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Two public housing authorities (PHAs)—Boulder Housing Partners in Colorado and Lexington-Fayette Urban County in Kentucky—have been selected to participate in HUD's Moving To Work program (MTW). The program allows PHAs to design and test innovative strategies to strengthen the delivery of services to families living in public housing or who are assisted through HUD's Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program.

HUD is implementing changes to the scoring methodology for the physical inspection of public housing sites. The changes are part of proposed revisions to the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS).

The PHAS physical condition inspection is intended to ensure that public housing units are decent, safe, sanitary, and in good repair, scored against HUD's Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS). These uniform standards are an important indicator of performanc...

HUD has awarded nearly $8 million to fund a variety of activities aimed at helping to protect children with asthma from health hazards in their homes.

The projects range from research into the cost-effectiveness of home-based interventions to new strategies to reduce risks from lead-contaminated soil and house dust. For the first time, HUD is awarding $2 million of those grants to improve indoor environmental conditions and links to education and medical services ...

HUD has proposed new regulations intended to ensure that its core housing programs are open to all eligible persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The agency is seeking public comment on proposed areas that include:

Prohibiting lenders from using actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity as a basis to determine a borrower's eligibility for FHA-insured mortgage financing.

In an effort to curb the ongoing problem of subsidy overpayment and administrative errors related to deceased household members, HUD has published a notice to formalize applicable policies and procedures.

HUD is making $25 million in grants available to help rural and tribal communities struggling to address distressed housing conditions and concentrated poverty. The agency's new Rural Innovation Fund will promote an “entrepreneurial approach” to affordable housing and economic development in rural areas.

In announcing the funding, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan said the grants will “stimulate new approaches to old problems, particularly in areas...

HUD has issued an updated version of Chapter 38 of its Handbook 4350.1, Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing. Chapter 38 is entitled, “Emergency/Disaster Guidance—Office of Multifamily Housing Programs.”

The revised chapter assembles guidance HUD issued in notices and memoranda since Hurricane Katrina. The updated chapter serves to capture knowledge on how to respond efficiently to a presidentially declared disaster (PDD) and covers...

HUD is making approximately $5 million available to make emergency capital repairs to eligible multifamily sites owned by private nonprofit entities that are designated for occupancy by elderly residents. The capital repair needs must relate to items that present an immediate threat to the health, safety, and quality of life of the residents.

To clarify some confusion, HUD issued a notice [PIH-2010-38(HA)] specifying how the income from temporary employment with the U.S. Census Bureau should be handled.

Income payments that are considered temporary—for employment lasting no longer than 180 days and not culminating in permanent employment—are to be excluded when factoring a household's income [24 CFR §5.609(c)(9)]. This applies to temporary income payments from the U.S. Census Burea...

Victims of domestic violence who live in HUD-supported housing should not be evicted just because they were victimized, according to strengthened regulations recently announced by HUD. And current or former victims of domestic violence must not be turned down from HUD programs.