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HUD recently issued guidance for making appeals or technical reviews of the NSPIRE housing inspection protocol. According to HUD, public housing authorities (PHAs) and owners have experienced issues when submitting appeals in the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) IT system.

But forms needed to implement HOTMA are still forthcoming.

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs recently updated a series forms required for Multifamily Section 8 programs. According to the Office of Housing, the documents in this package are ready for use and can be accessed at www.hud.gov/program_offices/administration/hudclips/forms.

PHAs persuaded HUD to give them more time.

On July 5, HUD released a notice extending the compliance date for HUD’s National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) final rule for a number of HUD programs until Oct. 1, 2025. This notice is the second extension of this compliance date. The previous extension had been until Oct. 1, 2024.

Three kinds of AI ad tools can get you into trouble when applied to housing.

Savvy use of digital media for marketing purposes can be a useful tool for owners, but it can also get them into fair housing trouble. The same artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithmic technologies that empower you to streamline and target your marketing can also be used, whether deliberately or inadvertently, to exclude groups the fair hou...

We review the proposed expansion of tenant rights and protections.

The Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) in HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) recently announced a preview version of proposed changes to the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program regulations. HUD’s goal for this proposed rule is to revise the current HOME regulations to update and streamline requirements, better align the...

The final rule aims to help communities reduce flood damage.

HUD recently published a final rule in the Federal Register implementing the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). This new rule aligns flood management standards with Executive Order 13690, President Biden’s directive to address climate change and the resulting damage by requiring buildings and facilities built or renovated with federal money to be elevated above flood lev...

HUD has recently published new guidance.

Individuals who don’t speak English as their primary language and have limited ability to read, write, speak, or understand English may be a person with limited English proficiency (LEP). These individuals may be entitled to language assistance for a particular service, benefit, or encounter. Federal laws applicable to language access include Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title VI regula...

A new HUD memo outlines required and alternative MOR procedures.

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing recently issued a memo announcing the reinstatement of in-person Management and Occupancy Reviews (MORs) conducted by Project Based Contract Administrators (PBCA) beginning Jan. 1, 2024.

HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center has published a new checklist that PHAs administering HUD’s Section 8 voucher programs can use to conduct the new National Standards for Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) inspection. This new inspection protocol focuses on the health and safety of the housing units where residents live, as well as on the functional defects of buildings, and places less importance on the appearance of building exteriors than the p...