilities. PRA funds are awarded to state housing agencies that set aside units in affordable housing projects whose capital costs are funded through federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, federal HOME funds, or other state, federal, a...
HUD recently announced a proposed rule that would require public housing authorities that administer public housing to implement a smoke-free policy. This proposed rule would apply to all public housing, other than dwelling units in mixed-finance buildings. HUD is proposing the implementation of smoke-free public housing to improve indoor air quality in the housing, benefit the health of public housing residents and PHA staff, reduce t...
A recent report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) finds that the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, as now administered, does not deliver adequately on its potential to expand children’s access to good schools in safe neighborhoods that encourage upward mobility. In 2014, approximately 280,000 children in the HCV program live in extreme-poverty neighborhoods despite the better options that a voucher should m...
The Social Security Administration recently announced that with consumer prices down over the past year, monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for nearly 65 million Americans will not automatically increase in 2016.
An analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) and new data from HUD show that agencies restored 30,000 vouchers to low-income families over the past year. This amounts to approximately one-third of the 100,000 vouchers cut in the 16 months after sequestration took effect in March 2013.
A study from Arizona State University, Affordable Housing and Walkable Neighborhoods: A National Urban Analysis, shows that 23 percent of all renter-occupied housing in the United States is located in neighborhoods with walkable access to services and amenities, including schools, parks, and grocery stores.
Q: HUD won’t approve withdrawals from the residual receipts account for making mortgage payments when a mortgage default has occurred or is about to occur. True or false?
A: False. The Handbook lists two permissible uses for residual receipts that apply to all sites. HUD should approve withdrawals from the residual receipts account for:
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