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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...

But any PHA that’s ready to implement NSPIRE should do so at its earliest convenience.

On Sept. 27, HUD released a notice under public inspection that extends the compliance period under the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) final rule for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Project Based Voucher (PBV), and Moderate Rehabilitation programs until Oct. 1, 2024.

HUD recently announced a new survey to obtain feedback from residents whose units were inspected under the new NSPIRE inspection process. Notice PIH 2023-24/H-2023-10, “Implementation of a Voluntary and Anonymous HUD Inspection Feedback Survey for Incorporation into the National Standards for the Physical inspection of Real Estate Program,” explains how HUD intends to use the new survey to identify “pain points” in the inspection process and to g...

We highlight the noteworthy changes and clarifications in both notices.

HUD’s National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) changes are scheduled to be effective for multifamily inspections as of Oct. 1, 2023. And public housing inspections under the new protocol were scheduled to begin July 1, 2023. HUD recently published the remaining notices to be able to fully implement the NSPIRE physical inspection protocols.

HUD recently published Notice PIH 2023-06, Notice on Remedies PHAs have for Poor Performing Owners in the Housing Choice Voucher and Project-Based Voucher Programs. The notice informs public housing authorities of the available remedies they have when owners of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and project-based voucher (PBV) units fail to comply with their housing assistance payment (HAP) contracts or policies and procedures of the voucher program.

PHAs must fully implement over-income policies by July 14.

As we enter spring, the warm weather and rainy days may motivate you to conduct a thorough spring cleaning of your office files. But before you clean out your file cabinets or declutter your computer files, it’s important to review HUD’s record retention rules first.